Something’s been brewing in the last couple of weeks. While I was suffering from a severe flu, my songs have done a lot of work for me. After they had seen my performance on SKY Controversial TV and heard the three songs I have written so far in my Mystery Pop project, California based media company Reality Entertainment and British Mass Marketing guru Martin Faulks concluded that we should team up for success. We believe that we are truly complementary as artist, label and marketeer.

Reality Entertainment is owned by legendary rock producer Warren Croyle who has worked with a diverse array of artists such as the Outpatience with Guns and Roses to Roy Hay of Culture Club not to mention Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Paul Kelly, Godhead, Marcy Playground, Warrior, Face to Face and many more.. How Reality Entertainment came into being is nicely described in this article. At present Reality has some of America’s best metal acts in its porfolio combined with more mainstream bands like KC and the Sunhine Band. What I like best about Reality Entertainment is their no-nonsense approach and their thorough understanding of today’s media landscape. They are groundbreaking and a healthy firm in a sick industry. Working with Reality enables me to launch my songs and upcoming Mystery Pop album to an enormous audience in the US, the UK and basically the rest of the world.

Martin Faulks will guide me on the way as far as promotion is concerned. Martin, is an independent marketing and mass media specialist. He also has a heart for the music industry and publishing. To illustrate that he currently runs the promotion for another legendary music producer. Peter Waterman‘s book The Fame Factor is an easy to follow step by step guide to the formula that helped Pete to make Kylie Minogue, Steps and Bananarama household names. Talking about learning it from the best…

We have decided we are not in a hurry. I’ll keep writing songs for bestselling Mystery authors until we have enough material for an album, after which we’ll dress up for battle. As a first step on the way, Reality Entertainment will produce a video clip for my latest song in the Mystery Pop project: the Bond Code. After City of Secrets, this is really the song that opened the door for me. The song will be available in all the major online stores in a couple of weeks and is already now on Amazon.com.

From now on, my artist name will be “Corjan”. I will drop “De Raaf”, (which wasn’t actually even my real last name).

Never in a million years could I have imagined that I’d ever get the chance to sign up with a significant American label, let alone on equal terms. I now know you can feel very small and very big at the same time.

On with the show!