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whitenoise

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  1. From 3 to 5 AM, more like the early hours! I guess they have recorded both shows in advance. Still a first time experience for the audience.
  2. Plus the fact that there appears a code on the screen from time to time, which is different in the YT uploads I saw from that in my stream. I don't know if they can sue people internationally, but I would be careful in Finland.
  3. I was thinking of buying the VIP World ticket because I don't need a T-shirt. On the other hand, I'm not going to wake up at night to watch the other show, and I have other projects this weekend, so two recorded shows are a bit too much.
  4. It says the watching period has expired. It was available everywhere. I downloaded it when it was still there.
  5. Correction to my previous post (for some reason, I can't edit my posts): It's not part of the set YLE aired, but the same concert anyway. EDIT: Ok, I can edit this post, but not the previous one.
  6. YLE (Finland's national public broadcaster) aired a 1-hour cut of the concert in 2016. This is probably from that set.
  7. Wild Child is from the End Of Innocence DVD. Recorded at Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway on July 4th 2003.
  8. I fixed some issues in the translation. Should be more readable now. Covid-19 got Nightwish's Floor Jansen to make her own music: "I'm currently so rock, that I couldn't survive opera stages" Floor Jansen is currently considered one of the most talented and versatile metal singers. The cat has had kittens two days ago, and the home of Floor Jansen and her Swedish musician is now full of hustle and bustle. - The mother and the kittens are in our bedroom in a box next to the bed so we can keep an eye on them during these first critical days. There is a little cute sound from the box all the time, Jansen says and imitates the kitten's whining at the same time: viuu, viuu, viuu. The voice of Jansen, who was reached by telephone from southern Sweden, is pleasant to listen to - it exudes musicality - and in addition, the singer often laughs. It creates an impression of an easy-going person who is happy with herself. Jansen loves animals. She also has two horses at home, Lily and Auri, of which she shares frequently images on social media. Current daily routines do include greeting and feeding horses, but not necessarily riding. - One of my horses is still too young to ride, the other doesn't really like it. Last night, however, it was great weather, so we made a horseback ride to the nearby forest. Riding and grooming animals is a great way to relax for Jansen, who has spent a lot of time touring and recording studios in recent years. - Everyone needs to relax with things that have nothing to do with the actual main job. Riding and being outdoors are good ways for me to relax. Nightwish is a positive escape from reality Jansen, who sang in the Dutch symphonic metal bands After Forever and ReVamp, became ultimately familiar to Finns in 2012, when she joined Nightwish. With the new vocalist, the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful was born in 2015, and this spring the mind-boggling Human.:II:.Nature. Gracefully singing Jansen is naturally able to produce soft pop singing, death metal growls, screaming as well as opera aria, so it's no wonder that Tuomas Holopainen grabbed her to his album by album ever-expanding project. And eventually her job in Nightwish has shown that Jansen is not in vain considered one of the most talented and versatile metal singers of our era. So far, she has undoubtedly been the best choice to realize even Tuomas Holopainen's wildest vocal visions. - Becoming a Nightwish singer has been a dream come true for me - the fact that I got to be involved, to see the band's growing and changing to the current form, Jansen says. According to Jansen, the cornerstones of Nightwish’s concept include a positive message - despite the fact that the band’s strongly orchestrated and cinematic music can sometimes be incredibly dramatic and pompous. - It's a kind of escapism, an escape from reality. Previously, Nightwish’s music was based more on fantasy, now bringing out the splendor, beauty and shine of the world and all of life. The music takes you somewhere very far away, and you don’t even need to notice the details of the lyrics. With this in mind, Jansen believes that Human.:II:.Nature, released in April, got out just at the right time. - During the coronavirus spring, the album has brought people comfort, and they have gained new energy from it. Challenging singing performances When listening to the vocal lines of the Human.:II:.Nature album, the first thing that comes to mind is that they have probably not been very easy to perform. Jansen does not deny that. - The songs on the album - and especially the vocal lines - are very complex. It was really hard work to practice and learn the vocal lines, and internalize them holistically. It’s not just about singing, it’s about telling a story - that expression is more than just notes and words. This was definitely a challenge. A good example of the challenge is the third song in the album Human.:II:.Nature, Shoemaker, about astronomer Eugene Shoemaker. The intricately meandering structure of the piece contains a wealth of stylistic and rhythmic variations, and its lyrics extend into the planetary spheres, travel through the craters of the moon, and wander in the farthest reaches of space. Now this is what the singer should put her soul into! Vocally the track culminates in the powerful opera section in the second half where Jansen's dazzling soprano voice praises stars in Latin - Ad Astra. Jansen practices songs like Shoemaker piece by piece, and eventually analyzes them into atoms. The process includes intensive discussions with Tuomas Holopainen and endless practice. - You can't wrap it up at once: it's about repeating, repeating and repeating again. After six or more weeks, I can present the song as it should. At that time, I start to know the meaning of the words and the style of singing: is it growling, should there be softness or opera, what is the right tone... There are other challenges involved in the process as well: in her previous bands, Jansen has also been involved in composing and lyrics, in the case of Nightwish the situation is different. - It is still a relatively new thing for me that I will be involved in the music-making process only at a later stage. Making the Human.:II:. Nature album was a very black and white experience. On the one hand, it was a long and complex period of time, on the other hand, it was easy to dive into the process because I have the same interests as the rest of the band. Jansen has studied both musical theatre and classical singing, but she has never longed for opera stages. - I am certainly interested in opera technique, but not in the opera itself: I am a too individual and self-motivated person for it. Besides, I'm at the moment so rock that I couldn't survive the opera stages. Jansen cites Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, Russell Allen of Symphony X and Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge as her current favorite singers. Covid pushed to make her own music The covid pandemic has plagued performing artists in particular, and Floor Jansen is no exception. - Coronavirus wiped everything off my calendar for the whole year. Maybe there may be some kind of European tour, but right now it seems that the situation will not change, at least radically. I also had solo concerts to be held, but they have now been cancelled. For both Jansen and her husband, Sabaton band drummer Hannes Van Dahl, the situation is completely new: both play in a successful, long-touring band. - We are not quite completely used to the situation yet. Fortunately, we live in the countryside: there is always something to do here and there is space around. We’re not the type of people who would just sit at home doing nothing. The plan for spring was also complicated by the fact that in March, Jansen contracted a persistent, feverish flu. There is no certainty as to whether it was a covid, but the singer isolated herself in the guest cottage of her home. - When I finally started to recover, things fell into place. I settled down to my piano and now I want to make a whole album of new, my own music. I noticed that I have certainly grown in recent years as a singer, but not as a songwriter. Jansen doesn’t want to talk about the content or music style of the upcoming album yet. - I do not want to sound like Nightwish, because Nightwish is already there, or Revamp, because it's the band I've already seen and experienced. I don’t have an actual schedule because finding the right kind of sound and the right songs is far more important. This takes time, and that is what I have now. In addition, Jansen has discovered the magical world of YouTube. She has made a Storytime series for her channel, in which she tells about her daily life and builds a horse paddock, for example, like a workman. - This has been a lot of fun: this is a completely different way of communicating, than what I'm accustomed to in the past. Studying Finnish is in progress Through Nightwish, Floor Jansen has naturally developed strong ties to Finland as well. She lived in Joensuu during the recording of Endless Forms Most Beautiful, and by a well-established tradition, Nightwish's latest album was also completed at the camp center in Röskö, Kitee. - I visit Finland at least twice a year, whether it is Christmas or a summer visit to Röskö. At the moment, I miss Finland so much: it is somehow strange that there is no tour or anything like that going on. Jansen has a hate-love relationship to the Finnish language. She plans to study it on Nightwish’s next world tour - whenever it comes true. - I try to save my energy on tours, but on the other hand, there is usually enough extra time. Sitting down and studying something for an hour, for example, is a nice pastime and keeps my mind fresh. Jansen intended to study Finnish before, but then fate came along. She met her Swedish husband and moved to the vicinity of Gothenburg. Three years ago, the couple had a common child, Freja. Naturally, the study of the Swedish language and Swedish culture became a priority. - Finland and Sweden are different countries by both backgrounds and cultures, and the more I have learned from these two countries, the more I find the differences. Of course, the same features can be found: Midsummer is celebrated in both countries, unlike in the Netherlands. Now I'm used to this as well. Jansen also indirectly refers to the very different ways in which Finland and Sweden deal with the coronavirus pandemic. - I am glad that your Government has looked after you so well. Flavoured with thundering power metal accompaniment, war metal playing Sabaton have songs such as Panzerkampf, Fields of Verdun and White Death. The band's music is thus quite far from Nightwish's symphonic metal imagery. But does Floor Jansen listen to Sabaton at home? - I do like the vibes of the band, I admire their energy and how they have built their careers. However, I wouldn't play Sabaton at home on a Sunday morning, just when I have waken up - even though I'm married to the band's drummer, Jansen laughs.
  9. Probably concerts in May and June are at risk at least.
  10. Thank you for setting up a new forum! I also prefer forums.
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