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When looking at Tuomas Saukkonen, the front man of Before the Dawn and several other bands, one could find it hard to believe that behind the tattoos and piercings gleams a smile that is the brightest and most charming ever seen. Before the Dawn has just released their sixth full-length album, Deathstar Rising, which went to the 8 th position in the official Finnish chart.

That happens when you do gigs in a year. After some extent you have no more power to influence things. And you have to be happy with that. I want to be in the production process from the very beginning so it takes a lot of time, I could get more money from any other job than that. It seems obvious that for him it really is all about the music and never about the fame and money.

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Saukkonen admits that just with making music, he cannot earn his living. He does also other jobs related to music such as working as a stage manager. Through his own company he has concretely seen the effect that declining record sales have, not necessarily on royalties the musicians get but on studio budgets. When bands have to record parts of their album at their home studios, it affects the quality of the recordings.

Considering how harsh the music industry can be, the road of Saukkonen and his bands has been rather easy.