Happy 2010. WOOOO!

Here's some pics from my New Years party.

New Beginning

I'm writing from my friend Angelique's flat for the last time. Everything's packed and I'm more than READY to move to my new place. I can't believe that I am actually going to live in Paris...I mean in MY own place...with a roommate of course but still. I pay rent, I can invite friends over. It's going to be my home. My address will be there. It's too real now. Because it's REAL.

So here I am, an official Parisienne.

I'm so glad to say that I am really happy. Sometimes life can surprise you. You think you know the things that would make you happy but in the end it turns out to be something you could never even imagine. But it's cool cause it makes everyhing so much more exciting.

I'm off. Bye Angelique!

Long time no...

So it's been a while since I have written anything...I could say that nothing remarkable has happened but that would just be a big fat lie. Cause shit loads of things have happened during the past few months. Well I think I should announce that I am not a habitant of Finland anymore. On the day of my last final exam at school I booked my flights to Paris. Why? Because I happened to get cheap flights and I have always known that I would someday live in France so it made sense. I didn't plan it. It didn't even cross my mind ever before the day I booked my flights. So that's the story. Nothing mysterious behind it. It was time to say bye bye to Finland. As much as I love you, I hate you more. Finland is good but good is not enough. I need awesome, brilliant, disgusting, strange, astonishing, shocking, weird, outstanding, slimy, multicultural, rich, poor, extreme. And during my stay I have so far seen things and met people that can be labeled into more than one of those categories.

I found this open mic event here which is held on weekly basis at a Scottish pub called The Highlander. I went there on my first day here and I was welcomed there with such warmth that I decided to go there every week. So far I have been there three times. I missed it once but I guess they forgave me. The standards are very high there. It's not like one of those open mics where people clap their hands because they feel sympathetic. It's because most of the musicians there are amazingly gifted. It's very inspiring and motivating.

All the prejudices that were fed to me before coming to Paris have been forgotten. I haven't met any rude people here. Everybody's just very warm and welcoming. Maybe not as welcoming and warm like in Galway (Ireland) but I can't say anything bad about the French. There's plenty of things going on everywhere. I even got to meet my favorite band from the UK called Athlete and saw their gig at Le Nouveau Casino in Paris. It was amazing. They really knew how to make their audience happy. I have never had such great time at a gig. They were so humorous and fun on the stage! I still remember the moment when I discovered Athlete. Saw their music video for '24 hours' on TV while babysitting Sean in the country side of Western Ireland and as soon as we got back to the city I went and bought all their albums. I only knew one song by them but I knew that it was gonna be worth buying the CD's. And I wasn't wrong. Since then I followed Athlete and now two albums later I got to meet them. It felt so unreal!

Paris is so inspiring. I haven't written anything really. But the atmosphere is so different. On the other hand it's like anywhere else but then again it's so new and exciting. I just love being in a place where you can meet anyone anytime. Anyone can be anyone. A handsome guy who just passed you by might be a great movie star on vacation. Or the strange looking old woman might be the head editor of Vogue. God knows you can bump into Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt. By the way someone told me they live here! I don't run after celebrities but the point is that here all that is normal. Is normal to be anyone. If you are someone you are still just anyone. Does it make any sense?

I have decided to record my EP during the following year. I wanna have it done by the end of 2010. I got so inspired by the idea that I made a brand new song a few nights ago. It's very different from my previous ones. And I like it. I think it has some future potential. It has more meaning to me right now than any of my other songs. This song is called 'The Countdown'. The lyrics are written in the earlier post. For the first time I feel like I don't wanna record a shit demo. I wanna make something proper. This song is something that I might not publish before it's perfect. For some reason I wanna make it perfect. All the songs before this one have been more like experimenting. I strongly sense that I'm finally heading to the right direction with my music. I'm starting to find myself. And I'm so glad cause I've been prepared to wait for it to happen much much longer. I knew it would happen someday. If I had a schedule I would say that this one is right on time.

What else. I guess nothing else.

Here's some random photographs. Enjoy your lives!

The Countdown

Sometimes I know that I should calm down
Strip off the crazy trips and stick around
Like my mother used to do
Like the others do
Like my brother does today
And his girlfriend too

My heart is itching for a countdown
I cannot rest before it comes around
While I wait
I'm racing
My heart rate keeps upgrading
And my feelings change so fast

Sometimes I break down
Sometimes I spin high
I'm just a girl
Who either flies
Or dies

When I was child I never slept tight
Endless distraction was to keep me up
My mother used to tell
What the others do
And my brother was so bright
And I should be too

So I found out about the countdown
Started getting ready
And never calmed down

Airplane

High high high...

I know it's mad
It might not make no sense at all
But when I think about your airplane
I fall
Into a place where clouds seem reachable
I need no ladders I can reach them all

Fly fly fly me away
Captain of airplane
My sweet sweet plans are not to wait
Fly fly fly me away
Wings of an airplane
They lift me up so high

I don't know what you do
Why I behave this way
I don't know what to say
I'd better smile away

When you act sick
For just to hear my song
So freaking evil but I play along
You got me dreaming
You got me dreaming so bad

Fly fly fly me away...

If There Would Be No You

If there would be no you
I would be alright
If there would be no you
I would smile right now
I could lose or win
I could quit or begin

You were a lover
I was a friend...
You were a lover to me
I was just a friend to you

To be loved by you
What's a dream to do
You have no clue
What my heart could do
I am good without you
I can be without you

You were a lover
I was a friend...

Du du du du du du dum...

I could lose or win
I could quit or begin

You were lover
I was friend...

You were lover to me
I was just a friend for you
What to do
You were my lover

Marie Digby

It's been about a year since I discovered American singer-songwriter Marie Digby for the first time. At the time of discovery she had just released her debut album 'Unfold'. In 2004 she had won Pantene's Pro-Voice competition with her autobiographical original song 'Miss Invisible'. She got to work with a professional producer and eventually was signed to Hollywood records in California which led to recording her first studio album. By then she had already managed to gather a massive audience around her network and folks in the USA had already come familiar with her acoustic cover of Rihanna's number one hit 'Umbrella' which was featured on an episode of the super popular MTV reality series 'The Hills'. From then on Digby's songs have appeared on several TV shows. Marie Digby is one of the most subscribed musicians on YouTube. Despite the fact she's become successful with her career she hasn't quit posting covers of other artists songs on YouTube and naturally her new original songs.

Marie exotic looks can be explained by her multinational roots as her mother is Japanese and her father is Irish-American. Due to her success in Japan an album called 'Second Home' containing several songs in Japanese was released in Japan.

Marie Digby's new album 'Breathing Underwater' was released in Japan last June and is coming out in the US on the 15th September. Luckily I've gotten my hands on the album and can recommend you to pre-listen the new songs on YouTube or MySpace. I'm absolutely in love with the new songs and in my mind it's a thousand times better than the first album. Working with the top producers and being on the road for a few years have really made Marie even better pop composer and lyricist than she used to be. Marie's style of singing is unique and I believe that her undeniable talent will just keep on growing and someday she will be writing songs for the world's top performers.


These songs from the new album 'Breathing Underwater' are my favorites and have been playing them nonstop since the first listen. The only question is that When will we get to see Marie's cd's in the record stores in Europe?





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