We recently had the chance to interview Vanessa Peters, a great songwriter from Texas who toured Italy in February\/March with Rocketta booking. She gave us her point of view in terms of both the tour and Soundreef Live.<\/i>
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Hi Vanessa, for the people who haven’t had the pleasure of hearing your music yet can you tell us a little bit about yourself? When did you start making music and what have you been up to lately?<\/b><\/p>\n
I’ve been writing music since about 2001… my first album, an EP called Mirabilandia (Italian audiences will appreciate the name) was released in 2003. I’ve released 9 more albums since then. We just finished a 3-month tour in Europe and we’re about to return to the recording studio to work on the next album.<\/p>\n
How did the tour in Italy go? What did you make of the Italian audience and their response?<\/b><\/p>\n
The tour was great! Except for about 2-weeks where we were super sick and had to cancel about 7 shows. That was awful – I NEVER cancel shows.<\/p>\n
Italian audiences are always so warm and enthusiastic – we love playing here.<\/p>\n
What was your experience with Soundreef’s live royalty collection service like?<\/b><\/p>\n
Super easy! We were paid within a month of the tour ending, I think. Amazing.<\/p>\n
Are there any innovative aspects of the service which suprised you? Did you find it difficult to use?<\/b><\/p>\n
Not difficult – just time-consuming at first to compile the information for each song. But really pretty easy, actually.<\/p>\n
What were the venues you played in like? What did they make of Soundreef live?<\/b><\/p>\n
The variety of venues was interesting – we did small theaters, ARCI, pubs, and a few rock clubs. Almost all of them were on board with the Soundreef concept. A few of them were hesitant because they were unfamiliar with it, but I think in all but 2 cases we were able to work it out.<\/p>\n
How long did it take to see your royalty earnings and when did you receive the royalty payment from Soundreef?<\/b><\/p>\n
We toured in Italy from Feb 3 – March 22…. we were paid sometime in April, so the turnaround time was great!!<\/p>\n