.....A massive "Thank you!" to everyone who visits. I am very grateful for all the wonderful messages and images you post. Many heartfelt thanks to Nightwish for producing such inspiring and brilliant songs for us all to enjoy. Keep it METAL!
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A massive "Thank you!" to everyone who visits. I am very grateful for all the wonderful messages and images you post. Many heartfelt thanks also to Nightwish for producing such inspiring and brilliant songs for us all to enjoy. Let us all stay cool, be happy and keep it METAL in 2008!
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Some Nightwish Songs with Petra’s Vocals
Having had so many repeated requests for me to sing some Nightwish tracks, I have decided to upload some of the band's wonderful music with my vocals recorded over the originals for those of you who have been asking to hear me sing some Nightwish songs.
I don't see the point in even trying to re-produce the music for these fine Masterpieces as they are finished works of art. Quite apart from the fact that the constraints on my time and budget could not possibly do justice to Nightwish. It's the best way I could have obtained true authenticity and I hope you can tolerate or even enjoy the tracks as they sound in this way.
Please don't take this too seriously, as it was done in a spirit of fun and enjoyment and I am hoping, most profoundly, that no one will be in the least offended.
I hope that I did some justice to the vocal lines as produced by the band I so much love and respect.
Nightwish to my mind, is one of the very best bands ever and my very best wishes will always accompany them in everything they do.
Best wishes,
Petra. X
Place of residence:
UK
Hobbies:
Listening to and making music, writing songs, watching movies, travelling, eating out with friends.
Vices:
Vices? I don’t have any, well not serious ones anyway. Whenever I feel one creeping up on me I shake it off immediately.
Background:
Batchelor of Art Honours Degree from De Montford University, Master of Arts Degree from The University of Warwick, P.G.C.E. from The University of Warwick.
Previous bands:
Me and The Boys, Southern Knights, Smile, 'Petra' and M-16.
Current activities:
I've spent the last three years performing to Soul music as a solo artist in clubs and private corporate events; I also perform a very successful tribute to Eva Cassidy. However, I would embrace the opportunity to join an awesome Metal band with a gothic bent as Metal is my preferred genre.
Idols in Music:
Prince, Freddie Mercury, Emiliana Torrini, Phil Lynnot, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Kate Bush, Eva Cassidy, Jeff Buckley, Ronnie James Dio, Hans Zimmer, Yngwie Malmsteen, Barbra Streisand, Kiri Takanawa, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Tommy Emmanuel, Joe Satriani, White Snake, Stevie Ray Vaughan…Basically too many to reel off now!
Idols in life:
There are so many but those who spring to mind are; Jesus Christ, Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstien, W.B. Yates, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stocker, William Blake, Steven Hawking, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Mikhail Gorbachev, Akenaten.
Life Philosophy:
Respect others as well as yourself.
If it’s important to you go for it! No matter how hard things get; never, ever, ever, ever give up!.......EVER!!!!......Well, only when you know you are really and truley completely beaten; then you have no choice.
Place you would like to go:
The Valley of The Kings and The City of Petra.
What makes you laugh?
Laurel and Hardy….They are the masters of comedy!
First record you bought:
Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush……Well, actually, it was my Mother who bought it for me as I was so captivated by it.
All time top 5 albums:
Oh my goodness! That is such a hard question. How can I pin it down to just five? If I have to I will but ask me again in six months time and the answers will be different:-
Spirit: Stallion of The Cimmaron (Hans Zimmer)
Grace (Jeff Buckley)
Echos (Pink Floyd)
Space Oddity (David Bowie)
Once (Nightwish)
Killing time on tour:
Movies, books, writing, sight seeing, photography, exercise and sleeping.
Preparation for a show:
Drink a pint of water and relax alone for fifteen minutes.
Strangest experience on tour:
Turning up for a gig (after driving 150 miles) where A&R Scouts were looking for new talent to find that the drummer and one of the guitarists had left the band. That was a really bad hair day!
Worst nightmare in general:
A member of my family or one of my friends becoming seriously ill.
Favourite band/musician:
The Sisters of Mercy, Children of Bodom, Sirenia, AC/DC, Within Temptation, Queen, Nightwish, King Diamond, Jeff Buckley, Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, Tarot, Machine Men, Fairyland, After Forever, Philip Glass, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins, U2, Iron Maiden, Metallica, ZZ Top, Billy Idol, Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen, Accept, Hans Zimmer, Dio, Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Abba, Celine Dion, Enyo Morricone, Skid Row, Night Ranger, The Eagles, Tommy Emmanuel, Yes, Rainbow, Pink Floyd, T Rex, Damn Yankees....I could go on and on but I don't think I should; far too many to mention here.
Favourite book:
Currently ‘The Historian’.
Favourite Drink:
Tea, red wine, larger, Bailey’s over ice, JD over ice.
Favourite Food:
Indian, Italian, Thai, Sushi and potato crisps. Ah! Just remembered; crisps….that is a vice I can’t seem to completely shake. Ha ha…Oh yeah and choccy!
Favourite animal:
Horse.
Favourite Movie(s):
Wolf Creek, The Shining, Misery, Hellraiser, The Ring, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, The Grudge, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, The Wizard of Oz, Braveheart, Finding Nemo, Schindler's List, The Matrix, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Last Emperor, Pirates of The Carribean, Cast Away, Trading Places, Alien Series, Lord of The Rings, Dances With Wolves, My Left Foot, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, It’s a Wonderful Life, Bridges of Madison County, The English Patient, Hammer House of Horror Movies (I think mythical vampires are kind of sexy!); there are loads more but I don't want to drone on too much more than I already have. ;-)
Favourite TV show:
Discovery Channel.
Dumbest question you have ever been asked:
Are you Chinese?
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