May 2011
The last 4 months have easily been one of the most exciting periods of my musical life so far! Big things have been happening:
I've had the great opportunity of working with highly sought-after producer Crada (who has produced for Alicia Keys, Drake, B.O.B., Kid Cudi, Tinie Tempah, Clare Maguire i.a.). It has been a very pleasant and fruitful collaboration which has brought a couple of really hot and catchy hip hop/R&B tracks into existence. At this point I am mainly focusing on writing song hooks and layouts for R&B, hip hop and pop tracks for other artists since it is my main goal for 2011 to establish myself as a commercial songwriter and get a publishing deal which will allow me to make music 'round the clock - the dream of any real musician, right??
Wohooo... and another thing really excites me these days: in 2 months' time I will FINALLY graduate from my Commercial Music degree!!
In July I will move back to Berlin for a couple of months and start a new band up there!! Definitely thrilled;-D!!!!
November / December 2010
I am currently working on my EP "Slowly Feeling My Way" which I am planning to complete by Christmas, the perfect time to share my music with my friends, family and everyone else feeling and supporting what I do. "Slowly Feeling My Way" is a set of songs of rather contrasting styles I have been experimenting with over the last year. Three of the five songs on my EP are being produced at Ealing Studios by internationally recognized producer Hank Hughes and his two assistants Siggi Sigtryggsson and Gisli Kristjansson – 3 WICKED producers!!! - at the Ealing Studios in West London. I am so happy and excited about this collaboration;-D. THANK YOU LOOOOAAADS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, guys!!!
October 2010
During this year's Summer Camp at the Popakademie in Mannheim in met loads of amazing musicians from around the world. One of them was vocal teacher Liu Jibin from the Pop Music Academy of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music which is the only existing pop music university in China!! After the camp we kept in touch and then one day as we spoke on Facebook Liu asked me to come to China and perform my songs within the International Pop Music Forum 2010 in Chengdu, China, in October 2010!!! I immediately accepted his invitation, of course, feeling more than honoured and grateful for this unique opportunity! If you ask me what China was like I can only say: It was CRAAAAAAZY and so different from anything else I had seen, felt and done before:-D!!.. Honestly, one of the most exceptional experiences of my life so far! It was incredibly exciting to perform in front of more than 1200 music lovers, educators, students and industry people from China and around the world on a huuuuge stage together with a well-reharsed Chinese band full of passion for music! And on top of it all, me and the other international performers even got given a certificate of honour in a Chinese TV show, as well!!... Our 5 minutes on Chinese TV! Now how thrilling is that!??:-)... I am not the biggest fan of Chinese traditional food, I have to admit, but I absolutely fell in love with the Chinese people and pandas!!...LOL! You guys are the greatest hosts, friends, fans and teachers!! Shanghai was absolutely breathtaking, as well, where I had the most gorgeous Thai food and green tea icecream evaaaa;-)!!! THANKS 1000x to Liu and the Sichuan Conservatory of Music who made all this possible for me and my friends from Europe! I will upload pictures asap!!
