naomiland

back in london...

i don't really know how to describe my time in moscow.
it was such an intense four days! i will post some photos on the terra naomi facebook page sometime in the near future.

here's how the trip went:

we woke up really early on sunday morning and took cars to heathrow airport. short flight to moscow - about 3.5 hours - and we emerged in a place which felt so foreign to me. it's a strange feeling to look around and see signs and writing which is completely unreadable. i've been to other countries - italy, germany, france, mexico, holland, etc - but all of those languages use the same alphabet,  so my brain could at least  comprehend what i was looking at. it's an entirely different experience  to see words you cannot pronounce and letters you do not know. was so cool!!

it was dark and cold and gray the entire time we were there, but still very beautiful. the architecture was amazing. seeing those famous buildings and monuments in person, standing in the middle of red square, it was an incredible experience.

i'll post some videos soon. or at least one video. we shall see...

and now - i'm about to go on vacation for almost a month.
getting ready or 2008 which promises to be an interesting one. lots going on but nothing i can talk about yet. hopefully a whole lot of touring and writing and playing and filming and all that stuff i love to do.

i'll write more from the road.

xo
terra

a little bit excited

ok - i'm so freaking excited.
i can hardly contain myself.

it's all finalized, the visas are sorted, the packing of extremely warm items of clothing has begun.
we leave the day after tomorrow!!!

we posted 4  1-minute long videos on youtube to lead up to the event...i think they'll be featured on the youtube russia homepage.

and now, back to packing!

see some of you VERY SOON!
xoxo
terra
:)

here's some news

the band and i are going to russia on sunday to play a big show in moscow for the launch of  YOUTUBE RUSSIA!!!

i can't believe it and i'm really excited. this is what i wanted to tell you guys last week, but i just got the ok tonight.

hopefully soon you will see some footage of the show on youtube.

this should be yet another amazing experience and i look forward to telling you all about it!

xo
terra

secrets

i played a secret show last night. it was really fun. wasn't the kind of "secret show" where it's actually a big planned out thing with the band's label, publicist, managers, etc, promoting it as a "secret show." this actually WAS a secret. my management didn't even know about it. i really wanted to do an intimate acoustic show and play a bunch of my more quiet songs which i don't get to play at the bigger full band shows.

it was so much fun. same place as the last time i did this - the miller pub by london bridge. i think i actually posted the info on here a few days ago. glad to see some familiar faces and some new ones. and i was able to hang out for a bit and talk to some people, which was really cool.

i played a bunch of new songs and some old ones. and i filmed the entire show. i will post a new video from the show every day for the next week. check my youtube page if you want to watch. the first one is already up - it's a new song called 'temptation.' and, like so many songs, it's probably not about what you think it's about.

and what else.....i'm writing a lot these days. it feels so good. writing what's in my heart and writing from the core of who i am. that's the best thing in the world. i'm grateful for the inspiration which allows me to do this.

i still can't tell you the really cool news for this week! maybe i'll be able to tell you about it next week. we shall see.

more later...
xo
terra