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So What - Far Away From Tiptoeing

50K MUSIC: You have released your debut album „Tiptoes“ in March last year and dissappeared from most reader's sight since then. What happened in the meantime? So What: We have just been working our asses off to get everyone in the world to know us. Having an album is a huge step as a band, but a lot of people forget that the hardest part begins when you’re out on the streets with an album in you hands. But I have to say that it gives you a lot of confidence knowing that there’s so many people behind you already, who helped you to create this album. We have released two singles, Keep on Running and Passe Partout (both videos can be found on our website), we played on a lot of festivals, and even won two prices for ‘Best album of the year’ in our hometown The Hague. 50K MUSIC: You flew to Texas to join this years SXSW (South By Southwest). Please tell us something about this trip. What experiences did you gain in Austin? How did it influence you? So What: Austin was crazy! This SXSW festival is one giant musical chaos. There’s bands EVERYWHERE, and everybody wants to talk to you about music, everybody is interested in what you do. We did our best to promote ourselves, left a lot of CD’s in America, played three shows, and returned home exhausted but with a huge grin on our faces. Back in Holland it gave us a lot of media attention, it adds a very interesting part to your musical story. 50K MUSIC: You also won the SellaBand Rocken am Brocken competition. Please deliver us insight into your days in the Harz Mountains. So What: Haha, that was awesome! We nearly missed the show because we got lost in the mountains, we arrived 20 minutes before showtime! But everybody was so nice there, the stage was huge, the gig went well, the food was terrific, we even did an acoustic mini-show next to the stage. We stayed for the day, built dams in a creek in the wood (we’re dutch, it’s in our blood), Joeri (drummer) took a crap outdoors for the first time of his life, we went to see the other bands and went home in the evening. We sure had a great time there. 50K MUSIC: What are your plans for the next few months? What about touring, new album etc.? So What: Right now we’re in a sort of travelling music festival, it’s called ‘Popronde’, which involves a lot of different gigs with a lot of different bands in a lot of different cities. We did six shows now, there’s still eleven to go so we have enough to do for the coming months. In the meantime we are of course writing new songs, for a new album, and promoting ourselves in Holland. There will be a new website online soon, so check out www.sowhat-music.nl to keep up and see what we’re doing. 50K MUSIC: How can we keep on supporting you? So What: If you live in Holland: come to our shows! If not, get the album, play it everywhere you can, copy it and put it on every desk, table, bed, keyboard, and in every record player you encounter. 50K MUSIC: Do you think fan funding is THE way to finance an album? Do you think about financing your next album this way again? So What: Every band should do what works the best for them. For us it was an amazing opportunity, which helped us a huge lot to get us where we are now. Maybe for other bands there are different roads to follow, but Sellaband is so awesome because everyone has an equal chance of being heard, and getting their songs on a CD. We don’t know how we’re going to make our next album yet, but we’ll always have SAB in mind. 50K MUSIC: And last question: Anything else people should now about today's >>>> So What? So What: Nope, just check out the new website, and we’ll keep you up to date. Laters! www.sowhat-music.nl

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