Here's some soothing rain to help you sleep! <3 
It was so effective I had to remove a few snoring moments in the edit. :D 

For those of you scared of thunder I have a warning: there's a wee bit of it in the middle and in the very end, but it's not too loud compared to the rest, and it's a very distant one anyway, so it's not coming your way. 

I was happy to catch lot's of different bird sounds here and there, mostly towards the end. If you're still awake when the cuckoo starts calling for it's future lover, you can count the calls like sheep.

I recorded this with my Zoom H2n from inside my father's cabin in a forest in Sajaniemi, Finland. I placed the zoom right next to a wide open window to capture both outside (the nature) and inside (the lovely tin roof).

I tried removing most of the nasty frequencies, but unfortunately my listening conditions are somewhat new to me, since I'm using my tiny travel speakers and my consumer headphones instead of my normal setup. Hey, it's my summer vacation after all! :)

Listening To The Rain In A Cabin In A Finnish Forest

I was asked to do this song in a charity concert for those who lost their homes in the Philippines. It was a lovely evening at the Otaniemi Chapel. I'm afraid the sound quality isn't the best, nor is the performance, but I hope the feeling will get through to you. This is one of my all time favorite songs.

Into The West cover, live at Otaniemi Chapel 30.11.2013

Composer: Mårtenson, Lasse 
Lyricist: Hulden, Lars

It was around 2005 when I last took classical singing lessons. A lot has been forgotten, but I was inspired by the amazing contestants of the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition, and I decided to give this song a go. Noticing how good (but hard!) singing classical felt after so many years without practice in this field, I've decided to finally take a step into something old and familiar but at the same time new and exciting. I've decided to learn how to sing classical music once more. 

This song has also been recorded by the amazing Karita Mattila with Jyväskylä Sinfonia in 1998. You'll find it on an album called Lauluja merelle - check it out!


Iltalaulu (Evening Hymn)

Mindfullness-harjoitus, joka on auttaa minua nukahtamaan uudelleen, jos herään liian aikaisin

Helena Haaparanta

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