The Concept
As i wrote in my second post here (May 2008) there was a first concept for this album. Originally i tried to find a topic that includes technology and creativity and wasnt used on any concept album i knew of. It should give me enough flexibility for very different styles but still be cohesive. I chosed architecture. The album should be about buildings. All different kinds of buildings. Then i added places to even have more possibilites. So i wrote some songs about different buildings and places and changed existing songs to fit into this concept. But i got stuck in the middle. Some Songs were cool this way and there is one song about silicon valley that even made it onto the final album but i was missing something with this concept…
The early concept wasnt leading me to emotional ideas but to rather “constructed” tracks… and i was in fear that this way the whole album might not be athmospheric enough for the future listener…
So i had a meeting with some good friends. We thought about what makes a musical piece a great song and which of these factors might already be in my music. From the point of view of the listener a great song should paint a picture and draw him (or her) into it. It should be a little world of its own to be discovered. It should be like a good novel. And we found that some of my songs actually achieved this. We all listetend to the songs again and we concentrated on just one question for each track: Is this song telling a story?
Thus the final concept was born. This album should be a collection of songs that are like little movies and should be produced with the associations of the listener in focus. I tried to find out what each track could evoke and then how this effect can be improved. Emotion and energy seemed to be the most important factors. Then i realized that these two factors always have been an important part of the “ROLF MAIER BODE sound”: emotion and energy. melody and beat. heaven and hell 
Finally there was a concept that really made sense for my first full length “solo” album. Telling stories with music.
And so all songs grew and grew until they were having an emotional impact and were energetic enough to really catch me. I dont think that music is such a precise language that all listeners hear exactly what i had in my mind as i was writing and producing the songs. But it definitly helped me improving them and gave the whole album a cohesive touch. The concept of virtually telling stories with music worked for me. And if you like emotional but energetic music it should also work for you 
15. February 2009 at 18:08
I’m 100% sure it will work
15. February 2009 at 19:34
I really like what you’re trying to accomplish.
The best wishes for the release and a great reception!
15. February 2009 at 19:41
I just can´t wait….. please let us hear your music as soon as possible!
Liebe Grüße, Peer
15. February 2009 at 20:45
you know rolf,
some people manage to build a house.
some manage to build a home.
keep it up and real!!!
15. February 2009 at 23:56
I must say, that in your new songs is a big mix of everything, power, melody, mood, great sound, feelings, emotions, imagination… And I believe, that your new album will take me to the new journey of music which I never knowed before!
16. February 2009 at 09:25
And the name of your first “solo” album? How does it reflect your concept of (sound-)worlds and pictures?
16. February 2009 at 11:42
I agree, your music definitely pulls some strings inside me and they start resonating with the music: emotion and energy is a good way to put it in words.
16. February 2009 at 14:38
Yeah, I just got your mail.
Sehr geil! *froi*
16. February 2009 at 16:02
@Hardware: Jetzt ist es ja klar
16. February 2009 at 17:16
@Rolf - den Betreff der eMails mit Anführungszeichen oder ohne
16. February 2009 at 17:52
zumindest nicht ZWEIMAL
ich poste hier später oder morgen auch noch mal wie man bestellen kann, aber ich wollte den leuten die eine mail adresse hier eingetragen haben einen vorsprung verschaffen
16. February 2009 at 18:31
@Rolf - dann ist beides angekommen
Sorry^^ Kohle ist unterwegs. Und die Mail werde ich dann jetzt nur EINMAL ohne Anführungszeichen rüberschießen…
16. February 2009 at 18:49
I got your email too!
What is the track list?
16. February 2009 at 19:45
ohja die CD hätte ich auch gerne!
17. February 2009 at 14:44
So you tell us directly, that once again you have lots of music lurking around in some “Schublads” deep down under your desk that will never see the light of day nor the interior of our ears…. great - but we’re used to it!
17. February 2009 at 16:25
18. February 2009 at 15:08
And if MAYBE not… you throw the stuff in the trashcan?
22. February 2009 at 19:15
wie sieht es eigentlich mit singles oder maxis aus ?
stehen denn die chancen gut mit singles auch unveröffentlichte stücke zu erwerben ?
oder mehrere versionen .
von remixen anderer halte ichnichts !
es gab nur ein gutes teil und das war beauty of simpicity von blank and jones .
alles andere ist nicht würdig !!!!
hingegen sind so sachen wie life is too short von kai tracid in deiner version wieder besser als das original !!!
cu
23. February 2009 at 10:30
Naja, da gabs aber andere Sachen die DEUTLICH besser waren als der Blank & Jones Retouch.
Der Mellow-D Remix von DDB zB. Der Commander Tom-Remix von Reality war auch ganz nett. Aber ist natürlich alles Geschmackssache.
03. April 2009 at 08:42
we’ll always be suporting your work thats why i’ll buy original cd—you deserve it..thx