“Samples nowadays sound extremely good, but when there’s a real human-being playing an instrument instead of a digital instrument – it’s a difference.” – Mark Jansen
We had a very interesting talk with Mark Jansen, mastermind of the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, on which he elaborated on the band’s early marketing attempts, how to adapt to new technology, how the band tries to counter the trend of decreasing physical sales, the importance of charts, budgets and much more.
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Founding Epica/MaYan member Mark Jansen is content with not being a millionaire | Metal Insider
23. March 2017[…] he doesn’t seem to mind living the life of the not-so-rich. In a new interview with From Hero to Zero, Jansen was asked about a recent statement from Gene Simmons on having no interest in producing a […]