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Ása

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About Me

Hi!

I'm Asa [pronounced: "Ousa"], I'm a singer from Reykjavik, Iceland, but currently studying in Boston MA at Berklee College of Music. Here I am doing a dual major, in Performance and Music Production and Engineering.

It's a lot of work and a lot of fun and I've met great people from all over the world.
People keep telling me to put some music up, I'll get around to it soon :)

Any advice on living in Boston, being in Berklee College, performing music or tips about great musicians is very welcome.

My Interests

Living life!

I'd like to meet:

Nice people.

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Music:

I could keep entering artists till my fingers bled:
4Hero, Jamiroquai, Erykah Badu, Thievery Corporation, Sigur Ros, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Outkast, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Jill Scott, Kelis, Charles Mingus, St. Germain, Propellerheads, Moby, Miles Davis, Sting, Dj Shadow, Stevie Wonder, Joanna Newsom, Massive Attack, George Michael, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Zero 7, Gus Gus, Depeche Mode, Bjork.Icelandic jazz musicians I love: GRAMS, Sigurdur Flosason, Kristjana Stefansdottir, Joel Palsson, Hilmar Jensson, Sigurdor Gudmundsson, Tomas R. Einarsson, Kjartan Valdemarsson, Omar Gudjonsson, Oskar Gudjonsson and many more.

Movies:

These are but a few of the films I like:
Pulp Fiction, Jerry Maguire, Big Blue, Dogma, Kill Bill I & II, Rain Man, Bruce Almighty, Sideways, Pleasantville, Zoolander, Léon, Simon Birch, Capote, Fifth Element, Fight Club.

Television:

Apart from news broadcasts and documentaries (I love medical and nature documentaries): Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, Cold Feet, South Park, Nip/Tuck, Simpsons, and I'm hooked on 24 and Desperate Housewives.

Books:

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe comes to mind.

Heroes:

My parents

My Blog

Samples of my projects for school

I have put up some music that I've made while at Berklee. These are all projects for class, so they are short, but you can at least hear what I've been up to. Here's the link to my music pageFinals...
Posted by Ása on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:48:00 PST

Happy New Year!

I haven't been blogging much at all lately. I have now finished 3 semesters in one year at Berklee and it has been great fun. I decided to apply to two majors; vocal performance and music production...
Posted by Ása on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:24:00 PST

I'm alive

This semester is almost over.  I can hardly believe it, time's fun when you're having flies.  Today I spent 5 hours online registering for my next semester and for fall 2006 as well. It...
Posted by Ása on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 06:32:00 PST

Greetings Earthlings!

Hi! My name is Ása, I'm 31 years old from Reykjavik, Iceland.  I started studying singing when I was twenty years old as a hobby alongside my work as an assistant and later office manager i...
Posted by Ása on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:50:00 PST