SINTER: THE CHASE FOR A COMMON SOUND LANDSCAPE

Some works begin with a melody or a theme. Sinter began with the idea of ​​letting two different sound worlds meet and gradually merge.

AN IMMORTABLE SUMMER SONG: HOW "NEXT SUMMER" BECAME AWESOME

Trondheim Song:Expo opens for applications

SINTER: THE CHASE FOR A COMMON SOUND LANDSCAPE

Some works begin with a melody or a theme. Sinter began with the idea of ​​letting two different sound worlds meet and gradually merge.

AN IMMORTABLE SUMMER SONG: HOW "NEXT SUMMER" BECAME AWESOME

It started as a joke, was written in a few minutes, and received a lukewarm reception when deLillos tried it live. Today, "Neste sommer" is one of Norway's most popular summer songs.

Trondheim Song:Expo opens for applications

One day in the studio can be the start of millions of plays. Now you can apply to participate in Trondheim Song:Expo 2026.

Podcast: What is behind the debate about TONO?

Cultural contributions, governance, member democracy and future direction have created great engagement among TONO's members. In this episode of Musikkskaperne you meet chairman Tom Hugo Hermansen and director Karl Vestli.

Oddny: – It should be possible to recognize yourself in the lyrics

With Bremanger dialect, strong lyrics and collective workdays in Gamlahuset, Oddny has found its own path. Iver Strand Senneset talks about songwriting, the Spellemann Award and how the band has grown at its own pace.

Board update: After the annual meeting and up to September 1st

After the annual meeting on June 9, there has been some noise in TONO, and we on the board have worked quickly and purposefully to try to gather the breadth of what together constitutes TONO. At the board meeting in June, we decided to call an extraordinary annual meeting on September 1, and to temporarily reduce the level of cultural contributions, while a new and better-established model is developed. 

TONO asks for input before extraordinary annual meeting 

On August 6th at 16 pm, TONO will hold a feedback meeting for all members, and at the same time invites everyone to submit written feedback until August 11th.  

– AI should not be a copyright-free zone

The Atlantic recently published databases of millions of works used to train artificial intelligence. We brought together TONO Chairman Tom Hugo Hermansen and TONO Legal Officer and Department Director Inger Elise Mey for a conversation about copyright, technology, and what's at stake for music creators.

Summer greetings from Karl

Read managing director Karl Vestli's summer greeting to TONO's members.

We are strongest when we stand together.

As a six-year-old, he stood in front of his mother's cassette player with earphones and sang self-composed songs. Now he will fight for and together with the TONO members to increase the value of music and those who make it, in the face of artificial intelligence, a more confusing rights picture and foreign actors. At the annual meeting on June 9 this year, Tom Hugo Hermansen was elected as the new chairman of Tono.
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