Marcus Miller’s concert

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Июл 282008
 

Tomorrow Darya and me are going to Marcus Miller‘s concert — a prominent bass player who was born in Brooklyn, NY. My parents purchased tickets for us to our wedding anniversary (we’re almost 2 years now, 2 days left ;) This is so very nice of them!

Truth to be told, I’m not Marcus’s fan. More than that, I believe I haven’t even listened to his albums before. But my buddy bass player was extremely excited about the fact that he’s coming to Odessa and so was a music crowd, so I figured that I gotta go too. And so my parents knew this somehow and are coming up with this gift — cool :)

By the way, I already know what Darya is about to present me. And I’m super-excited! I mean… Oh s…t, yes I am! But she doesn’t know about my plans yet, hehe. Women are always this way :) More details soon…

 Опубликовано Artem в 14:54  С меткой:, , ,

Melodic Death Metal

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Июн 082008
 

For a long time now I couldn’t understand this «Melodic death metal» style that many metalheads propagate. I thought that it sounded unmusical and weird… Until I got obsessed with it myself. The two favorite bands playing this style of music are «In Flames» and «Dark Tranquility«.

And although I’m not really fond of growling vocals, the kind of riffs that these bands play are the coolest riffs I’ve ever heard in my life.

I usually hook up my iPod to the stereo system in the GYM and work out. Because the nature of my trainings requires some amount of aggression this music creates the right mood :smile:

 Опубликовано Artem в 13:41  С меткой:,

Goals for the near future

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Апр 132008
 

It’s been two weeks since we arrived to Odessa. And I still don’t feel like I got used to the time difference. Weird, because I didn’t experience this problem on my previous trip to Odessa. I go to bed late and wake up late. Finally, days are messed up and it makes me feel bad. I decided to break this situation…

It’s time to start working on my goals:

Sport

For a long time now I wanted to hire a personal thai-boxing coach. Said is done. I have already arranged about the first training with Max Neledva (IFMA World Championship Finalist, IFMA European Champion, IFMA World Champion,
K-1 Fighting Network 2007 Champion). I think that it’s a huge luck that Max agreed to coach me and I’m extremely excited about that!
I already have all the required equipment and I already prepared for the first training tomorrow.

Also I need to fix my bike and prepare it for at least weekly 60 mi trips. This is a great way to spend time with friends, travel and improve the stamina.

Music

I need to gather a band and start playing concerts in local clubs at least 2 times a month. I already have preliminary arrangements with my buddies who I used to play with before. So, we need to get together and decide about rehearsal schedule, track list. We’re going to play covers:
Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Rainbow, Dio, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Queen… and something from modern rock like: Muse, Fixer (my personal favorites from New York City), etc.

Travel, places to see:

  • Kiev
  • Kharkov
  • Lviv
  • Donetsk
  • Crimea
  • Dnepropetrovsk
  • Ivano-Frankovsk

We’ll probably go to Kiev soon…

 Опубликовано Artem в 06:39  С меткой:, , ,
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