Cavern Studios

16/06/2024

Wij kijken enorm uit naar het concert in Openluchttheater Valkenburg op 10 augustus!!! Ook voor onze Belgische vrienden zeer de moeite voor een daguitstap!

Openluchttheater Brunssum was vorig jaar een schot in de roos in samenwerking met
Ap Art Events! Bestel jouw tickets snel en wees deel van dit unieke gebeuren!

11/06/2024

I feel so sad about Spotify CEO Daniel Ek saying the cost of creating “content” is close to zero…For multiple reasons

(There’s many types of creators on Spotify, but I’ll speak as a songwriter & artist bc that’s what I know. And I’ll focus on the cost of creating songs as that’s the “content” I put on Spotify -we can talk another day about the cost of everything else😂)

Ok, here we go.

Firstly, Daniel’s comment implies that making content is my goal

It is not.

Creating work that fully expresses my voice, sharing it with people to (hopefully) have a positive impact, paying my bills & having enough for retirement is my goal. “Content” is one vehicle to (maybe) help me get there

Me creating “content” is DANIEL’S goal for me so that his business remains viable

Which brings me to my second point:

“close to zero” is simply not true.

My album DEAR JOHN cost around $20,000 to make. It took three months.

(btw time IS money bc time I spend creating is time I can’t work to earn real life cash)

But it’s not just about time & money for each “piece of content”

I wrote my first song at 14. I’m now 40. I’ve been fine tuning my songwriting, arranging, production & performance skills for 26 years - all at my own cost

So DEAR JOHN (recorded in 2020 & my best work, if using the above goal of positive impact) actually took me 23 years to make

Imagine not paying a CEO, with 23 years experience, fairly for his work 🙄

I love that my music is globally accessible and, right now, if I take it off Spotify I cut off my nose to spite my face

I want to create & share my work and I’m even happy to do it on a budget

(This morning I shot a film clip in my neighbours bathroom. My partner filmed it for free & I spent $24 on red lipstick. That’s “close to zero” for you)

But -whether it’s time or money- making songs costs. And making videos to promote those songs (& actually get them streamed) costs too

So if one platform provides all the worlds music to most of the worlds people, and the musicians themselves are required to work harder and harder to get that music heard, while earning less and less - well, that’s not a business model to be celebrated. That’s exploitation.

28/05/2024

Dank aan iedereen die nog eens kwam piepen, dag zeggen in Cavern Studios voor de Cleaning Out The Closet. Fijn jullie te hebben zien passeren!

Helaas hebben enkele bezoekers er gebruik van gemaakt om enkele zaken "aan te schaffen" ZONDER te betalen wat ik ontzettend treurig vind. Bij zulke leuke initiatieven als dit doe je dat gewoon niet. SHAME ON YOU als je dit leest! Doe me een plezier en ontvriend meteen jezelf van onze social networks want je hoort niet bij ons thuis...

Wil de persoon die de "IBANEZ TUBESCREAMER" amp (zie foto) kocht, of indien je weet wie het meenam, mij PM asap ook even contacteren? Thanks

17/05/2024

BIG SALE BIG SALE BIG SALE BIG SALE BIG SALE

Cavern Studios, Steven Jacobs MUSIC, David Piedfort en Kjell Ambjornsen zetten de deuren wagenwijd open voor:

--- CLEANING OUT THE CLOSET 2024 GARAGESALE ---

Cavern studios - Oude Godstraat 168, 2640 Mortsel.
(Parkeren op straat - inkom via de grote garagepoort achteraan)
No online listings before sales.
Koffie staat warm, pils staat fris.
Come and say hi!

Grote verkoop van oa.:
*P.A. materiaal
*cases en flightcases
*belichting
*kleine materiaal livegear
*gitaren
*pedals
*guitar amps
*gitaar accesoires (straps, pickups,...)
*instrument cases & bags
*CD's, DVD's
*hi-fi materiaal
*studio outboard gear (recorders...)
*stageclothing
*drums
*meubilair
*vga screens

11/04/2024

26/03/2024

Guy Swinnen Bart Buls Marcus Weymaere Nina Babet II Steve Kashala
Steven Jacobs@ Cavern Studios
TTT Artists

22/02/2024

'Cirkel' werd opgenomen en gemixed in P@@ Studio, Tielt. Eindmix en mastering door Steven Jacobs, Cavern Studios. Een nummer van Monroaw, tekst Wim Vopo.In...

21/01/2024

A live version of the Bob Dylan song 'Senor (Tales of Yankee power)' by Guy Swinnen band.Recorded and filmed at STUDIORABONA for Proximus Pickx for the show ...