TaruKoo - Spread Your Wings 2019

19/11/2019

Hei, käy lukemassa kuinka kaikki sai alkunsa, miten löysin tieni ja rohkeuden musiikin pariin ja mitkä asiat olivat kimmokkeina oman konsertin järjestämiseen. Haastattelun teki Heo:n Urheilutoimittajalinjalla opiskeleva supersymppis Jesse Wahlsten ☺️☺️ Kiitos Jesse! ❤️

TaruKoon tarina on upea esimerkki siitä, kuinka ihan yhtäkkiä luokanopettajanopinnoista voi päätyä laulaja-lauluntekijäksi. Tämän lisäksi Taru toteutti pitkäaikaisen unelmansa järjestämällä täysin …

09/11/2019

• CONCERT MOMENTS 📸

"Spread Your Wings" 28.5.2019
Moments from the concert and after ☺️
The first eight pictures: photo credits Sanna Breilin 🙌

07/11/2019

• MY DREAM PROJECT 🕊

What made last year extra special for me personally was that all and all MUSIC (and singing) had for years been just a vague and distant mirage that somehow "just wasn't meant to be for me". I had always dreamt about music but caused by different life situations AND disbelief for my own abilities I kept my dreams hidden and negleted. How silly I was, since now I know that music is for everyone! Anyone can develop one's skills in any area and we all are gifted in our special little ways, so forth entitled to express our inner worlds to the WORLD!

So here is a list that explains why last year was "the year of dreams" for me!

1. Jan 2018 I discovered my songwriting skills by writing songs "Anything Special", "She's Gonna Leave" and "Fly Away" which catapulted me to..
2. Find the courage to pursue my music dreams by moving back to my home town Helsinki and..
3. Starting my very first music studies! (songwriting program at HEO) https://www.heo.fi/opintotarjonta/kulttuuriopinnot/lauluntekija
4. To fund my studies I created a crowdfunding campaign and succeeded to raise 1100€ with the help of my supporters https://mesenaatti.me/campaign/?id=1005 /view
5. Due to the campaign I gave a public promise to create a concert of my own at the end of my music studies at Heo (Jump in at the deep end right away, huh? 😅)
6. Started this page to promote my dream project and concert "TaruKoo - Spread Your Wings"
7. Related to the campaign and project I developed a logo and merchandise under the name "Freebird"
8. Thanks to my studies I got to hone, create new and perform my songs, some alone and some with friends from school
9. Learned a great deal new things about music, music industry, being an artist and so much more
10. Made some great new friends!
11. Had my first song collaboration https://soundcloud.com/tarukoo_music/fly-away-new
12. Participated on a band contest "Louhela Jam" for which..
13. Made my first ever music video, based on one of my demos https://youtu.be/utqJ1fPPj_s
14. Made visual art collaboration to illustrate my music for the upcoming concert https://youtu.be/Hz5mqb-x5tY and https://youtu.be/sud-AxIbGaA
15. Applied and got an internship at Music Theather Kapsäkki https://kapsakki.fi which also became the location for my concert https://kapsakki.fi/taru-koo-spread-your-wings/
16. Therefore gathered, directed and organized my very first band project ^ ^
17. Finally carried out and performed with the help of many sweet and talented people the concert "TaruKoo - Spread Your Wings" on the 28th of May 2019
18. Gratuated from HEO songwriting program on May 2019

Hope you can find some inspiration from this list of "accomplishments" and be couraged to find and make your hopes and dreams come true too! 💜 Comment below what you would like to make happen in your life if nothing would stop you 👑

Photos: Terese Kühl

06/11/2019

• MEMORIES 📸

Internship at Kapsäkki music theater
My band for the concert; Antti Helin, Ismo Suovuori, Nancy Tahlfeldt, Oona Immonen, Linda Kare, Barbod Nekoufar
Heo's all three music program graduates!

06/11/2019

• MEMORIES 📸

The last school gig, KulTa-festival, at Koko theater included featuring as well; Linda Kare, Tuomas Jaakola, Esa Hynynen
Playing my own songs at Hesari13
Me and my sister Terese who's beautiful art was part of my concert
Me with one of my back vocalist Oona Immonen
Me with concert's sound engineer Tair Arusaar
Surprise show case model Esa Hynynen displaying some awesome shopping bags

06/11/2019

• MEMORIES 📸

New black edition of my "Freebird" bag
Rehearsing "She's Gonna Leave" for Tenho gig with Nancy and Linda
Enjoying after the show
At Tenho
Hesari13 songwriting club with it's performers and the host Minna Eleonoor

06/11/2019

HEO YEAR '18-'19 Memories:

Second school gig was at Kapsäkki which ended up being my concert's location as well, helping out to perform "Fly Away"; Tair Arusaar, Saga Sormunen, Tiia Ilo and Elina Palotie (photo: Katri Merisiipi)
Me with one of my project sponsors Johanna from Espresso Edge
Shooting my music video 🎬Katriina Aalto
Louhela Jam band contest kick started some fun stuff at school and outside

06/11/2019

HEO YEAR '18-'19 Memories:

First time performing with guitar and as a songwriter, singing "Little Girl"
On stage and sharing some aftermath smiles with me Ismo Suovuori
Testing out some "recording artist" vibes at Harjun nuorisotalo
Backstage grooves 📸Ismo Suovuori

06/11/2019

HEO YEAR '18-'19 Memories:

Photo shoot for my Mesenaatti growdfunding campaign and for "Spread Your Wings" project page, photos and make up: Katriina Aalto
An awesome artist Terese Kühl, also know as my sister;), surprised me with some cool art piece
White edition "Freebird" bag was one of my reward for the funders in Mesenaatti campaign

06/09/2019

• DREAM COME TRUE
My very first concert with selfwritten songs took place on the 28th of May and went beyond excpectation 🙏🕊⭐️
With a great support and engagement from many people who worked with me, I succeeded to make my special dream come true. Feeling so proud of myself!
Gratuated not only from songwriting program from HEO but also made my big music dreams come true 🙏

Kesä on takana ja huilaukset huilattu! ☺️

Halusin palata hetkeksi Spread Your Wings- esitykseni päätöstunnelmiin kiittämällä vielä kerran kaikkia mukanaolleita; bändiläisiä, Mesenatti-tukijoita, yhteistyökumppaneita, koulukavereita, ystäviä ja perheenjäseniä sekä yleisössä olleita. Kevään valmisteluissa olin suunnitellut tekeväni ohjelmalehtisen esityksestäni, m***a se jäi kiireissä tekemättä. Nyt jälkikäteen päätin sen vielä tehdä, mikä sopivasti sulkee ympyrän vuoden mittaisen unelmaprojektini osalta ja näin olen valmis jatkamaan kohti uusia tuulia hyvillä mielin! Kiitos siis kaikille yhteisestä matkasta Spread Your Wings- unelmaprojektini toteuttamisessa! Kuva: Carla Käyhty

Nancy Ismo Suovuori Barbod Nekoufar Linda Kare Oona Immonen Tair Arusaar Rasmus Kallio Terese Kühl Maria Gisela Savilaakso Johanna Ehrnrooth Stiina Laakso Sanna Breilin Johanna Viksten

03/06/2019

This Is The Time 😎 Thx for the video Terese Kühl! 😘

03/06/2019

My first show "TaruKoo - Spread Your Wings" 28.5.19 was awesome!! Still feeling amazed how everything came together and true 😍

I want to thank all who worked with me to make everything come true!! Thanx all who were part of my journey: friends and family and everybody from !! Special thanxes to , and BistroK and ! And super special thanxes for my superb band , , , , and @ Linda !! +Thank you all who came around to see my show!! Without you all, it would have not been what it was 🙏😍😌

After this experience (songwriting studies + my dream project) I can truly say what it means to go after your (biggest&truly meaningful) dreams and really put your heart&mind and your wildest visions in action and still make it through as a winner 😁😅🤗 A lot of hard work,!courage and trusting it required but it was all worth it! I highly recommend everybody to live their dreams and not to wait the "perfect" timing or not to wait somebody to bring anything ready for you. You are the creative force of your own life - so dream big, take action and make it all happen before it might be too late! 😇😘