KAISA VALA

Debut: Ghost Waltz
Release date AUGUST 15, 2007
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WHAT?
“The songs on Ghost Waltz tell short stories about persons that have addressed me.
Their voices have never been alive and these persons have never been born. In my songs they can speak up, beat the shit out of me and fight for their right to be heard.
Some of them treat me like a punching bag, some like a secret lover. “
HOW?
“I didn’t really pay attention to the songs playing in my head until I was 20 years old, i.e. four years ago.
Sure they had grubbed a cigarette before but a songwriter has to give herself permission, allow herself, to write music.
After that decision the songs started coming constantly and I no longer had to worry for them. They know they’ve got the right to exist.
And despite all their anger they’re only looking for a shelter.”
“Pianos have always been very attractive. That’s why I chose to play them. Firstly, because they look good, and secondly because they can be so loud. Their amount of mojo makes everyman green with envy.
So, when I turned 20, I decided to study piano after 10 quiet years.
You can learn to play again as an adult if you’re motivated and ready to redeem yourself when you simply cannot become a concert pianist.”
“I play and write by ear, which is rather a matter of emotion than reason. On the other hand, I have to write to stay sane.
The tones engage with each other smoothly when you remember to listen closely. When it comes to sheet music, they often look used and discouraged as if they could never swap places on the stave. “
“The melodies and lyrics come to me as soft echoes. They tease me till I do something with them.
I sit at the piano and if the echoes get stronger, more will follow. Sometimes they disappear as they didn’t have any news to bring.
They had gone visiting and were probably runaways from some other songwriter. The songs cease to come if I tamper too much with their inner structure or rhythm.
My method is to keep my mouth shut and ask them where they’re going.”
WHY?
“It’s all about the attitude. Women can rock and be raw, less perfect. Brainy girls don’t have to sing about the little birds and butterflies
– an honest amount of will power is always convincing.”