April diary

Here we go, another month another diary!

Today is Karfreitsg, a very important day for Christians, part of the Easter weekend.

And for people like me who are not religious, Karfreitag is a day to work on my kar or my bike B) .

Yesterday I had a lovely dinner with a dear friend, a young man who I admire and respect very much. The thing that I like especially about him, other than that he is crazy clever and talented, is the fact that we have probably very different views on some political and social matters, but still manage to speak about it in a civil and honest way without both of us getting triggered.

And during this dialog I learn things and he learns things. And this is what I miss from society these days, to be able to talk to people who don't hold exactly the same views as you do.

When did we lose this? It didn't use to be like that 20 years ago. Is it because of social media?? Smartphones? Internet? Or just has the wheel almost made a 360 degree turn and we are due another catastrophic repeat of the endless cycle of war and peace?

I hope not, but spending time with him gives me hope, lifts me up and today I feel better about everything than I did yesterday.

Anyhoo people, take my advice, get out of your bubble and listen to those who don't believe what you do. Switch over to the station that makes your blood boil. Listen to the other side. Try to understand why they are saying this. Because other than the extreme truly evil edges on both sides of the spectrum, they are not stupid. They are not evil. They care about things. I met in my life many good honest people who believed in extremely stupid things.

We got to go back to speaking with each other without hate. Without getting triggered. Without being butthurt. Without repeating slogans. Don't fall for what they feed you in your bubble.

Peace <3

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TeeGee attached the following image:

I found a great song on Wikiloops.

I was so excited about it that I practiced 4 hours. After that, I recorded it a few times and chosed the best parts from the recordings. I mixed the song roughly, I had spent 6 hours at this point.

I was really excited. I had a great backstory in my head, based on a love story. I fell in love in the dream, but every time I tried to touch her face, something strange happened. The closer my hand was to her, the paler her face became.

She tried to touch my face at the same time, but her hand was too cold. I felt like dying.
Only when I woke up, I realize that I was in love with death. She did not want to take me yet, but she tried to touch me anyway, because she loved me.


But that Wikiloops song. It was time to mix the song. I used my headphones and this was the point when I noticed that the song already had a bass track. I guess I shouldn't listen to songs through TV speakers, because this wasn't the first time I couldn't hear the bass 😒😂

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Hey, maybe you can ask the uploder of the track if they can give you the track without bass?

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It's just a song. I can always make a new one. I don't worry about it. 🙂

But I have to admit that time is the reason why I don't make songs here anymore.



But I completely forgot..
Dear diary..In about two weeks one of my favorite artists will be performing in Helsinki. I've been waiting to see Skynd since the fall, it's fun to be excited about music.
My son and I also agreed today that we will go to Tallinn that same weekend. This should be a fun trip.

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Nice to see that the wikiloops Diary lives on, thanks to TeeGee and Aito.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get past some technical internet problems this past week and my connection is still unreliable but I wanted to let my friends know that I'm not dead :D

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Good to hear from you! A few days ago I was listening to TalkSPORT radio station when a lady came on, Leicester supporter, sounded just like you 😂😂😂

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The Leicester accent is not very pleasant actually, flat and coarse and often loud :( I have to watch the football from behind the sofa these days, it's kinda scary..... we're probably going down again unless we can bring about a 'Great Escape' da da da da da da da ;) Still having tech probs so I haven't been getting in here so often.

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Been offline for a while, had some problems logging on but Dick fixed it for me :)

Not too many entries for the diary, this is what happend in the last days:

1) Got the old BSA motorcycle back together and did a few running-in rides. Had to hold myself from opening it up, but I got to be patient ;).

2) I am working out at this gym for a couple of years, and during that time I started to talk to a guy who does calisthenic exercises, amazing strength this guy has. Anyway, I told him that I have a dream to be able to do a muscle up, and I am working on it for a long time now. He gave me some really good tips, and gave me some exersizes to do, a really nice guy. So then the last few times I did not see him, I wondered why - and then someone approached me and told me "you know the guy you always chat with, he's dead" :( I was shocked...his flat burned down and he did not make it. So sad...I am gutted.

I have fire alarms in each room fitted many years ago, they are so important. They save lives people. If you haven't got them, go to the shop now and get them! They are not expensive, and every one should have them!!!

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Hmm, new album uploaded (which was a load to get off my chest but once again a great learning curve), couple of adds to different tracks...at the moment WL serves as a parking space for my sanity as everything else is pure madness and pulling me in different directions.

On the plus side, my youngest came to visit over easter. Pretty hard to find days in a row with him as he`s busy preparing for the national Special Olympics in June. Going to be a big sporting event again with 100.000 spectators expected. He brought me copies of all the media stuff handed out by the organizers as well as by the government of his home state. His face is plastered on buses and trains, there was a tv documentary last months ... if I had access to that sort of publicity I`d be giving up my day job and concentrate on music.

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