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!
