Most of you read by now, that I was not too happy about my performance at The Tropical Winter Ukulele Festival (TWUF) and I want to take the time to do a little recap and get you some context to my feelings.
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Open Mics @BerlinUkuleleFestival
You’ve probably read my blog about this years Berliner Ukulele Festival. There were lots of opportunities to play open mics and since I was too chicken to play last time I was here, I wanted to make up for it this year.
“Neue Wege entstehen beim Gehen” – Original Song
As you all know, I mainly write in English. I do however like a good challenge so I thought I should try myself on a German song again.
Continue reading ““Neue Wege entstehen beim Gehen” – Original Song”“Why Would you compare that?” – Original Song
A little warning ahead – this song might not be for the easily offended or the faint-hearted. So proceed with caution.
Continue reading ““Why Would you compare that?” – Original Song”“The Rain” – Original Song
I really enjoyed the latest songwriting sessions with my husband Greg. He has a background in writing so I feel like he really brings an interesting set of skills to our sessions. “The Rain” is by far my favorite song that we did together and I hope you enjoy it just as much.
Continue reading ““The Rain” – Original Song”“On my Way” – Original Song
On my Way is a song that I started writing a couple of months ago. Well actually I came up with the chord progression and melody for the chorus somewhere in a hotel room.
Continue reading ““On my Way” – Original Song”“Dance with me” – Original Song
Hey lovelies, hope you are ready for another fun, animal song. I’ve been on holidays together with my husband, and somehow we both were in songwriting mood. As you probably know, we’ve been writing “Executive Realness Monkey Business” together and our recent collab includes animals as well. But there’s a bit more to the story of the song.
Continue reading ““Dance with me” – Original Song”“There were no lights to tell us where to go” – Original Song
As you all know, I’m a huge Amanda Palmer fan. Last weekend she started a songwriting contest and of course, I had to enter it. There’s also a back story as to why she started the contest:
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Open Stage Fright
In an attempt to get better with live gigs and playing in front of a real audience I did some open-mics at GNUF and Austrian Ukulele Festival. I thought it might be a good topic for an own blog entry, so here it is.
Read moREThe Road to Oslo – Part 3 Practice and Prepare
I know it’s been pretty quiet around here in the last couple of weeks. This was due to working a lot, travelling and of cource practicing and preparing for my first big gig in Oslo.
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