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Not Only A Chance Encounter

50K MM: In November issue we talked about what will be when you're at 10k. Now you reached your goal. How do you feel now? Eric: It's pretty hard to describe how we all feel. The general feeling is that we're pretty amazed that so many of our friends and fans, new and old, have believed in us enough to shell out their hard earned cash to support us in making this album. It also puts a bit of pressure on us (in a good way) to make the best possible product that we can. We don't want to let anybody down with this, and I don't think we will. As of today, all of our parts are finished recorded, and even though we're just listening to really rough mixes, I can tell this album is going to be very special. 50K MM: Please tell us something about what has happened the day you reached 10k. Eric: As we were getting closer and closer, I kept a watchful eye on the status - but unfortunately work called, and I had to attend to a piano lesson. Halfway through the lesson, I left my student to go get him a song off of my computer and I figured "Well, I'm at the computer, might as well check how we're doing on sellaband" and when I checked, we had reached the goal - so I remember the time very specifically. I quickly sent out an e-mail to the guys saying "Guys - we did it - 10k on sellaband!" 50K MM: You are currently recording your album. What will be the next steps after you have finished recording? Eric: Well, we're in those steps right now - the songs, once we listen through to them for a couple days and make sure everything sounds good, is getting rushed off to be mixed at Studio 169 here in Ottawa, Canada. From there, it's being sent to Toronto, Canada to be mastered at the finest place in the country, while the artwork gets ready. Then the album will be ready for everybody to (hopefully) enjoy! 50K MM: The album is called „Chance Encounters“. Is there a special story behind this title, a special encounter? Eric: The thing about the name "Chance Encounters" is that it's not just one thing - everything that has led us to completing this album has been a chance encounter. There are so many random happenings that have come up along the way to bring us to where we are right now, it's hard to even think of where to begin. 50K MM: You have planned to spend 25% of the budget for marketing. Could you please unveil some details of your marketing plan? Eric: Since our original plan, we've realized we can't quite spend that much on marketing. It's going to cost us a bit more to send out all the prizes that we've promised people. However, we will be marketing it heavily, with an emphasis on licensing agreements. Licensing is the new "Radio" - and radio is dead. 50K MM: And at last: do you have a special message to your fans and believers? Eric: Thanks you all for your support and love. We're going to make you proud, I promise.

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