Takapiha auringon laskiessa

My backyard at sunset today. - Wojciech Toklowicz and Veikko-Kalevi Riihinen visited. It was so nice to chat, drink some coffee and plan the future. (Juha H.)

Aurinko

Sun shines so brightly. But the weather is quite cold: -23 Celsius degrees. (Juha H.; photo with Nokia E72)

Kuuset

Fir trees while trekking to Toropainen's cottage in the deep forest. (Juha H.)

Talven valoa

Winter's light. - Spotify plays Midlake. Sad but beautiful music. (Juha H.)

Silikkitie

Silkroad, well sort of anyways. Lake Keitele has finally frozen over. So nice. Now we can walk on ice any time we want. (Photo with Nokia E72 by Juha H.)

Koivut

Birches. (Juha H.)

Valo-projekti

Now musical project Valo (=Light) is mastered and ready. Above the crew: Veikko-Kalevi Riihinen ( poems), Maija Piitulainen ( recitation), Sini ( vocals) and JH (music). Plus J-V played some guitar solos. The whole sounds very good! (Juha H. ; photo by Erkki Keljo)

Lumista

Snowy. (Juha H.)

Wojciech Toklowicz ja JH

Today - CD-release party of Wojciech Toklowicz and Veikko-Kalevi Riihinen in Laukaa. Most of the music at the concert was written by Wojciech. But there was some other material, too. Above Wojciech and me performing my compositions. Warm and happy party! (Juha H. ; photo by Sini)

Ja joki virtaa

And the river flows. - Wojciech Toklowicz and Veikko-Kalevi Riihinen were here. We rehearsed for the gig tomorrow. (Juha H.)

Tallisaari

Tallisaari, Lake Keitele. - Yesterday Intergalactic Folk Music Orchestra had a very long and nice rehearsal in Jyvaskyla. We also demo-recorded some of our musical material with Sonar 9. (Juha H.)

Sataa lunta

Snowing, snowing. (Juha H.)

Patsas

Statue - a photo with Nokia E72. (Juha H.)

Liekki tekee pitsaa

I added a video Liekki (=Flame) making pizza here. It's filmed with my Nokia E72. Music to go with this little flick I had recorded earlier with Pro Tools. Some people make excellent food with strange methods.

Juha H.

Alkuruoka

Starters for last Saturday dinner. Rest of the treats were vegetarian and so tasty. (Juha H.)

Miksaamista ja matkaan

All evening I mixed my music. Now my compositions of poems of Veikko-Kalevi Riihinen are almost recorded and done. Only two songs miss their vocals. It's been a long process. I began composing the poems last December. And only now it's getting ready. Well, within this year I've done quite many other projects...

Early tomorrow morning Sini and I are going to Helsinki for the weekend to meet friends and to hear and see Midlake.

Juha H.

Harmaata ja valkoista

Grey and some white.- J-V recorded four mighty fine guitar solos to go with my compositions. Very nice. (Juha H.)

Talven talot

Wintry little log cabins. (Juha H.)

Keiteleen satama

Some snow, some ice and free waters. Lake Keitele is not yet frozen over. (Juha H.)

Tampella

City scene from Tampere, Finland. (Juha H.)

Takaisin Tampereelta

Tampere Jazz Happening - the stage is ready. Modern jazz is great! (Juha H.)

Tampere Jazz Happening 2010

Very early tomorrow morning Sini and I are going to Tampere. There's some Modern Music to be heard - Tampere Jazz Happening. We've taken part in the festives almost as many times as it's been in existence. So nice times ahead.

Juha H.

Puro

Little brook. - Today it was so nice to record bass. I really like my 5-stringed Ibanez bass guitar and I like low notes. (Juha H.)

Lauluva

Sini sang two songs quite superbly. And I recorded her doing so. Very nice. The other one is mixed and bounced to HardDisk.

Instead of continuos greyness the day was bright and sunny.

Juha H.

Harmaata, harmaata

Grey and grey. - All evening just and only recording and recording - keyboards, electric woodwind instruments and percussion. (Juha H.)