Maya Hakvoort- singer

I had the pleasure meeting that great singer in my hometown today-
Maya Hakvoort- a musical star
check her out here
and listen

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!

What a day!

Have to share my day;)

Story 1

I´m on my way to a meeting.

It´s nearly noon and I´m hungry.
So I buy a bottle of water and 2  wholemeal rolls  in a supermarket.
I prefer a warm and healthy lunch but there are timeswhen I´m happy with that "meal".

There´s an old gentleman in front of me- I have to wait for a minute,
I check the time on my cellphone, ok, I´m relieved, there is
time enough to eat the roll before the meeting but I have to hurry.
So my stomache won´t growl during the discussion, that´s all I think at the moment.

Quickly I take the too big paperbag with 2 rolls in it in the right hand, the bottle of water as well, in the left hand there I squeeze my cellphone between my wallet and the belt of my rucksack.

Ok, hands are made for carrying, feet for walking, I know. And the mouth for eating- not only but in this moment my mouth´s main function is food intake-
as quickly as possible.

I nearly run down the street when I hear a voice beside me.
" Excuse me, madam."
Madam? That´s not me,I´m sure.

"Sorry to interrupt your meal." Again the same voice.
I turn my head and see the old gentleman from the supermarket.

"Your quick walk, actually your lunch besides walking inspired me."
"Hmm." That´s the only sound I can make.
Firstly, Knigge says not to talk with a full mouth.
Secondly, I´m not interested in a conversation, I have to eat and don´t want to be late.
Thirdly, he is not my type and
simply is too old for me.

But I´m a bit curious now. How can I inspire this man?

"I´m just wondering whether it is good for the body to eat while walking or not. What might happen with the saturated fats?"

What? Is he a doctor? I don´t stop eating my roll- he doesn´t stop talking about healthy food and biochemical functions and whatever.
And he goes as quickly as I do.

I turn left, he does the same. Now I know about cholesterol reduced meals.
I turn right to cross the street.
Guess what my lecturing gentleman does?
He follows me to the building I have to enter.
Now I´m curious. Will he follow me again?
Now after 10 minutes this lecture about the human body, food intake and all the biochemical functions has become somehow funny.

How will his lecture end?

I open the door and now he waves and pulls off his hat.
"Good bye!It was a pleasure," he says, smiles and goes away.

I have to wave, too. Just instinctively. "Good bye!" I´m not sure what to think about this event.

Maybe this conversation
although nearly a monologue
made his day.

If so, I´m happy for him.


Story 2

Now it´s after the meeting, I´m back in the city. I sit in my car and have to stop at the red light.
It´s a 2 lane street.Another car stops near me.

I listen to some music. Suddenly I hear a car horn.
I look into the driving mirror- no car behind me.
Again the noise. I turn left. There a man waves and he points at his open
window. He wants me to do the same, so I open my window in order to give him some driving instructions.

But he smiles. he doesn´t seeem to be lost in the city.

After checking the light- it´s still red- I pop my head out of the window to hear the man a bit louder.
"You know a good coffee-shop there?"

While I control the light status I describe the way to the nearest coffee-shop.

"I just want to invite you. Let´s meet there in some minutes." The driver says.

"Thanks. I have no time." I answer with a smile. That has happened once before. I get more and more invitations at traffic lights;) Great to live in a city.

"Just for an expresso. Just 3 minutes!" He doesn´t give up.

"No, sorry!" That´s all I can reply- the light turns green now and we both have to drive away.


What a day......

here is some music.

And watch out, maybe you might be invited at the next traffic light or get a lecture about the human body on your way to work- for free;)

Music-corner: What a day- Whazz, an Austrian band. Enjoy;)

Waiting for...

The T-shirt quote in the middle inspired me to write today after waiting for a call;)

So, what are you waiting for?

Waiting for

 ...the perfect shot

...the perfect scenery

...the perfect BBQ

...the perfect cloud-formation

...the  perfect one

...the perfect weather

...the perfect house

...the perfect adventure trip

...the perfect catch

...the perfect unhealthy dinner

 I can wait for everything

I can wait for the perfect life,...but it´s better to enjoy living now!

Have a great day and enjoy all the good things around you!

Maybe it´s talk with friends, a song in the radio, a juicy apple, a smile or the smell of a flower

Nothing has to be perfect to bring you pleasure:)

Music-corner: Just a perfect day

Musical Sunday

So, some music for the day- another genre.
It´s a sunny day here;) and I´ll have a BBQ!
Good music+good food+good company=perfect day
Wish you a perfect one as well!


Les Misérables - The Royal Variety Performance 2010 (HQ)

Tradition

is important to me- and I love all kinds of music;)
so I just want to introduce a great music-band from Upper Austria- winner of the Upper Austrian Music-award (over 200 participating bands!)
Take some time- just 7 minutes-to receive an impression for brass music.
It´s worth spending time, you´ll see. Oh, how I missed music!
Have a great weekend!

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:

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;)

Phew..................................................

Just a short post in between--lot of work to do, so I have no time for real writing. The last week and the following ones will be another challenge. Sometimes the job dominates private life. Although I cannot stand that situation, I have to deal with it. But getting up at 5.45am after a 6 hours sleep---horrible for me.
Well, many things you cannot change in life, they have to be accepted.
But I´m learning that I have to find ways to relax myself a bit and cool down after hard days.
Health comes first. Cool quote but not always easy to follow that rule.
Could do some workout, no time for that ;(
Just some music---hmm
I love that we can watch performances of the Metropolitan Opera live in cinemas here;)


One of my favorite operas-Bizet´s Carmen-cools you down when you sing along--bit exhausting;) and better than a workout today!


Enjoy your day and don´t let your job dominate you;) Lol

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!    

Music for your day

Music-Corner:

We´ll start with Kid Rock


Kid Rock "All summer long"

Anastacia "I´m outta love"

Robbie Williams"Let me entertain you!"

Drummers of Japan