http://mastermindband.com/blog News & views from Mastermind Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:07:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now the Insomnia album has been out for six months, a lot of nice reviews have come in. We're very pleased by the latest from Exposé Magazine, one of the original prog-rock magazines printed on real paper... "this is Mastermind's best album to date. - Peter Thelen" Very cool! ... http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=166 Greetings folks! Some updates from the Berends/Mastermind camp... First off, a reminder The Berends Bros Band is playing at The Country Lakes Pub (NJ) Sat. July 31, we hope to see some locals there. This is a 3 set gig so we're playing a wide variety of material. At the ... http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=158 We've added a few more albums to our page at bandcamp.com for your listening pleasure. These early albums are getting harder to find on CD, so we hope to make the music more readily available to anyone who is interested. You can stream full albums online (free) and purchase downloads ... http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=146 Found this clip from Insomnia cruising youtube. We hope you enjoy it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYbaZavcSUc http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=140 "Broken" has won The EKR Listeners Poll for the favourite EKR A-List track for the week commencing 08/03/2010" -- www.ekr.net (UK)  Excellent... we're number one! (poll link) Also a new interview with Bill Berends online at Virtuosity One (UK) http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=132 Insomnia track "Broken" added to steady rotation playlist in the UK -European Klassik Rock Nice. To quote the Dutch Progressive Rock Page... "It could easily become a major hit!" We think so! http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=125 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwvXUl_DBo "Mastermind has accomplished what few bands can - a diverse album with an array of influence from blues to metal to prog and back again. Each track here stands by itself, however this album should be listened to in one sitting. The flow of music and the impressive composition are ... http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=118 It's been a long time coming, but the new Insomnia album is now shipping to the general public! You can order a copy directly from the Mastermind Store or follow the links found there to distributors in your part of the world. Go have a look. Lots of nice reviews are ... http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=104 We are now accepting orders for our new Insomnia album. The discs have been shipped and should arrive any day now. The official release date is Feb. 19th, 2010 and we should be able to ship on that day. If not, we will ship as close to that date as ... http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=94 The first Insomnia review is in and it is a good one! We hope this indicative of how everyone will receive the album, but for the moment this is a wonderful way to get things rolling. The album release date is February 19th, 2010 from Lion Music (Finland). http://www.imhotep.no/?did=9095929&aid=9069486 For those too ... http://mastermindband.com/blog/?p=84