On the road again...
Hey there!
Long time, no blog from me...sorry.
Anyway, better late than too soon... (ha, ha).
The recording sessions in LA went very well. We worked pretty hard and fast with no days off except for one when Jack had to fly to New York for the John Lennon movie premiere. All the recording is finished and Jack is starting to mix as we speak. So I guess you could say that the album is about half done.
After about 3 weeks in LA, I must say it is nice to be back home for a while. Just being able to WALK to get to places is a pleasure rather than sitting in a car everyday...
The jet-lag is usually worse when flying back this way and this time it was extremely harsh. For almost 2 weeks after my return I kept waking up at around 2am-4am and wasn't able to sleep for the rest of the night.
My broken ribs have healed quite well and I was able to start doing most of my daily excercises again 2 weeks ago. Not being able to exercise for 2 months kinda threw me off balance, both physically and mentally. I was very worried about my vocal performances in LA because singing is quite physical after all - and this is one of the most important records of my life. However, the vocals on the record turned out fine in the end.
My live performance is another thing, though.
I had just about recovered from my jet-lag when it was time to leave for Sweden to play in Malmö and Gothenburg.
I have to admit that those 2 gigs in Sweden were surprisingly hard for me physically - but of course I did my best not to let it show. I can't recall going this long without exercising since my early 20's. It also affected my voice in a bad way. Since I didn't feel I had enough support from my diaphragm I sang too much "from the throat" and therefore blew out my voice. Not being able to hear myself in the monitors at the gig in Gothenburg didn't help either. Otherwise, the gigs were good and the audiences were very nice.
So my voice was already shot before the 2 Tavastia shows we did on October 16th. I still managed to pull through pretty good somehow. Most people didn't notice anything being wrong with my voice. My dad was at the early show, which was really nice and meant a lot to me.
Something pretty serious also happened during the 1st show at Tavastia: Ginger broke his foot on stage and now he has to wear a cast on it for about 6 weeks. It seems that as soon as I had pretty much recovered from my broken ribs this happened.
Pretty nuts, huh? Other than that, the shows were a blast and the crowd was great. Thank you everyone!
Next we'll play in my hometown of Turku, then we're off to Jyväskylä, Oulu and Tampere. And in November...with Motörhead in the UK!
See you down the road!
Take care,
*Michael*
Jeu 21 Oct - 21:04