My goodness we are almost half way through the countdown. Short note this time, just a summary of what is happening.

Today I went for a drive with Hans Igor, to check out the Unicorn masters. Purple velvet laser. I'm not working with subs in the studio, my sound is pretty exact and balanced all over. So when I experience my own music, in purple velvet laser version on powerful subs, I shout out with excitement. We drove thru the Åsane, suburban marshland of shopping malls where we grew up. I pulled down the window as we cruised thru the mall area, and gave Åsane the exclusive first preview of Unicorn. The nuclear families zombiying around the malls didn't seem too care, stuck in their xmas mode.

I also emailed and discussed a bit back and forth with the mastering studio, The Exchange, regarding final details, fades and track lists, sending the ISRC codes and all that practical stuff.

No rest for the wicked, I am working on a production job for NRK, writing music for one of their regular shows next spring. It is not a big job, mostly small jingles and hooks for further use but it is still a lot of work and needs proper concentration.  It is not optimal of me to work on separate projects from the album right now but the pay will help on my brutal economic reality.

I've started on the cover artwork, I have the concept and lots of sketches, but the production and assembly will take a few days. Should coincide with the delivery of the final physical master early next week.

I prepared a small promo site for Roar (my manager who's starting the promotion of singles towards radio stations). I'm releasing the single completely as soon as possible, but in this crooked world and due to my tiny size we have to give the radio channels a chance of exclusiveness. I know I know, it is a silly phenomena, but it is important for them to feel it anyway and I understand the mechanisms. Hopefully the radios will pick up the first single - they didn't pick up Kosmonaut this summer, so we're kinda starting on ground zero.

Anyway the first single should be out for all as soon as we know more on the radio situation. There's going to be lots of other teasers and tricks and treats, don't worry you won't have to wait until Jan 28th to hear something.

Now sleep.