Saying goodbye is never easy // fever dreams

Hey sweeties!

I normally should be in bed, sleeping and getting myself healthy again. I've caught a bug and it caused
trouble literally the last few days. Yesterday I felt much better and took it kinda too far . Today it was quite ok until like 1 p.m. and I ate pizza and all. The whole afternoon I was suffering like hell and now I got fever, so I really shouldn't be blogging.
BUT I can't....there is something I have to get off my chest now or I won't be able to rest at all...
my little (ok, he's the same age as me, don't judge) cousin - the closest thing to a brother I will ever
have ('cause I don't have siblings, duh) is going on a big journey tomorrow.
He will leave us for a world travel that will take him away from home for a year and I kinda feel it in my gut that he won't come back. He is a free soul, he isn't meant to be stuck in one place and I think he will find a new temporary home somewhere else after that year. Well, his travel route is quite impressive:
Ireland, USA, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, UK. He is supposed to be back home next March.
I was always pretty close with him and he was always the "little" brother I wish I had and the one I could
give advice to. It kinda turned out that way, 'cause after I returned from my travel he kept asking me about it and he told me how much he dreamed about leaving home and travelling the world. Ever since he dropped that sentence I kinda pushed him to travel himself, I brought it up EVERYTIME we talked.
When he spilt the news to me a little while ago that he plans on travelling and that he finally (!!) got proper plans, I was and I still am so excited for him.
Now tomorrow is the big day for him, but I can't be at the airport to say goodbye. I should be at work, well now I am at home with fever and stomach ache.
Anyway I wrote him a letter a while ago and I cut some parts out over time to make it shorter than the original version, 'cause he's a boy afterall and we all know that they have the concentration of a fly. No, I am kidding, or am I not?

"Dear my beloved favourite cousin,
You're leaving tomorrow, oh my God! I really hope you're not TOO excited. I can't be there tomorrow to say goodbye, but I wish you all the best for your travel, may all your wishes, hopes and all your dreams come true on that travel. Walk with open eyes through the countries you travel to and take everything in what you see, hear and smell. Be curious. Learn about each and every culture and its oddities. Skate wherever and whenever you can. Bend the rules and break some. Learn whenever you find something special that is worth to be learned, because you will learn the small and really important things without noticing it anyway. Make friends with everyone on the road, but stay loyal to your friends at home. Never stop believing in yourself when times get hard and believe me it will be difficult from time to time. Stay brave and strong. Send a few photos home every now and then and let us know that you're safe and sound. I know how you feel, I've been there too. Don't have doubts in yourself and if it was the right decision to leave everything behind for travelling, it was the best decision you've ever made in your life. Take care of yourself, you're the only one you have and trust your instincts, they will help you make the right choices.
I will miss you so much, eventhough we had some tough times in the past and haven't seen each other as much as we wanted to. You inspire me. xx"


I have to say, I teared up a bit, when I wrote that. OMG, it's really time for me to head to bed now.
xoxo Eva

Collding Stars, Part II

Hey, sweeties! :)

As I told you in my last post I attended a local band contest, basically to support "Colliding Stars".
Unfortunately they lost and didn't get into the next round. I still have a lot of things to say about
them.
First of all, they took my criticism from last time to heart and got sooo much better. Holy crap, I wanna give
them a pat on the back for it! The first thing I criticized last time was the lack of eye contact with the crowd - this time they all tried really hard and succeeded, Danny just lost the eye contact when they performed the two new songs, but I wanna really point out here that David, who plays bass, always kept eye contact and his eyes were wandering through the crowd constantly, which was amazing.
Also, last time I couldn't really understand the lyrics....and this is what makes me check out a band later, when I hear one line that really stays with me the whole night. Anyway, this time Danny did so much better, his voice was clear at all times and I almost understood every word he was singing.
I really don't know what happened with Dannys voice since last September, but I absolutely love it!! His voice now got kind of rougher, but it really fits him and I have to say that it makes the songs much more interesting.
Of course there are always things lacking and as I already said in my last post, no musician is perfect. But I have to say that the drummer, Simon, kind of lacked in enthusiasm. I have drummers like Travis Barker of Blink-182 in mind here, killing it....he just seemed too concentrated and seemed to lack fun. Maybe I am wrong and I really hope that I am wrong, because fun is what it is about in the end. Another thing what was a pain in my eye that they didn't really run around or jump around on stage...I mean, it was MUCH BETTER than in September, they were at least moving around a little bit this time, still they could do so much more, because there are super long parts in the songs where no lyric is sung, so they could easily go crazy on stage.
This time they played two new songs and I always forget the names of new songs, when I don't have them written up and I am so sorry about it. But the second new song they played (the name of it has something to do with a hotel in Ireland, I think?) reminded me a lot of "Lost In Stereo" by my favourite band All Time Low, especially the opening riff of the song. It was definitely my highlight of the night.

Later me and Laura (a close friend of mine who went with me to the concert) had a really nice talk with Danny and he told us that he wrote the lyrics for their first EP when he was around 13 years old. Can you believe that?! How amazing is that?!! I can't remember what I was thinking with thirteen, but I guess it wasn't anything lyrically or emotionally deep or good. Also he told us that he doesn't like their EP as much as he did at the start, because he's thinking different of things now than he did with thirteen, obviously. But that's what I was gonna say to him anyway, that they should re-do their EP, because Dannys voice changed so much (to the better) that he now sounds completely different than he did back then.
I really can't wait for the new songs to be recorded and published, because they will bring Colliding Stars to a new level.
Which brings me to a very sad fact....they might have to change their band name...you might think now "What is happening?" and honestly me and Laura felt the same, when we heard it. Ok, there is a story behind it. Gary (I don't know if this is how his name is written), a band member, left the band....or they kicked him out...I guess both is true and he now says that they can't keep the name "Colliding Stars", because he (Gary) was involved in the project "Colliding Stars" from the start and he doesn't want them to keep performing with that name.
All I can say is...that this is a big piece of CRAP!!!!!! A band that is already known, a little bit, under a name should never EVER (excuse all the capital letters) change their band name!!!!
GARY, SUCK IT UP and let it go! You are no part of "Colliding Stars" anymore, so shut up!
To the rest of the band, if you're reading this, please stick to your band name! To me personally it is a wonderful band name, a special one and I think it really suits you guys - don't change it at all!!

Alright, this is it. My gossip about a local concert and OMG can you believe that the Fashion Week in Berlin starts tomorrow?!! I feel so stressed. So much blogging to do now, haha
xoxo Eva

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