I’m Full of Excitement

50K MM: In last issue of 50K MUSIC MAG we have talked about how you plan to reach your goal of 10k. Now that you’ve reached it, how do you feel?
John: I’m full of excitement actually! I never expected the financing to go this fast. The last 300 parts were raised in less than a week. Much faster than I’d expected. Specially concerning the situation Sellaband was and in some sort of way still is in. For me it feels good to know that people have faith in my project and that I’m the first under the new management to reach my target. I hope this means a new era for Sellaband with good produced records that might even gain some success!

50K MM: In between there was a week of confusion and uncertainty. What were your thoughts when you heard the news that SellaBand filed for bankruptcy?
John: When I first heard about Sellaband’s bankruptcy I was in disbelieve. The weeks before I’d spent so much time on promoting the website and my project through diverse media. And all this time spent now seemed to be for nothing. When the site came back online I had my doubts on staying. For me my believers had the call. If they’d still have faith to keep their money on Sellaband I’d continue.

If they would have said they were withdrawing I’d leave too. But to my surprise almost all of my believers said they had faith in my project on Sellaband and so I stayed! And decided to put even more energy into it. Which resulted in achieving my goal!

50K MM: How will the album production go on now? When will the album be released?
John: Within two weeks I’ll be in the studio. We now have 17 songs to record. I’m not sure if all of the songs will make it to the record. But wel will record them. The first session we will record the instruments. Mostly live because that’s what we (me and my wonderful band) are good at! After that we will record additionals like electric guitar, string quartet and backing vocals. And the last thing we will record are my vocals. All of this will happen in the month of april. After recording the mixing process will start. We hope to have the mixing done in the beginning of may so we can release the album in the end of may 2010!

But besides that we will also have the recording of the Limited Edition live CD. This will happen on the 25th of april. See it as a small celebration of Sellaband being back online again! All of my believers are invited and they will recieve the invitation very soon!

50K MM: Do you have any plans for album promotion yet?
John: We (me and my plugger) allready got some confirmed appearances on dutch national radio for the album release. Some 3fm shows and Tros Muziekcafé the radio program with the most listeners in the Netherlands.

Besides that we will also release a new single of the album to give it even more exposure. As for now it seems there might also be some TV appearances for the album release!

50K MM: Will we see you on stages soon, maybe even throughout Europe?
John: Me and my band will be touring to promote the album. As for now we are planning to tour the Netherlands in september 2010. This will be a small club tour throughout the entire country. Besides that I’m looking for some places to perform throughout Europe and maybe even the USA. But I’m still trying to find someone who is willing to help me out on planning gigs in each country. So if you feel like helping me out: let me know! Also for artists who want to team up: holla at me!

50K MM: How can we support you during the time of album production?
John: I think positive energy is all Sellaband needs right now. And that also counts for my album release. Mistakes have been made in the past, but let us all give the new management a chance! Once negativity will overshadow my album release I doubt if it might become a success. Let’s all put our shoulders into this and make it work!

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