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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
Black Stone Sanctuary proudly presents a long-form interview with Ulf Söderberg, aka Sephiroth. An early version was released in 2018 to Substack paid subscribers only. I'm over-the-moon excited to release the updated version publicly on @paragraph. If you’re among those who’ve been banging on the quality-over-quantity, impact-over-engagement drum (keep it up), I invite you to give this a read. The creative process for the interview spanned several years — a slowcore record for us both — and it’s 100% human-written and -edited. Ulf is my all-time fav musician, full stop. Collaborating with him marks a high point for me as a music writer. If you haven't heard of him despite his stature, it may be because his music isn't on Spotify, Apple, BC, etc. Copies of his OOP albums go for astounding prices on Discogs. His work can only be heard unofficially on YT. Enjoy! https://paragraph.xyz/@blackstonesanctuarypm.me/scandinavian-heritage-an-interview-with-ulf-soderberg?referrer=danicaswanson.eth
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TrishD
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Congrats on this release. I'm so happy for you. I know you worked so hard on this. Thank you and Ulf for packing so much info into this piece with all the gems of links to his work.
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
Thanks! About the work involved... if you'll indulge me for a moment: I'm putting together some bonus behind-the-scenes material for the future release of the Leanpub version with the cover art you did. As part of that process I'm reviewing the copious notes I made about the creative process for this interview in 2018 and again in 2024. At one point I actually wrote out every single step in the interview process for future reference, because... well, I don't know why. Masochism? 😄 Even without estimating the time I put in at each stage, the list of steps is remarkable. Here's a brief snippet: * Collect background research and links * Find artist's contact info * Contact artist; request interview * If they agree, respond to first correspondence; set expectations + due dates * Draft questions ...etc. I count 30 steps in the process. Think I'm still missing a few. If I'd thought through all this before I started interviewing musicians, I'm not sure I ever would've become a music journalist. Haha.
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