This message was shared by Detlef Wiedeke days before the crowfunding campaign was over:
Dear friends of the sound from the 80s,
in the last years we
get many mails, in which you asked for a continuation of our project.
Now we sat together, have reformed us, to produce new songs for you. And
we have find out, that your desire for it cannot be so largely. A few
hundred people of you would be sufficient to publish the third album.
That this is not possible without your support, you could verify our
whole calculation in detail. An extract from it I add here:
"Production= 16000€
Because we do everything ourselves from composition and working at the
sound to mixing and mastering. So it takes about 5 full days to finish
up one entire song, that makes at least 60 days in the studio.
Squeezer incl. material, booklet, postage, Gema = 5000€, for the time being 2000 media
Graphic and design= 2500€ (CDCover and Booklet)
Pictures= 500€
Postage and packaging= 6000€"
I`m disappointed quite personally, that you are not ready to contribute
a relatively slight support for our creative work - for a whole album
plus specials. We have already taken us so much trouble in the
preparatory phase and have gathered many ideas. So if you want this
really, seizes the last days and get moving.
Detlef Wiedeke
As we already know, Systems In Blue did not reach its goal with the campaign, but we have to say that from the beginning the chances of achieving it were very low, we faced many obstacles and we were aware of that. The initiative was started and managed by an improsivated fan who, despite her initial enthusiasm, did not know how to manage it in the right way, which was the reason why many fans could not participate, no matter how much they wanted to. It is also no secret that in recent years the fan base for different reasons broke contact, so we could not work together and support each other, as we used to do in the beginning. But it was also the beginning of a new time for our beloved band, because now we know our strengths and weaknesses, we have experience, and we can do it this time in a better way. We have already talked to Olaf Senkbeil who seems also enthusiastic to continue with this project and maybe nothing will happen in the next months, but that doesn't mean that SIB will not continue to produce.
The crowfunding of SIB was actually no failure, it was an opportunity to learn and grow and now we have a new proposal that would need your help. So, to achieve our new goals, we want from here to invite all the fans, friends and followers of this sound that still dream about the third Systems In Blue album and more songs, «Träume sterben Nie», we can't give up on it.
Please contact us throught our facebook site if you wish to support us.
