Writings 2007-2025
Writings 2007-2025
18+ years of writings from Markus Nylund’s life. Real, raw, unfiltered. Thoughts, fragments, truths. The logbook of a working artist building from scratch and overcoming perfectionism, self-sabotage and sharing what it takes to rise back up again and again.
It’s Halloween. Saturday night. Evening is kicking in. People are getting ready. Excited to see their friends. Go out. Get drunk. Look good. Dance. Flirt. Fuck. Fight. Drink. Eat McDonalds. Meet people. Wrestle with bouncers. Argue with their jealous boyfriends…
It’s almost 3 am. At my cousin’s place in Lahti, Finland. Can’t sleep. A little hungry. Bad taste in my mouth. From drinking beer all day and falling asleep without brushing teeth. She said she’d wait. Do I believe her?…
been recording new Awe songs this week with Peter, they are sounding amazing…best stuff i have ever done currently at parent’s house, will stay for another week to just take it easy and eat free food reading Jim Morrison biography,…
sorry friends no more pretending to be something I am not I am still here I haven’t disappeared I just can’t be apart of anybody’s life right now I have a mission I have to focus completely on it no…
Well so much for quitting my singer/songwriter career. I’m still writing songs and I’m singing them. The thing is I don’t know if you can call singing to yourself much of a career. But i really do like my own…
Sitting in my apartment drinking some cheap wine. Today has been another crap day. Everything just seems to be going wrong. I feel I don’t even recognize the person who wrote all that crap yesterday but again, although I feel…
having our own funerals before we die. This one is to all my friends out there in the world. I have been getting some emails from people lately who I haven’t heard from in awhile. It seems quite odd that…
15 things I want right now. * typewriter * vinyl player * boxing gloves * white grand piano * a bottle of whiskey * 100,000 € * a new winter coat * cowboy boots * a one way ticket out…
it’s funny how this game works. So as you can tell from my recent posts, turbulent times in Markusland. Last night had some drinks. Today the hangover. But i’m writing music like I haven’t in a long time. I mean,…
just got back from a night on the town in helsinki. yes it’s been 6 months since i’ve been at it. i have to say it was quite horrible the city i live in is a piece of shit the…