Hi everyone,
Back to business! I just arrived to
Nice and tomorrow I'm going to MIDEM ( a large music trade fair in
Cannes).
There you can find music industry people from all around
the world. The four up-coming days are gonna be filled with
events and meetings. I'm really looking forward to this
experience. My goal is to connect with managers, publishers and
distributors but I know that even if I don't get a deal I wont go
back empty handed.
Just connecting with people and gain a
bigger understanding of todays music business is already valuable. Wish me good luck! I'm still fighting my jet-lag (7 hours behind) but should be back on track by tomorrow.
After 10 days of re-charging the
battery I feel like a new person ready to rock again! The trip was simply amazing.
Like
I mentioned in my last blog text, I need to let the little kid in
me go wild every once in a while, especially if I want to maintain the creative spark. It surely did.
It didn't take more than two days before I found myself at the hospital. Typical. It was my second day of kitesurfing and I decided to follow my friend down wind to another beach.
It didn't take more than two days before I found myself at the hospital. Typical. It was my second day of kitesurfing and I decided to follow my friend down wind to another beach.
On the way there were pretty huge waves. Jumping off one of the waves resulted in a hard crash and the fin of the board cut a hole in my head. I think I got a slight concussion because I can't remember it so well other than bleeding and focusing on getting back to land.
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| Great jump, bad landing |
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| The beach I got back to after crashing |
My friend took me to the hospital and a
couple of stitches later I was up and running. I must have damaged a
nerv or something because I didn't feel any pain and half of my head
is still numb. Hopefully I get the feeling back soon. It's feels
weird to brush my hair.
After a days break, I was back on
the water. My friend tried to teach me how to do a back flip trick.
After a lot of crashing and flying like super man through the air, I
finally managed to do the trick the last day of kitesurfing.
It was an amazing feeling of excitment
and adrenaline!
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| Practicing the back roll |
Unfortuantely I was very far out and
the wind was light so I couldn't get it back up again. The kite was
pulling me further out and the nearest beach was filled with rocks.
The situation looked a bit tricky and a very looong swim and a rescue later, the sand under my feet felt better than ever. However, it was totally worth it! I reached my goal, learned a lot of lessons and the dinner&drink afterwards tasted insainly good.
The situation looked a bit tricky and a very looong swim and a rescue later, the sand under my feet felt better than ever. However, it was totally worth it! I reached my goal, learned a lot of lessons and the dinner&drink afterwards tasted insainly good.
This trip was just what I needed and I'm gonna bring inspiration from my new experiences back to the studio. I'll be working on my album from the 4th-28th of February. I can't wait to get started again. Working with Eric Gast, is just amazing!
Cheers,
Jessica
Ps.
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| Another wound to my collection. Got my finger stuck in a car door. |
