does anyone in here have any fotos, videos or recordings of my first live act on the mayday - the one with the dreaded kimono?

or any other material (”housefrau”) of this early period?

…

…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

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

Was it wrong to chose the englisch language for this blog?  Does nearly everyone here understand german?

Should i make it easier for me and change to my mother tongue? Jawoll, sehr wohl??

I am making an uptempo track out of my “drumming demo” posted before… what do you think works better 132 or 136 BPM? (Beats per Minute = the speed of a track)

132BPM

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136 BPM

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this will in no way influence my own choice of drumsounds but i´d really like to know what your bassdrum tastes are like…

please listen to the following snippets (its about BASSdrums, so only check with big speakers or good headphones) chose your favourite and tell me why you prefer it… thanks!

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Yesterday // Electronic Music in Düsseldorf // Liga Elektronika // with Einmusik, Dubfire, Guy Gerber

I have been there for four hours and wondered why there were 4 Floors but just one sound… 808 bassdrum @ 125 bpm… some nice breaks by Einmusik and Dubfire but still the never ending bass wall of slow, deep 808 kicks… and the only melody i heard was the sample from “jittery heritage” Einmusik used in his performance… not a good time for punchy kicks, beautiful melodies and - god forbids - changing harmonies…

Aus Freude über die grossartige Leistung der deutschen Elf entsteht gerade ein recht harter technoid-tranciger Track namens “Finale!”

Aus weiterer Freude wird dieser Track hier später gepostet - als downloadable mp3 ! Ungekürzt !

Sollten unsere Jungs das Halbfinale auch gewinnen wird der Track nochmals überarbeitet - nach EUREN Wünschen (sofern machbar) und wenn das Finale gewonnen werden sollte (Holland wir kommen !!) wird der Song noch weiter verbessert, veredelt, finalisiert und - erneut verschenkt !!

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// due to the great performance of the german national team i started producing an energetic track which will be downloadable - for free - in full length

// in case the german team wins again on the 25th i will improve the track according to your wishes in this blog / if they win the final match i will improve the song once again and you all should get quite an elaborated work for free / so keep your fingers crossed