Archive for October, 2007

not my kind of day…

{ October 31, 2007 @ 10:53 pm } · { about me }
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It has really not been my day! It actually started already yesterday: it’s been eight (!) times that I almost got hit by a car! Hello? Am I invisible? And today, it just continued: thanks to the flexible schedule of my singing teacher, I had to bowl down my own schedule and change all my appointments and my whole week so I could go to see her today. So on my way to the train, still one minute, a nice, not stressed voice shouted out from the speaker: damage of contact wire – S10 line is closed. Please blabla…. So change of plan, I gotta take the tram, which just pulls out in front of my nose. Gotta wait another ten minutes. At the main station, an eternity for the 11 tram to come… Damn! Lost control over my life, really! It’s so bad that I even have to laugh about it!

But then, it turned out to become a very nice evening all the same, as we had a good discussion, the singing teacher and I, I mean (I’m again updated about her personal life…), and although my voice is shit at the moment because I’m just at the beginning of a flu or something, she teached me a lot about songwriting and after I realised how hard it is to play on another one’s piano, she urged me to do some drills that nearly got me to tears as it was so hard to do – I’ve really gone to the limits today. But it will help me now with writing and I’m more motivated again…

And now, I’m quite drunk, because I had the idea to kill all the mad bacterias in my throat with some high percentage alcohol and so I took a shot of this nice grappa I have at home and I took another one because it surely helps more taking more and another one and another one and now I’m dizzy and I know that it doesn’t help more but it feels better… :-D

deep trip – nothing for sensitive souls

{ October 28, 2007 @ 2:54 pm } · { music in general }
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So, funny and easy life is over by now – my manager is back from wherever he has been and he’s really pushy urging me to deliver at least three songs before christmas. Pah! Writing songs is nothing you can find – it’s something that finds you. But it’s ok, I think I need this pressure to work – I always did best results being under pressure.

I still owe you my opinion to the brand new deep trip record! I haven’t forgotten, but I listen to it very often and always wanted to write about it but then, I heard a new nice scratch or a new mood in a song and I thought I’m gonna listen to it again to be sure that I really write down what I think…

I’m listening to it right now and I like it very much! Especially the songs “Dreamer”, “Empty Gun” and “Fuck yourself”. Dreamer is one of those songs you immediatly start to cry, want to hug the whole world and get this goose flesh because it’s so beautiful and so full of emotion (some people might only get a goose flesh…). And his voice is awsome! Somehow kurtcobainy. :-) And then always this sexy violin!!! aaahhh! Empty Gun I like because of the lyrics: Cigarettes and masturbation and self destruction (I know this), I’m a lonely one, please come fuck me up, please come shoot me down, I’m an empty gun… It has a nice beat that makes you flounder your leg and it has this repeating chorus so that everyone can sing along. No comment about fuck yourself… :-)
I’m not quite sure if I should find the album’s underproduced or not. Sometimes, I think that one could have done it a little bit differently with more effects (hard to describe) and sometimes, I just like it, pure as it is.

Lyrics and songs build a unit, all mostly full of bad feelings and worry and hate about the bad things in world. Sometimes I think, they could be more experimental and try a new kind of beat or some changes of rhythm but mostly I think that they have found their own style, which is always positive, they now just have to be cautious if they write more songs that they don’t repeat.

All in all, I really love this record and I can only suggest you go and buy the record or go to a concert and support them – they have a great potential, are very talented and motivated and have done a good job so far! Go on, guys, we love you!

I’m still counting all the songs I know by heart and I’m at 86 at the moment… no end conceivable…

check it out now…

{ October 26, 2007 @ 7:13 pm } · { about me }
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wanna see me rockin’ on stage? check this!

(may I notice that I was very lucky to have Elvis’ hair artist! Good job guy!)

:-)

More serious stuff soon…

about sense and nonsense…

{ October 24, 2007 @ 8:16 pm } · { about me }
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First, we gonna do some charity:

I have promised to put this on tonight for a friend. There you go: http://www.freerice.com/ check it out, it’s really funny and if it helps, so much the better. (Actually, I don’t think that giving rice to them will really help them – they will not be hungry anymore, maybe, but still undernourished – you can’t eat rice all the times! But that’s a different story…)

And then back from the serious things in life to the more non serious ones. I did a joke to a workmate today. Actually, he doesn’t know yet, but he will surely find out tomorrow. :-) The rumour was around that he is a fan from Baschi. But of course, it was only a rumour as really no one on this earth would admit that one likes him. (I don’t either (like him, I mean), but that’s a different and a long story I will not tell here… ;-) ). So I ruled all my contacts (in fact, it was only one, but it sounds better…) and got him a signed and dedicated autograph (thanks to the holy donor for being so quick and for not forgetting it!) and put this in an enveloppe on his desk, without message, early morning, so no one noticed… hihi… :-) The person he has under suspicion of doing this was not there today, so I’m really looking forward to his face when he finds out that it was not this one but another one! hihi… :-) hihhihihi… :-)

You might wonder why I am not writing songs with my drummer… Yes, this poor guy has to go to bed because no one can cope with only six hours sleep in four days! So I sent him there and now I’m just daffing around at home with too many sick ideas in my head (but I won’t tell…;-) ). Searching my next victim for a joke… :-)

So the funny thing about funny things is that it’s so funny…

No, I did not have any drugs… and I’m not drunk… I’m just wondering how I can ever sleep tonight with that much energy in me. Will find out soon, it’s already 8pm.

something else: to all girls, please: one should NOT wear high heels if one doesn’t know walking with them!!! (too many of them in Zurich…)

Again a catchword! (my new favourite word, as you may have noticed) I remember once being on a show (actually, this is a girls story, as boys will not understand what I’m talking about anyway :-) ), can’t remember for whom I hald to walk, but I still know that it was in Lucerne at the casino I think and it was quite a big thing. So we there, a bunch of newbies and a bunch of more experienced ones, me with this damn tight Gucci skirt I couldn’t even sit with (don’t even think about breathing! Really! I was all blue in my face after the show! :-) ) and these laced high heeled boots that made me so tall I almost hit my head at the ceiling. After hours of choreography, tortures of make-up and hairdressing and not being able to breathe and not being able to taste from this lovely buffet (why do they even have catering when they urge you to wear clothes you only dream of eating???), we were standing backstage, still one minute to the show, everyone nervous as I noticed that the rubber of my heel has disappeared and only the pin was there! holy moly! I already knew how slippery stage was with rubber! How would it be without??? I was just praying that I would not fall down like this or like that. :-D hihi… :-)

but of course I did not and all went nice and I even came out of this Gucci thing again, as I feared, as it was sooo tight, that I would never ever get rid of it again… :-)

This was one of the 7′958 stories I already experienced in my loooong life as me. Maybe one day, I’ll have another talkative day and I will tell one more… :-)

stop smoking!!!

{ October 23, 2007 @ 9:29 pm } · { about me }
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My voice screams out (if it still could…): stop smoking please! I really have to, I realised yesterday while practising that I lost a lot of power (but on the other hand, I have this nice smokey touch down there and I have this nice scratch at the upper tones… ;-) ). No, it’s really a damn thing and very bad. And I have been clean 26 years and now I started… :-( it’s a weird story: just because I was giving everything to get my friend away from this shit, I persuaded him to smoke one last cigar and then give me the rest of the package, what he did (but it all lasted only for one day and then he began again…). So I had this package at home for about three months and it was all ok until that fuckin’ day when I was hyperventilating around at 2am, not able to sleep and thinking about calming me down with a cigar. There I was, cooling down and finding out, why they are called “sweets”. And finding out how fast one can get addicted… (I don’t blame my friend, noooo… :-) )
Today was a little bit better with the power. I really fucked my voice, pushing it very hard, going to the limits. But it was ok. Would be shit to lose six years of really hard work in six weeks of being weak for a few six minutes highs. And it would be the worst thing that could happen to me if I lost my voice! I wouldn’t call it a life without music!

I enjoy these calm days I have now, just coming home and diving into music. I’m learning a few new songs for a christmas concert I might have soon (I know that it’s only October and I know that it’s crazy to talk about christmas at that time. But one has to be prepared and to plan in advance…) . Will pick out some nice, sweet, soft and easy ones I think. I was just wondering this morning, how many songs I know by heart. Have to count them once, I think… might be worth the work… :-)

And then, I found a nice alternative to the Apocalyptica concert: a friend won some tickets for La vela puerca and it’s exactly on the same day. So we’ll go there – I already saw them once at the St.Gallen Openair and I have to confess: it’s not really my kind of music and I was quite pissed off about all the people jumping on my feet the whole time. But it will be fun, as always with my friend, and this time, I will just jump on their feet as well! ätsch! :-)

I just realise that I don’t have a structure in the text today – this is because I’m quite distracted and multitasking at the moment. Writing blog, watching icehockey, talking to my manager… I only have one brain and the one I have is covered in smoke :-D

Yes, this is the catchword again. I stop smoking (my friends will kill me, when they read this! I already told them, I will stop two weeks ago…). But this time, it’s for real! I already reduced today.

Damn, why are they playing so bad? It will not work today… (talking about hockey…)

So, what else? (no, not George Clooney…) ah yes, still thinking about doing an art project together with my photographer. But it’s only in the beginning and I’m not sure if I should do it or not… Will have to sleep over it…

Sleep is a good catchword as well. I’m messing it up, I’d better go to bed now…

for one time: no music!

{ October 22, 2007 @ 7:42 pm } · { music in general }
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I often get asked by my male friends, what music they should turn on while f… sorry, I meant, while making love with girls. :-) Actually, a good question I’d like to think and write about.

So first thing that might come to girls mind would be “Kuschelroch nr. 3′547″ I fear. Two records full of romantic love sound – ideal to do what you want. No! Don’t! Even possessing such a record as a man means you are not normal and the girl will get suspicious and leave earlier than you’d like her to!

Hmm. Maybe something that girls like too, like Justin Timberlake’s “my love”. Good temp, good rhythm, good beat. But still not really perfect: would you like your girl to think about Justin while she fucks you???

Then maybe some other hiphop, as we found out that a good beat is important. But: she might have the idea that you are a P.I.M.P and she’s just one of your 700 bitches (even if it’s true, girls don’t want to know…) and then she’d act like a real bitch and leave. Without success as well…

If she’s a rock chick, you might think of HIM, which my iTunes declares as “Love Metal” (whatever this is…). It could really work, if she really is a rock chick, but what, if not??? She’d be feared about all the lovely lyrics about killing and death and freak out and go.

If you pick Sade, you will show taste, surely. With a little bit of red wine and some candles, she will be very comfortable and fall asleep soon… not really a solution…

I even thought about Coldplay. There are three possibilities how she might act:

1. she’d fall asleep as well

2. she’d fall into a deep depression because of all her memories she has on her ex and cry the whole night through

3. she’d jump out of bed, getting totally hysterical and singing along with the songs (that’s what I’d do ;-) ), so forget about sex for the next seven hours…

Of course, you’d like me to draw out a conclusion of this and there is surely one: just leave the radio on mute and do whatever you want to. There’ll be the best music soon, automatically… ;-)

business as usual

{ October 21, 2007 @ 2:54 pm } · { about me }
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Life has calmed down a little bit. But no wonder, after this spectacular concert and this funny week, it only can be less thrilling.

And I’m tired. Tired of sleeping too much I think. Had to relax from the exhausting week and so I did not go out yesterday. Instead, I opened a bottle of nice, Swiss red wine and installed myself on my bed to work on my songs.

I was shocked when I woke up somewhen around midnight as I did not realise falling asleep, so I decided to go to sleep defenitely. But all the same, I proceeded quite a lot with the songs. So I’ll be ready for next week when I’ll meet with the drummer to work on them as well. He’s really a great help to me, as he’s now looking to get an amp and some boxes for me. Thank you, Kalu!

I wanted to go to the Apocalyptica concert in November, but it’s already sold out (I always learn too late about these things, always…). So if there’s anybody out there who would like to invite me, I’ll be there… ;-)

having the trip of my life

{ October 19, 2007 @ 11:04 pm } · { music in general }
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First of all, a big thank you guys for giving me such a nice trip without any drugs! It was a great concert, you really rocked!

Have to explain more: I have been to the record release party at moods from deep trip. As I already said with Apocalyptica, I’m always very impressed what one can do with only acoustic instruments. Deep trip had a drumer, a bass, a cello, an accoustic guitar and a violin. (I’d like to point out that I already played on this special violin :-) really! no joking!)

So I was there with my drummer, so we could discuss what we are going to do next and how to proceed or not proceed with the bass guitar player. I was very in the mood for taking pictures, as I already took a few from myself – so you are going to be the first ones to see an exclusive picture from Kalu: drummer boy Kalu

So there we were discussing and afterwards listening to the opening act called the passengers. They are somehow a mixture of Lenny Kravitz and Green Day but with lovely songs, a very outgoing singer who persuaded more with his style than with his voice and I think it was a good choice as the crowd got easier with their sound.

And then, the big moment arrived and deep trip started their concert. Of course I was first row and of course I was dancing like mad (I would have loved to dance even more but I was afraid that my hair would mess up as I already had a big fight with it before I left…).

Although the guy at the mixer has to improve a lot, the sound was not bad (violin could be louder…) and the songs were giving me a goose flesh and kicked me into some other spaces far away. Good job guys!

I can’t say much about the light show as I think I was standing too close to get a feeling for it. People from behind told me, it was ok – I would have said that it was too bright and not enough nice moods, but I know I’m very crucial with light shows ;-)

deep trip in action
The interaction with the audition was nice, maybe a little bit too much blabla sometimes but I understand that they were all nervous and at least they explained how the songs were written and what they are about.

For the songs and the arrangements, I can only say: a big compliment to your work guys! You are all excellent musicians and I wish you all the best for your future – I’m sure you’re going your way as you found out who you are!

After the concert, I ran to buy a record and I let it sign by the band (thanks guys for the dedication!) and then got an exclusive possibility to take a picture together with them! (ok, I just pushed so hardly, they just had to ;-) ). I’m really looking forward to let you know how the record’s like. That’s all for now, enjoy the pics!

Leila and deep trip

better days…

{ October 17, 2007 @ 7:56 pm } · { about me }
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I’m feeling better now… Have been out on Monday, to the Oktoberfest in Zurich and it was daaaaaangerous! ;-) You know what I mean! I always feared that this bench will crash. So lot of fun on Monday and a lot of fun on Tuesday, as I had a business dinner with a lot of interesting discussions about women in business and career and children – and of course a lot of nice wine! ;-)

As I don’t have any ideas at the moment, I spend my time mostly on analising songs I like – how they are produced, how the drums and the guitars are arranged, what the lyrics are about, just trying to find out why I like them. I don’t want to copy songs or steal ideas. It’s only about finding out what makes me love a song and maybe, I will one day write a song myself that I and others love…

hard days

{ October 15, 2007 @ 7:31 pm } · { about my music }
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I get thrown from down to up and back again. After the cool shooting on Saturday, I got the message today that the bass guitar player has some problems and will not be available for quite a while. So here we are, the drummer and I horny to start but nothin’ happening. I’m feeling depressed and I know I have to be strong now but somehow I’m not in the mood for pushing things forward. Songwriting I also depressing me and my manager is lost somewhere outa space and I feel quite alone on this long and endless road to good music.

The only thing I can do at the moment is going out and meet other people, hoping that they will lead me to a fast solution!

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