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		<title>The &#8220;Piano Concerto&#8221; is now being manufactured</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we sent the manufacturing order, so the album is on its way! Thanks again to those who supported our pre-order campaign. If all goes smoothly, we should receive he stock and be ready to ship in about two weeks. We will send all our pre-orders before putting the album on general release. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our new album is finally out!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After many months of intense work, the Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble is finally completed!! The album will include a bonus DVD with the recording sessions. As I mentioned before, due to the nature of the concerto, we had to do the recordings in a studio that had an appropriate grand acoustic piano. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Kotebel Album &#8211; Progress to date</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago I wrote a post about what we were up to for our next album. Back then, half of the second movement and the first movement of the Piano Concerto did not exist. I finished writing the Concerto during the backend of 2010, and since then a lot of work has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of piano piece written/performed by Adriana Plaza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an audiovisual project done recently by Adriana:]]></description>
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		<title>My take on illegal downloads and piracy in general.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I have seen a growing tendency, especially from new/young bands, to just post their work and give it for free or, at the most, putting a donation button. Some justify this by saying it is a way to protest against the state of affairs in the music industry. Others say that they are doing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kotebelblog.com/my-take-on-illegal-downloads-and-piracy-in-general/</link>
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		<title>Piano Phase &#8211; Tubular Bells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just uploaded Adriana&#8217;s version of a piano phase, using Tubular Bell&#8217;s main theme. Check it out:]]></description>
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		<title>New album &#8211; progress to date</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we are working on our next album. I guess this is the period where there is the greatest gap between the &#8220;perceived&#8221; and real activity level of the band.  For the past months I have been working on what will probably be the main piece of the album: a Concerto for Piano and Electric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New website and logo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess there is no better way to start this blog with a reference to our new website and new image. Kotebel has been around now for 10 years and it has gone through many changes. Ouroboros, our first album with the current quintet instrumental configuration, started a new era for the band so we [...]]]></description>
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