My dear music fans, This will probably be the last newsletter from me to you for a long time. As most of you know, I'm currently working on an album which shall be released as separate downloadable mp3 files and a real CD when it's finished from CDBaby. I already have some stunning video footage in my possession for one or maybe 3 videos for YouTube and my website. In about a month my contract will expire with N1M and they're offering a renewal for $180. But my decision to release everything all at once means that the majority of that time will be just waiting time. I need some serious money for plugins to get the sound I want for my album and where I thought, my remastered version of Shoreview Meditation would earn me some money to invest in these plugins this wasn't the case at all. Sadly, only 3 people bought the remastered version, that was pretty pathetic but that's how it goes. Now just to be clear, I'm not creating music with the goal to get as much money as possible, first thing has always been to let people enjoy the music. But to produce a good track you need high quality gear and over the years I've built a professional studio on my own that can deliver that, I've really put every single cent I have into this. This album will be released all at once and it has to sound good enough to attract people in the documentary or film scene and of course you, the people who love this kinda music! The plugins will make sure that I can achieve that vintage sound I'm looking for because this company is renowned for their accurate software emulations of hardware from early as the 60's I could sent all the tracks to a professional studio but they only do the last phase of the album, the mastering phase and for the money I invest in that alone I could buy the plugins to do the mixing AND mastering myself and use them for the next albums as well! I therefore came to the conclusion to no longer extend my account and invest that money in the very necessary plugins and a long needed upgrade of my production software, Cubase in my case. What will happen when I leave N1M? For you? Probably nothing. N1M will keep on playing my tracks but there will be no newsletters (maybe that's a good thing, LOL!), no means to upload the new stuff, but that wasn't gonna happen anyway until the whole album was finished and videos etc are finished. You will not find my "mini website" and new subscribers can't join this newsletter because I have no account anymore. If in the future I decide to subscribe to N1M again, all my tracks plus the new ones will be uploaded and all your email addresses will be in the database so nothing will change on your side. I want to thank you all for all you support over the years. When it was bad because of my health your email support got me through and I always took your advise as a guideline. You are a real great bunch of people. N1M mailed me that I'm now more than a couple of months at number 1,3 and 5 in the Dutch instrumental chart and number 15 (with Shoreview Meditation) in the all genre charts. Something I thought was impossible, because I'm from Holland and thought I knew the general taste but I'm pretty proud of that! :-) But although I am proud the tracks are well received, even in holland, no one has the money to buy a song from iTunes. I just had enough money to let a professional studio remaster the track and release the song and Shoreview Meditation was the most popular on N1M, so I choose that one. At the moment I've got 1840+ subscribers to this newsletter so to sell only 3 copies was a bit of a disappointment, I think you can imagine that. I really hope that with the release of the new album I can get exposure in the movie and documentary scene because I really would love to work again after 14 years of being ill. The signs are positive but we'll see. I hope that this Arctic soundtrack album will be finished somewhere mid next year. If for some reason I will get signed or other big events take place that may interest you I will sent you an email. I've always respected your privacy and I'm not about to change that. I find it hard but in the end it always comes down to the $$$ and you have to choose wisely. Again thank you for your loyal support and hopefully we'll see each other soon. Many thanks to you wherever you are, I'm gonna miss you. You can still purchase the remastered version of Shoreview Medtation at the following addresses: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/shoreview-meditation-single/id702811971 CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/zwoekie You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook and my temp website (but the newsletter function doesn't work I'm positive my real website will be up and running before the release of the album. There will be a newsletter feature in that website and much more but at the moment finishing this album is priority nr. 1 and when all is done you'll get a notification by mail, or via twitter or Facebook. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwoekiemusic Twitter: http://twitter.com/zwoekie_music Email: hello@zwoekie.com Thanks for your support and hopefully we'll see each other some where in the next year. Take care everybody, Zwoekie..... website: www.zwoekie.com