“What lies beneath” album trailer

August 27, 2010 | Media, Tarja | Leave a Comment »

IFI/UMLB screencaps + new summer camp diary entry

August 26, 2010 | Gallery, Nightwish, Tarja | Leave a Comment »

I added a few screenshots of the video(s) for “I feel immortal” and “Until my last” breath to the gallery:

We also got a new Summer Camp Diary entry by Tuomas:

Well, there hasn`t been happening that much since the last time Jukka posted the blog. We decided to take a 4-day break from rehearsing the songs `cause there isn`t much we can do to them anymore. Even though every time we dive into them something small comes up; new drum fill here, a new bass line there, new orchestral arrangement hook somewhere, etc. It`s just that we`ve been rehearsing and toying with the songs so much (gotta believe it, just look at the photos of this blog) that everyone here`s having a bloat.

Also since Marco is busy doing his own things until tomorrow and Anette not joining the camp until in 2 weeks, there wasn`t much else for us three to do than..

…To form a new band called The Myötähäpeä. This amazing group of mind-blowing virtuosity combined with a versatile repertoire includes such names as Heikki Kovalainen of F1 Lotus (http://www.facebook.com/Heikki.Kovalainen.Official.Fan.Page) on the drums, and Mr. Toni Virtanen (http://www.facebook.com/apulanta?ref=search) on the vocals. Jukka took over the keys, whereas Emppu and me swapped between guitar and bass to make it a real challenge. Jamppa Lautamäki of the Nightwish website-fame filled the first open backing vocals – position, but there`s still room for more behind the mics. Our setlist now consists of two classics of two bands we`ve been fans of forever (Sukset by Popeda & For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica) but with an intro & outro, Toni`s magnificent speaks in between the songs, a bass solo and fireworks we will be able to put up a fantastic full-lenth rock show anytime, anywhere.

Well, we still have that ballad to rehearse, there`s nothing like seeing a lighter-sea of 80000 people swaying gently to “Nothing Else Matters” or “Winds Of Change”.

Check out the video of our first ever rehearsals below. Not quite on the level of the originals, but at least we had fun!

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLz_MJ7oA28

Heikki & the gang had to leave on Sunday morning but Toni stayed with us for another fishing- and poker-filled day. He fell in love with this place, and might be joining us later on for some songwriting sessions. Maybe the upcoming Apulanta – tunes will have their breeding here..?

After introducing Heikki to the decadent world of bandlife and rock `n roll it was his turn to throw us the bait. He had arranged a chance to try out KF2 & KF3 cart racing vehicles in the track of Ylämylly. A horrendously fantastic experience! A surprisingly physical sport, too. Jukka was by far the best driver of us, timing unbelievable lap times in pouring rain. Emppu and Toni also did ok but I was more of a yellow-bellied plug on the track, losing 20sec per lap to Jukka due to the imprisonment in my own survival instinct.

Anyway, it was a great day and a wonderful, new experience! A huge thanks goes to Heikki, Jani and Hästis for organizing this, and for the 2 mechanics, Mikko & Janne who took care of us on the track.

Back to the camp, diving back into the Nightwish songs with fresh fuel in our tanks. There`s been one song which has been giving us loads of trouble during the past weeks. I feel it has great potential but somehow it just doesn`t work as it should. On Tuesday morning we finally nailed it, giving it a whole new guitar / synth riff with a touch of Van Halen and that was the cure. I also rewrote and simplified the lyrics to the chorus. A song / album is never fully ready, you just have to stop your journey at some scenic place and enjoy the view.

Autumn is here, enjoy the change & take care everyone!

Tuomas

Top 5 / Week 6

1. The Myötähäpeä
2. Cart Racing with those machines from hell
3. That one bad riff finally cured
4. Matti Ijäs: Katsastus (for the 100th time)
5. Timo Rautiainen: En oo keittäny enkä myyny

Gallery is working again + Summer Camp Pictures

August 25, 2010 | Gallery, Nightwish, Site | Leave a Comment »

I finally managed to get the new version of coppermine running stable. Furthermore I also found a great new layout for the gallery. The old one was a bit dated and did not really match the layout of the main site ;)

I totally forgot to upload the latest summer camp pictures from NW. Well…here you go:

New elite affiliate + UMLB video

August 23, 2010 | Media, Site, Tarja | Leave a Comment »

I got a new gorgeous elite affiliate. So far the site is only in spanish, but it’s definitely worth a look. Tarja Turunen Mexico:

Today the new video for “I feel immortal pt.2″…errr…I mean “Until my last breath” premiered on youtube. Tarja looks really beautiful in it, the landscape is gorgeous…just like in “I feel immortal”…

New Layout!

August 23, 2010 | Site | Leave a Comment »

I had the white layout for such a long time that I felt like changing to something darker. I am also using my old banner again, because I still like it a lot and I wasn’t really happy with the new one. Already after two days I got sick of seeing it ^^

There are still a few tiny errors in the view, which I need to fix asap. But if you find any major bugs in the layout, please contact me otherwise I won’t find out! I tested the layout in FF, Opera, Safari and IE. It worked in all of them, just IE showed an unnecessary scrollbar -.-

Furthermore I did some work on the content. I will be reorganizing some sections and that’s why you can’t access some of them atm.

Otherwise I hope you will enjoy the new look of the site :)