Whenever I see musicians complaining their release is a fiasco, I pity them. Not for the alleged failure but for the attitude.

With it no one can be satisfied, ever.

I remind myself every day I’m not entitled to success, just the work. Which I should enjoy, otherwise why do it.

Anyone else than me liking or even loving my music is a huge bonus that makes composing an even more happy experience.

But even without the external confirmation I always know I did a great job – otherwise I wouldn’t have released the music to public.

Making music is joy and

giving it to people is an enjoyable adventure.

Yesterday I released a new album, unplanned and unexpected by anyone incl. myself.

Today, in the morning, I’ve checked the sales and found out during the 11 hours it’s been out nobody bought it. Not a single soul.

How did it feel?

It felt great! I laughed with joy and relief and then I pulled it out.

Why? For several reasons.

First, it’s great one can’t take fan loyalty for granted. Having additional motivation to outdue yourself is a gift.

Second, the album was still just mine and I could do whatever I

wanted to do with it.

These last two days were hectic. I hurried to have the album released ASAP after the Easter. Because for me it’s the best hymn of the holiday, life and this strange period anyone has made so far.

But I rushed it and I knew it. I made mistakes:

I found out

the limit for a track on BC is 600 MB. My 51+ min 24-bit master didn’t fit. I downsampled it, it sounded much worse but I used it anyway.

I chose wrong cover art. For me the boys with rattles were perfect, for the rest of the world it might have been confusing.

I skipped analog

mastering I always do. It would have highly benefited this recording, a combo of DAD and AAD, but my haste harmed it.

So...

I’ve been re-mastering it since this early morning, using a combination of tape decks back and forth to pleasantly degrade it and warm the recording up.

I’ve made a better, merrier, universally understandable cover art feat. my son; compare the two under this tweet.

The album is still imho the best soundtrack for these times so I’ll re-release it later today *when it’s finished*.

And if no one buys it? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♂️" title="Man shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Man shrugging"> I’ll still love it. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Winking face" aria-label="Emoji: Winking face">