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I'm inviting everybody to check out pretty much the most significant thing I have done so far: Stas & Alex's Magic Night Live - our humble acoustic show. It is divided into three videos for ease of perception and copyright reasons (if someday YouTube changes its policy concerning cover-versions, my songs won't get taken down too): "Here we go: My songs", "Queen Songs", "Grand finale: all the rest we got". All three are in the playlist below.
A little story behind the show and its full tracklist are below the video (click "Read more...")
Everybody loves Japan. Even those who have never been there. I had always been feeling jealous watching documentaries about Queen's tours in Japan. I was intrigued by the fact that Japanese art and culture attracted Freddie Mercury so much. The opening of the "Lost In Translation" movie, when Bill Murray is going through Tokyo in a taxi has been ever thrilling for me. Why? Subconsciously, I realised that Japan is very different from any other country in the world. But how? Does the perception of Japan change after visiting it? I decided to write about my first trip to Japan, my impressions and stuff that surprised me the most.
Hello world! We've been working on something with Alex lately. And it's not even one of my songs (yay!). We've wanted to record an acoustic cover for one of the greatest songs, "Love of my Life" (F. Mercury), for a long time. However, what's the point of recording it if it might get deleted from YouTube, right? But since, at some point (I don't know when exactly), YouTube changed the policy, now allowing people to share revenue with the rights owner (thus, compensating unpaid royalties), we decided to do it...
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Those who read my story about the first visit to Montreux might remember I mentioned a thing which was still one to be accomplished. Yes, I had to take a look at Freddie's Lake house (or 'Duck house' as it is sometimes referred to) where Freddie used to go find peace of mind and which appears on the Queen's 15th studio album "Made In Heaven" cover. And I did it! (Here are all of the best pictures from this trip.)
Still, while the Internet has a lot of questions like 'Where is Freddie Mercury's lake house in Montreux?' or 'How to get to Freddie's duck house in Montreux?' very few...
If you want peace of soul, come to Montreux - F. Mercury
Since the very first time I came to Switzerland I was dreaming about a possibility to go for a trip probably every single fan of Queen is thinking of, a trip to Montreux. Why? It's a simple one, haha. Because the famous statue of Freddie Mercury is there. Why Montreux? Why the statue of such a flamboyant artistic figure, the king of rock, the No.1 frontman in countless rock magazines tops was decided to be installed in a quiet little town in the French part of Switzerland on the shores of Lake Geneva? Yeah, this one requires a little digging into history, which I think will bring up more reasons for going to Montreux.
But why is Freddie so much connected to Montreux anyway? When in 1978 Queen came to Montreux's Mountain Studios to record their 7th studio album later named "Jazz"...
Bits and Pieces
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Oh boy! What a night! We just finished watching Queen's legendary "A Night at the Odeon" concert with Alex. Actually, we got so excited that afterwards, we just had to re-watch some...
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I think that Richard Marx's "Endless Summer Nights" is one of the most beautiful and at the same time one of the saddest love songs ever written. We recorded a "live" acoustic cover...