fredag 11 november 2011

Adventure with Squishy



Hi,


I've been on an adventure today with Squischy. First we went to Radio X3M. I didn't realize we were supposed to be a part of a prank and scare the hell out of a girl.
Apparently one of the radio girls had had two of the guys waxing their legs in the studio, so now they looked for revenge by having me walking in with Squischy around my shoulders. Check it out!

http://arenan.yle.fi/video/1321012770868

After some snake therapy we continued to floors up to YleX for the second radio interview. Squischy was very admired and behaved super well.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150402873636489



Cheers,

Jessica

måndag 24 oktober 2011

Hi everyone,

The gig in Tampere went well and felt even better. I moved around more than normally and cared less about the sound. Too bad I forgot my earplugs.
It was also my first time at Music&Media and it definitely won't be the last.
Now I'm on my way to New York. Since I had 4h to kill before the next flight from Stockholm I decided to go to the gym. At the trainstation they adviced me to go to a gym which is connected to a hotel.
I went to the hotel and when I asked for the gym and tried to pay, she said it's free and gave me a key. I quickly realized it was the wrong hotel and they had mistaken me for a hotel guest. Why not?

Cheers,

Jessica

söndag 16 oktober 2011

Alot of action!

 Hi everyone,

There's a lot of action going on right now. I have a gig at Music&Media on Friday. It's the most important gig so far since there are music industry people from all around the world. I just have to hope that the right people will see my gig, and make sure it's a good one.
After that I have about one day to get home, pack and go to New York for some important meetings and to see a big show by FM World Charities. On the way home I'm making a quick stop in Stockholm to write a song together with a couple of great songwriters. I can't complain!

Cheers,

Jessica





Ps. Check out these pics! I went out with my friend Mikko Löppönen to do a random photo shoot just for the fun of it. We didn't have any lights, a make-up artist or other assistance.  It was a good experience but a very cold one. I hope you like them!







lördag 8 oktober 2011

Trip down the memory lane at 4 am

"Morning has broooo-ken, like the first mo-o-oorning".
It's been ringing in my head since I got up. ( Its 4am and Im on my way to the airport ).
Along with some Italian Arias it was one of the first songs I learned when I started taking singing lessons as a 12 year old.
My teacher was a 75 year old opera singer. She tried to brainwash me with opera. It didn't quite work. Everytime she started to sing a beautiful piece, I put my fingers in my ears. How polite!
Don't get me wrong, I really loved that old wise woman. Opera wasn't just my thing, but I sure learned a lot of good things. She build my roots.
Three years later she died and I moved on to pop, musicals, CVT and eventually found my way to pop/rock after singing ballads for 10 years.

Cheers,

Jessica

fredag 7 oktober 2011

Cime Beauty House

Hi everyone,


I went to Cime Beauty House yesterday who are also my sponsors. They make sure I keep my hair in shape. It's good that someone does because otherwise it pretty much stays the way it looks after I get up in the morning.
When I was a kid I hated going to the hairdresser because they always cut my hair short! I guess it had to do with the fact that I didn't understand Finnish as a kid.
So, when I got a bit older I stopped going, cause I didn't trust hairdressers. I went maybe once in a year or so.
When I went to Cime the first time I was a bit braver. I decided to take a risk and told them to do what they want except for cutting it short. The result really surprised me.
Since then it's been chill-time to go there. I just have my coffee, work or write lyrics while they're taking care of my hair. They have a pretty cool concept. I don't think I've been to a salon with so many services before.

Cheers,

Jessica

lördag 1 oktober 2011

It's just not worth it

Hi everyone,

Had a pretty rough evening yesterday. If I wouldn't have been sober it would have been easier. Every once in a while I take a few weeks alcohol break just to clean my body.
 All these gigs and events happened to take place at the same time and I had promised to be at three of them. Unfortunately it wasn't quite worth it. By the end of the evening the only reason why I wanted a drink was because I couldn't stand the noise and the drunk people around me.
Fortunately I met some good friends later so the evening didn't feel like a waste of time.

Cheers,

Jessica