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THIS OLD HIGHWAY

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BORROWED YEARS

PAST what?

It all started way back in 1984, when Jörg became singer of a band called Midnight Darkness. The band from Oberhausen, Germany was founded by guitarist Detlef Poschmann and bassplayer Klaus Petereit in 1983. Detlef and Jörg took over the songwriting and the band was signed by GAMA records in 1985. They released their first album "Holding The Night" later that year, but split up shortly after.

 

In 1987 Detlef, Jörg & Klaus continued playing together in a band called BornChild. Though they toured a lot, the band never made it to a record deal. As a result they parted ways again in 1989.

 

After a creative evening in Detlef's studio in 2004, both decided to form a new band. Past M.D. was the chosen name, as a hint to the "glorious" Midnight Darkness days. Well aware that it's hard enough to find dedicated musicians, who are willing to put their heart and soul into one band ( a typical german problem? ), they decided to keep control over the entire project. Plenty of line-up changes proved them right. It's exactly the reason why they are currently back on their own, doin' what they've done over the last 15+ years ... playing acoustic shows, mostly under the flag of Dos Hombres.

 

But they won't stop believin' cause in the end, there's nothing better than hitting a stage with a working band. So, if you feel the same way, you're a drummer, guitarist, bass- or piano- player, you like the music, you're sure to have the time and Past M.D. could be your priority instead of being last in an endless line of hobbies, go ahead and get in contact. Until than, we keep writing songs and keep playing acoustically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON THE ROAD

23.03.2024

Lüdenscheid, Germany

Nanni's Kirchhahn

P & J acoustic

06.04.2024

Winterberg, Germany

The Blackwater Irish Pub

P & J acoustic

13.04.2024

Gütersloh, Germany

Green's

P & J acoustic

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

We're leaving Spotify

AND YES, SPOTIFY .... YOU CAN KISS OUR ASSES

 

 

Spotify is back on focus with it's new rules regarding it's new royalty model, that affects low streaming acts, like PMD. Since January 2024, each and every song needs at least 1000 streams from an unknown amount of different users, to create some money. That means, in the worst case you have 30 songs circling on that streaming platform and each of them makes it to 999 streams a year. Currently an artist receives 0,1 Cent per stream, so these 30 songs create round about 300,- €, but the artist receives NOTHING.

 

The entire amount goes straight into one huge pot, together with the amounts of other low streaming artists. So we're talking about MILLIONS of Euro or Dollar. What happens with all that money? Spotify announces, that they won't keep it themselves. Instead it goes straight into the pocket of the big record companies or high streaming artists.

 

NO FOLKS, WE ARE NOT WILLING TO BE CREATIVE, TO PUT ALL OUR ENERGY, TIME, MONEY AND ENTHUSIASM IN OUR

MUSIC AND EQUIPEMENT, TO CREATE MONEY FOR ANY OTHER ROCKSTARS, POP STARLETS, RAPPER OR DJS !!!

 

EVEN IF WE'RE CREATING JUST ONE SINGLE CENT, WE'RE NOT WILLING TO PUT THAT INTO THE POCKETS OF ANYBODY ELSE !!!

 

Therefore, we've decided to remove our entire catalog from Spotify. This might take a few days. Meanwhile we're workin' on a solution to sell downloads on our own website. And even if this doesn't work out, we'd rather give the songs away for free to those who are interested, instead of making the rich even richer.

 

Currently no other music platform is involved in this behaviour. We'll see what the future might bring.

 

Thanx for your understanding and, of course, if you're against this behaviour, you can help artists like us, if you think about the opportunity to find yourself an other music platform to listen to any music you like and wave Spotify good-bye.

 

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Spotify steht mit seiner Änderung bezüglich der Bezahlung von Künstlern mal wieder im Fokus. Seit Januar 2024 muss jeder einzelne Song mindestens 1000 Clicks von einer unbekannten Zahl an unterschiedlichen Nutzern im Jahr erzielen, um überhaupt ein bisschen Geld für die Musiker zu kreieren. Im schlimmsten Fall bedeutet das, dass Du 30 Songs bei Spotify gemeldet hast, die alle auf je 999 Streams im Jahr kommen. Eine Band oder Künstler erhält zur Zeit 0,1 Cent pro stream, also würden diese 30 Songs rund 300,- € kreieren, der Künstler erhält aber absolut Nichts, nada, niente.

 

Der ganze Betrag wandert in einen großen Pott, zusammen mit den anderen Beträgen von wenig gestreamten Musikern. Wir reden hier also von MILLIONEN von Euro oder Dollar. Was passiert nun mit all dem Geld? Spotify sagt, sie selbst behalten davon Nichts. Stattdessen wandert es in die Taschen von großen Plattenfirmen oder viel gestreamten Künstlern.

 

NEE LEUTE, WIR SIND NICHT BEREIT KREATIV ZU SEIN, ALL UNSERE ENERGIE, ZEIT, GELD UND ENTHUSIASMUS IN UNSERE MUSIK UND UNSER EQUIPEMENT ZU PACKEN, UM GELD FÜR ANDERE ROCKSTARS, POP-STERNCHEN, RAPPER ODER DJS ZU ERZEUGEN !!!

 

SELBST WENN WIR NUR EINEN EINZIGEN CENT ERZEUGEN, SIND WIR NICHT BEREIT DIE TASCHEN ANDERER DAMIT ZU FÜLLEN !!!

 

Daher haben wir beschlossen, unseren kompletten Katalog bei Spotify abzuziehen. Das könnte ein paar Tage dauern. In der Zwischenzeit arbeiten wir an einer Lösung, um unsere Songs über unsere Website zum Kauf anzubieten. Und selbst wenn wir es nicht hinkriegen, stellen wir die Songs lieber kostenlos als Download denjenigen, die sich für uns interessieren, zur Verfügung, anstatt die Reichen noch reicher zu machen.

 

Zur Zeit sind noch keine anderen Musik-Streaming-Dienste davon betroffen. Wir werden sehen was die Zukunft bringt.

 

Vielen Dank für Euer Verständnis und, natürlich, wenn auch Ihr gegen solch ein Verhalten seid, könnt Ihr Künstlern wie uns helfen, indem Ihr Euch nach anderen Streaming-Diensten umseht und Spotify "Bye Bye" sagt.

 

 

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