Pop, Classic,...

For the weekend...
I don´t have time for anything at the moment -- except music.
Is it possible to squeeze in some more hours in a day??
Ok, one hour is possible this night-change to winter time:)

Great voices

Music-corner: Placido, Netrebko and Villazon.
I love their voices, their acting. Watch all of them and
enjoy Lehar´s music, great voices and perfect performances!







M, I´ll dedicate these to you;)

Research

First time I do research for my novel, first time I create charts, mindmaps and draw.
All preparations for NaNoWriMo in November-the novel-writing-month.

I´ve started to use pencil and paper and now I realize, the more ideas I have,
the more my paper size, my DIN norm changes.
Started with DIN A8 (a little block) now I use DIN A4.

At the moment I really enjoy researching, maybe a bit too much.
Because doing it online can lead to much distraction;)
So I have to listen to music on Youtube--all for my future novel.
Lost in the virtual world for some time--today with a good excuse.
Research!
But someone cannot enjoy too much, or?
No.

Now it´s your time to enjoy some music and a great video;)
Music-corner: Celine Dion, Rivers deep, mountains high






 Enjoy your day/night!

Cool blogs and percussion

News-corner:

I found a great top-blog for writers--check it out!
http://writerunboxed.com/

and finally cool page with writer-comics,
http://inkygirl.com/wwfc/ and http://inkygirl.com/

Music-corner: Cool ideas!

Soooooo relaxing!

There are so many great composers, today is Mozart´s time;) Enjoy!

Music-corner: Mozart



Mozart´s Symphony  # 40 in G minus

here Symphony # 25 in G minor 

and his Jupiter Symphony.
Close your eyes, relax and listen!

Europe´s largest Open Air Festival- Danube Island Festival

takes place in Vienna- 3 days - about 3 million visitors- 18 stages (for all kinds of music,pop, rock, hard rock, alternative, western, folk, gospel, - concerts , entertainment, sports,... here are some videos and info.
and the best-- all for free;)

Music-corner:

I miss a lot

Art is an essential part of my life- and it has turned out that writing means more to me than I have ever thought of.

Because of many reasons I couldn´t post here. I just can use another laptop sometimes and I am not able to post my photos and revise my drafts or be creative for my art-blog-where I received my first award.(Surprise and many thanks to Teca;)

I have so many great pics to share but no possibility at the moment to post them;(
The laptop I use now has no software for "editing" my art;(
I have no access to many email-adresses and all my other data--horrible as well!I haven´t saved my second draft and so many other important things...

I am frustated because I´m not able to work, write and blog as before...
Hope my laptop will be repaired soon!

After a great week in my fav city (thanks B.!) I Just came home from another trip (Balaton-Hungary)and now between writing these lines and preparing for the job I have to get ready for visiting my parents in the evening...
I don´t spend a lot of time at home at the moment but that´s ok.

There´d be so much to tell but no time right now. No time for music links,.....but I take some time for advertising a book although I haven´t read the whole (I just got it)
I have never recommended a book in this stage of reading-- but the beginning is so interesting and the style of writing so great and different- that I break my own rule
get Chris Cleave´s "Little Bee" and be ready for the unexpected,...

Have a great week, my friends!

Life-Ball 2011 in Vienna with Bill Clinton, Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields,.....

Tonight Europe´s biggest HIV/Aids-fundraiser event will take place in Vienna.

Here you´ll find other videos of that event.

Celebrating the joy of life and the diversity of cultures, Life Ball unites the Viennese ball tradition with opulence, extravagance, glamour, provocation, fancy performances, committed speeches as well as emotional moments.(Life-ball 2011)

http://www.lifeball.org/

Although I don´t have much time,

I couldn´t resist posting other clips from the great opening ceremony (Wiener Festwochen)-
I had to do it and I know, some of you love music as I do- so here the most famous church song of Austria ( and other German speaking countries)- Schubert´s Heilig (holy)
sang from many choirs in the Abbey Church at the Stift Melk in Lower Austria--Cultural World Heritage
the beauty of the architecture is worth watching the clip as well;)

 Have a great week;)

M U S I C

Music is so relaxing and distracting--therefore and because of the opening of the Wiener Festwochen (a culural high seaason in Austria) I post so many music videos these days;)
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
Here I found one gospel from the opening ceremony 2 days ago:
Lay your hand in his!


and here Austria´s participant of the European song contest-Nadine and the winner country
Asserbaijan-


enjoy your Sunday and listen to some music;)

Interested in great music- just listen to these singers and enjoy!

Back from the BBQ I have to share yesterday´s great music of the
Wiener Festwochen-part 2 opening ceremony

MUSIC-CORNER:

Carmina Burana-Orff O Fortuna



Not classical but cool;)
Do you like Chilli con Carne? Listen!



Here an interesting interpretation of a children song and below the original song


Here the children song:


Mozart´s Zauberflöte

Austria Sings! Opening Ceremony Of Wiener Festwochen

In Vienna’s “Rathausplatz” (City Hall Square) and three other locations across the country, numerous Austrian choirs sang together yesterday, performing the “Ode to Joy” among other compositions. From these ensembles, the competition “Österreich singt” (Austrian Sings), which is organised by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF in co-operation with Wiener Festwochen and the Austrian Choral Association, selected the best of the best – and hence, those who will participate in the live inauguration event.(www.festwochen.at)

A cool event--and many friends and family-members watched the ceremony and sang together with "the rest of the country"--including me;))

Here some impressions, the first I found on youtube this morning. Maybe I´ll post some others later but I have to get prepared for a BBQ--positive stress;)

Enjoy your free time and listen to these fab choirs and realize the beautiful architecture--the City Hall and the Burgtheater behind the conductor!!!
And join the singing, you´ll find the text- Classical Karaoke:)
Let´s sing!

The Rose

Music-corner:

The rose- Bette Middler


I wish you all a relaxing and wonderful weekend;)

Schönbrunn- on World Cultural Heritage List

Last week I went through the park of Schönbrunn- a cultural jewel of Vienna.  I have never seen so much wild garlic in the city before! I love it;) You can cook soup, make a "strudel", eat it with potatoes, make a spread, and so on .....it´s healthy as well. Although the smell is a bit- let´s say-needs getting used to.
Enjoy your virtual walk through Schönbrunn- and have a great day.

Happy Mother´s Day;)

Poem-Corner:

A Mother...

 When you're a child she walks before you,

To set an example.

When you're a teenager she walks behind you

To be there should you need her.

When you're an adult she walks beside you

So that as two friends you can enjoy life together..

(Source)

 

Music-corner:

Happy weekend!    

Shadow Dance

Art Corner:

Overworked? Sad? Tired? ...? Colors and Music will help;)

If you need some distraction as I do at the moment (to forget about my revision problem) or simply want to be cheered up - I have the fitting stuff for you.
Just watch the clip a friend just sent me.
You´ll be amazed and maybe speechless. At least you´ll have a great time ;)

Art-Corner:

Perfect light show

 And Thanks, Teca, for the clip;)

                               

That´s what I´ve found;) lightshow in Ottawa

If that hasn´t made you happy, here some music-

Music-Corner

Here you´ll hear the YouTube orchestra with 101 musicians from over 30 countries who make up the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011!!
And see a perfect light spectacle in Sidney. It´s gorgeous!!!

Have a good one;)

Happy Easter!

I wish you happy easter and a good time with family and friends;)

Music-Corner: Haendel "Halleluja!" I loved to sing that;))

Enjoy the great music !



For Readers and Rockers;)

News Corner:

World Book Day- Unesco- April 23 



Music Corner: Rock it!!!!




Anastacia "Paid my dues"

AC/DC Back in Black

and Rock´n Roll Train

Revisions and Vacations

The first BBQ this year- yeahh!!!

Beautiful weather, butterflies, twittering of birds, smell of flowers....sooooooooooo relaxing!

It was great to have a little break between my revisions.

I was angry about my laziness in the last days; I didn´t revise a lot (because of the great weather and too many other things).

Ok, it wasn´t the weather´s fault.

It has been my own fault not to finish revisions on time.

My deadline was the end of March, now it´s April;(

but today I revised the missing last 40 + pages, so just 3 pages are left.

I ´ve organized another meeting with friends- and then, I want to be finished. So, just a few days are left, then I have to be ready. I don´t want to revise the draft anylonger-

it´s so exhausting to revise mostly in the evening...

it´s about time to do something else in the sun;)

I want some days off-I need them!! Just let me dream of vacations!

Music-corner: Vacation-song by Nelly Furtado: VACACIÒN!!!! Great music for dreaming of vacations;) Just listen and think of sea, sun and whatever you need to be happy and relax;)