NEWS
February
17, 2012
Things are going to happen!!!
The song "Rush Hour" from the "Dragons" album has been noted in the charts of several U.S. radio stations:
Feb 17, 2012: no. 91 of the ACQB top 200, No. 13 Small Market AC/Hot AC Prime Mover, and No. 30 of Small Market AC/Hot AC Top 30 Indie Chart.
Feb 6, 2012: No. 22 on WOCO FM AC Chart, No. 5 on *OCO AM AC Chart.
We are really astonished about that, we had never thought that Rush Hour could climb that high in charts. So what will happen when we start songs like Not The Devil?? Now we get very curious about this!
Two weeks ago we made an telephone interview with Brad Frederickson from the KGY radio station in the Seattle/Washington area. We have no information whether this has been broadcasted already. Brad´s shows are on Saturday afternoon (local time), so we learned from the internet. Maybe listeners of KGY might still have the opportunity to hear this event. Four songs will be played during the interview: Rush Hour, Dragons, The Small Cafe, and Middle Ages (it was not easy to decide, which four songs should be chosen).
Things are going to happen!!!
The song "Rush Hour" from the "Dragons" album has been noted in the charts of several U.S. radio stations:
Feb 17, 2012: no. 91 of the ACQB top 200, No. 13 Small Market AC/Hot AC Prime Mover, and No. 30 of Small Market AC/Hot AC Top 30 Indie Chart.
Feb 6, 2012: No. 22 on WOCO FM AC Chart, No. 5 on *OCO AM AC Chart.
We are really astonished about that, we had never thought that Rush Hour could climb that high in charts. So what will happen when we start songs like Not The Devil?? Now we get very curious about this!
Two weeks ago we made an telephone interview with Brad Frederickson from the KGY radio station in the Seattle/Washington area. We have no information whether this has been broadcasted already. Brad´s shows are on Saturday afternoon (local time), so we learned from the internet. Maybe listeners of KGY might still have the opportunity to hear this event. Four songs will be played during the interview: Rush Hour, Dragons, The Small Cafe, and Middle Ages (it was not easy to decide, which four songs should be chosen).
January 17, 2012
The new year started with the release of "States Of Aggregation". The full album is now available by mp3 download at online stores like iTunes, Amazon, CDbaby and others. Meanwhile we got the message that "Rush Hour" of the "Dragons" album is being played on various U.S. radio stations. We are watching with interest how this will influence our music activities. Funny thing to know that on the other side of the globe some people listen to our music...
So what next? The first things which are necessary to do are videoclips. We are just working on a video for "Rush Hour" to make allowance for the echo overseas. The next candidates are the two leading songs on "States Of Aggregation": first "Not The Devil", then "Silver Screen". And of course, we will start to compose new songs again.
December
17, 2011
Christmas is getting nearer, the kids are getting nervous, we parents try to stay cool. Still we find time for all things concerning our music, and we watch with interest what is happening with the "Dragons" album in the U.S.A. A warm welcome to all new fans of the Maier Project! Enjoy our music, this site, and look forward to our new CD "States of Aggregation". The date of release will be January for Europe, and in February/March 2012 we will give the new songs to the listeners in Canada and the U.S.A.
Until then have a good time!
Christmas is getting nearer, the kids are getting nervous, we parents try to stay cool. Still we find time for all things concerning our music, and we watch with interest what is happening with the "Dragons" album in the U.S.A. A warm welcome to all new fans of the Maier Project! Enjoy our music, this site, and look forward to our new CD "States of Aggregation". The date of release will be January for Europe, and in February/March 2012 we will give the new songs to the listeners in Canada and the U.S.A.
Until then have a good time!
November 18, 2011
August
21, 2011
Before
the
release of "States Of Aggregation"
in the near future, we want to
announce some changes here on the
website and in our politics. Up to
now it was possible to listen to the
complete song when clicking on its
title. We are about to replace them
by song excerpts which are about one
and a half minute up to two minutes
long. We have started this for the
Dragons songs, and in the next weeks
this will also be the case with A
Gallery Of Dreams. The Dreams album
is going to be remixed and, in part,
newly sung. This may lead to some
changes of one or the other song in
comparison to the version you are
used to know, and maybe this will be
an interesting experience also for
you.Earlier than that, you will find the first infos about States Of Aggregation on the Music site, with similar excerpts of the songs as mentioned above.
In the future - step by step - States Of Aggregation, Dragons and A Gallery Of Dreams will be available at many online stores which carry out the digital distribution of music. We felt that States Of Aggregation is a further hallmark in our hitherto career as musicians, and that we want to present our songs to a larger auditorium all over the world. This means that in the near future Dragons and States Of Aggregation will be available on iTunes, amazon, Rhapsody and many other stores, and they will cost money. A Gallery Of Dreams will follow when the revision of the songs has been finished. The free download of our music will be restricted to our early instrumental albums Elven World, Four, Sweetest Fruit and The Queen Goes For A Walk Incognito.
I hope that you understand our decision, at the latest when you hear the excerpts on the Music page. Wish us luck, and we do what we can to please you with more good music by the Project.
June 13,
2011
Our
next album is not yet finished. Half
of the songs are completed, five
others wait for the last cosmetics.
This means that the album itself
will be ready for release in few
weeks.
But what we intend to close concurrently are the adaptions of the homepage which are necessary for the presentation of the album. This will happen step by step, and you will be able to observe this in the next time.
So we will be very busy here, only interrupted by one or the other day of leisure and diversion. Some weeks ago we had a fine time during a visit to Rome, the kids sent to their grandma, and we both enjoyed the first holiday on our own since six years. Some photographs taken during these days you will find on various pages of the website.
In the meantime, stay cool, keep your patience, and look forward to our new songs.
But what we intend to close concurrently are the adaptions of the homepage which are necessary for the presentation of the album. This will happen step by step, and you will be able to observe this in the next time.
So we will be very busy here, only interrupted by one or the other day of leisure and diversion. Some weeks ago we had a fine time during a visit to Rome, the kids sent to their grandma, and we both enjoyed the first holiday on our own since six years. Some photographs taken during these days you will find on various pages of the website.
In the meantime, stay cool, keep your patience, and look forward to our new songs.
February 23,
2011
A short sign
of life out of the studio.
Work is still in progress,
and we are active on
various playing fields.
Some videos have been
done, and we had so much
fun with them. Lot of
photographs have been
taken and form the pool
which will provide us with
pictures for the booklet
and for the website.
They will be accessible at
the same time with the new
album. The songs are
not yet completed, but we
have not the intention to
hurry. I have cought a
cold and therefore I am
not in good voice in the
moment. So we concentrate
on other things which have
to be done in conjunction
with the new cd.
In the meantime we wait for carnival time.
In the meantime we wait for carnival time.
December 21,
2010
The new year approaches with huge steps. We face it holding in our hands the musical frame of ten new songs waiting to be completed with lyrics. This means that we have to spend some time with singing, recording and mixing what will keep us busy for the next few weeks. The title of the new album still has to be defined . We have to design the art work of the cd and of the booklet, choose the pictures, take some more photographs, and think about some other special things for the site of the new cd on our homepage.
We are looking forward to these tasks: days will not be boring, they promise fun and diverting hours with the special atmosphere of the new album.
More than the first two albums with lyrics, the songs will deal with personal things. We will provide you with detailed informations on them some time later when the release of the cd is coming up.
What is left is to wish to all of you all the best for the holidays, and we hope we all will enter safely a - hopefully - peaceful and stable new year 2011. Stay healthy, stay cool, enjoy life, take care of your beloved. Life is too short to waste it.
The new year approaches with huge steps. We face it holding in our hands the musical frame of ten new songs waiting to be completed with lyrics. This means that we have to spend some time with singing, recording and mixing what will keep us busy for the next few weeks. The title of the new album still has to be defined . We have to design the art work of the cd and of the booklet, choose the pictures, take some more photographs, and think about some other special things for the site of the new cd on our homepage.
We are looking forward to these tasks: days will not be boring, they promise fun and diverting hours with the special atmosphere of the new album.
More than the first two albums with lyrics, the songs will deal with personal things. We will provide you with detailed informations on them some time later when the release of the cd is coming up.
What is left is to wish to all of you all the best for the holidays, and we hope we all will enter safely a - hopefully - peaceful and stable new year 2011. Stay healthy, stay cool, enjoy life, take care of your beloved. Life is too short to waste it.
November
15, 2010
No
reason to be
lazy, so we
focus our
attention
again on
composing,
arranging and
creating
lyrics. we
collected
another twelve
new songs up
today, some
others will
follow, and we
will decide
later which
songs will
appear on the
next release.
A special
interest of us
is the
revision of
older
instrumental
stuff, and we
started with a
new version of
"Sleeping With
Hares"
including
lyrics, so you
can be curious
what this will
sound like.
The request for the Dragons album is still high, so we watch it with great interest and think about some changes concerning our merchandizing strategy. Yes, time goes by and our success rises steadily, so we have to think about one thing or the other. You will be informed as soon as we have decided how to do in the future.
No reason to worry....
The request for the Dragons album is still high, so we watch it with great interest and think about some changes concerning our merchandizing strategy. Yes, time goes by and our success rises steadily, so we have to think about one thing or the other. You will be informed as soon as we have decided how to do in the future.
No reason to worry....
August
21, 2010
More than a month has passed, and the new release turns out to be our greatest success. The consequence for us is that we start working on the unfinished songs and the musical fragments to prepare our next project. Additionally, we intend to get through our old stuff and look what we could make out of those instrumental songs - oh now I can see the crinkles of doubt between your eyebrows - huh-huh, let us all get surprised!
Some more details can be read in our August newsletter - visit our forum!
July
17, 2010
So
it´s done.
"Dragons" has
been
completed, and
it had been
very much work
to create it.
The music - at
least - is
accessible for
the world, all
other work
concerning
related things
at the website
will follow in
the next
weeks. Anyway,
it´s a reason
to celebrate
it. Yesterday
we celebrated
little Romy´s
fourth
birthday,
today we drink
some beers or
glasses of red
wine to toast
to "Dragons".
What are the next steps? Creating videos, searching the lost intro site with the little movie, put more work into the homepage. Do you remember the music of the intro? You will find it again somewhere on the "Dragons" album...
So we wish you all a fine summer!
What are the next steps? Creating videos, searching the lost intro site with the little movie, put more work into the homepage. Do you remember the music of the intro? You will find it again somewhere on the "Dragons" album...
So we wish you all a fine summer!
June
09, 2010
Good
news for you:
We take the
last turn
before the
final spurt of
the new
release. The
new album will
be called
"Dragons" and
will comprise
12 pieces, ten
of them with
vocals and two
of them
instrumental.
There will be
many electric
guitars, some
organs, a
little bit of
strings, and
one piece with
exotic
instruments.
We deliver the
details in
July,
hopefully.
Some work has still to be done for the CD artwork, we have to take lot of photographs, and we plan one - or even more than one - movie that will be found at the "Dragons" site.
The lyrics will deal with very different things, among these are: Love (what else), the art of relationship, communication, freedom (political and artistic), and love (I can see the sweat pearls on your forehead).
Some work has still to be done for the CD artwork, we have to take lot of photographs, and we plan one - or even more than one - movie that will be found at the "Dragons" site.
The lyrics will deal with very different things, among these are: Love (what else), the art of relationship, communication, freedom (political and artistic), and love (I can see the sweat pearls on your forehead).
May
07, 2010
Long
time had passed since we had to close
our old forum. We had to change the
forum provider, and in the end not much
work was necessary to create a new place
of communication for our community. And
the first signs of new communication can
be read at the forum site...
March
31, 2010
Okay.
Okay.
Apparently
it might be
wiser in the
future to
announce the
releas of a
new recording
half a year
later than
originally
planned. Just
to avoid the
uncomfortable
situation,
when the work
drags on and
on, that we
have to
apologise
repeatedly to
the fan
community for
the delay of
what they wait
for while
being on pins
and needles.
So far about the negative side of the medal.
The other side is that we really are struggling to complete the songs. I am very dissatisfied with the lyrics of two of them. Another one has to be reconstructed in the second half of its six minutes. This means some more composing, arranging and mixing. I will not announce again a new date of the release. I am optimistic, but I am so sorry that I have to string you along some more time.
One thing I know is that this time again there are more songs done than will be found on the new CD. That means we have the intention to give to you a second release at the end of this year. This seems to me an adequate compensation for more than four months of waiting. Here a fine suggestion: listen to one of my favourite songs: "Waiting" by Porcupine Tree. Maybe waiting will be easier?!
So far about the negative side of the medal.
The other side is that we really are struggling to complete the songs. I am very dissatisfied with the lyrics of two of them. Another one has to be reconstructed in the second half of its six minutes. This means some more composing, arranging and mixing. I will not announce again a new date of the release. I am optimistic, but I am so sorry that I have to string you along some more time.
One thing I know is that this time again there are more songs done than will be found on the new CD. That means we have the intention to give to you a second release at the end of this year. This seems to me an adequate compensation for more than four months of waiting. Here a fine suggestion: listen to one of my favourite songs: "Waiting" by Porcupine Tree. Maybe waiting will be easier?!
Jan
31, 2010
Time
passes by with
large steps.
The new album
gets more and
more similar
to the shape
we had
imagined. At
present we
have only
restricted
time to work
on it. The
next weeks we
will
concentrate on
the vocal
parts of the
pieces.
The
instrumental
components
have been
created, and I
dare say that
this time
again there
will be a
significant
difference to
the songs of
"Dreams". The
title of the
album is not
yet fixed. The
album will
comprise
twelve pieces
with a total
length of
about one
hour. The
release of it
can be
expected in
March.
Hopefully you
are patient
enough - but
on the other
hand, you got
no choice...!
2010
Hopefully,
a start into a
productive new
year!
Jan
01, 2010
So the
old year has
passed. The
world faces
more and more
financial,
environmental
and social
problems. The
deterioration
of life
quality in
countries near
the equator
and of the
southern
hemisphere
feeds the
development of
political and
economical
instability,
with a social
cleft between
rich and poor
getting larger
and larger.
All the
problems on
our planet do
not make man
wiser: profit
is still more
important than
actions that
secure the
future of
mankind and of
the planet we
live on.
Different
scenarios have
been designed,
what kind of
fate man will
meet.
Nevertheless:
it is still
worthwhile
today to work
on a future
world that is
worth living
for our
children.
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