Bianca74
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Hi,
I’m going to try to sum it up for you. Please note that I’m just trying to sum it up, it’s not a word-for-word translation.
Interviewer: How does a musician feel when a new album is released as to the way the fans will react to it?
Jukka: It’s always exciting and a bit nerve-racking. A lot of time, energy and dreams have been invested in this new album, more so for Tuomas than for everyone else. But let’s see what the fans say about it.
Inerviewer: What did you do during the 2 years that you were on break; did you do a lot of drumming during this time?
Jukka: I’m probably one of the Finnish drummers that drums least between albums, I should be rehearsing more. I had one week of intensive training with one of the best drummers in Finland, Kai Ahto. Kai Ahto also helped me with the drumming part on “SLS”. Jazz drumming was totally new to me, but it was very nice to try new things.
I also spent a lot of time with the family, since we had our third child, a daughter. The two companies, NW shop and EMP took a lot of my time and it’s a full-day’s work dealing with all that it entails running both companies.
Interviewer: How much of your free time does it take to manage the Nightshow and EMP while on tour?
Jukka: Nowadays it’s easier because you almost always have Internet access and can check and answer mails.
Interviewer: So how much has it changed now that albums sales are dropping (because of the Internet and people downloading); has the fan merchandise part become more important financially?
Jukka: Well thankfully dropping in albums sales hasn’t played a big part for us (yet). But fan merchandise are sold less now than for instance 6 years ago. Now the merchandise is 1/5 of the total earnings, whereas it was 3/5 some 6 years ago.
Interviewer: Is it hard to estimate how much merchandise to bring along on tour?
Jukka: we have 2 big trucks with us on tour, so it’s easy to get the merchandise with us.
Interviewer: How many people do you go on tour with? It’s a big machinery by now.
Jukka: We’re about a total of 45 people, and then there are a lot of local people helping with this and that at the various venues.
Interviewer: You have your own chef with you.
Jukka: There was a time that we questioned if we really need that kind of luxury, but at the end of the day it was decided that it was a good idea. It’s hard to order food for 45 people while on tour, and it’s hard to get healthy food; to eat Bic Mac meals/pizza every day is not a good solution.
Interviewer: And the chef can provide vegetarian food for you.
Jukka: Right. He/she sort of always takes into consideration what kind of food people want (this very loosely translated).
Interviewer: Why has neither NW singers been part of the company (is it Live Nation?), even though every other member of NW has stock in the company.
Jukka: Tarja didn’t want to be part of it and now it’s so big that it’s very complicated to make Anette part of it (also very loosely translated).
Then they’re talking about the up-coming shows and how the ticket sales have been good so far.
Jukka says that the size of the venues are basically the same as on DPP tour, though some are bigger.
Interviewer: Where in the world do you enjoy to play most?
Jukka: It’s hard to point out any certain places, it depends on the crowd, the atmosphere. All shows are great in their own way.
Interviewer: Is there any place in the world you haven’t played yet?
Jukka: We haven’t played in India or Africa. There’s been talk of playing in South-Africa. And then India.
They also talk about the amount of shows on this tour. Jukka said that they played over 200 shows last tour and at the
end of the tour everyone was pretty worn out. They decided that this time they’ll do less shows in order to be able to
enjoy each show.
Interviewer: How much do you keep in touch with your family while on tour?
Jukka: Via computer, but there’s a lot of missing going around. But we’re sort of used to it by now and it’s not a big problem.
The interviewer thanks Jukka and Jukka thanks the interviewer.
I’m going to try to sum it up for you. Please note that I’m just trying to sum it up, it’s not a word-for-word translation.
Interviewer: How does a musician feel when a new album is released as to the way the fans will react to it?
Jukka: It’s always exciting and a bit nerve-racking. A lot of time, energy and dreams have been invested in this new album, more so for Tuomas than for everyone else. But let’s see what the fans say about it.
Inerviewer: What did you do during the 2 years that you were on break; did you do a lot of drumming during this time?
Jukka: I’m probably one of the Finnish drummers that drums least between albums, I should be rehearsing more. I had one week of intensive training with one of the best drummers in Finland, Kai Ahto. Kai Ahto also helped me with the drumming part on “SLS”. Jazz drumming was totally new to me, but it was very nice to try new things.
I also spent a lot of time with the family, since we had our third child, a daughter. The two companies, NW shop and EMP took a lot of my time and it’s a full-day’s work dealing with all that it entails running both companies.
Interviewer: How much of your free time does it take to manage the Nightshow and EMP while on tour?
Jukka: Nowadays it’s easier because you almost always have Internet access and can check and answer mails.
Interviewer: So how much has it changed now that albums sales are dropping (because of the Internet and people downloading); has the fan merchandise part become more important financially?
Jukka: Well thankfully dropping in albums sales hasn’t played a big part for us (yet). But fan merchandise are sold less now than for instance 6 years ago. Now the merchandise is 1/5 of the total earnings, whereas it was 3/5 some 6 years ago.
Interviewer: Is it hard to estimate how much merchandise to bring along on tour?
Jukka: we have 2 big trucks with us on tour, so it’s easy to get the merchandise with us.
Interviewer: How many people do you go on tour with? It’s a big machinery by now.
Jukka: We’re about a total of 45 people, and then there are a lot of local people helping with this and that at the various venues.
Interviewer: You have your own chef with you.
Jukka: There was a time that we questioned if we really need that kind of luxury, but at the end of the day it was decided that it was a good idea. It’s hard to order food for 45 people while on tour, and it’s hard to get healthy food; to eat Bic Mac meals/pizza every day is not a good solution.
Interviewer: And the chef can provide vegetarian food for you.
Jukka: Right. He/she sort of always takes into consideration what kind of food people want (this very loosely translated).
Interviewer: Why has neither NW singers been part of the company (is it Live Nation?), even though every other member of NW has stock in the company.
Jukka: Tarja didn’t want to be part of it and now it’s so big that it’s very complicated to make Anette part of it (also very loosely translated).
Then they’re talking about the up-coming shows and how the ticket sales have been good so far.
Jukka says that the size of the venues are basically the same as on DPP tour, though some are bigger.
Interviewer: Where in the world do you enjoy to play most?
Jukka: It’s hard to point out any certain places, it depends on the crowd, the atmosphere. All shows are great in their own way.
Interviewer: Is there any place in the world you haven’t played yet?
Jukka: We haven’t played in India or Africa. There’s been talk of playing in South-Africa. And then India.
They also talk about the amount of shows on this tour. Jukka said that they played over 200 shows last tour and at the
end of the tour everyone was pretty worn out. They decided that this time they’ll do less shows in order to be able to
enjoy each show.
Interviewer: How much do you keep in touch with your family while on tour?
Jukka: Via computer, but there’s a lot of missing going around. But we’re sort of used to it by now and it’s not a big problem.
The interviewer thanks Jukka and Jukka thanks the interviewer.
