My grandma used to call me my little “Alice” making reference to the character of the story… I never asked her why though. Maybe because of me having a great imagination… or because I always seemed to be lost in a fantasy land…? I don’t know. I guess I could ask her, but I rather keep the mystery…
Anyway, when I heard about the release of Tim Burton’s movie, of course I couldn’t hold myself! I had to watch it and I did. In 3D of course
Here is how I look on those 3D glasses, by the way
As you know, one of the parties where I played last time I was in London, was organized by Electroqueer blog or EQ. The blog is wonderful, full of news, releases and articles about the electronic-pop music world (I highly recommend it). Raj Rudolph is one of the responsibles of the blog. A really hard worker that loves what he does (if you start following the blog, you will understand why). I can tell that he is always looking for new ways to improve his work and please EQ followers and what he has done recently proves my point. Check it out, a new blog to download free electro-pop music (with the permission of the artists, of course)!
Whenever I go to another city, I feel like a small kid. I want to see, touch, buy, experience EVERYTHING!!!! And London fulfills that perfectly. It’s never enough time though because I am not a simple tourist, I work my ass off rehearsing and preparing the last details of the gigs I have and that leaves not much room for the rest… Nevertheless and between shows I managed to do some shopping and I went to see a MUSICAAAAAAL!!! Yes! I did and it was fantastic! Nordic King’s choice and a good one! We went with a mutual friend and the 3 of us laughed so much!!! Here some pictures of the play. Oh, and the musical was Avenue Q, in case you want to see it
This new start of the year was completely different from me. Instead of the usual sun and warmth from Argentina, I went to Ã…re, Sweden, right to the snow and coldness to celebrate with with my Nordic King and some friends the upcoming 2010.
Words are not enough to describe the beauty I’ve seen there and the fear I have had in the immensity mountains. The landscape was overwhelming. So I better show you some pictures instead!
From the bus, arriving to Ã…re, Sweden
Going doooooooooooown!
After a long day of skiing in Ã…re, Sweden
I hope that you all have had amazing celebrations and I wish all your dreams come true in this 2010 (but don’t forget you are direct responsible of that! ).
I am going on a ski trip to Ã…re, Sweden, to celebrate new years! isn’t it great? Only 2 days left and I will be there! Between the balance of the whole 2009 and the new projects for 2010, I will be up high ruling the mountain with my skills… To be honest, I have skied only once and it was long long ago, so wish me luck! hehe
I will go with my Nordic King, of course and 8 more friends, so it will be fun.
And I will charge my batteries for the beginning of 2010 that already seems to be very busy (I will be traveling to London in the 1st week of January among other stuff).
Hey friends! You can find my Christmas package with free songs for downloading in EQ music blog as well… and once you are there, I recommend that you navigate through the posts and articles. I know you’ll love this blog as much as I do . It’s filled with music news, videos and lots of reviews, so don’t miss it.
PARIS: a blue illuminated Eiffel Tower in the background…Â Cool electronic sounds and a big audience watching dozens of half naked girls on luxury chariots in a very fancy parade! That was the Sonia Rykiel presentation of her new underwear collection for H&M!!!
How can a girl like me concentrate in work with such a big thing going on???
My Achilles heel in no other than shoes and underwear! HOW can H&M sabotage my work in such a way ???
Well, as a good shopaholic I am waiting for the release of Sonia Rykiel’s underwear collection, here in Stockholm, so wish me luck, coz there will be blood among the other shopaholics
So forgive me for this parenthesis in the music and let’s go back to work!
Music everywhere in this wonderful Nordic land! Metal, pop, hip-hop, electROCKnica wherever I go (this last one, of course! )
I was about to kick serious ass in my gym but before I needed to nourish my superpowers with a decent salad, so I headed down to the commercial center close home. Kista gallerian. It was crowded as hell, so I focused my sight and I discovered the reason. There was an enormous banner announcing the opening of the new area of Kista Gallerian. And they were celebrating it with a concert! This concert reunited a lot of Swedish artist that have participated in a tv show called körslaget.
Unfortunately I couldn’t stay (my spoiled body was asking for pain!) but I had the pleasure of meeting 2 colleagues of mine. I have talked about one of them before, Rigo. The other one was Joacim Cans, frontman and singer of a metal band called HammerFall.
Fortunately Nordic king (who was the one to enlighten part of my life with me his metal fixation) was there with me so he took a picture of us!
In the verge of a stress fracture I had to call to my 911 help here in Sweden!
You know I was overwhelmed with work… preparing the show, learning a lot in a very short time (you know new programs, virtual instruments, etc) and with a lot of great projects ahead… it was too much! So I did what I have to do and I called Povel Ohlsson, the other of the producers of Little Devil and I asked for some help… He is a really reaaaaaaally busy guy and this time is the worst for him because he is traveling a lot, but he managed to get some free time for me!!!
That was a huge weight removed from my back, to be honest. I was feeling the pressure in a way that was hard for me to actually enjoy my work! And I love what I do… but sometimes it can be a mess.
But no more worries, he’ll help me out so I can also focus on the rest of the things that need to be done and I have the time to share them here with you!
And by the way, the cover is coooooming!!! yeaaaaaaah!
Remember how Bill Murray was completely upside down with the time and the language in “Lost in Translation”? That’s how I feel with the programming in my Mac!
My absence from the blog is because I have been preparing a different live set, instead of the full band format I used before. Now men (woman, actually) and machine will melt together to give an exciting musical experience… actually my brain is melting literally meanwhile I am preparing the set because it’s so muuuuch and hard work! LOL
Programs, plugins, interface, bmp, MIDI, headset, VTS and many more! Names that before they were just sounds in the producers mouths now they are my only focus of attention!
Thank God I’m not alone and my friend and one of the producers of the record, Fernando Montemurro is giving me remote support! But I might need more help… so start praying
That’s all for now. I promise I will write about the progress of this and I will keep you posted about the rest of my work.
I was walking home, crossing through the galleria heading to the subway.
I know this place like the palm of my hand and to be honest, there is nothing surprising in the shops that are there, so my walk was fast.
But this time, an incense aroma and this exotic soft music, caught my attention. I looked and I saw this little sweet Chinese trying to catch my attention. She was promoting this new shop there and she offered me a free consultation.
I looked inside the shop and I saw a lot of jars full of herbs with weird inscriptions. The music and the lighting all inviting me to go in, so I accepted (not before realizing that they offered acupuncture and massages).
This sweet old and small Chinese dr interviewed me. It was a bit hard, she speaks Chinese mainly, some Swedish and almost no English… I hardly speak Swedish, but I managed to make myself clear about me, my back and my stress!
She invited me to go into a room… she would cure me!
What happened after was kinda bizarre… Me on the torture bed with this woman needling me from top to toe! She placed a heater over my back, warming me a little bit too much! Then I was left alone for a while.
My head soar and pulsating for the pain (one of the needles was hurting me crazy). My lower back felt paralyzed and my neck burning in flames thanks to the heater. I tried to move… to make some noise… something! -someone there??? I’m buuuuuuuurning- but no response.
You know when you are in those situations it’s really hard, because if you speak, you move or even if you think it feels like you shouldn’t, you are there, you accepted the terms and if you say something, it’s not allowed!
Anyway, after some minutes, which seemed to be eternal for me, the heater stopped -thank God it has a timer!- The sweet old lady came in and she ask me: all good??? in her limited english. Well, I started to say… but she didn’t wait for my answer and she removed all the needles fast before I could snooze! -relieeeeeeeeef!-
I was still on the bench, on my stomach, laying there, not knowing what to do or what she was doing… I heard her moving and touching things. She approached me again. I said: Is it finished? She: nonono! And right after I heard she used a lighter -will she set me on fire?- then without letting me ask, she placed something in my back, that suck a piece of my skin! (cupping therapy) -OMG!-
At that point I just left myself go… The cupping was not that dramatic and I actually started to enjoy it… but this little old lady had something else for me, so after 10 minutes she returned and she gave me a HAAAAAARD massage, meanwhile she was asking: Painful? Painful? (I wonder if it was sadism what made her ask!) OF COUUUUUUURSE!!!!
The session ended and I actually was feeling GOOD! So I rebook it for next week
Here are some pictures that will show you what I’ve been through…
My Saturday started late… as you already know I am a creature of the night, therefore my days end really late (or early depending on the point of view) and start close to midday (rock & roll life style, yeah!). We woke up fast, dressed quickly and run to meet another of my friends/producer Lars Nyström. It was his Birthday so we invited him to have lunch with us (Nordic King & me). We had a sleepy wonderful brunch in a lovely place of Stockholm.
After that and referring to the title, Nordic king and me went to the beautiful park Skansen full of Swedish animals and typical old farms.
Beautiful weather, nice scenery and great company! What else would you ask?!
After one hour of nature we run back home in a picturesque rail-car (rail-buss). We arrived right on time to baked some home made pizzas (yeah! I made them! I love cooking) and we got ready for the football game: Denmark vs Sweden (Sweden lost so there are no chances for them to go to the world cup Let’s see how Argentina behaves!).
Even though I was technically feeling better, my body refused to get 100% well… I’m afraid to say it loud, but I think I nailed it now and I’m completely restored… I have over slept and my work was reduced to the minimum amount, that was the remedy.
Now, let’s see how things go from now on!
For next week I have studio sessions (yes, recording some vocals and working on some remixes) and I start rehearsing! So I’m back on track! This fall is full of expectation and projects, let’s see how everything turns! I’m excited!
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Let’s see how Argentina behaves!).
