Hey all, I just released new music! My debut solo single Deadline is now available on Bandcamp (direct link https://ovanska.bandcamp.com/), go check it out! This was a personal birthday gift to myself, with all expenses paid by yours truly. If you like what you hear and can afford a little payment, you can do it on Bandcamp. If you can’t, it’s alright, go on and listen to the song anyway.
Edit 11th June: The track is now also available on Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Deezer & numerous other streaming platforms.
You can also find the Deadline video on my YouTube channel.
Deadline, personnel:
- Music & lyrics: Vänskä
- Vocals, violin: Olli Vänskä
- Guitar: Matias Kupiainen
- Drums: Thunderforce
- Production, arrangement, programming, recording engineer: Perttu Vänskä (perttuvanska.com)
- Mixing: Matias Kupiainen
- Mastering: Emil Pohjalainen
This is an enormous milestone for me personally. I wanted to release my own music for years, but never found time or drive to actually get it done before. A couple of years ago I decided to set a deadline for myself: to release new music before my 40th birthday in 2021.
Late in fall 2020 I realized I have to start pushing this project in order for it to finish in time. “Deadline” was written, recorded and produced during 6 months (along with some other stuff written but not fully recorded yet…) with the pressure increasing as time went by.
The message of the song is that you have to do the important stuff while you still have time. Too many people push back their dreams and aspirations, postpone projects and fall into their own personal pitholes. Things are left undone and unaccomplished.
I believe you have to set goals, even impossible ones, and strive to accomplishing them. And as long as you really try, the outcome doesn’t even matter so much. At least you know that you did your best.
Did I reach my deadline? Haha, yes and no. But we’re here now. The song is here now and it wouldn’t be if I didn’t set a clear goal for myself.
I hope you enjoy the music.
Olli Vänskä
