Local Band/ Colliding Stars

Hey, sweeties!

Today I really wanna talk to you about a band called "Colliding Stars".
Well...as you might know, I am all about the music scene and supporting local bands.
It all started when I was 15 years or something like that. I love exploring the music scene and finding
new music, even better when the band plays anything in the Alternative Rock or Pop Punk/ Punk Rock
genre.
But who are Collding Stars?
They are three young musicians basically from the suburbs of the capital of Austria/Europe.
Formed in 2013, they released their first EP 'Open The Sky' - it reached 1# on the Austrian iTunes Rock Album Charts on the first day and 25# in the overall Album Charts. Which is freakin' amazing for a 
little band. They say that Biffy Clyro, Foo Fighters, Billy Talent and Bad Suns are their influences (https://www.facebook.com/Collidingstarsband). In my opinion, they really remind me of 
All Time Low in a cute way. They try really hard and in my opinion they still have a lot to learn, many
concerts to play until they are anywhere near their heroes. But before you're telling me that I should stop talking just negative things...there are many positive ones; all of them can play their instruments actually really good, they know what they are doing. Also, Danny, the lead singer, has a very special singing voice.
I don't think you've ever heard a voice like that. It took me some time to really get used to it...and at first to be honest I thought it was horrible, but then I realised that every note, every line in the song is so much
on point and that he has actually a great voice.
Which brings me to the fact that after the first time I've seen them live a few negative things about them acting on stage stung in my eye and I couldn't do anything else that writing them what they could improve.
There is always things to improve, I don't think any musician is perfect. They all fuck-up,
they all play wrong chords or forget their own lyrics. But hey, that's human...and I rather watch a band
play their own instruments and sing the songs they wrote themselves, that a band that was formed by a music management just for commercial purposes.
You can check them out here:

https://twitter.com/CollidingStars

https://www.youtube.com/CollidingStarsMusic 

http://instagram.com/collidingstarsofficial

I will go to one of their concerts tonight, it's a band contest and I'm rather excited. I really hope that they took just one thing I told them to heart and try to do it like I told them. I know what I'm talking about...eventhough it might seem a little weird. But I had enough contact and interaction with musicians to know what it is all about.

Hope you're all having a wonderful day/evening!

xoxo Eva

f**k the hiatus - A Big Hello From India! :)

Hey ihr Suessen,
Es ist schon 2 Monate her, seit ich meinen Blog auf 'Hiatus' gesetzt hab...aber es ist so viel passiert und ich MUSS euch eines einfach sagen:
Indien ist total verrueckt, bunt und laut!
Ich hab 1 Woche in Mumbai, der wunderbaren schrillen Metropole, verbracht.
Danach bin ich im Flieger weiter nach Tamil Nadu, in den Sueden, gereist und war fuer 3 Wochen in einem Ashram, das eine oesterreichische Frau und ihr indischer Mann aufgebaut haben, es ist eine Mischung aus Kinderheim mit 55 Kindern und Altenheim mit 20 alten Menschen. Das Leben ist ruhig und entspannt. Zeit is wirklich relativ.
Dann war ich fuer 2 Wochen in Kerala, genauer in Alleppey, und habe einen Ayurveda Massage Kurs absolviert - ja, ich darf jetzt offiziell alle 'durchkneten'. Am 15. Mai bin ich dann wieder zurueck ins Ashram gereist und werde dort bis 28. Juni bleiben.
Hmm, was kann ich euch sonst noch sagen....ich esse mit den Fingern und trage nie Schuhe, haha
Das ist hier so Tradition. Sowie, dass eine Frau die Brust mit einem Schal bedecken muss (wie ihr es auf den Fotos bei mir sehen koennt) und ich klebe mir jetzt immer so einen roten Punkt auf die Stirn, der KumKum genannt wird, der ist das Zeichen der Frau. Anfangs hatte ich ziemliche Probleme mit allem und echt rebelliert, aber die Zeit hat meine Einstellung geaendert und ich akzeptiere das als ihre Tradition.
Es ist echt nur eine Frage von Respekt.
Ich hab nicht viel Zeit zu schreiben, deshalb poste ich nur ein paar Fotos...ein paar Eindruecke...ein paar Erinnerungen der letzten zwei Monate meines Lebens 'on the road'...
xoxo Eva
p.s. Ich unterrichte eine Gruppe von 5 Kindern in Englisch, die noch nie in ihrem Leben was von Englisch gehoert haben. Das ist wirklich spannend und eine wahnsinnige Herausforderung! :)


Hey sweeties,
It is already 2 months since I put my blog on 'hiatus'....so many things happened since then and I have to tell you one thing:
India is crazy, colourful and loud!
I spent one week in Mumbai, the wonderful glittering metropole.
Then I travelled by plane to the South, to Tamil Nadu and stayed in an Ashram for 3 weeks. The Ashram was founded by an Austrian woman and her Indian husband. It is a mix between a home for orphans with 55 children and a old-age home with 20 old people. Life is silent and relaxing! Time is just a amount of numbers on the clock.
Then I spent 2 weeks in Kerala, in Alleppey, and did an Ayurveda Massage Course there. Yes, now I am really allowed to massage everyone, yaaay!
On the 15th May I travelled back to the Ashram and I will stay here until the 28th of June.
Hmm, what else can I tell you?! I eat with my fingers and never wear shoes, haha
That's a tradition here. Women also have to cover their boobs with a scarf (you can see it on the photos of myself that I post) and I stick a red point, called KumKum, on my forhead, that is a sign of femality.
In the beginning I had real problems with all of that and was very rebellic, but time changed me and I accept their traditions. It's all about respect.
I don't have much time to write, so I post a few photos...a few impressions...a few memories of the last two months of my life on the road...
xoxo Eva
p.s. I teach a group of 5 children English and they have no idea about English at all, so this is my excuse for every spelling mistake in the previous text! ;)

Oh, and I try to update as much as I can. But there is always an electricity problem, so I don't know when or how much I'll update, but I surely will!