Marius Matache (RO)

16 years on stage and 3 albums later, I would say that music is a challenge similar to my PhD in Environmental Chemistry. Indie-Folk keeps being a very romantic and experimental genre in Romanian industry, and I can say I have tried almost anything in order to build a career from nothing. Crowdfunding for the second album (first crowdfunding campaign on personal website in Romania), Patreon during the Covid lockdown, album finished during lockdown, mentorship for young artists, establishing the first indie-folk music portal in Romania (foreverfolk.com), running a folk music show (one year) and supporting others, blogging to support other artists dealing with the same issues as I did when I began my career. Permanent experimenting for improvement, both artistic and music business. The best is yet to come.