Viva La Vida en L.A.

2012 is going by really fast. The last months i´ve spent a lot at school. For the final project at school, i had to turn in three original songs (do everything by yourself, songwriting, recording, mixing, mastering and visual art as well), marketing plan, bio, website and social sites and a business card. That plus homework at school and the last quarter is intense, a lot to learn. So i´ve been studying a lot.

I have gone every week to the artist and career development center at school which offers career counseling with different people from the industry. I got both amazing reviews as well as one bad one. I considered it a taste of the music industry.

I finished my internship. First half i did at True Talent Management and then at Lafamos, where i met great people and got to know the industry more and gained some contacts. Good experience.

We went to the People´s Choice Awards after party. We signed up at seatfillers.com and got free tickets. We thought we would see some big celebrities but the biggest ones were Brian McKnight, Mario Lopez, the guy from the movie The Blind Side and Ronnie from Jersey Shore. We were a bit disappointed. The best part was meeting a great group of people from O.C. who were had also signed up as seatfillers. We had a blast with them.

Seatfillers is though cool, we got to go to the Grammy´s concert outside, saw Foo Fighter, Deadmau5 and Chris Brown/David Guetta live. Best part was Foo fighters, this was the fourth time i saw them and they never seize to amaze me. During the break they played different riffs, playing My Hero, with the audience singing along, despite the producer lady screaming STOP PLAYING! They ended up shutting them down. That´s true musicians right there.

Living in Hollywood is intense, between the tourists, premieres and the homeless people, it can feel overwhelming to live here day to day, so i was glad when Viktoria asked me to go to the beach. We went to Venice Beach where we soaked up the sun, ran and took pics on the beach, then rented bikes and rode our bikes to Santa Monica Beach where we had lunch. It was perfect. I would love to live by a beach someday. Seems like a dream. At least compared to Hollywood.

Talking about life in Hollywood, we were there when Paul McCartney get his star. Matt (dan´s friend) had just moved in so him and his mom (the Dutchess) came with us. A camera crew noticed Dan´s guitar and Dan played and i sang with him "Yesterday" for ABC news. Unfortunately it didnt air. We had a blast though and saw Paul McCartney and Neil Young. Great day!

Mason moved out of our place and Eric joined the gang, so now Dan has his whole band and best friend living with him. Awesome! It is though a challenge sometimes living with four guys. Although its mostly fun. Really social. We´ve had plenty of people come over, which is always fun.


Turns out my lactose intolerance has gotten worse, i ate chicken alfredo and got really sick. Not a good idea. Reminds you to take care of yourself and be grateful when times are good.

I met Dan´s grandpa and his grandpa´s brother. Honor to meet them and i can´t wait to meet the rest of his family/friends in Michigan in the end of March. The same day i took Dan to Þorrablót, traditional icelandic feast, so Dan got a taste of traditional food. He tasted it all. What a hero! Kinda fun introducing him to my wold, since i will be seeing his this month. Hope to show him Iceland one day. Talking about Iceland, i´ll be going home between March 19 to March 24, short visit to change my visa status. why you might ask?

I GOT INTO THE VOCAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM!!! WOOHOO!
SO I´M STAYING IN L.A.! That´s all folks!