RIVERSEA Blog 2
1st may 2012
Hi again :)
Well, it's certainly been a busy 7 days for RIVERSEA this week. It all
began in the dying hours of Monday night when the brand new Riversea website finally went online along with the all-important
pre-order. At the same time the video for our first 'single' from the album EDEN Hartlepool , I didn’t see the finished video until
everyone else did. I was really pleased with how it all turned out and the
reaction so far to the video and, of course the song, has been very positive...
The video has been slightly ‘tweaked’ since it made it’s debut and was
re-posted and set back to ‘zero views’ on Saturday so please do check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJFMcJKUemM
And then, in a wonderful display of universal coincidence, within
minutes of the website and video going 'live' we got an email from Ed Unitsky
containing the final artwork for the CD booklet etc... Although we had seen
Ed's stunning cover before (in fact, we'd had the cover in place for over a
year), neither Brendan nor myself had seen the finished artwork until this
point. To say we were more than happy with the final result would be a massive
understatement... We LOVE it. And I’m sure you will too. Ed's art has been the
final piece in the jigsaw in creating the RIVERSEA album and complements the
songs and the sound of the band superbly. Let's put is this way, if I saw a CD
with that artwork in HMV I'd buy it without even knowing what the band sounded
like (ok, I might have just exaggerated there again!). But, seriously, hats off
to Ed... Superb Job.
The pre-order too has been a success for us. As the RIVERSEA album is
been released on our own 'label' and we are completely self financed, the
pre-order was an essential part in the final phase of the album's creation as,
without it, we literally wouldn’t have been able to afford the pressing of the
physical CD units. The pre-order went online Tuesday morning and I'm more than
pleased to say that by the close of play on Friday we had more than passed our
'target' and we'd raised enough money for the first 'pressing' of the album.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you who has
paid for our album in advance and shown such faith in us. You literally have made
all of this possible. Thank you. Needless to say, the CDs will be sent out as
soon as they arrive at RIVERSEA HQ. I don’t want to make you wait any more for
this...
Of course, the pre-order is still very much in place and we are doing
our best to get the word 'out there' with regards the RIVERSEA release. Because
we are a 'recording only' band (at least at the moment) and completely self
managed, we really need any help anyone can give us with regards 'promoting'
this album and making sure that other people get chance to hear what we've been
up to all these years. Getting our music heard is the goal. So please feel free
to 'share' our video and let other people know about our songs. It's all about
getting the album ‘out there’ and 'finding' all those music fans who would
really 'dig' what we do (did I jut say 'dig'?).
So, hopefully if all things go smoothly from here, we’re hoping to have
the physical CD units back with us around May 20th and we’ll be
shipping them out as soon as possible.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and we really hope you enjoy
the full album when you finally get to hear it. Not long now…
Peace, love and rock n roll
Marc 1st May 2012
