As some of you might know already, my hard rock band Overnight Sensation will be releasing a debut album this autumn, entitled Life’s a Bitch. You can hear select raw mixes of select tracks at our MySpace or Reverbnation pages.
Yesterday, we performed the album screening for Life’s a Bitch at Johtoääni Studios in Helsinki. This was our opportunity to make last-minute notes about small mixing details that we wanted altered before the album goes to the mastering stage. Nikke Niemispelto of Drumforest Studios in Viitasaari, Finland has done an INCREDIBLE job mixing and producing our album, and it is going to absolutely blow away the listener once it sees the release date.
Johtoääni Studio’s boss Risto Eskolin makes a few production-related recommendations for what he hears
As it stands, we have 11 all killer/no filler tracks set for Life’s a Bitch, and clocking in at under 40 minutes, the album is sure to not wear out its welcome.
Band bassist Jouni Weckman listens to the song playing in the background as I check the lyrics
Stay tuned for release details this fall!
I will be playing a couple of summer festival gigs with my southern blues rock band Crossfyre this month.
First up, tonight we play the Ruukki Picnic event in Ruotsinpyhtää, Finland at 19:30.
Next week we will be in Jämsä, Finland on Thursday, July 12 at the Harley-Davidson Club of Finland‘s summer bash.
Come out and see & hear us rock!
The final part of my southern blues rock band Crossfyre’s documentary film aboard the Rock Legends Cruise 2011 was just released today, and here is the link for you all to check out:
Here is the first look at the cover artwork (drawn by Yours Truly) for my hard rock band Overnight Sensation‘s upcoming debut album, Life’s a Bitch. I decided to draw the hound of Hades, Cerberus, and a hot bitch riding on him, to expound the message and irony of the album title. As you might know from Greek mythology, Cerberus was the guard dog at the river Styx, who guarded the entryway to the underworld, or Hades. The hot chick riding the dog espouses the idea that in our western culture, sex sells everything, and from the obvious disdainful expression on her face, you can ascertain that the girl doesn’t give a damn about those, who she chides with her whip.
Check out my band Overnight Sensation and our new tunes in the following links: www.myspace.com/overnightsensationband, www.reverbnation.com/overnightsensation, www.overnightsensationband.com
I also dropped by the SONY Music headquarters in Helsinki yesterday and was given a platinum award for the cover art I designed and drew up (painted by Toxic Angel) for Hevisaurus‘ Räyh! album last year. In Finland, the platinum level is 20 000 sold units. I am currently designing and drawing up the next Hevisaurus album cover, and the record should be released this autumn through SONY Music.
Part three of the video documentary our Crossfyre gigs aboard the Rock Legends Cruise 2011 was just released today. Check it out here:
I will be heading to Torino, Italy after a three and a half year absence to wrestle this coming weekend, check out my promo regarding this event below.
I was interviewed in Finnish by Basso Radio in Finland this morning, listen to the interview here: http://soundcloud.com/bassoradio/toimistoradio-haastattelussa-3
Oskari Pastila (the director of both the current Crossfyre video documentary and the upcoming StarBuck movie out in 2013) leaves the camera mugging to me. Photo: Valtteri Pokela
Here is a link in Finnish to the printed addition to the interview: http://www.basso.fi/keskustelu/radio/maad-ylafemmat-osa-1-eero-ettala/100/#msg1856111
Here is the second installment of the documentary film about my southern blues rock band Crossfyre and our gigs aboard the huge Rock Legends Cruise 2011 aboard the Liberty of the Seas last December:
I also wrote a piece for The Wrestling Press about my coaching seminar for upcoming professional wrestlers in Sweden this past weekend, which can be viewed here: http://thewrestlingpress.com/it-aint-squat-to-do-with-coffee-by-starbuck-the-canadian-rebel-5/
You can also check out my match against one of Sweden’s premiere wrestlers, Bad Buddha, from the city of Malmö a couple of months back in the following video at the 33:00 minute mark.
Here is part one of the 4-week documentary on my southern blues rock band Crossfyre (part two will be out next Monday):
Plus, a big gig for Crossfyre announced for July 12 at the Harley-Davidson Club of Finland’s event at the Himos resort in Jämsä, central Finland.
My southern blues rock band Crossfyre played the gigantic Rock Legends Cruise out on the Atlantic Ocean waters this past December 2011, alongside such notable names as ZZ Top, George Thorogood and The Destroyers, Johnny Winter, Steppenwolf, Blackfoot and many others.
Film producer Oskari Pastila was aboard with us, and he filmed a four-part video documentary series for Finnish pop culture and music media www.basso.fi on our Crossfyre expedition.
Here is a sneak peak at the documentary in trailer form:
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