1993 founded Bastian Fiebig together with Oliver Gläser the edition Chili Notes. Both were completely inexperienced in publishing at this point, but they were experienced musicians, or more precisely: saxophonists. Sheet music, especially arrangements of classical music, already existed: Bastian Fiebig and Oliver Gläser regularly created them for their own musical purposes, so the idea of founding a publishing house was more or less obvious.

At that time, Chili Notes was the first specialist publisher for saxophone music and also the first music publisher to produce on-demand, as the technical possibilities revolutionized print production in those years. The first Chili Notes catalog contained 10 titles, the first to be published under item number 4001 was Mozart's “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” for saxophone quartet, arranged by Bastian Fiebig.

In 1994, Chili Notes was already represented with a well-known stand at the Frankfurt Music Fair. The young publisher quickly won over well-known arrangers and authors and became a pioneer for pop and house playalongs for saxophonists. In 2000, Chili Notes took over sales for the ingenious French saxophone maker Pascal Brancher in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. At the same time, Chili Notes also sold its notes for the first time via its own online shop.

As a result of a comprehensive restructuring, the well-known Chili Notes series (Jazz first, Jazz & Pop, Classics, R&B Masterclass, Sax & Piano, Groovetrax and Contemporary) were created, flanked by first-class playalongs and educational material.

Christine Fiebig  joined the publishing team and important authors such as Gernot Dechert, Theodor Köhler, Arthur Dangel, Thomas Peter-Horas and Norbert Stein entrusted their work to the publisher. Oliver Gläser left the publishing house in 2018 and when he took part in the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb in the same year, the current managing director Bastian Fiebig decided to make the publishing house more international in the future. Exciting newcomers such as Christoph Enzel, Walter Geromet and Gerald Preinfalk, but also the revived collaboration with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Saxophonisten (ARDESA) stand for this expansion of the musical horizon.