Category Artist Life

Notes from the daily life of a musician and writer.. Practice, projects, and progress. Studio, stage, and everything in between.

Bound is the boatless man

I’ve been writing and recording my own songs since 1998. Since then I’ve been involved in numerous projects and travelled around many places, performing and just doing my thing. Doing my best I guess. But apparently with unreasonable expectations regarding…

The Master

I question the validity of being a professional. Or an expert. I think these are traps especially regarding the path of the mystic or artist. A professional artist is a failure. An expert mystic is a fraud. An artist is…

Open Letter

An open letter to fans and friends. IIf you’ve been communicating with me during the last year, I have probably seemed more unhinged than usual. This always happens when I am in the heat of the creative process (which is…

KUMBAYA HILLBILLY

BOUND IS THE BOATLESS MAN I have been writing and recording my own songs since 1998. Since then I’ve been involved in numerous projects and travelled around many places, performing and just doing my thing. Doing my best I guess.…

Bio in 3 parts

PART I: BORN TO ROCK When I heard Lennon’s Imagine in the early 90s, I had to not only learn to play the piano but also that epic drum fill before the chorus kicks in (which I could kinda do…

Alien King (intro note)

My new album is a love/hate letter to humanity, to Earth and its inhabitants, to the Sun, to the Cosmos and to the Gods I never truly believed in until I realised they are us. But most importantly, I sing…

Russian Border

In 1998 I started writing songs. I was 15 at the time. It was the only way I could really process what was happening without anyone having to know who I really was. I kept most of it to myself…

ONLY LOVE

I’m a new age poet/musician and mystic from Finland. When I was fifteen (in 1998) I started writing songs to share my experience of life with others. I don’t really know why but I did it and continued to do…

BEST BIO IN THE BUSINESS

I once was lost but now I’m found. Finding myself getting lost again. Looking for someone who knows something but nobody knows a god damn thing or at least anything worth knowing. The less you know the better off you will be. Then…