Category Journal

18+ years of writings from Markus Nylund’s life. Real, raw, unfiltered. Thoughts, fragments, truths. The logbook of a working artist building from scratch and overcoming perfectionism, self-sabotage and sharing what it takes to rise back up again and again.

Mar 28, 2013

It’s 4:13 am and I just finished another song! Still gotta mix it and master it when I wake up and hope to get it online by the evening and then I can celebrate my weekend after all this hard…

Mar 23, 2013

Been hired (yes, money) to demolish some old bakery with my pal Jörgen and Oliver this weekend. Should be fun and I can sure use the extra cash to fund my artistic enterprise + other endeavours like… eating! Desperate times…

Mar 22, 2013

Just finished recording my new song NEVERENDING WAR! It’s the best thing I’ve done so far in every way. It’s angry and catchy and wild (btw, it’s not the same version I’ve played live, that was jut an alternate version…

happiness

I think the smartest people are those that are aware of how stupid we really are. How little we truly know. Knowing this is the kind of wisdom that most will never truly possess (including myself). Happiness is all about…

Feb 28, 2013

I came to tallinn 6 months ago as a complete stranger. I didn’t know one single person here. Not one. I was in a point in my life where I had really no idea what I was doing anymore. I…

Feb 17, 2013

Just got home from Tartu. Wow, it’s been a long week. Had a crazy show last night. We were playing until 3am! This is only our second show and already we got to a whole ‘nother level. Really cool to…

Feb 15, 2013

So last night we played our first full-band show in Tallinn. The show was good but will get much better when we play a few more. I’ve just been playing under a month with these guys (some of the top…

Dec 22, 2012

year is coming to an end. spent this week working on first music video. it was a lot of work, long days, but fun. drinking & drugs involved also. just slept for almost 24 hours straight! things are lookig good…

Nov 30, 2012

people keep on wondering what the fuck i am doing in estonia and wondering why i am not more popular. they dont understand the failure it takes to get to where I am as an artist. not as a successful musician…

Nov 23, 2012

Listening to Mahler. Got all his stuff on itunes a few weeks ago. Had a show last night at the university. This was my third show here. Getting better and better. Sunlight Heart is growing. Slowly but surely. Tomorrow go…