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Europe's biggest music competition, ESC is a wonderful way finding new music! Every since our monsters, Lordi, won the ESC I've been more interested about Eurovision.

Now 2012 we sent Pernilla Karlsson to ESC but she couldn't make the finals. It wasn't a surprise. Singing in swedish is maybe litlle bit too far..most of countries are singing in english. Something good, Pernilla did a great job and we're proud that she sang in our second language :-) The song wasn't bad at all.

The winner of 2012, Loreen, was great too. Our neighbour contry has now won five times on ESC. Sweden must be proud of their winners. The song 'Euphoria' was popular before the ESC performance. Guess it was one thing what made them to win.

Lately I've been found out I'm actually a huge fan of Eurovision. Specially on 2010, there was one an excellent song what I have not noticed ever before! I think I skipped ESC 2010 because Finland sent some crap band called 'Kuunkuiskaajat' in there...and it didn't make the finals...anyway, the best in 2010 was Moldova's Sun Stroke Projekt and song 'Run Away'. OMG that I died when I watched that video first time! It was awesome! Everybody must know the 'Epic Sax Guy' with epic dance moves, it's absolutely the best ESC perfomance by far!

So everyone should watch that video! The song is good and all dudes and the girl are awesome <3

Hopefully Finland will send something very special to the ESC 2013. No finnish singing, no swedish singing, only in english please. Then we don't have to make a facepalm, guess? :---D

ESC FTW!!!

-HipePro

Hello again! It's time to make a summary about last year. As always, I listen music all the time (normal?) so l guess the 2011 wasn't an exception ;)

Played songs nearly ~30 000!

So here are the "winners"! :)

Most played artists TOP 10:

1. Will Young
2. Nylon Beat
3. Enrique Igleasias
4. Emmi
5. Kikka
6. The Smiths
7. Kaija Koo
8. Agents & Jorma Kääriäinen
9. Maija Vilkkumaa
10. Madonna

Most played songs TOP 10:

1. Agents & Jorma Kääriäinen – Valot
2. Will Young – Good Things
3. Enrique Iglesias – I'm Your Man
4. Enrique Iglesias – I Like It
5. Laura Voutilainen – Kerran
6. Emmi – Running Back To You
7. Will Young – Runaway
8. Will Young – Leave Right Now
9. Emmi – Wake Me Up
10. Will Young – Jealousy

So Will Young was the most played. Not a surprise. He's good.

Ps. Gotta say that I got few months break with listening 'cause I couldn't listen Spotify as much (thanks to fuckin limits..) and on summer I finally bought the Premium account...so it caused a little lost to my plays..hope not a huge!

Happy New Year 2012 and keep on listening!!! =)

-HipePro

Thinking about my musical skills. I have a sense of rhythm. My ex-music teachers have been told that to me. And of course I know that by myself ;)

Singing -- not bad but I can't think about being a singer. I like karaoke and I like to sing my own ways...like different sound levels. I would like to be a better singer because I like singing. It sucks that my voice isn't that good..but I can find positive things about it too; I can use my voice very miscellaneously.

Playing an instrument -- too bad. Just a piano or a keyboard with one finger :s It sucks too. But can't help it. I'm too lazy to learn new things..

So my musical skills are very...poor. I rather listen to music than actually play it. I envy of people who can sing and play an instrument because I can't.

Well it's better leave those things to people who can. Haha.

-HipePro

Tulee suomeks tällä kertaa :}

Voi hellanlettas, että on taas löytyny uutta musaa ihan valtavasti! Lähinnä suomihumppaa ja iskelmää (lmao) mut kuiteski hyvää ja kuunneltavaa settiä. Oon laajentanu mun musamakua ihan hirvittävästi parin vuoden aikana. Ennen en digannu yhtään suomalaisesta iskelmästä enkä osannu arvostaa sitä yhtään. Olin ennakkoluuloinen ja ajattelin että sellasta musaa kuuntelee vain eläkeläiset ja/tai kuudenkympin ja kuoleman välillä olevat ihmiset. Mutta ei, olin väärässä. Löysin itsestäni tämän eläkeläisen ja nykyään hoilaan täysillä Jari Sillanpään Satulinnaa ja monia muita suomi-iskelmän helmiä. Iso kiitos kuuluu myös Spotifylle, jonka avulla uuden musiikin löytäminen on lastenleikkiä. Ilman Spotifya kuuntelisin rajoittuneesti vain samoja vanhoja artisteja ja bändejä jostain iPodista. Nykyään iPod on mulle kirosana eikä siitä ole voittamaan kännykän Spottari-sovellusta. Music everywhere. <3

Samalla kun olen alkanut kuunnella iskelmää oon löytäny itsestäni uusia puolia. Tunnen itseni toisinaan keski-iän ylittäneeksi tädiksi ja joskus taas wannabe-teiniksi, joka tykkää joskus jumputtaa teknobiittiä sterkat täysillä. Mieluiten kyllä kuuntelen musaa omissa oloissani, vaikka kuulokkeet päässä fiilistellen soundia ja mahtavia lyrikoita.

Skidinä (joo, taas skidinä...) kuuntelin porukoiden cd-levyjä ja c-kasetteja. Oli Isto Hiltusta, Saija Varjusta, Tapani Kansaa, Markku Aroa ym. suomihumppaa. Ite diggasin Kaija Koota joskus ala-asteella, Tinakenkätyttö oli ihan ykkösbiisi! Mulla on vieläkin tallessa c-kassu Kaija Koota jonka sain joskus nimpparilahjaksi. Ysiviis-kuus laulelin Aikakoneen Keltaista ja olin varmaan ihan fani :D

Oon ollu tosi kova musafriikki jo lapsena, tykkäsin esiintyä porukoille, keksiä itse biisejä ja lauleskella missä vaan (jopa kaupassa :D) Ala-asteen musanope kehui usein että mulla on hyvä rytmitaju. Seiskaluokalla pääsin esiintymään koulun päätösjuhlaan parinkymmenen muun seiskaluokkalaisen kanssa.

Kakstuhattaluvun alkupuolella musta tuli räppifani. Eka tuli Bomfunk Mc's, sitte parin vuoden päästä Pikku G ja kumppanit. Olin aika vahvasti sitä mieltä että mä oon räppäri ja se on mun juttu. Kuiteski v. 2005 löysin Coldplayn ja aivan uuden suunnan mun musiikkimaulle.

Mutta kuiteski tänä päivänä musiikki ku musiikki kelpaa meikäläiselle. Hevimusaa en oo vielä(kään) omaksunu joten se on se ainut genre jota ei meikkis pysty kuunnella. Kaikki muu käy. Ja tietty kaikki mikä kuulostaa hyvältä :D

Olen helvetin tyytyväinen omaan laajaan ja monipuoliseen musamakuuni. Genreuskoivaisuus on (jossain määrin) perseestä. Tietysti kaikilla makunsa...ihan aikuisten oikeesti vaikkapa viiskytvuotta vanha musiikki on nykypäivänä legendaarisen hyvää, sellaista mitä nykypäivänä ei enää osattais tehdä. Nykymusiikki on kuraa, radion kuluttamia ja yliarvostettuja teinibiisejä. Tietty poikkeuksiakin löytyy. Mut näin äkkiseltään ajateltuna musa oli ennen parempaa.

Kuunnelkaa musiikkia. Kiitos hei.

-HipePro

HELL YEA! Realized something about my Visa-card (...) and changed few options in my online bank, and you know what!? I am stupid or something because I didn't realized it any before...fuck.

Now, I tried to buy Spotify Premium once again, and hahahahahaah yeaaaahh it worked!!! My Visa-card worked as it should!!! I jumped it the air because I was sooo happy! :::D

And the best thing. The first month is free! So no pays before the next month. But this is so awesome. I can listen music, anytime and anywhere with my Spotify mobile. And yeah, no ads or limits :P

The best day in my life. Music is so important to me. I can just cry or be fuckin mad if I can't listen music. Music has helped me a lot (like through the depression).

Thank you Spotify and Premium, you saved my life! :)

-HipePro

I told you before what happened to Spotify Free and Open. They got ruined. I know, how sad. Of course there's a solution; buy Premium or Unlimited. I sure WOULD buy it but can't because I don't have a Visa-card...that's sucks!

I already knew Grooveshark before I got Spotify few years ago, it's a great alternative. Actually it's even better! I found songs and those songs weren't at Spotify, lol. A positive surprise.

Atm, I have imported music to my Spotify's local files. It is just nice to listen sometimes because I can scrobble to Last.fm. On Grooveshark I can't.

Well, any 'free' service is not perfect...you need to pay if you really want to enjoy music. When I get that Visa-card, I will buy the Premium right away! No doubt.

Happy listenin'!

-HipePro

I'm pretty sure that Last.fm 'lost' a lot of songs, what I've been LOVED! I have a proof. I checked what songs I played recently and there was UNLOVED songs! Sure I have loved them before, long time ago, but I have no clue why they are unloved now?

I'm disappointed of Last.fm. It unloved about 200-400 songs from me (yes, I think the number of loved tracks was nearly 2,800 before that).

So now I have to love those my favorite tracks again...fucktard.

Hopefully this will not happen again. I have loved now totally 2,523 tracks and I'm sure that it was a lot more before Last.fm unloved them from me...

-HipePro

Recommend something new music for me please?? I'm bored to listen same music all the fuckin' time! Otherwords, I rather not listen to a new music because I know I can't find that so interesting.........weird tho...

But please, not heavy/metal -stuff. That's not my type at all. Thanks for understanding ;)

-HipePro