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?





Check out and join Marie Digby's sites:

MySpace
YouTube
Facebook

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Summer came back in a tiny plastic box.

Even though we hate to admit it, winter is making it's comeback once again. Every night it gets dimmer just a little bit earlier than the night before. I'm having a hard time putting my full length jeans on when I just got used to wearing my denim shorts. What about Christmas decorations that are going to surround us in a few months? I don't know about the others but I'm not ready to set my mind up for that just yet.

Not only winter is making comeback. Luckily for all of us who happen to enjoy danceable harmonies combined with pure acoustic sounds, I now proudly announce that Colbie Caillat's second studio album 'Breakthrough' has been released all over Europe on the 24th August. In fact we should be very excited about it since we got have fun with this sweet sugar one day more than her home natives in USA where the same album got it's release a day after!

Someone who already is familiar with Colbie's music should not feel afraid nor prejudiced, this one is not going to let you down. 'Breakthrough' is one of those pop albums that takes you right there instantly. 'I won't' and 'Begin Again' are the perfect song choices as album starters. What makes this album interesting is that out of around 50 songs written by Colbie with her trusted co-producers Mikal Blue and Jason Reeves, American Idol judge KaraDioGuardi, Rick Nowels and a few others, the chosen dozen of songs that made it to the actual album were picked by Colbie Caillat's very own fans.

It could be seen as unfortunate that 'Breakthrough's is not very successful at surprising. Once you're finished with a song and moving to to the next you have already forgotten the song you just heard. Positively you are already so into that new song that you just don't care! This music is not to shock you but more than likely to please you. Colbie's soft voice is a real soul repairer. It's not hard to figure out that everything on the album is been written nowhere else than in Hawaii.

I advice you not to stress about the fact that this 'Breakthrough' is not necessarily going to break through your inner critic fence. Chill out. Jump into your pathetic wool socks and wrap yourself into something warm, close your eyes and let yourself to be flown away to a warm paradise island with Colbie Caillat.

Listen to:

I Won't
Droplets (feat. Jason Reeves)
Fearless
I Never Told You
Fallin' For You

...and the rest of the songs!

Colbie performing her second album's first single 'Fallin' for you'



Also listen to samples of the songs on Colbie Caillat's MySpace.

When I seek to hide

You know how easily I'm set free
You know how much I want to fly
I've lived a lifetime in a while
Be my guide
When I seek to hide

Tell me your secret
I will keep it
If you're sure where your heart is
You might as well share it
With mine
Cause I can't excuse myself
Anymore

If one more lonesome year goes by
I cannot help but break and cry
Will I ever
What if I will never
Feel my heart

Tell me your secret
Swear I'll keep it
If you're sure where your heart is
You might as well share it
With mine
Cause I can't excuse myself
Anymore

You touched my heart

Tell me your secret
I will keep it
If you're sure where your heart is
You might as well share it
With mine
Cause I can't excuse myself
Anymore

Be my guide
When I seek to hide

Damien Rice

He is one of my biggest inspirations.




And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new



What I want from you
Is empty your head
They say be true
Don't stain your bed
We do what we need to be free
And it leans on me
Like a rootless tree

What I want from us
Is empty our minds
We fake a fuss
And fracture the times
We go blind
When we've needed to see
And it leans on me
Like a rootless...

So fuck you, fuck you, fuck you
And all we've been through
I said leave it, leave it, leave it
It's nothing to you
And if you hate me, hate me, hate me
Then hate me so good that you can let me out
Let me out of this hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out,
Let me out of this hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out

What I want from this
Is learn to let go
No not of you
Of all that's been told
Killers reinvent and believe
And this leans on me
Like a rootless...




There’s still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
There’s still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
It’s still a little hard to say what's going on

There’s still a little bit of your ghost your witness
There’s still a little bit of your face i haven't kissed
You step a little closer each day
That I can´t say what´s going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love, it taught me to lie
Life, it taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball

There’s still a little bit of your song in my ear
There’s still a little bit of your words i long to hear
You step a little closer to me
So close that I can´t see what´s going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So its not hard to fall
When you float like a cannon.

Stones taught me to fly
Love, it taught me to cry
So come on courage, teach me to be shy
'Cause its not hard to fall,
And I don't want to scare her
Its not hard to fall
And i don't want to lose
Its not hard to grow
When you know that you just don't know



Don't hold yourself like that
cause You'll hurt your knees
well I kissed your mouth, and back
But that's all I need
Don't build your world around
Volcanoes melt you down

And What I am to you is not real
What I am to you, you do not need
What I am to you is not what you mean to me
You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I'll ask for the sea

Don't throw yourself like that
In front of me
I kissed your mouth, your back
Is that all you need?
Don't drag my love around
Volcanoes melt me down

What I am to you is not real
What I am to you, you do not need
What I am to you is not what you mean to me
You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I'll ask
What I give to you is just what I'm going through
This is nothing new, no, no just another phase of finding
what I really need is what makes me bleed
But like a new disease, Lord, she's still too young to treat
Volcanoes melt you down
She's still too young +what iam to you+you do not need+is not real
I kissed your mouth
You do not need me



We might kiss when we are alone
When nobody's watching
We might take it home
We might make out when nobody's there
It's not that we're scared
It's just that it's delicate

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've know
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?

We might live like never before
When there's nothing to give
Well how can we ask for more
We might make love in some sacred place
The look on your face is delicate

The World is on Fire

Hello friends and strangers! It's been a long time since I posted something proper. I lost my camera just before summer and then I moved to Helsinki for a few months to work as an intern in a really cool company that develops virtual communication tools in the virtual media field. Sounds very strange but it was one of the coolest experiences I've had. I enjoyed my time there so much and I learned so much about running a business and working with different kinda people.

Now back in Turku. Back to school. It's boring. I hate it. Don't know why I'm doing it. At least I'm having a good time reading my psychology books! ANYWAY...


I'm in love with a new band! It's based in Turku and it's called...The Streams! I went to see their gig last Friday and I was so blown away by the amount of energy they produced on the stage. Their music is very danceable, upbeat and positive (which is so rare in Finland!). Band's singer-guitarist Mitja Kiviluoto is amazing at what he does. Eventhough the music is mostly pop(ish) he carried out some damn nice guitar solos. Drummer is my favourite of all time Mikko Siusluoto who also plays drums in Traffic Island and bassist Timo Saari really knows good falsetto!


Check out their music on The Streams MySpace and buy their EP if you like what you hear!
P.S. Join The Streams group on Facebook!

It's really worth checking out, I'm sure you will love them as all my friends do!

Photos are The Streams official promo shots by Markus Schulte.