News Archive—January 2023
04 January 2023 - Plans for 2023
[Permalink]We've been asked a lot recently what our plans are for this year. So we thought it'd be a good idea to tell you all about it in one easy-to-reference post.
With the Christmas 2022 season coming to a close, and a new year just starting, it's that time of the year to reflect on the past year, take stock of the current situation, and look ahead at what's to come. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, we've not been able to fully enjoy this Christmas period, and the planned marketing for our single Christmas To Remember couldn't quite go ahead. We managed to produce the music videos for both songs, with special thanks to Lauren Thompson, who has become the voice and the face of our Christmas 2022. If you haven't seen the videos, do check our news post from Christmas Day, which has links to the videos.
We were also grateful to St Helens Star, local newspaper for St Helens Borough, for their coverage of the single's release and videos. This coverage is because Lauren, the vocalist, is local to St Helens, and the videos were filmed in St Helens town centre. We'll be updating our Media page soon, to include the articles.
2022 was also the year our album By The Book was released. With over 3,800 streams since its release on 26 July, it is our most streamed release as measured over the entire year. We are very happy with that result, it's encouraging to see people enjoying our music.
Looking to the future, what will 2023 hold for us? As mentioned before, we are currently going through a difficult personal period which has affected all of our activities. This includes writing new music, so we're sad to say there's currently no release to look forward to. This experience is giving us inspiration, so in time we will certainly have more music, but we're unable to give any estimates about when we'll be able to release our next singles and album.
That said, there are plans for the future. As Eurovision Song Contest is coming to Liverpool this year, we were hoping to get involved one way or another with the festivities. How this involvement is going to look, we don't know at the moment, but we're looking for any opportunities. We are also making plans for a new album release, although this may not be released until 2024. We're interested in working with more local talents, as our experience with Lauren as singer on our Christmas single was very positive. We would like to expand on this. It gives us more control over the final product, it gives the local talent more exposure, and it gives the local newspaper positive stories about their town. This is all part of the greater donkerbot plan, to give to the music communities. This sort of project requires a lot of planning, and planning takes time, which is why it's not expected to happen this year.
Our current situation will change, at some point in the near future. Once we get there, we can continue bringing our visions into the world. We'll be working on Liverpool City Region local work at first, and we hope to expand in the years to come. So stay tuned, because you could become part of the donkerbot story too!