Hi there!
I had an absolutely wonderful trip in Nice. It was very needed for re-charging my batteries. I went there together with three of my girl friends I've known since I was a kid. I also realized it was the first time since I was studying theatre three years ago, that I spent so much time together with a bunch of girls.
Most of my friends and people I work with are men, but the few girl friends I have are really close. Part from the shopping I had a great time.
When I got back I had a lot of work to do. My laptop mouse stopped working while I was in Nice so there was a bunch of stuff I couldn't get done. I could really feel reality biting when I came home.
I had 24 hours to get everything set before picking up my producer from the airport the day after I got back. Back to business!
We started with a meeting the morning after he arrived and to my big surprise he gave me FM OnePiece. (FM is the charity he created).
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| Me and Eric Gast going to band practice |
Within a minute after I took a picture of it at band practice, Thomas Adams (the guy who came up with the OnePiece concept) contacted Eric and told him he was in Helsinki for a day.
What a weird coincidence.
Every time Eric has been around we've always randomly met the OnePiece guy. The first time at the launch party in Helsinki. The second time at party in Stockholm and now in Helsinki again.
After the band practice still wearing my Onepiece we went to say hi to Thomas late in the evening and didn't get to bed until late in the night.
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| My new FM OnePiece. |
We had a very early flight to the studio in Stockholm. I had only slept 2 hours but didn't mind since I wasn't supposed to do any vocals. We just had to go through the last adjustments for the up-coming single before mastering it.
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| Early breakfast at the airport |
Straight from the airport I went to see my singing coach before joining the rest in the studio. I got very surprised when they told me that I should re-sing the chorus for another song I thought I was already done with.
When I go to the studio to do vocals I prefer to be prepared, warm up, sleep well, having my mind set etc. My body and voice were completely shut for the traveling and lack of sleep, but shit happens.
I had to try at least, which turned out to be a good decision. After many takes I managed to find the energy and feeling I needed to nail the chorus.
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| Outside of the studio with my producers and an awesome background vocalist. |
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| Eric Gast & Patric Jonsson |
The next day we got few hours before taking the train to Malmö 4 hours away from Stockholm. Some of my old songs were recorded more than two years ago and in the need of an update in order to fit in with the rest of the songs on the album.
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| Johan Bejerholm in Worldstudios |
It was really nice coming back to World Studios and see my old producer Johan Bejerholm. He is one funny guy that always makes me laugh.
I thought re-sining some vocals for the old songs would be an easy task since I sang them hundreds of times. It actually turned out to be the opposite.
Being brainwashed and deaf to your own songs it's hard to find a new spark and feeling in it.
When I'm performing with it's different though, then I can always get the emotions and energy from the audience and the adrenaline kick of being on the stage.
However, nothing is impossible. There's always a way even how stuck you feel with a song. It's just a matter of being stubborn and find the right way to approach it. Sometimes I need to move around a lot, do some boxing, try to go into a character or just have a very clear picture of what and who I'm singing it to.
The chorus that I had to re-sing in Stockholm is a good example. I felt stuck because I didn't have the energy but than I imagine that someone had just stabbed me with a knife and going into that feeling gave me the right vibe for the song. It might sound weird but these kind of "acting tools" effect both the voice and emotions a lot. If one image doesn't work I just move on to the next one until I find the what feels right. At least it works for me.
Rock on!
Jessica Wolff
