Anyway, this year I celebrated new year in Paris. The city and atmosphere was magical! And now I understand why it is called the “The City of Lights”   And seriously, the cakes and sweets over there are amazing, found me some new love called macarons. Love at  first bite, no joke! I’m glad I hit the gym around 150 days during 2011 (yes I keep a training journal), otherwise I wouldn’t probably enjoy it the way I did You didn’t only eat dessert over there you might ask? Well, you are totally right I didn’t. I managed to check out the Eiffel Tower, Montmartre, Louvre, Notre Dame, Champs-Élysée and Arch of Triumph. The usual tourist attractions. Totally worth checking them out !  I’m not only creative my words and music, I think I’m pretty cool behind the camera as well. At least I think I’m Here are some photos from Paris to demonstrate my skills.
Next stop? Helsinki this weekend, Madrid in May and I’ll  try to visit Amsterdam in Mars.

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So what’s new on the music side?
I have two new songs almost ready, just waiting for the final touch. But I’m still not sure if I’ll release those. Feels like something is missing… In the meantime I’m working on some new beats, I have couple of ideas I want to fulfill. Let’s see in the near future where it ends up.
Lately I have also received some  interesting offers for my music, regarding tv, commercials and such. But as you know I believe in creative common and I’m not member of  any collective rights society. Therefore I haven’t been able to accept the terms.

I hope 2012 has started in a good way for you!

See you around!

One nice surprise was that I  actually could communicate in spanish. Surprise surprise, wish my high school teacher in Spanish could read this! When conversation reached a dead-end then english was my last resort, and sometimes I cheated by using  my android spanish app. Noone is perfect   When my spanish, their english or my app failed  my taxi ride ended up 30 min away from my actual destination. But that’s another story though
I also then realized that  sitting at the backseat of a taxi, window down with the cool breeze against your face, with the heat,  ligths, spanish all over the streets,  and just relaxing while you have no idea where you are for the moment, is a nice feeling! As longest as you arrive, at some point, to your final destination. Yeah I know it sounds weird , but it is one of those feelings that can’t be put into words. Taxi ride in a foreign country Gotta love it

As I mentioned, we had a nice club tour going on. Shoko, CDLC and Sutton were the clubs we explored. My favorite? On a second though, it was definitely Sutton.  Hot interior, beautiful and laid back people, great air conditioner and nice music!  If you visit Barcelona make sure to visit Sutton.  One other club that I didn’t get the chance to visit was Eclipse that is located at the top of Hotel W.  It was my last night and lack o energy was the main reason

Other tips for you,  try the tapas at La Bombeta A local place with great taste. Or the burger at Zahara Cocktail Club the crazy bar/restaurant Can Paixano (La Xampanyeria) or the funny but tasty dessert named broiled baby strawberries with pepper at Agua

The great thing about Barcelona is that there is no such thing as “it’s to late”   there is no no need to rush anywhere! To have a meal at 1 am and know that the night is still young has a calm affect on you..

Until next trip,  I think I  should focus to finish some of my new tracks!

Catch ya later!

P.s if you travel  a lot make sure to check out the app TripIt! it’s a great travel organizer!

Here is a short summary of my trip.
Stockholm
It all started with me and my friend almost missing the flight. For some reason, the day before, I thought it was a good idea to book a taxi 1:15 min before the flight. From Stockholm to Arlanda Airport is almost 40 km. It was Friday and during rush hour and on top of that it was snowing heavily! What an anti-climax, no Prague, instead stuck in Traffic! But thanks to our amazing taxi driver, or should I say crazy taxi driver that drove like a renegade, we managed to reach the desk 5 min before closing…
Ironically, once we were on the plane, it was delayed by 35 min because of the snow..

Prague
We arrived to Prague around 19:20 and hopped into  the already waiting taxi (booked through the hotel) that would take us straight to our hotel. I’d heard so many stories about taxi scams,that this was the only option. The hotel we stayed in was called Melantrich . Before I travel I always check tripadvisor.com to make sure the hotel is nice. Since I wanted a hotel close to everything Melantrich was our choice. A three star hotel without any flashy things, but  the location was perfect! right in the Old Town Square! close to restaurants, pubs,clubs historical buildings, ATM’s etc.  I highly recommend that hotel! I never managed to wake up for breakfast so I can’t tell you how it was but everything else was perfect!

Club Tour
These are some of the  clubs that we visited during our stay.We also visited other lounge, pubs, bars and clubs but I don’t really remember the names
Duplex
Mecca
Zlaty Strom
Karlovny Lazne
Club Lavka

Of course I also managed to explore the cultural side of Prague to some extent.  I also had one of the best cake experiences ever!
One of the best things with Prague is the variety of people. During our stay we talked to  people from all over the world.  New York, Beirut, Switzerland, Russia, France, Italy, Spain and of course Czechs  that were really friendly!

So if you want the best of everything you should visit Prague!

Now Ima go and ease the pain with some mulled wine

Here are few pictures by the way of the amazing Norwegian landscape that I witnessed…

Hope you all had a great Christmas!
Happy new year! See you in 2011!

//Jonay

2. The time and effort I put in, I get it back by your support, your promotion and your donations. The moment you decide to share one of my songs with  friends, on your blog, in your videos or on social networks such as twitter and facebook, you contribute to my free music.  The moment you decide to donate because you like my music you contribute to my free music.  When there are sites like Jamendo they contribute to my free music.

I hope this great relation between me and you will stay strong for a very long time. And of course the most important thing  for me is to make  good music so you feel comfortable to do your part

Links I like:
http://hear-it-first.net/
http://www.jololouie.com/
http://vinylandvodka.com/
www.toxicstrut.net/poptastic/
http://duvetinte.se/
http://www.alazif.se/
http://www.carolsvault.com/
http://djmarciz.com

Hope you enjoy them.

Next SundayI’m also off for a two week long vacation. Flying to Turkey! I’ll post some  pics during my vacation and share it with you.

As a last note, check out the interview the german site http://www.campusmaedchen.de/ did with me. If you are not german then google translate is your friend

I wish all of you a wonderful summer and that you create plenty of new exciting memories!

cheers,
Jonay

Been traveling and exploring things as usual. This has been my route the last three weeks.

But honestly I wish it was more like this.

But I’ll leave that to maybe after the summer.

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Besides traveling I had the chance to see Method Man live here in Stockholm, and it was an awesome show, he has great energy on stage, to bad he didn’t perform more of his classic songs.

But this one he did, straight classic!

Was 2009 a good year for you?

For me it was, I achieved  my goals, and  now I’m in a position  where I can look back and feel proud of the things I’ve accomplished, both on a personal and musical level.

But now I’m thirsting for more and you should too… new year means new goals…

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll

So… do you know where you are going this year?

These songs  have only been available for subscribers to my newsletter,  but during Christmas it will be available for everyone.
Exclusive

On top of that here are also two ringtones:
Swedish Ladies
Fly Away

Enjoy your holidays people!

//Jonay