May 2010
10 posts
The Shout-Out Post
Here are the shout outs to our most generous supporters of the most remarkable album: Reza Esmaili, Yuriy O’Donnell, Martin Klein, Richard White, Andrew Holland, S.J.Bennett, Dominik Rothenberg, Mathias Garbe, Oliver Grünewald, Felix Bohmann, Fabian Giesen, Alex Brem, Richard Hafner, Malte Thiesen, Marcel Stritzelberger, Ulrich Bär, Tammo Hinrichs, Sandro Manke, Andrew Conkling, Andrew...
New Tracks: Two Remixes
I held these two tracks back for a few months. Here they are.
The Most Remarkable Album On This Entire Planet
Originally we planned to launch the campaign on May 29th, but then I noticed that today is Towel Day, and that pretty much changes everything. You see, Douglas Adams is the name patron to “paniq”. 14 years ago on IRC, when I had to pick my first nickname ever, I went for “PaNiC”. As you can imagine, I have not been the only one using it, so I changed one letter. Alas, here...
Results From the Fan-Funded Album Survey
A big hug to everyone who took the time to take part in the survey. There were 54 participants in the survey. We added the last question later, it has only been answered by 39 participants. Just for fun, we added the survey donations and ended up with a hypothetical $1620. That would already buy us almost one month of production. We will most likely go for a fundraising with four distinct...
Fan-Funded Album Project Survey
After our previous efforts at Kickstarter have oh so miserably failed, Sylvia and me set up a survey to solve the issue of how exactly we are going to fund the next album. Please have a look and if you like, give us your opinion. That would be tremendously helpful. Thanks in advance! :D Update: The survey is closed. Results will be published soon.
HALP! - The Odyssey of Crowdfunding My Next Album
Dear internet. I have a plan, reality is chaos, and thus, I humbly ask for your guidance and wisdom. You see, I wanted to make a new music album this year: The Most Remarkable Album On This Entire Planet. In fact, that’s the actual title of the album. I own all kinds of technical equipment and musical contraptions, all waiting to join the action - yet the last piece of equipment missing from...
New Video: "Aliens on Earth"
Finally managed to compile my mini-documentary of plants at Planten & Blomen, thanks to OpenShot. Also features some of my music, check it out. Aliens on Earth from Leonard Ritter on Vimeo.
New Track: "Time"
Tried my old paths, bored myself to death. Finally found something new. I think it’s exactly the feeling I’m resonating with right now. Have a look.
Figuring out my life bottom up: loose ends,...
This is a list of loose ends. These are things that I want to do, a collection of ambitions and general goals. I want to tie all these loose ends into one big picture, where all those ambitions build a workable master plan. This is the only way to give my life a meaning and a higher purpose. There are a few causes which I want to support: renewable energies; environmental protection; electric...
YouTube Suggests Revenue Sharing, Then Threatens...
Update: YouTube replied with questions specifically targeting the music. I provided them with exact information on used programs and instruments, and that did it for them. Thankfully, the video got approved and now shows up as “Featured Video”. Now they suggested Masagin for revenue share, and I tried to be as specific as possible this time. Hopefully that fixes it. Here’s the...