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Hey guys here are some new photos posted by Samu on his facebook…The city of Angels
Here I am. It’s getting better with my jet-lag now and today I felt that I am fully here in full strength. I gotta say Los Angeles is absolutely the coolest US city I have ever seen. I have only been at the eastern coast so far but here’s something different in the air. It’s kind of relaxed in “The European way” and there’s folks from all over the world.
The weather has been pretty perfect for me. Not too hot but still warm enough to drive the top down even in the evening. Yes, of course I had to rent myself a convertible BMW. There are some things you keep the same no matter how far you go. It’s almost as fast as my own one in Helsinki (god knows how she is doing in Mr. Saukkonen’s hands) but fast enough.
I am on my way to see this local band at Whiskey a gogo. Their manager is actually responsible for my trip, planning the sessions etc, and it’ll be cool to see one of his own babies on stage. Whiskey a gogo is a lot smaller than what I thought. But still ALL the cool and very successful band have played there. If you have the Doors and Nirvana among others on your CV, you can call yourself a rock club.
I lost my damn phone in a cab two nights ago and even though my friend Liz from NY tried her best threatening the taxi company’s customer cervice center, I didn’t get it back. So if someone calls you from my number with a Mexican dialect, it’s not me drunk on sunset beach.
I have always hated traveling alone. I guess I would just feel lonely and I’d need someone to talk to 24/7 (you band guys know what I mean;) but this time it’s been super great. Of course it helps my flood of words when I need to be creative during the day writing songs and there’s always so much to talk about with totally new faces. I just love to walk these long boulevards with my iPod (that I had to buy because the old one went with the iPhone) and listen to music. And to look at the million souls heading somewhere and looking for something. Just like me. I listened through our whole acoustic album just now on my evening walk and I am so f**ing proud of my boys. My favorite mixing Engineer & drinking partner Jesse is doing a superman’s job again.
I have met some great music people and writers here. It’s so cool that no matter how far you go, there are still the same 6 strings on the guitar and nothing really changes. But I must admit that it has been really really inspiring here and we have already gotten some very good stuff together even though it’s only been 2 days working so far.
So… I am having a chicken salad by the pool and my “hosts” Andre and Liz are soon here to take me to the show.
So as Mr. Riku Rajamaa sings in one of his beautiful solo career songs, “Here I am alone.” But I must say I am feeling everything but lonely.
I hope I wake up early enough tomorrow for my morning swim at the hotel pool. Just like today. I can warmly recommend the Hollywood Standard hotel to anyone visiting L.A.
Good night everyone, where ever you are,
Uncle Sam
PS: I saw the BIGGEST tits EVER today. They were unreal. She was probably 35 and the two HUGE body parts were literally all over her convertible car. I am not a guy who likes big breasts really. I like more the neighbor girl stuff, but I must say that was impressing!!!! A cow would be jealous….;)
Fievel in America
Hey guys here is the new blog posted by Samu on his facebook…
Fievel in America
I am Miles above the Atlantic Sea somewhere near Greenland on my way to Los Angeles to make some music. I love it!!! The weather there is 25 Celsius and it’s sunny. I got my guitar, a few pairs of shorts and my camera equipment with me. What a shitty life I have… God, if you exist, Thanx pal!
Our new EMI bosses have arranged these sessions with local writers / producers and I am very happy about this opportunity. These days when records don’t sell millions because children are stealing music from the Internet, it’s great that EMI folks see it as good business sending me over the ocean. I don’t know who I am actually gonna work with but I am sure I will be in good hands. There must be a million studios and teams in L.A. And if there’s nobody waiting for me, I will write stuff on my own on Sunset Blvd. Or Sunrise Ave 😉
It’s always a bit strange traveling alone without the boys but on the other hand it’s a way to get some time off from them too. I mean for them to get time off from me too 😉 It’s great that we have our home team with Jukka and also these opportunities where I can hopefully bring something fresh to the whole Sunrise Avenue system.
Looking at the 3rd album, everything looks really great. We have recorded many songs and many are on the process right now. And I did a one-week session in Sweden and now this 2-week trip to USA. Then we will sit down in early June and decide how we proceed.
I must mention again how happy I am that we have found our “thing” with producer Jukka again after the super difficult PopGasm period and stupid stuff making our recording difficult. Now I feel exactly as confident in our music as I felt with the first album, but this time I am not panicking that much. A little panic is good.
No panic = No emotion = No goose bumps and joy when all ends up fine. No panic fits for office jobs, for music No No No 😉
All this feels honestly very good. Of course I am sure the time will come again when some record industry person / people will be crying AGAIN in at our studio but until then 😉 No, I will not let anyone with wrong vibes get even near this project this time.
I have never been to L.A. before and it’s super great finally getting the chance to smell the sweat at whiskey Go Go for real. I also checked that Los Angeles Kings (The ice hockey team) might make it to the next round at the NHL play-offs and that would be THE thing. I’ll check the team’s status at the hotel tonight and if it looks good, I’ll start begging on my knees. I guess everything is sold out anyway at this time of the season.
The acoustic album is getting together extremely great! It sounds far better than what I expected. When I listened to the first mixed track (Only) I had every (three) hair up in my body. I didn’t know the audience sounds THAT great and that you all sing almost everything with us. You can’t hear that on stage with all the drums and stuff. I guess the album will be out in June. Well, if the labels want to release it. There’s always the bureaucracy shit that might stop things, but I hope for the best.
I don’t know the final track listing yet because we wanna hear all the mixes first and then see what we want to put on, but I guess it will be close to the whole show that we all just enjoyed together last month. There will be songs with both Jukka and Osmo. Osmonaut I mean.
There is also the great photo contest, where you send photos to our email and we check them out and we put the best ones to the booklet. There has been hundreds of photos already, so I am happy being here and the other guys have to choose the ones we pick.
I’ve sat on this uncomfortable plane seat for 4-5 hours and it’s still 7:11 to go. But they have a great movie service on the longer flights. Even on this “pig class” and I just watched Avatar and damn it was good. I was expecting this children’s movie but it wasn’t that at all. I can just imagine how it must look on 3D with the glasses and stuff. I fell in love with the blue girl for a while. But Now I got over her. It wasn’t meant to be. Poor her…. 😉
Now I am gonna watch Sherlock Holmes. Sami said it’s really great. After Sherlock I have only 5 hours to go. Luckily the movie database is endless and I have more on my laptop. I really hope the volcanoes in Iceland keep the biggest rocks inside now and the plane gets “home safe.” On the other way it would be a rock star way to go… And I hope the volcanic stuff stays calm so I get back home too. I would not wanna miss the festivals.
So take care everyone and be nice while daddy is away digging for gold,
Muah!
Acoustic Tour 2010 live album will be released soon – do you wanna get your picture to the booklet?
Acoustic Tour was one of the best tours that Sunrise Avenue has done and almost all the shows were sold out. The crew recorded all the shows and now it´s time to release the acoustic live album.
We need little help from you to finish the booklet. If you were in any of the acoustic shows and had your camera with you, please send us two best shots that you took and we will choose the best ones and add those to the booklet.
We will contact the chosen ones personally, so please add your name + phone number to the e-mail.
Send your photos latest at 28.4.2010 to sunriseave@sunriseave.com
Each photos should be max 1mb and please don´t send more than 2 photos.
You can choose any photo that relates to the acoustic gig. It don´t necessary need to be from the live show, if you have good photos from the queue outside the venue etc. don´t hesitate to send those to us. The more original, the more we like it!
Samu Haber is merely complete
Sunrise Avenue’s solist Samu Haber has astrology and everything believed as a mere eyewash, and never been interested about it. Knew his own star-map, but he however was very thoughtful.
Samu Haber’s birthday has just passed by, when he also met with Helmet’s astrologer Merja Hirvisaari in the studio of Radio Nova. Astrology was to Samu Haber a wasted time entertainment, and has nothing to do with his everyday reality. Samu kept the same opinion in connection with the daily horoscope in the newspapers, but his personal interpretation face to the moment of his birth was with a very self-critical attitude, and according to the collaborative intellect of the man astrology would only be able to tell something about one’s personality- a so precise interpretation.
“And there came the relationships with the father and mother,” Samu was surprised after the interpretation. Merja Hirvisaari’s right interpretation made him open his difficult map more with the relation of money and the power in relationship. Samu himself also confirmed the truth connected with what the map told: a risk-taking placement become familiar all of a sudden.
“It’s my way or the highway” was one of the generally accepted slogans in Oina. They told this if in a group-work you were expected to be a leader. Samu smiled. “Someone always have to lead.”
These require from a hard business man his courage to pave his way for a risk but in the same time to reside also with the harmony. He is also looking for perfection in love and wants to admire every beauty of the need in his eyes. According to the astrologer the man’s heart is not easy to conquer, but if someone succeeds will get all the satisfactory symphonies of the heart.
English version by Reka
In finnish HERE
Samu Haber opens up: I am a guy with super powers
Sunrise Avenue’s singer Samu Haber with a German ancestry spoke to Nova Radio in his interview about women, music, hockey and his German ancestry.
Samu is well-known for being a HIFK fan and for playing an active role in his youth in hockey. Samu admitted that even if he loves it more than a hobby, he could never become a professional hockey player, and this not due to the harness of the sport. The man describes his youth as a busy one.
-I’m not interested in anything more than just girls and hockey. So just the same things as before, Samu laughs.
But what about a guitar attracting more girls than the playing of hockey?
-It doesn’t, it’s just another myth. I would argue with it, since hockey is a much better way, the man continued.
In the interview Samu also revealed that basically he is a very deep and emotional man.
-I’m sometimes a bit of a nonsense, a super powered dude.
English version by Reka
In finnish HERE
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