www.raveline.de/records/rolf-maier-bode/thirteen-stories.html

and there is a new “ORDER THE NEW ALBUM” button on my homepage…

www.rolfmaierbode.com

So, what are the stories you have in your mind while listening to STELLARIUM?

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CHALLENGE

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Imagine a sunrise in the mountains, the fluffy clouds beneath, the sky clear and blue. The surrounding mountains are bathed in golden red colors.

There is a lonely tent and a man stands in the cold wind looking up to the peak…

His voice begins telling the story “It was breathtaking and literally brought tears to my eyes. But all that beauty didnt fool me - I knew i was facing danger. I was at the point of no return and i needed all my power and will and still it would be a hard struggle. Finally i took my courage in both hands and accepted this personal challenge…”

You then recognize that the speaker is sitting in an interview and has become a lot older. His face is tanny and wrinkeld but his eyes are wide awake and piercing. “This decision - to accept the challenge - has changed my life. Since that date all problems were mere adventures to me and i started enjoying tackling them.”

The two main aspects i kept hearing in the song were NATURE and POWER. But i didnt just want it to be something powerful of the nature, lika a storm or a giant waterfall.

So to me this song was about how you change when you accept a big challenge. You could also think of a composer/producer trying to forge an emotional and still energetic album… with hundreds and hundres of hours of work, some great moments, many regresses and sometimes even despair - but finally a result that will change his or her life…

I´d like to start with song number THREE on THIRTEEN STORIES and ask you what the story is like that you have in your mind when you listen to CHALLENGE…

…some days ago rmbfan2000@gmail.com aked some of you via email:

Hello,
Will you share the new album “Thirteen Stories” of Rolf Maier-Bode?
You could upload it on eMule or differently?

Thanks
Roger Marc Batter

My answer:

hi “rmb fan”

i just wanted to tell you that asking for uploaded copies of records is the fastest way to keep artists from putting time, energy, money and a lot of passion into their work…
people like you wont stop the big players from making music but you are definitly forcing some of the independend musicians to get their money from elsewhere - which simply might keep them from creating music…

go upload some music you DONT like - makes much more sense

ROLF MAIER BODE

For the next weeks i have thought of a way to give you more insights into THIRTEEN STORIES… each week i will concentrate on one song and first ask you about the stories that play in your heads and then reveal what i had in my mind and give you more inside infos…

Nevertheless i also need some good ideas to “promote” the album… If you know of a magazine, blog, website, forum that might be interested in THIRTEEN STORIES just let me know… simply write it down here… or even better get someone from that mag or blog or whatever to get in contact with me -> rolfmb at rolfmaierbode com

Id really like to hear what you think about THIRTEEN STORIES after you have listened to it several times…

And what are your favourite songs after some days…

In the meantime i will be enjoying life - thirtyfive

If you got the CD and at least listened to it from ONE to THIRTEEN in one pass once i would really like to read your first impressions here…

…and if you have an myspcae account i´d really like to get some comments there as well

and i am very happy with the design in actual print…