(by Inge M) I have just finished recording the vocals to my songs. The music was already recorded at FendalSound studio, and it sounded great. Recording the vocals was a great experience. I have been in the studio for four days. My producers were there, the engineer, and Des’ray, singer from 2 brothers on the 4t floor, who was my vocal coach.

The studio was in the middle of the forest, under the ground. A very beautiful location. We recorded about 3 songs a day. On the last day, I recorded a duet with Monika Evans (Thomas), which was really awesome!! We had a great time. After recording the last song, we all celebrated. I am very happy with they way it all sounds. Next week my producers start mixing. I will be there some of the days, just to watch them work on the songs. After the mixing (which takes two weeks), the songs will be mastered and then… they will be ready for the album!! The photos are ready, and the layout for the CD booklet is being made as we speak. So everything is going very well and I am very happy to be able to experience all this. I want to thank all my believers for having given me this opportunity.

50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from, …? Please tell us something about yourself.
Inge: Well, I am Inge, my second name is Maria, that is what the “M” stands for.. I was born and raised in “Zeeland”, that is a province in Holland. Singing is something I have done all my life. My father sings too, he used to be in a Folk-band. My mother is a director and actress, so both the love for singing and for acting came from my parents. In my free time I sing in musicals and operas. I also have a job in the hospital, as a neurophysiology technician (that means I examine the brain and the nerve system). But singing is my passion!

50K MM: How did you discovered SellaBand?
Inge: A friend of mine had told me about it several times, she had seen it on TV and she kept saying: “you should do this!!” so after a while I decided to give it a try. The first believer to “discover” me was Phil (Sommersby), and thanks to him a lot of great things started to happen since then….

50K MM: It seems like you have a very true, secret believer from New Zealand. And some of your colleagues believe in you as well. How did you convinced people to believe in you?
Inge: Honestly? I have no idea! In the beginning, I was posting a lot of comments to all believers asking them to listen to my music. Sometimes that worked, and sometimes believers were annoyed because they didn’t like the “spam”. But the biggest believers were actually people I have never invited to listen, they just did by themselves and believed in me big time!!!

50K MM: You have raised about 26.000 $ so far. Have you thought about the time after reaching 50k yet? What are your plans then?
Inge: Yes, I thought a lot about the time after reaching 50K! I already started looking for the right producer and also know what I want my album to sound like. I am working on new songs already, and want to choose only the best ones for the album. I want to be as prepared as I can, luckily I am in close contact with a few 50K artists (Lori, Gisel, Katie, Angie) so I can ask them for advise any time!!

50K MM: And last question: How can we support you to speed up raising your budget?
Inge: Well my wish is to bring in as much new believers as I can! I am already trying to get a story about Sellaband in the local newspaper, but spreading the word everywhere you can is the best thing to do! Let new believers come in!

While I’m writing these lines, Inge has raised over 35.000 $ so far. Let’s give her a boost and make her the next 50k Artist on SellaBand.

www.sellaband.com/projects/inge