I remember a thread Blackadder made a couple of years back where people were asking me all sorts of questions. I found it interesting to think about answers and found many questions quite enlightening.

So, please, do me a favour, make my afternoon less boring and ask me any questions! I'd like to try to answer them all properly.

What are your goals for 2013?

How often do you get depressed?

How do you deal with it.

Do you feel understood?

Is your music where you want it to be?

Is your life where you want it to be?

Is Imago far enough away from you where you want him to be?

RodeoSchro said:

What are your goals for 2013?

Basically, I'd just like to sell 200 copies of my first album. It sounds like nothing, but it's really difficult to get even 200 people to listen, especially where I come from, let alone come to a gig and buy an album.

I've thankfully managed to establish some recognition in the Austrian music scene as I'm being called a good young keyboarder, singer and songwriter, but my own project/music is still absolutely local-based and something for specialists, only. That's all alright, as long as I manage to reach 200 people who will buy my album. Then most costs will be covered and I will be able to move on, especially musically, to my next project.

After that is done, I'd like to finally sort out my love-life.

In your opinion..... what quality makes you most sexy to your lover?

Do you think the same would apply if you gained 50% of your current weight?

Why?

imago said:

How often do you get depressed?

How do you deal with it.

Do you feel understood?

Up until a couple of months ago, I used to get depressed very often. My "happy" phases would become shorter and less happy, and my "depressed" phases would become darker and longer. I was quite sure this wasn't going to continue for long; either I would die or something will happen and I'll manage to be happy.

It feels weird saying this, but things are actually alright at the moment and have been for some time. I am not extremely happy or completely fulfilled, and I feel like I'm under a lot of pressure (which is normal considering my career choice), but I have found things to focus my life on. I'm making plans for the future, too.

I feel understood by only very few people and even with those I do not talk about everything that goes on in my mind. Sometimes I just feel safer keeping things to myself.

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Have you learned to like it when you are angry? Or is anger still hard to control?

If I had a mirror that could show you what you would be doing in 15 years, would you look into it?

Imagine yourself 60 years from now, what are 3 things you hope you have done, and what are 3 things you hope you have NOT done.

What is the worse thing you have done to someone you love, did you ever think it was possible for you to do that?

If you had to choose between love and fame (or success as a musician), which would you choose?

How do you define success?

PurpleJedi said:

Is your music where you want it to be?

Is your life where you want it to be?

Is Imago far enough away from you where you want him to be?

Good questions. Right now, having worked on my debut album for over a year, I feel like I learned being faithful. Somehow I have learned so much and moved on a bit and am already planning on taking my music into a new direction, but I will stick to this collection of quirky-sounding, detailed, funky pop-songs I have written in the last couple of years and will support them until I have sold enough copies of this album. It reflects a moment in my musical journey I find interesting enough to be captured, even though it's absolutely nothing for the masses. But I feel very inspired at the moment and can't wait to find the time to record my new songs.

Another good question. I'm very grateful for what I have and I have many things in my life that make me feel "safe"; something that is important to me. However, sometimes I crave the thrill of starting anew - whether it is having an affair with a stranger, moving to another country, or renting a new flat. Then again, I'm happy there are people who would be there for me even in shit times, and I certainly don't feel powerful or ready enough to just let them go.

I'd still love to meet Dan. He should call me up whenever he has the time and money to come to central Europe.

Why are friends important?

How do you expect your woman-friend to behave?

Do you think your desire to improve/learn/explore will ever allow you to be satisfied?

paintedlady said:

In your opinion..... what quality makes you most sexy to your lover?

Do you think the same would apply if you gained 50% of your current weight?

Why?

Phew... difficult to answer. I have never really managed to sit down and think about my strengths, and somehow I have been lucky that every woman I have had found something different in my they liked. Something I've heard them mention quite often is that I am a versatile and eclectic lover; so maybe that is part of my appeal to some people.

I don't think it would change much about my character, but somehow I have overheard people mention that my slender features somehow "fit" me. I may be too skinny to be attractive as a stereotypical man, but I think I can handle my body in a way that still makes me attractive to some women. I don't think I could manage that as well after gaining 50% of my current weight.

paintedlady said:

Have you learned to like it when you are angry? Or is anger still hard to control?

I used to be very angry and let it out on people (more often than not physically). I am quite happy I managed to not only control it, but actually not be that angry anymore. Of course I do feel anger, like everybody does, but it's been years since I actually raised my voice, let alone my hand.

LadyCasanova said:

If I had a mirror that could show you what you would be doing in 15 years, would you look into it?

Would the things I see in the mirror be based on the causality of me having looked into it? In other words, could I change what I see by reacting to what I see, or is my looking in to the mirror already "included", so to speak?

Imagine yourself 60 years from now, what are 3 things you hope you have done, and what are 3 things you hope you have NOT done.

Whew, I can't really imagine myself 60 years from now... Somehow, I was always quite sure that I would die before that time.

Still, I hope I will have tried going all out on my musical career, I hope I will have managed to keep a good relationship with my little brother and help him out whenever I can, I hope I will have made some money and some sort of "reputation" by making music.

I hope I will not have stayed with a person who was clearly holding me back from evolving and reaching my goals, I hope I will not have left and hurt a person just because I thought I had to move on for the sake of moving on, I hope I will not have disappointed many people.

What is the worse thing you have done to someone you love, did you ever think it was possible for you to do that?

I have hit my own mother (although I wouldn't have admitted I loved her back then, of course I did...); I have left people I loved because I was too afraid of the responsibility of staying with them; I have slept with other women, even though I knew it would hurt the person I actually love.

If you had to choose between love and fame (or success as a musician), which would you choose?

How is "love" defined in this context? If I chose love, would that mean I'd have to live on the street, although I'd be so happily in love I would not care being homeless?

I love (and need) some material shit, especially because I love and need making music. So, in the case of these extremes, I'd pick success as a musician.

How do you define success?

Success as a musician would be managing to bring together all sorts of different people and making the cherish and recognise the art I share with them. I'd like to make people feel and trust my music and I'd like people to stand up for my music and support it, which would make me feel very appreciated. I'd love it if all that payed my bills, too.

LadyCasanova said:

Why are friends important?

I have learned that, to me, friends act as an important antipole to my insatiable megalomania, which always keeps my on my toes and makes me want to leave everything and everyone behind and start anew. I need my friends to make me feel safe and help me see the little steps in life, which I so often want to simply skip.

How do you expect your woman-friend to behave?

What do you mean by "woman-friend"? I like a friend who is honest, intelligent, supportive, inspiring, trustworthy and kind.

Do you think your desire to improve/learn/explore will ever allow you to be satisfied?

This is an interesting question I have been asking myself a couple of times, lately. Frankly, even though I can be thankful for and cherish the things I have, I don't think I will ever be satisfied. I want to keep moving and learn and explore, just like you said, and I hate the feeling of stagnation. The moment I am completely satisfied shall be the moment I die.

When you are on your deathbed in your final days, what type of life do you hope you will have had to reflect on in your final moments?

...and who do you hope to have around you holding your and as you transition from life to death (provided you are blessed enough to have all your mental faculties still in place at that time, and don't die in another fashion)?

What is the question you hope nobody will ask you?

Ottensen said:

When you are on your deathbed in your final days, what type of life do you hope you will have had to reflect on in your final moments?

A life full of adventure, progress, music and love. I want to have been successful with my music, earning both recognition by differents kinds of people and money.

...and who do you hope to have around you holding your and as you transition from life to death (provided you are blessed enough to have all your mental faculties still in place at that time, and don't die in another fashion)?

Provided I really do live until I am on my deathbad, waiting for a natural death (I was always quite focused on commiting suicide once I feel I have done what I wanted to do and once I feel I am losing control over my thoughts and body; I want to choose how and when I die...), I can't really think of a person I would want to see me like that. I trust some people and I can be quite open with people, but my foolish pride probably prevents me from wanting to make someone feel me lose my power, and life.

dJJ said:

What is the question you hope nobody will ask you?

I'm fine with any questions, really. I was just slightly worried someone might seize this opportunity to try to wind me up (as there are a couple of exhausting trolls on here, unfortunately...), 'cause I have absolutely no desire to fuck around with some trolling nitwit right now.

What is your favorite color?

favorite cuisine?

do you like art if so who's your favorite painter, musician, author.

would you rather go on a hot air ballon ride or dance with penguins in antartica

if you could create a fantasy world how would it look?

whats your favorite flower

favorite ice cream?

favorite saying?

Dave1992 said:

dJJ said:

What is the question you hope nobody will ask you?

I'm fine with any questions, really. I was just slightly worried someone might seize this opportunity to try to wind me up (as there are a couple of exhausting trolls on here, unfortunately...), 'cause I have absolutely no desire to fuck around with some trolling nitwit right now.

You don't have that question you hope nobody will ask you, because you are ashamed by your answer?

Rococo said:

What is your favorite color?

It used to be orange, but right now I'm extremely fond of turquoise and purple.

favorite cuisine?

Vegetarian; English; Indian

do you like art if so who's your favorite painter, musician, author.

I don't really have a favourite painter, although I'm a big fan of expressionism in general. My favourite musicians are Prince, Björk and Chopin. Don't really have a favourite author, either. I love Shakespeare. I love early Schiller and Goethe (basically the Storm and Stress period); I also love Viennese aestheticism (Krauss, Schnitzler, Zweig). My favourite rather modern writers would be Bukowski and Hornby.

would you rather go on a hot air ballon ride or dance with penguins in antartica

Although I'm afraid of heights, I'd pick the hot air balloon ride. I don't like the cold, either.

if you could create a fantasy world how would it look?

I don't think it would look much different than our world, except that I'd probably change the people and make them less narrow-minded.

whats your favorite flower

I'm not a particular fan of flowers, therefore I know fuck all about them. However, Saint-Exupéry managed to make me appreciate roses in a way I could not imagine before.

favorite ice cream?

I like curd.

favorite saying?

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing" - Socrates

dJJ said:

Dave1992 said:

I'm fine with any questions, really. I was just slightly worried someone might seize this opportunity to try to wind me up (as there are a couple of exhausting trolls on here, unfortunately...), 'cause I have absolutely no desire to fuck around with some trolling nitwit right now.

You don't have that question you hope nobody will ask you, because you are ashamed by your answer?

Even though I'm not proud of many things I have done, I can say that my actions were always based on careful consideration; it's just that my personal values and goals have changed over the years. It's all part of a learning process I don't feel should be denied.

What do you normally plan on a first date..

How many times a week do you masterbate..

What is your fave gum?

Have you ever stolen anything?

Do you stand or sit to pee?

Whats your fave meal your mom or dad cooks for you?

tinaz said:

What do you normally plan on a first date..

I don't usually go through that "dating" ceremony; I'm quite spontanious. If I meet someone I like, find out they like the theatre, I just ask them whether they want to go to the theatre tonight. If I meet someone who enjoys running, I tell them to put on their sports gear and jog through Vienna with them. If I meet someone who likes anal sex, well, you get the drift.

How many times a week do you masterbate..

I don't. I rather let it out with someone else; find it much more pleasurable, sexy and interesting than wanking.

What is your fave gum?

Airwaves.

Have you ever stolen anything?

Not in a shop or something like that, but I used to steal pieces of clothing from women I had slept with.

Do you stand or sit to pee?

Stand, but my toilet is very clean and I know how to stand and not miss. I'm a sniper that way.

Whats your fave meal your mom or dad cooks for you?

My mother has been gone for almost six years now, but I always loved her pancakes. My dad hasn't cooked for me for quite a while either (since I'm living on my own), but I always liked his poached eggs with baked beans. His cooking is rather rustical and straight-foward (and English), but can be quite delicious too.

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What are your plans for the weekend?

dJJ said:

What are your plans for the weekend?

Friday and Saturday I'm in the studio doing final mixing and mastering on my album. On Sunday I've got two rehearsals; one with a funk-rock cover band, and one with my own band.

If there was a DaveReismann.Org - what Forums would you want in it?

PurpleJedi said:

If there was a DaveReismann.Org - what Forums would you want in it?

Music

Philosophy

Sports

News (which will sort of include P&R)

Sex & Romance

Style (which will include everything from cars to clothes and colognes)

How has it been growing up on the org? If I recall correctly you started posting at 15 or 16. You are now 20. Has this community helped you grow or do you consider it just entertainment?