Dear music friends,
It has been rather quiet here over the past four weeks, but behind the scenes a lot has been happening — and there is plenty of great news to share. During this time, I’ve been heavily focused on releasing my full discography on the major streaming platforms.
Unfortunately, there were some unexpected issues with my distributor, which caused delays for several albums. I had to delete and re-upload a few releases, and at one point I uploaded too many albums at once, which led to additional errors. Because of this, the discography is not 100% complete yet, but I expect everything to be finished by the end of next week. Only two albums are still missing.
After that, the next big step will be releasing all singles alongside the albums dating back to 1997. This process will take several weeks, as we’re talking about more than 50 single releases across nearly 29 years.
In addition, all album covers have been completely updated. I kept full creative control throughout the entire process. Together with the singles, the covers now create cohesive visual stories that further emphasize the concept behind each album. I’m very proud of the result — although it was an enormous amount of work.
But that’s not all!
My official website will be launching in the next few days. There you’ll find access to my full discography, additional singles, photos, a biography, and links to my videos. With the website launch, my store will also open. You’ll be able to purchase my complete discography on CD. I handled the full creative direction here as well — every CD cover and inner label has been personally designed by me. Some albums will also be available on vinyl. I’ve set the prices as low as possible, which means I don’t earn much from sales, but it’s important to me that fans of CDs and vinyl have the chance to own these releases physically. It’s worth mentioning that the vinyl editions may not always contain every single track from an album, as the focus here is more on sound quality than quantity in order to achieve the best possible LP audio experience.
Looking ahead, a merchandise shop is also planned, but this is still in the early stages and will take a few more weeks to develop.
And last but not least: I recently announced that my large-scale music project will officially begin this year. On the new website, you’ll already find the first early information about it. The first single from this project will be available online starting tomorrow, February 12th.
It is the first of three singles leading up to the album release. I’m incredibly excited to finally share the results with you and very curious to see your reactions. More than a year of planning has gone into this project, and in the past few weeks alone I’ve invested well over 200 hours of additional work to bring everything together on a large scale.
I’m really looking forward to presenting the first single tomorrow — and in the coming days, you’ll finally get to explore the new website as well.
Kevin Hagemeier