I just came from a TV show (Yle Fem) where I went with my snake Squishy. We were talking about snake phobia. Squishy did a great job! Here's a link where you can watch it. You'll see me and Squishy in about half of the video (it's in Swedish).
Jessica & Squishy (0:46)
The last two weeks have been great. About a week ago I had two gigs. The first one was an acoustic gig at Indiedays's fashion show in Helsinki. It was the first time I performed only with my guitarist and baseplayer. It felt great being back on the stage again after being in the studio for so long!
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| Acoustic gig at Indiedays's fashion show |
The following day we drove to Turku to do a gig after the GBOB competition (Global Battle Of The Bands).
Besides the great bands that were competing there were also artists like Jyrki 69, Dj Amara, Kim Herold, Tidjan and Esko Eerikäinen.
The event was sponsored by Jägermesiter which left us all a bit tired the day after.
On the stage it was a bit tricky to hear myself but other than that the gig went well.
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| Performing in Turku after the GBOB competition |
The following weekdays were filled with stunt, Kung-Fu and getting ready for the next weekend.
On Friday the 23.3 I went to Opaque Buffs single/music video release where I played the main character. I was a bit nervous since I wasn't sure if my acting had turned out well or not.
When we filmed the music video I had just gone through a very rough working period and felt really tired. I got the manuscript a couple of days before and never had time to really dig into the character I was playing.
When I act I normally do a lot of pre-work on the character to figure out what sort of personality, where the character comes from, where she is heading, what is her strongest drive and will etc.
When you have that info and dig into it, it's much easier to understand how the character reacts in different situation and the feelings on the film set comes naturally.
We had a really tight schedule and the shots were taken in a random order so I instead of having a clear picture in my head of what I was doing I just had to improvise a lot and jump from one feeling to another. I did have a lot of fun though, it was a nice challenge and I definitely learned a lot of new things, so I can't complain.
The video turned out well and the band was great! Too bad I couldn't stay and party with the guys since I had to perform the following day.
Sinderella - Opaque Buff (Here's a link to the music video)
The next day I quickly packed my bags and drove to Kimito ( a town on the country side a couple of hours away from Helsinki).
The show called "Cirkus Ankdamm" is a theatre/circus performance with a bunch of known artists from Finland with different talents. It was a combination of acting, singing, Beat-Boxing, Breakdancing, stand-up comedy, acrobatics and stunts.
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My main thing was acrobatics, stunts, a little bit of singing but also rapping with a Beat Boxer. I'm not completely sure why they wanted me to do that and it felt a bit ironic especially since the well known rapper Redrama was performing right before me. But I sure had a lot of fun!
I also broke my personal record in walking on my hands. In the end of my acrobatic performance I was supposed to walk on my hands and then get interrupted by one of the other artists.
Something went wrong in the communication and the guy who was supposed to come in fairly early waited for what seemed like ages.
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| A little bit of stretching before the show |
I didn't have another choise but just keep on walking even though my my arms where cramping and it felt like my eyes would pop out any second. Luckily I didn't fall and the guy finally
came in to interrupt me. What a great work out!
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| The "never ending" hand stand |
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| Throwing the circus director on the floor |
Now I have some packing to do and tomorrow I'm going to Stockholm to record some songs.
Rock on!
Jessica
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| The final song "Vårt Tid, Vårt Land" with Janne Grönros, Krista Siegfrieds, Redrama, Lill-Fill (Beat Box), M.A Numminen and Tony & Rony (Breakdance) |
