Ever since I have taken down my music from streaming platforms, I'm only listening to new music and discovering great artists on Bandcamp.com.
I wish I had known about this page much sooner. I have wasted so much time on Spotify by creating playlists and following indie artists. Unfortunately, no one will ever give me back the precious time that I have wasted on this useless and corrupt platform! Well, I guess it's better late than never, and we learn from our mistakes.
I will not only be listening to undiscovered great songs, but also downloading the music that I like and support the artists in this great community as much and as often as I can.
If you are not an active Bandcamp User yet, I highly recommend this platform. You can discover and support great indie artists worldwide! If you like my songs, please follow me and add my songs to your favourites. Thank you.
As you know, I have unpublished ALL my audiobooks in the recent months and taken them down from Spotify and all Audiobook stores and libraries! My lovely stories are now ONLY available on LilyAmisBooks.Bandcamp.com
Not only that, I have released Lily's Ambassadors and Lily's Botschafter as single stories as well. So, whether you choose to listen to all the three Ambassadors or only one, you will be listening to wonderful, funny, educational and inspiring stories written and narrated from the heart.
I hope you enjoy listening to Lovely, Lucie, Laila, Ludwig, Lennon and Leonardo's life stories. The female Ambassadors are available in English, narrated by the wonderful voice-over Sharda Laskowski in American English and the male Ambassadors are available in German, narrated by the incredible and professional German voice over, Dirk Jacobs!
Also, don't forget I have narrated my first Lily4Refugees Ambassador Lucky in both, English and German myself! :-)
It’s been a
while since I had a Q&A blog guest. But this artist’s kindness and selfless support
made me write this blog post today. I like to introduce you to the lovely Hungarian
electronic music producer and DJ ThomAce Van Doom.
He fell in love with music at a very young age,
and for many years he played electronic music as a mobile DJ in the late 90s
and 2000s. Today he is a successful music producer and is making various genres
of music from trance to chill-wave. ThomAce enjoys sharing his knowledge with his daughter and is a cat lover!
What is so special about his music? He makes music
that is coming from his good heart and kind soul. You can listen to his tracks
on Spotify and YouTube, as well as on Bandcamp! If you like electronic music, you
will definitely find something for any mood.
Firstly, welcome to my blog. Tell me when did you
find your passion for music?
I don't
remember. Maybe I was 3, 4, 5? I just remember that I watched the full length
of Berliner Philharmoniker New Year's Eve Concert in the early of 80s through
the TV. From that time, I have fallen in love with music and since then I love many different genres of music.
ThomAce why should
people listen to your music?
People could
feel the emotions behind the stories that every single song transfers. Every song tells a secret story or part about my life, whether it was a nice or sad
part.
Tell me what kind of
legacy do you wish to leave with your creativity?
Kindness and
the proof that does not matter how many bad things happens to you, you can
always give a smile and 100s of smiles will be your reward.
And finally, what does
HUMANITY mean to you?
Humanity means
a lot. I mean, it is not just being responsible for animals around us, but
treat every other people as I would like they should treat me. What I give is
what I get. And when this is not happening, I can say to myself that at least I
was kind and I did everything what humanity means.
Thank you so much for being my blog guest. You are a wonderful human being. I wish you all the best and hope you can achieve all your goals and fulfil all your dreams with music.
Make sure you follow ThomAce on his socials, so
you don’t miss out on any new releases! He is working on new songs which will
be released soon. Stay tuned....
One of my favourite creative activities beside designing my song covers for my music promotion and social posts is producing the lyrics Video.
This year I have released five great tracks: Ping Pong & Puzzle, HomeTown, Bowling, Secret Angels and Fallen Angels. Like in the past, I made the videos for YouTube myself. Unfortunately because of the mess I have experienced in the recent months thanks to my corrupt music distributor Amuse, I haven't promoted my lovely videos as much as I should.
So here we go. I hope you make the time to watch them and share it with music lovers who appreciate and pay attention to song lyrics.
Fallen Angels is inspired by the lack of respect of people in
power who toy with people's destiny, damage lives and existence with no shame
and regret!
While with this description we think about incapable
politician, godless lawmakers and governments, the lyrics were actually written
after the awful, unlawful, unkind, disgusting and disrespectful treatment that
I have experienced recently by my former corrupt distributor, the Swedish
company Amuse and the streaming platforms. Billion-dollar companies who have
invented a modern way of slavery with corrupt company policies and disgraceful
treatment with indie artists worldwide, using AI as an excuse to demolish
artists and destroy their love and passion for music.
This song is dedicated to my previous Swedish music distributor AMUSE who's corrupt company policy, awful and unlawful disrespectful treatment with me as an artist inspired me to write the lyrics.
I wrote the lyrics to empower fellow indie artists who make the same or similar experiences not to give up on their goals and always demand the respect they deserve!
I had to fight many evil "people in power" in my life, but this treatment really got under my skin. Why? Because music has always been the only positive and healing thing in my life. Never in a million years did I think that evil and corrupt people would destroy my passion and take away my love and joy for music with their evil actions! I distance myself from these devils and don't allow anyone to take away my LOVE for music!
GERMAN: Fallen Angels ist inspiriert von der Respektlosigkeit der Machthaber, die mit dem Schicksal der Menschen spielen und Leben und Existenzen ohne Scham und Reue zerstören!
Während wir bei dieser Beschreibung an unfähige Politiker, gottlose Gesetzgeber und Regierungen denken, wurde der Songtext tatsächlich nach der schrecklichen, rechtswidrigen, unfreundlichen, abstoßenden und respektlosen Behandlung geschrieben, die ich kürzlich von meinem ehemaligen korrupten Vertriebspartner, der schwedischen Firma Amuse, und den Streaming-Plattformen erfahren habe. Billionenschwere Unternehme die eine moderne Form der Sklaverei mit korrupten Firmenrichtlinien und schändlicher Behandlung mit Indie-Künstlern weltweit erfunden haben und KI als Vorwand benutzen, um Künstler zu zerstören und ihre Liebe und Leidenschaft für die Musik zu vernichten.
Dieses Lied ist meinem ehemaligen schwedischen Musikvertrieb AMUSE gewidmet, dessen korrupte Firmenpolitik und schreckliche, unrechtmäßige und respektlose Behandlung mich für dieses Liedtext inpsiriert hat.
Ich habe den Songtext geschrieben, um anderen Indie-Künstlern, die dieselben oder ähnliche Erfahrungen machen, Mut zu machen, ihre Ziele nicht aufzugeben und stets den Respekt einzufordern, den sie verdienen!
Ich musste in meinem Leben gegen viele böse „Machthaber“ kämpfen, aber diese Behandlung ging mir wirklich unter die Haut. Warum? Weil Musik immer das einzig Positive und Heilsame in meinem Leben war. Nie im Leben hätte ich gedacht, dass böse und korrupte Menschen meine Leidenschaft zerstören und mir mit ihren bösen Taten meine Liebe und Freude an der Musik nehmen würden! Ich distanziere mich von diesen Teufeln und lasse nicht zu, dass mir jemand meine LIEBE zur Musik nimmt!
Fallen Angels, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een
Fallen Angels everywhere, create
damage from far away
Spread black magic and sorrow everywhere
Secret Devils you better stay
away
Can’t forget my darkest days, oh yeah
Was broken and defeated for decades
Didn’t recognize the enemies close to
me
Blindsided by the moonlight
I’m not gone sell myself short
No devil will stop me from achieving
my goals
I demand the respect I deserve, stand
up and break the spell
Send the secret evils back to hell
No longer do I tolerate negative
energy and vibes
Had to fight too many fallen angels in
the present and the past
Overcome personal and professional
setbacks
Now it’s time to say: screw you, farewell,
Goodbye
Don’t trust the fallen
angels, take control
Take control, protect your
mind and soul
I’m not gone sell myself short, I’m
not gone
No devil will stop me, yeah, yeah
from achieving my goals, oh oh
I demand the respect I deserve, the
respect I deserve
Stand up and break the spell, oh oh
Send the secret evils back to hell,
yeah, yeah
I’m not gone sell myself short, I’m
not gone do it
No devil will stop me from achieving
my goals, achieving my goals
I demand the respect I deserve, yeah,
yeah
Stand up and break the spell, yeah,
yeah
Send the secret evils back to hell
Fallen angels thrive
my fears
BUT protection is my
WILL
I let the Universe just
unfold my life and direct my actions
Set my intention self-protection
in motion
I open my wings to receive
God's love and light
He will heal, protect
and help me survive, yeah, yeah
I’m not gone sell myself short, uhhh,
uhhh
No devil will stop me from achieving
my goals, uhhh, uhhh
I demand the respect I deserve, yeahhhh
Stand up and break the spell
Send the secret evils back to hell,
yeah
I protect my white
soul, wash away my fears
Surround myself with
crystals, dry my tears
I take control of my
destiny and fight the enemies
Fallen Angels ist inspiriert von der Respektlosigkeit der Machthaber, die mit dem Schicksal der Menschen spielen und Leben und Existenzen ohne Scham und Reue zerstören!
Während wir bei dieser Beschreibung an unfähige Politiker, gottlose Gesetzgeber und Regierungen denken, wurde der Songtext tatsächlich nach der schrecklichen, rechtswidrigen, unfreundlichen, abstoßenden und respektlosen Behandlung geschrieben, die ich kürzlich von meinem ehemaligen korrupten Vertriebspartner, der schwedischen Firma Amuse, und den Streaming-Plattformen erfahren habe. Billionenschwere Unternehme die eine moderne Form der Sklaverei mit korrupten Firmenrichtlinien und schändlicher Behandlung mit Indie-Künstlern weltweit erfunden haben und KI als Vorwand benutzen, um Künstler zu zerstören und ihre Liebe und Leidenschaft für die Musik zu vernichten.
Dieses Lied ist meinem ehemaligen schwedischen Musikvertrieb AMUSE gewidmet, dessen korrupte Firmenpolitik und schreckliche, unrechtmäßige und respektlose Behandlung mich für diesen Liedtext inpsiriert hat.
Ich habe den Songtext geschrieben, um anderen Indie-Künstlern, die dieselben oder ähnliche Erfahrungen machen, Mut zu machen, ihre Ziele nicht aufzugeben und stets den Respekt einzufordern, den sie verdienen!
Ich musste in meinem Leben gegen viele böse „Machthaber“ kämpfen, aber diese Behandlung ging mir wirklich unter die Haut. Warum? Weil Musik immer das einzig Positive und Heilsame in meinem Leben war. Nie im Leben hätte ich gedacht, dass böse und korrupte Menschen meine Leidenschaft zerstören und mir mit ihren bösen Taten meine Liebe und Freude an der Musik nehmen würden! Ich distanziere mich von diesen Teufeln und lasse nicht zu, dass mir jemand meine LIEBE zur Musik nimmt!
Gefallene Engel, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een
Überall sind gefallene Engel, die aus
der Ferne Schaden anrichten
Überall verbreiten sie schwarze
Magie und Leid
Geheime Teufel, bleibt lieber fern
Kann meine dunkelsten Tage nicht
vergessen, oh ja
War jahrzehntelang gebrochen und
besiegt
Habe die Feinde in meiner Nähe nicht
erkannt
Vom Mondlicht überrumpelt
Ich werde mich nicht unter meinem Wert
verkaufen
Kein Teufel wird mich davon
abhalten, meine Ziele zu erreichen
Ich verlange den Respekt, den ich
verdiene, stehe auf und breche den Zauberspruch
Schicke die geheimen Teufel zurück
in die Hölle
Ich toleriere keine negative Energie
und Schwingungen mehr
Musste in der Gegenwart und in der
Vergangenheit
gegen zu viele gefallene Engel
kämpfen
persönliche und berufliche
Rückschläge überwinden
Jetzt ist es Zeit zu sagen: Scheiß
auf dich, leb wohl, auf Wiedersehen
Vertraue den gefallenen Engeln
nicht, übernimm die Kontrolle
Übernimm die Kontrolle, schütze
deinen Geist und deine Seele
Ich werde mich nicht unter Wert
verkaufen, ich werde nicht
Kein Teufel wird mich davon
abhalten, ja, ja
meine Ziele zu erreichen, oh oh
Ich verlange den Respekt, den ich
verdiene, den Respekt, den ich verdiene
Ich steh auf und breche den Zauberspruch,
oh oh
Schick die geheimen Teufel zurück in
die Hölle, ja, ja
Ich werde mich nicht unter Wert
verkaufen, ich werde es nicht tun
Kein Teufel wird mich davon
abhalten, meine Ziele zu erreichen, meine Ziele zu erreichen
Ich verlange den Respekt, den ich
verdiene, ja, ja
Ich steh auf und breche den Zauberspruch,
ja, ja
Schick die geheimen Teufel zurück in
die Hölle
Gefallene Engel schüren meine Ängste
ABER Schutz ist mein WILLE
Ich lasse das Universum einfach mein
Leben entfalten und meine Handlungen lenken
Setze meine Absicht des
Selbstschutzes in Gang
Ich öffne meine Flügel, um Gottes
Liebe und Licht zu empfangen
Er wird mich heilen, beschützen und
mir beim Überleben helfen, ja, ja
Ich werde mich nicht unter Wert
verkaufen, uhhh, uhhh
Kein Teufel wird mich davon
abhalten, meine Ziele zu erreichen, uhhh, uhhh
Ich verlange den Respekt, den ich
verdiene, jahhh
Ich steh auf und breche den Zauberspruch
Schick die geheimen Teufel zurück in
die Hölle, ja
Ich schütze meine weiße Seele,
wasche meine Ängste
Umgebe mich mit Kristallen, trockne
meine Tränen
Ich übernehme die Kontrolle über
mein Schicksal und bekämpfe die Feinde
It's the day before my song release, Fallen Angels and this morninga fellow indie-artist shared yesterday's tweet by Spotify Boss Daniel which I have to share here on my blog. Because to this date I haven't received an answer to my open letter from 6. June 2024! I just realize the number, and it says it all! I didn't even realize that I send the open letter on the following date: 6.6.24!! Never mind!
Fallen Angels is "inspired" by my recent awful and unlawful experience with my previous corrupt Swedish music distributor, AMUSE.io. The song is dedicated to all the evils and corrupt companies out there, who treat innocent people badly for no reason, just to feel better about themselves. Those people who only feel a sense of satisfaction by knocking others down to feel a sense of achievement and power. Secret devils or as I like to call them Fallen Angels!
Anyway, when I wrote the open letter, I was fully aware that none of these people will care to respond because these FALLEN ANGELS don't respect anyone! They couldn't care less. To them, we are zero. We are nothing but stupid and clueless indie artists who make them richer and richer by day while promoting their platforms thinking that we are promoting our music, while in reality we are just promoting their company for FREE!
Here we go, this is the Tweet that the Spotify CEO Daniel shared yesterday:
I was not planing on releasing a new song shortly after "Secret Angels", but my recent experience inspired me to write these lyrics. I also wrote the lyrics to empower fellow indie artists who make the same or similar awful and unlawful experiences not to give up on their goals and always demand the RESPECT they deserve!
Fallen Angels is dedicated to my previous music distributor, the corrupt Swedish company AMUSE, who has treated me like shit with zero respect and kindness.
This song is also dedicated to all the evils out there who treat innocent people badly for no reason, just to feel better about themselves. Those people who only feel a sense of satisfaction by knocking others down to feel a sense of achievement and power. Secret devils or as I like to call them Fallen Angels!
The release date for this track is no coincidence. I choose this date, 24.6.24, because of the numbers 6.6.6! Now, why is this date so important? The
number 666 is used to signify the devil, the antichrist, or evil in general. The
spiritual meaning of the number 666 is: This
angel number encourages individuals to delve deeper into their spiritual side,
seeking enlightenment and personal growth. It also emphasizes the importance of
physical health and well-being, urging individuals to prioritize self-care and
wellness.
In Chinese numerology, the number is considered to be lucky and is often displayed in shop windows and neon signs. In China, 666 can mean "everything goes smoothly”.
In numerology,the number 6 is associated with balance, harmony, and nurturing. When you encounter angel number 666, it often serves as a reminder to maintain harmony in all aspects of your life, including your thoughts, emotions, and actions.
"Fallen Angels, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een" will be released on Monday, 24. June 2024 only on
This saying was never my motto! Never! For me, honesty and
transparency have always been the ONLY way in life. What’s the point in
pretending and living a lie? Who am I fuelling?
At the end of the day, NO ONE really cares how you are
doing. Often, if not always, when you are successful you have to fight jealousy,
and when you are starving and struggling people distance themselves and don’t
bother to help. The lack of sincere support,
caring, and friendship by the people who know you and your life story, your
struggles, and your pain in the past is very rare. They simply don’t care.
So, I wonder why people live in denial and ignore reality
when they know that the only person who matters is them and no one else! Maybe
this is the only way how they survive!
When you see a problem, face it and fight it,
don’t deny it!
Self-respect and self-care are the only healthy way to succeed in life and avoid long-term mental damage! When you see a problem, face it and fight it, don’t deny it, because evil people will take advantage of your lack of self-respect and self-caring!
Having said that, the previous months have been challenging and eye-opening. And yet, I strongly believe that everything
happens for a reason. Believe it or not, I’m now grateful for the awful and
unlawful treatment by my previous corrupt distributor, amuse.io. If it wasn’t for
their disgusting and disrespectful treatment, my music would still be on ALL streaming
platforms and I would still play along and support this modern way of slavery with
indie-artists dominated by billion-dollar corrupt and godless companies.
Making a profit was never my main goal and motivation!
For me, writing books and song lyrics has been therapeutic for
a decade. Producing and releasing music has been my childhood/teenager hood dream and desire ever since I remember. So making a profit was never my main
goal. It was always using the power of lyrics combined with the miracle of
music to raise awareness about topics close to my heart. And that’s what I did
in the previous 2,5 years. I am blessed to be able to collaborate with a
multi-talented artist who understands my language and does his magic with my
lyrics combined with his God-given gift as a producer, composer, and vocalist.
I'm proud of every single track and LOVE listening to our
tracks. To this date, no one besides my beautiful mum Sima has been supportive
and encouraging. No one! I have never received any compliments or empowering
words for any of my song releases to this date. And the few fellow artists that
connected with me through Social media, didn’t bother to stay in contact. To
this date, I don’t know why they pretended to be interested in me and my music. And to
be honest, I don’t care! Not only have I unfollowed them, but I also have kicked them out of my private circle on Social media.
And I continue my path as
an indie writer and lyricist. WHY? Because I don’t need anyone's approval and
support. I'm writing and releasing songs because of my love and passion for
music and lyrics. And I will continue to do so regardless of the disappointing and
awful experience and knowledge about today's corrupt streaming industry!
After my horrible experience with amuse, I started the online petition #RespectIndieArtistsWork
to warn other indie artists. Because I wish I knew what I know today 2,5 years
ago. It would have saved me a lot of time, money, false hopes, and energy.
The problem is, when we join these indie communities, we are
clueless and hopeful. Before we know it, we are part of a circle and mostly copy each
other because we believe the others know how it works. The truth is,
we stay and continue to be part of this madness because we keep believing
and hoping that our day will come. But when you keep driving on the wrong
road, you never achieve your destination! Sorry, but NOT all roads lead to Rome!
For example, in all these years I’ve seen indie writers swap
reviews and artists add each other's songs to playlists. That’s not the reason
why I write books and invest money in editing and translation. I also don’t
invest money in music production and promotion just to get other artists to add
my songs to their playlists and expect me to add theirs to mine. That’s nonsense! By all means and with all respect, but I want to reach readers and music lovers. Real fans and not mainly fellow
writers and artists.
Another harsh reality is, social media followers don’t follow
your music stores, and the music store followers don’t follow your
socials. We are wasting our precious time thinking that follower numbers matter. Well, they don't. What really matters is that we have to protect and respect ourselves!
What many writers and artists don’t understand is that we are
doing nothing but bringing traffic to these billion-dollar companies such as
Amazon, Spotify, and Co. for ZERO payment. We advertise for these companies on
our socials for free, thinking we are promoting our work when in reality we are
only bringing new customers, subscribers, buyers, clients, and followers to
these platforms, and we do it all for FREE! And instead of appreciating us and respecting our
work, these corrupt companies treat us like shit and we tolerate it! Why?
When you check in into a horrible hotel where you don’t feel
safe and protected and are surrounded by bed bugs, cockroaches, and rats, you don't
hesitate and check out right away, don't you? Or do you seriously ask yourself should I stay or should I go?
Why should you stay? Why would you stay in music stores managed and controlled by evils who
treat us badly and don’t give a damn about our work? I have made my decision. I'm going to take
myself out of places where I don’t feel safe, appreciated, respected, and
supported! Self-care and self-respect are what life is about!
What about you????
FYI: Not only have I started the online petition #RespectIndieArtistsWork, I have also written and released a song "FALLEN ANGELS" to empower fellow indie artists who make the same or similar awful experiences not to ever give up on their goals and always demand the respect they deserve!
I had to fight many evil "people in power" in my life, but amuses treatment really got under my skin. It was everything but amusing. Why? Because music has always been the only positive and healing thing in my life. Never in a million years did I think that evil and corrupt people would destroy my passion and take away my love and joy for music with their evil actions! I distance myself from these devils and don't allow anyone to take away my LOVE for music!
"Fallen Angels, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een" will be released on Monday, 24. June 2024 only on
Yesterday I received this email from my new distributor. It
says: Since 2006, TuneCore artists have earned over 4 billion dollars. That is
a major achievement, and your top-earning release played a part in it. THE
STOLEN YEARS WAS YOUR TOP RELEASE!Let your fans know YOUR release was part of this milestone. Click the
graphic above (song cover) to share it and tag @TuneCore on social media so we
can celebrate together!
Well, since they have been my distributor for only 3 months,
I surely have nothing to do with their huge success! Also, in 3 months I received
the following earnings: March: $0.30, April: $0.06, and May: Nothing so far. Still waiting for the
sale report.
So, I don’t know if I should cry or laugh. What do you think?
I'm still waiting for the quarter sale report, but I already know that I will
take down my music from all the streaming platforms because I NO LONGER support
this modern way of slavery!
$3 for 1000 streamings means $3 for 50 hours of
entertainment! This is beyond madness. It is insulting and humiliating to make
less money than beggars on the street. Less than hard-working factory workers in
India, Turkey, and other Asian countries. Less than toilet cleaners and so on…!
What is there to think about? Nothing really, and yet so many artists play along
and make these billion-dollar companies richer by seconds.
And if it is not enough crazy that we hand over our work for
free and bring traffic to their platforms and possible new subscribers, they
now also want us to celebrate our stupidity by sharing this GREAT news on our socials and bringing them more attention and income!
All these major stores such as Amazon, Apple/iTunes, Spotify,
and Co don’t care about our work. All they want us is to share our work for
free and bring them traffic with our social promotions! It is such an easy and
clever concept, and we support this system for zero income for years! We invest
time and energy in our postings and believe naively that we will finally be
part of this success! Well, we are not and we never will be! Welcome to reality! Stupidity is unfortunately ruling our society!
Congrats! TuneCore Artists just hit
in earnings
Since 2006, TuneCore artists have earned over 4 billion dollars. That is a major achievement and your top-earning release played a part in it.
"The Stolen Years"
Lily Amis
Your Top Release
Let your fans know YOUR release was part of this milestone. Click the graphic above to share it and tag @TuneCore on social media so we can celebrate together!
