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 MAY 20, 2004
Michael Sadler, #1
Most Added at FMQB!!
Michael's single "one minute" is #1 most added at fmqb A/C !
Don't forget to check out Michael and his friends at Calprog '05 on June 04, 2005. This is a great event with a special acoustic set. Don’t miss it!!
 Calprog.com
Here is a link to a great article written by freelance journalist Bryan Reesman as it appeared in Goldmine Magazine Issue #641 cover date Feb. 18, 2005
Michael has been added to CalProg 2005, he will do an acoustic set that will include tracks from "Clear", Saga & Chain songs as well as a variety of classic prog songs. Get your Tickets to CalProg 2005 here! |
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JANUARY 19, 2005
Greetings to everyone!
I am writing to invite you to my NEW forum. In our efforts to maintain the momentum for CLEAR, our webmaster Andrew came up with this forum for our use.
Since we have always shared space with other forums, I thought it would be better for all of us to have a place of our own. In any case, I will continue to participate on the other forums whenever I can.
We are also very pleased to announce that beginning next week, we are starting a radio promo here in the U.S.
The campaign is national and will begin with the smaller A/C markets. We’ll let you know how this works out, so keep your ears open and check out your local A/C stations.
If you listen to CLEAR and want to share your thoughts, this forum is the place for you. And No, you don’t have to like my music, I’d love to hear from you anyway!
Till next time…
Michael Sadler
P.S. One thing to keep in mind: Please keep your posts clean, as we do have young guests that come to the site and I’d hate for anyone to be offended. |
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JANUARY 7, 2005
Happy New Year Everyone!
Your repeated requests have worked, Michael has agreed to make “Back Where You Belong” available!
In order to preserve it’s Limited Release, it is available via download only and the album can be purchased per track or in whole in OGG or FLAC format from Mindawn.com.
Also a new French review of CLEAR is here.
We will continue to give you updates as they happen and hope all you have much success in your endeavors.
With warmest wishes,
All of us at MichaelSadler.com
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Michael is #1 at Just For Kicks Music |
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December 23, 2004
Happy Holidays Everyone!
We received a letter from freelance writer Bryan Reesman (see below) and also just in, an interview by A. Lee Graham from Classic Rock Revisited - check it out here.
In other news, check out this cool new download site called Mindawn.com, latest project of our friend Shawn Gordon at Progrock Records.
Bryan Reesman, a freelance entertainment writer lists "Clear" at #6 in his Metal Edge Top 10 Ranking for 2004. The complete list will be published in the February 2005 issue, which includes a 1 1/2 page wrap up with pictures of HIM (a band), Nightwish and Asia. You can visit his website at www.bryanreesman.com
*Update* Grande-Rock have released an interview with Michael.
This year is drawing to a close and we hope that with all it’s ups and downs, we shall all begin a New Year with music in our hearts, love in our souls and peace for all mankind!
With our very best wishes,
Michael Sadler and the Clear team
Here's the latest...
Russian Magazine “Play” has asked to include a 2 minute clip of “Can’t Let Go” in their upcoming November Issue which features a sampler CD along with a review of Clear.
Clear is “Album of the Week” on the show ART-ROCK-BLOK at Radio FLASH 99,6/102,9 Mhz Konin in Poland. Click here to see week (wydanie) number 374 track listing on their site.
Marco Piva of the Italian prog e-zine MovimentiProg has done a review of Clear (not in english sorry), also
Bane Lokner of the Bosnian e-zine Barikada has also posted a review in Serbian on the site. As a courtesy, Bane has provided the following summary in English right here at MichaelSadler.com!
In other news: Guitarist LINO, the gentleman that provided some fantastic acoustic guitar work on Clear has released his second album. One of the pieces on “Return to Avalon” was written by Michael and originally intended as part of the Clear material but has been interpreted splendidly on this album. Check it out at: LinoMusic.com
4 new "Clear" sellers have been added to the distributor page, they are: Barnes And Noble, Circuit City, Media Play and SamGoody.
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OCTOBER 25, 2004
Michael on Delicious Agony Radio November 2nd!
Michael will be interviewed by Joe Mallon of Delicious Agony. The interview will aired Tuesday, November 2nd at 12 PM Pacific Time (3 PM EST), and be repeated Sunday, November 7th at 1 PM Pacific Time (4 PM EST).
Hear Michael talk about numerous things, including CLEAR and SAGA.
Tune In: LISTEN @ 56k or LISTEN @ 24K
SPOILER ALERT: If you don't want to know what SAGA album in it's entirety is being played on the NETWORK tour - don't listen to this interview!
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FEBRUARY 11, 2004
Michael will be taking your "CLEAR" album questions in the chat room on Friday, February 13th at 8pm (EST). He will chat for approximately 1 hour, so get your questions ready!
The Chat Room is at chatcircuit.com/chat/saga.html
NOTE: When you enter the chat page, a window will pop-up that may say "Security Warning". Just click or check Yes and accept it. It comes up because Java is needed in order to run the chat room. Without java the chatroom will just be a grey box. If you don't have Java on your machine it can be easily installed by going here.
If you need help with Time Zone conversion, I have setup a "Fixed Time" chart around the world, based on Toronto 8PM EST. You can find it here.
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DECEMBER 3, 2003
Check out the new pictures from the "CLEAR" studio sessions!
Greetings from California!
It’s time again for another update on “CLEAR”.
Since the beginning of production, we have endeavored to keep everyone updated on the status of this project. As previously mentioned, Michael and his team began final production in September, 2003 at Sound Image Studios in California. As of mid-November, all vocals have been completed and the final mixing has been on-going at Art-of-June/Magic Masters in Frankfurt, Germany under the highly capable hands of Mr. Thomas Schmitt-Zijnen.
As of today [December 3], there will be 11 tracks. According to current estimates from the folks at AOJ/MM, it will take some time to complete due to the heavy number of data tracks per song (ex; one song has 130 tracks). We originally hoped to be closer to duplication by the end of December, but that may not be possible at the current time due to some of the aforesaid technical issues.
If it’s any consolation, Michael is just as anxious as everyone for this to completed as soon as possible. It is important to point out, however; that this project has been a work in progress for approximately 10 years, wherein Michael has had to postpone work due to SAGA projects. So the thinking is, we do not want to jeopardize the quality of the work by rushing it when it is so close to being finished.
We are very proud of the workmanship and the quality of everyone’s artistic contributions and know that you will be greatly pleased with “CLEAR”.
We thank you for your continued loyalty and patience, comments and contributions (photos). We will make every effort to ensure that the final product is everything you hope for and that you receive it in a timely manner when it is completed.
Everyone who has reserved a copy will receive purchase information 1 week in advance of the public. There will be only 1,000 serialized copies of the Limited Edition available and each copy will be personally autographed by Michael. Your serial number is based on the order in which we received your reservations. Sorry, serial number 1 belongs to Michael.
Media Members
If you are a member of the media, and would like to help out Michael by providing a review, feature or airplay, please provide a copy of your media id card and you will receive a gift copy as soon as it is available. Contact us for details or questions.
Note:
Some of you have sent reservations where the email address has been found to be faulty for one reason or another. We will post a portion of these email addresses so that the respective persons will get a chance to correct them. Faulty addresses not corrected by the final week will be deleted from the reservations list.
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JULY 20, 2003
A new interview with Michael done by Jedd Beaudoin of Ytsejam.com, you can also read an older interview done by Kathrin Müller on March 11.
JULY 18, 2003
Here are some new pictures from the recent summer shows.
JULY 16, 2003
A little info on the July 4th show in Paderborn, Germany: The set list didn't differ much from the one they used on the Marathon tour; it included the first 8 chapters and "Time Bomb" as well as "We'll Meet Again." I haven't had a chance to speak with Michael since he left for this Summer tour but we've been told he had his hair "blonded."
MAY 25, 2003
Michael's producer Thomas Schmidt-Zignen is coming to L.A. to produce his upcoming album at Sound Image Studios this summer. The first 1,000 copies will be a limited "signed" edition and then will come the general "unsigned" release.
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