*LEON*

Thanks for posting:biggrin2: There´s lots of info on the EP in that review and very little info on the tracks in my opinion. But he´s positive - and he should be:wink2:

Hey allemaal:biggrin2: Als je niet zo vaak online bent is het inderdaad (zoals ik al gelezen heb) best moeilijk om vrienden te maken hier op de forums - dus ik kom even hier kijken bij de andere Dutchies! Ik vroeg me af of er onder de Nederlanders al mensen zijn die weten hoe ze aan hun EP die de 25ste uitkomt gaan komen. Ik heb de op de Paul Smith site aangegeven verkooppunten opgebeld (het waren er twee), maar beiden konden me niet echt verder helpen. Omdat ik precies op 2 juni ga verhuizen (van alle 365 dagen...) kan ik niet naar het concert gaan waar ´ie volgens mij te koop zal zijn en ik heb geen creditcard om hem online te bestellen. Weet iemand wat ik kan doen/kan iemand helpen?

I actually thought this would be about his (nice, green!) watch:naughty: Bet he had a lovely time watching.

Well, I´ve heard someone ordering one (from another artist that is!) and just asking for an EP (pronounced the English way). You should try and find a decent record store (with only one or two stores in Holland). There are several stores in the big cities:wink2:

I think (and hope) he´s hand painting album covers. I know he told us a long time ago that his sister was working on that already - but I expect something special for this one, so I bet it´s not finished yet!

It´s good to know what it is exactly. Many artists have done that - it could be very successful. At least, this means we´ll get someting in the near future. The recording and mixing he´s been doing is work, of course, so I actually do understand he is now taking some time off.

OK, there´ve been so many artists postponing their releases over and over again, but this time, when Mika says 'v soooooon' I think that will actually be 'v soooooon'!

Yes, that´s why I ordered the US version of the album:) I totally love ´Erase´. He really should perform it live some time - I can still see myself singing along to it loudly everyday some time ago. It´s a very powerful song, with amazing vocals and recognizable lyrics. You should really try and get the song!

OK then, thanks for the info:) Still, it would be very nice if a song written by such talents would get a release. Robbie is indeed working with Mark Ronson now, but also with Guy Chambers again, I´ve read.

Can I ask something? I don´t know if you guys´ve done this in the past, but I sometimes do it when an artist is recording new music: I check out the ASCAP and BMI site to see if any new songtitles are available. I just looked up Mika on the BMI site and noticed he wrote a song with Robbie Williams´ writing partner Guy Chambers! I hope that isn´t very old news though. Guy did some pretty amazing songs with Robbie like 'Rock DJ' and 'Milennium'. A collaboration with Mika should be totally amazing! They wrote 'Rain On Me' together. The actual link to the source is very long, so you could use http://bmi.com/ and search for Michael Holbrook Penniman:wink2:

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome everyone! I already love the place:wink2: Will have a look at the Dutch thread soon also then, thanks!

Hey there everyone, I´m Leon from the Netherlands and I´m very happy to have joined this great community! First, I must say that I used to hate people who were posting on some artist´s forum saying 'well, I´m actually a fan of another artist, but this artist is also kind of good'. But now, I have to admit that it is actually possible to be a fan of more than one artist! I´ve been a fan of Sophie Ellis-Bextor for almost 7 years, and I noticed that it is actually possible to be a fan of Mika´s music also. After all, Martin played for Sophie before and Sophie was a Lollipop girl for Mika´s performance at V in 2007! It was her who introduced me to Mika when she attended one of his gigs. I run a fansite about her which will soon become the largest online Sophie discography I first discovered Mika when his first solo single was released in The Netherlands. I noticed that not only 'Grace Kelly', but also 'Relax (Take It Easy)' and 'Big Girl' and all the other singles are great. I looked Mika up on the internet and decided to ask his first DVD for Christmas. I was (and am) totally amazed by how great Mika plays his songs live! So then it all started, I started to listen to Mika over and over again. There´s one thing I dislike (like to get that one out of the way right away now then:wink2:): Mika´s singles are always released as a 2-tracker here in The Netherlands. I´m used to that, it´s been the same thing with Sophie Ellis-Bextor who always has two UK Bonus tracks or something. I (of course) do not blame Mika, but it´s quite a pity. I especially like the variety of his songs. He´s very good at uptempo powerpop tracks, but also very good at touching ballads. I personally relate to most of the songs Mika released (haven´t been so lucky with the girls...xD). Naming the songs I like most would be useless: I like them all. Would like to name the Parc des Princes-dvd live versions of 'Happy Ending' and 'Stuck In The Middle' though: those are totally amazing! Pff..I´ve been writing too much, right? Sorry! Thanks for reading! I will be on here quite often, but I unfortunately can´t post that often because I´m very busy with school most of the time. Hope you understand! See you around, Leon.