Bridge The Atlantic

Maja Schønning, vocalist of Danish hard rock band Forever Still joins us on the show this week. Forever Still have released 3 EPs to date, and are independent in the truest sense of the word; they produce their own records and music videos, and do all of their promotion, marketing and tour management by themselves. In this episode, we talk about the band's recent UK tour, the challenges of being a female in the music business, and what Maja and the rest of Forever Still are working on next. Highlights: -Maja is fast as hell -We hear about Forever Still’s first UK tour - Maja tells us the differences between Denmark and the UK, in terms of the rock scene - We hear what it was like working with Flemming “Metallica” Rasmussen on Forever Still’s first EP - Working with people who are more established can be better as they have less to prove - If you don’t want to put a lot of time into your career, the music business is not for you - We discuss getting in the creative zone, and talk about organisation - We need 72 hours in the day - Maja tells us why Forever Still are releasing a trilogy of EPs rather than a full album all at once - Maja is keeping secrets from us about the third EP, and we’ll have to wait until it’s released to find out what it’s like - “The rollercoaster from bad to good is always a freaking mess” - Maja Schønning, 2015 - We discuss the difficulties of creating album tracklistings and live setlists - Maja tells us about the challenges she has seen being a female in a rock band - Ross tries to pronounce some Danish words… badly - Maja doesn’t know who Michael Bolton is and is worried that she might get stabbed for that. We assure her that the Bolt’s fans would not be that violent! More: - More episodes and show notes at http://bridge-the-atlantic.com - Follow us on Twitter: @bridge_atlantic