Interviu Vita de Vie la apropo.ro

apropo.ro este partener media pentru eventimentul de joi despre care am scris in articolul anterior.

azi au postat un interviu pe care l-au urcat intamplator dar potrivit pe tare.ro:

1. Vita de Vie – Interviu (Partea 1) de pe tare.ro

Fenomental – concert de relansare

10 decembrie, club Tribute – Calea Victoriei 118, ora 21, intrare 30 de lei.

Ati aflat deja despre concertul de joia viitoare din Tribute. Clubul este deschis de vreo cateva luni, arata foarte bine, e genul de loc construit special pentru concerte, concerte mari

Fenomental a dat nastere unei intregi nebunii, a inceput istoria formatiei Vita de Vie ca o trupa mare. As putea spune ca a dat nastere si unei generatii tinere de ascultatori de rock, spun asta mai ales ca ma regasesc in ea, ca am auzit piesele de pe Fenomental inainte sa aud de Vita de Vie, ca au schimbat ceva in mine, ca au dezlanuit o energie care a generat o multime de lucruri, intamplari si aventuri.

E un moment de celebrare la care sper sa fim cat mai multi prezenti, mai mult de atat este primul concert la care grupul nostru Vita de Vie va avea o prezenta mult mai vizibila.

Hai joia asta in Tribute sa sarim pe difuzoare!!! TAAAAAAAAARE!!!

Andreea

P.S. Daca sunteti pe twitter sau facebook raspanditi si voi vorba:

1. Promo pe youtube: Promo 1, Promo 2
2. Event pe Facebook
3. Twitter

Scrieti pe bloguri, luati-va tricourile dar pregatiti-va si pentru unele noi si multe alte surprize!

Fenomental se intoarce pe 10 decembrie

LATER EDIT: reLansarea Fenomental va avea loc pe 10 decembrie in Tribute, in seara asta in Silver Church este un concert normal in cadrul Unifest.

Vinerea care vine, adica pe 20 noiembrie, in clubul Silver Church va avea loc un eveniment surprinzator…pentru mine.

Se relanseaza albumul Fenomental de la Vita de Vie care anul asta aniverseaza 10 ani de la lansarea initiala si cam tot atatia ani de cand albumul a disparut de pe rafturile din magazine.

Ora anuntata pentru incepere este 22.00, intrarea este libera conform B 24 Fun.

Desi nu stiu ce se va intampla acolo cred ca este un eveniment care nu trebuie ratat.

Sony Ericsson FanWalk 2009

I just returned from the most incredible journey I’ve ever had the chance to live.

I met incredible people, I’ve seen people doing incredible things, I’ve walked through history and cultures, I’ve lived 12 pretty intense days and I felt like a rock-star all this time.

Every day was different, every day was somewhere else, every day was absolutely amazing. It was so magnificent as I didn’t actually feel tired until I got home. And when I got home I didn’t get to sleep, I’ve met friends, I’ve told them about all the things that I have seen. I feel incredibly enriched with all this experience.

I feel so lucky to be a FanWalker that I want to thank everyone who made this possible:

• my very good friends who have supported me for a lot of month with voting and promoting
• my very good friends who stayed tuned to the FanWalk website and the blog and posted such beautiful comments
• Sony Ericsson Romania and their agencies for selecting me
• (ALL) The Crew – these are my new idols, I’d love to be anyone of them because they are such good and friendly people, open minded, helpful, kind, party people, surprising people. It was a huge effort to put this project together and I’m sure that nobody could have done a better job than they did.

Right now I’m trying to add everyone I met on facebook, twitter, linked’in, I want to be in touch with everyone and I really hope we will get together again as soon as possible.

The FanWalk itself is nothing that you can imagine, the walking part was fulfilling, people don’t walk anymore these days,  I felt like going back in time when there were no cars, no trains or airplanes, just music, one way to music

The FanWalkers were all different people, listening to all kinds of music, talking all sorts of languages, people who would give up some hours of sleep just to learn more about each other, to live the moment, to be there now! I think I love everyone of them, now that we’re not together anymore it’s getting clearer and clearer that this is the feeling.

There were a lot of surprises, parties along the way, a lot of laughs and fun, a lot of drinks and a whole lotta singin’

The MTV EMA’s were fine but not the highlight of the FanWalk. It’s more of a TV show than a live audience event. The sound was a bit faulty for the people present in the O2 World Arena. I enjoyed seeing all these famous artists with the naked eye but I didn’t really hear them as good as I would have heard them from home watching the whole thing on TV.

I loved Beyonce’s performance – very energetic, also Green Day and Foo Fighters were amazing. Jay-Z had a great moment, Shakira was very beautiful but I didn’t see her that well hidden behind some stage blocks. But my favorite moment of all the show was the U2 performance that was broadcast live from Brandenburg Gate, just a few miles away.

The afterparty is something that you cannot describe in words. It’s not just the open bar, the people serving you anything you want, I think it’s a big party were everyone is more open, it’s so much more natural to walk up to FatBoySlim and ask him “Say whaaat?” This is one of the several FanWalk motto-s. The answer is “That’s what I like to hear”.

We all received a lot of cool stuff from Sony Ericsson – Reebok stuff: jacket, hoodie, t-shirts; a yellowish Eastpak backpack – waterproof – tested and retested, we got FanWalk imprinted laces that look great aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand..

We all received a Sony Ericsson W995 phone – it’s incredible – it even has GPS, it was already connected to a Blogger account and I could post pictures and movies live for everyone to see. You can stare up to 8BG and I have tons of photos, movies and music and I haven’t covered half of all that. The quality of the sound is really great (or grand and we received wireless speakers that you can control from the phone.

It’s best phone that I have ever had, it has anything I could possibly want on it and it is a very valuable possession, both financial and emotional.

I got to visit Hamburg and Berlin with all their tourist attractions, in Beatles Platz I discovered that my height fits perfectly with John Lennon’s size so I took a picture “standing in his shoes”. Berlin breathes history, I got a piece of the wall as a souvenir, you can see their big TV Tower from anywhere in the city. It is huge, full of life but with a painful history that you can still see on the buildings.

On the happier side, I’ve met a great band of three people – Pardon Ms. Arden are very talented musicians and very friendly people. They played for us a few times, sometimes on stage, sometimes on a boat, sometimes in a square, sometimes in the bathroom . They sometimes played Rolling Stones covers and I loved that. You should listen to their music. It seems that they will launch an album in February in Munich and we’ll probably go see them for our first reunion.

I’m sure there is a lot more to say, I’ll try to get back to that on the next posts but altogether – I feel like I’ve been to Heaven and all that I’ve lived will help me to greater things as well. Thank you so much!

Andreea´s FanWalk blog

De astazi puteti sa o urmariti pe Andreea la adresa asta: http://fanwalker-andreea.blogspot.com/

famous last words

Ladies and gents,

The moment has arrived and tonight I am leaving for the airport to catch a very early flight to Hamburg via Budapest.

Ajung in Hamburg dimineata la 9:30, romanii sunt primii care ajung la FanWalk urmati de elvetieni. Maine o sa ma plimb prin Hamburg, o sa vad portul, o sa caut magazine sport sa-mi cumpar bocancii pe care nu am reusit sa ii iau de aici.

Puteti urmari toate aventura pe jurnalul pe care il voi tine de pe noul meu telefon Sony Ericsson W995. Inca nu stiu ce adresa dar voi anunta aici intr-un fel sau altul (este posibil ca un invitat sa transmita adresa) si fanwalk.tv o sa transmita webisodes despre ce se intampla pe acolo.

Mersul pe jos efectiv o sa inceapa de marti si cam astea sunt statisticile:
Day 1 – 27 oct: Hamburg – Lauenburg [6km]
Day 2: Lauenburg – Bleckede [24km]
Day 3: Bleckede – Hitzacker [ 18.5km]
Day 4: Hitzacker – Lenzen [27km]
Day 5: Lenzen – Gadow/ Lanz [21km]
Day 6: Gadow/ Lanz – Wittenberge [14km]
Day 7: Boltenmühle – Gnewiknow [24km]
Day 8: Knewikow – Hakenberg [21.5km]
Day 9: Berlin West [4.5km]
Day 10 – 5 nov: Berlin West – Berlin East [7km]

Iar harta poate fi investigata aici .

Premiile MTV sunt pe 5 noiembrie si dupa premii mergem la afterparty.

Asta e ultimul post inainte de plecare si ne auzim dupa sau pe blog-ul de fanwalk. Eu ajung inapoi din Berlin cam pe la 1:30 AM 6 spre 7 noiembrie si sper sa mai prind ceva din concertul Gorillaz.

Daca urmariti jurnalul astept cu drag comentarii de la voi.

Concerte

Hei hei,

Se pare ca se pornesc o multime de concerte, care mai de care mai interesante.

Vita de Vie canta weekendul asta la:

• Sibiu – azi 22 oct. in Atrium Cafe din Piata Mic
• Timisoara – vineri 23 oct. in Timisoara – Setup
• Arad – sambata 24 oct in Club Flex

Daca vreti o experienta interesanta, El Negro face un acustic sambata asta, tot pe 24, in Suburbia – o sa fie cu scena amenajata cu nisip si o multime de surprize.

Shobo o sa canta pe 27 in Fire impreuna cu Pistol cu capse si o fata parca Lucie Thorne, intrarea e 15 lei si el o sa cante singur chitara + voce. Tot Shobo mai are un concert pe 7 nov. intr-un club al carui nume l-am uitat dar il rog pe el sa ne dea mai multe detalii.

Pe 6 Gorillaz si tot asa.
In Silver Church e maraton de concerte zilele astea, lanseaza Byron si se mai intampla o multime de alte lucruri.

Voi la ce mergeti?

Andreea

URMARESTE-MA LA FANWALK 2009, incepand de luni!

Changes and Shows

I believe in something good in everything I see.

For anyone who will read this blog and doesn’t speak or read Romanian, I’ve decided to write a monthly post summarizing all the other posts.

September-October was a time of good vibe. Unlike the last couple of Septembers that were almost depressing, the 2009 September turned out to be a great month for most of the people I know and a great one for me as well.

First I got accepted to a PR Internship hosted by one of the most well-known Romanian PR figures, Sorin Tudor. I am very happy for being accepted, given that my education is focused on more technical and engineering work, my succes was based on my experience and personal projects and achievements. Unfortunately I didn’t have the time to actually participate because of certain events, not as happy as the overall mood I am in. It is marked as a future must-do and also can-do.

I managed to make the 4th VDV Camp happen. It was for the weekend, in Brasov, at a lovely hotel on the top of the hill – an amazing view, a lot of good friends and a nice time.

I restarted a blog and had a lot to write about the last couple of weeks.

The main news is that I was chosen to be part of the 100 FanWalkers that will walk from Hamburg to Berlin for 10 days and go to the MTV European Music Awards and the afterparty. I will get an amazing Sony Ericsson W995 cellphone that I will use to post on a live journal. Sony Ericsson is behind the project and they will give flight tickets, food and accomodation for all the 100 participants from all over Europe. It’s going to be great and I worked on getting accepted for many months. I was accepted because of the people who voted for me and the creativity of my profile.

I will leave on October 26th for Hamburg and I will return from Berlin on November 6th. Just in time to get to the Gorillaz concert

My brother is now the new guitarist of Romanian Reggae Band El Negro, he just found a great place to live in Bucharest along with our cousin and a couple of friends. After 5 days they went on tour and me and some friends got to see the kick-off in Sibiu. They had a live photostream so that all the people could see what they were up to.

My little sister started school, she is now a first grader and very excited about it. Her first vacation as a first grader will be in Napoli along with mom and a lot of her friends. This will be a lot of fun as I will be in Germany and my brother will be on tour all in the same time.

A good friend of mine will reopen a very nice coffee-place, on Matasari St. If you have ever been to Cafenescu, get ready for the new one. This last summer we went to a lot of festivals and sold lemonade to raise funds for sick children at Marie Curie Hospital. It was a great experience to do this a lot of people helped out and we really got a nice sum. The project is called Pasi catre viata and we plan on building a post-op room with all the necesarry equipment. Now that it’s a bit colder outside we are moving indoors and we’re planning on organizing some benefit concerts with some of the most popular Romanian bands.

From the proffesional point of view, I have parted from Human Synergistics Romania. The reasons are simple and well known to a lot of people – financial. Mainly it was a good time working with the small crew from Romania, learned a lot of new things, developed a lot of projects and put my mark on a lot of products that I’m sure brought some new success to the company. I developed a lot of skills that I can now use as an external supplier and extend my capabilities and resources. But it’s no news that the overall environment was getting a bit rotten and although we taught people how to improve their environments, we didn’t manage to fix our own but slowly and surely made it a bit miserable (from my point of view).

The separation was fast and sudden and although we parted on good terms with promises of future projects, HS turned out to handle this with a big kick in the ass and a very closed door.

These being said, I am looking for something else, and if no other opportunity shall arrise, I will focus my efforts in the music business which I love and feel that I was born for!

A new old club opened in Bucharest – it’s the former BackStage and the current Mojo and you feel this big happiness once you step inside, all concerts there are amazing, the music is great, the staff is nice and the prices are very very friendly.

The future is looking good, I am getting ready for the adventure of a lifetime, my friends all have good things going for them – new jobs, new apartments, new travels, new friends and new hopes.

The times are changing and we’re all part of the show.

BackStage Mojo

Mi-a fost dor de BackStage! Si nu mi-am dat seama de asta pana ieri cand am ajuns acolo.

Dupa ce a disparut o perioada de pe harta cluburilor bucurestene (nu stiu exact daca a fost inchis sau a avut alt tip de clientela) BackStage se relanseaza sub numele de Mojo.

Deschiderea oficiala a fost ieri seara cu un senzational concert Vita de Vie iar weekendul asta este Grand Opening – cred ca au preturi promotionale zilele astea.

Despre loc – in mare parte arata la fel, iar asta e foarte bine pentru ca era un loc foarte frumos, garderoba de la intreare a devenit un bar, mesele de la parter au fost inlocuite cu cateva canapele joase (nu de piele), la etaj, dupa o punga mare de plastic…sau o copertina ceva se intampla karaoke, doar ca aerul e greu de respirat acolo si nu am zabovit prea mult.

La subsol insa este tot farmecul, separe-ul din spate a fost deschis si are cateva mese de lemn, a aparut un sector de mese vis-a-vis de scena.

Meniul e facut in forma de chitara si arata foarte haios, berea e cam 8 lei la sticla si 7 la draft (ieri a fost 5 si banuiesc ca din cauza deschiderii).

In schimb pretul de intrare e mai mic decat media, adica 10 lei, cred ca ramane standard pentru ca tot 10 lei s-a anuntat si pentru concertele viitoare.

Nu stiu cine a luat in gospodarie clubul acum dar pare sa faca treaba buna, muzica a fost ok, si mai noua si mai veche, ieri dupa concert am auzit Rolling Stones si AC DC, Green Day, Kings of Leon si multe de genul asta.

Iar concertul…. a fost absolut minunat, probabil cel mai frumos din ultimii 2-3 ani. A fost frumos pentru ca inclus Fenomental, am auzit pentru prima data “Eu cu mine” si “Tine minte” live si au sunat foarte bine, “Cad” electric, “Fraier ca tine”. Atmosfera era incendiara, ca numar publicul a fost perfect, nici prea multi, nici prea putini, cu chef de dans si distractie, aplauze, a fost o descarcare de energie foarte placuta.

Clasic pentru BackStage, concertul a avut doua parti, prima de Fenomental si a doua cu piesele standard .

Dupa concert am mai stat inca mult timp si nici ca as mai fi plecat la cat de bine era acolo. Pana la urma am plecat ca na! m-au luat cu forta de acolo.

BackStage e locul unde am petrecut foarte mult timp in primii ani de facultate, locul in care am auzit pentru prima data live o multime de trupe bune si…dupa parerea mea, cel mai frumos spatiu de club pentru un concert.

Saptamana viitoare concert Zgarie Nori, tot in Mojo, tot 10 lei!

Incepe turneul

Hai in turneu

De azi e oficial, de azi incep sa se intample lucruri mari.

Cristi Chelsoi (aka frate-miu) este noul chitarist al trupei El Negro

Dupa vreo 5 repetitii, unele mai reusite altele mai nu prea cei 5 si-au inchiriat o rulota si au plecat sa colinde tara printr-un turneu national aniversar.

In seara asta canta in Sibiu la Oldies Pun iar de acolo pornesc spre Oradea si tot asa mai departe. Ajung sa cante si in deschidere la Alphaville la polivalenta si cred ca tot vor fi cantari de acum incolo. Adica asta:

• 1 octombrie 2009 – Sibiu (Oldies Pub)
• 2 octombrie 2009 – Oradea (Blue Mondey)
• 3 octombrie 2009 – Timisoara (Q&Q Caffe)
• 4 octombrie 2009 – Ploiesti (Retro Caffe)
• 7 octombrie 2009 – TBA
• 8 octombrie – Cluj (Remember Pub)
• 10 octombrie – Bistrita
• 11 octombrie – Iasi (In cadrul Zilelor Orasului)
• 13 octombrie – Sala Polivalenta (Alphaville&Bad Boys Blue)
• 16 octombrie – Pitesti (Zion Club)
• 17 octombrie – Bacau (Live Stage)
• 24 octombrie – Bucuresti (primul unplugged EL NEGRO)

Este prima trupa cunoscuta la care canta Cristi, sunt foarte mandra de el si cred ca asta este un mare pas important pentru el ca muzician. Mai canta la Zgarie Nori un proiect cu vreo 10 instrumentisti (inclusiv vioara, violoncel si muzicuta) care imbina mai multe genuri muzicale si nu poate fi definit prea exact dar merita ascultat.

In momentul asta El Negro are cam cea mai buna componenta de pana acum, nu ma refer la frate-miu, ci la ceilalti instrumentisti si artisti cu experienta si foarte talentati.

Puteti sa urmariti pe unde ajung si cu ce se ocupa urmarind photostreamul flickr din partea dreapta, sau de aici.

Evident, despre asta era vorba si in concursul pe care l-am lansat saptamana trecuta, iar castigatorul este Razvan Vlad din Brasov care isi poate alege la ce concert vrea sa mearga .