All Members Of AOB To Chat LIVE at Audition!

[Mikey]

The band is going to do a live chat on Saturday, via Audition.



en.alaplaya.net/teasers/32302-audition-ace-of-base-chat-event

To be able to meet the guys from Ace of Base and ask them your own questions, you have to enter our special AoB Chat Event Channel.

WHEN:
Saturday, 15.01.2011 at 3pm CET

HOW:
You can either go to (when being logged in at the alaplaya portal):

www.audition.alaplaya.net/pages/eventchat2

OR

you enter the chat directly via any IRC client:

#audition-chat on irc.euirc.net


Mind you:

The chat will be done in English language only, since of course Ulf, Jonas, Clara and Julia cannot be expected to speak all languages. Also this way everybody can understand the questions and answers, too.

There will be contact persons for each language - BUT THEY ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH AS WELL. The contact persons will only assure that you know whom to talk to. They are divided into
DE, EN, FR, IT, ES. You will whisper them your question. They will forward them to Ulf, Jonas, Clara and Julia and they reply life in the chat!

So don't miss this unique chance to talk to your favourite Band on Saturday, 15.01.2011 at 3pm CET!!!

Your
alaplaya Staff

[canadianmike]

This is awesome!! ;D AOB

[Mikey]

Here is the chatlog from the event!

[16:31] <!Pinchl> we will start the chat now

[16:31] <!Pinchl> welcome, ace of base!

[16:32] <!AceOfBase> Hi, good to be here

[16:32] <!Pinchl> okay, please start posting your questions to your MOD
[16:35] <%ET-Christian> German users want to know: To the Ladies: Do
you more like to sing the old songs like “all that she wants“ or “the
sign“ or even the new songs you recorded for the new album?

[16:36] <!AceOfBase> Clara: we like to sing both -the old and the new
songs becuase the audience gets excited with all songs

[16:36] <%ET-Kei> English users wants to know: Hi Jonas, Ulf, Clara
and Julia! Have you tried to play our game Audition? Did you see your
avatars there? Do you like them?

[16:39] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: we love the game and the avatars - especially
that Jonas and me look so thin^^ - the game is actually a great place to
communicate and have fun, we really love it

[16:40] <%sunnydoll> French users wants to know: Hi Jonas, Ulf, Clara
and Julia! : How many years have you been playing and composing songs?

[16:44] <!AceOfBase> Jonas: for more than 15 years / Ulf: for 30 years,
I had m first band in 1981 / Clara: I wrote my 1st song at the age of 9
for the eurovision songcontest / Julia: I play the piano and sing since
I'm 15

[16:44] <%Zerato> Hey AceOfBase! Nice to meet you.

[16:44] <%Zerato> Spanish users wants to know: How would you describe
your music or which musicians have inspired you?

[16:47] <!AceOfBase> our music is happy pop, dance music and we're
inspired by the early/mid 80's / a musician that inspired us is
definetely Michael Jackson, we once had a great performance with him in
the 90's - that was awesome!

[16:47] <%ET-Christian> German users want to know: Have you ever
thought to make a remake of the song Beautiful Morning?

[16:50] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: no, there is no remake of beautiful morning
planed yet - maybe later this year, because we will have a remix album

[16:50] <%ET-Kei> English users wants to know: There are big fans of
AOB, who lives in a New York, it's 9:45am there. So they are wondering
if AOB will be having a concert in the US in 2011? Or are you going to
have any concerts in Europe this year?

[16:53] <!AceOfBase> we are currently planning our tour for Europe,
will start in April but we didn't decide the cities yet - we will also
come to the states and canada but maybe just at the end of this year

[16:53] <%sunnydoll> French users wants to know: Why have you wait so
long to release the new album with the new songs?

[16:56] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: well, that's a good question! first of all we
wanted to have a break from the music industry, was pretty hysteric in
the 90's, we also got families and kids we wanted to focus / as we
decided to have a new album it took us 3 years to make it, we wanted to
be ready earlier but it was just not possible^^

[16:56] <%Zerato> Italian users want to know: How has your life changed
since the breakthrough?

[16:59] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: Jonas and I have been so young boys back
then, so everything changed, we got the amazing opportunity to discover
the world, to get to know a lot of people - so our dreams came true!

[17:00] <%ET-Christian> German users want to know: Do you plan to
release a second single of the new album in Germany? Which song would it
be?

[17:01] <!AceOfBase> Jonas: no we didn't decide yet what single will be
the next one.

[17:01] <%ET-Kei> English users wants to know: Do you remember your
first concert day? Were you excited? How did you feel?

[17:05] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: our first concert with AoB was 20 years ago,
we performed after the Rolling Stones, so we had a huge audience but
nobody knew us, so it was a really thrilling experience!

[17:06] <%sunnydoll> French users wants to know: What was the reason
for the comeback?

[17:07] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: music is very addictive and even if you want
to do other things, focus on other stuff you always have the feeling
that your're missing something, so we had to come back making music!

[17:09] <%Zerato> Spanish users want to know: What job would you do, if
you'd not be a musician?

[17:11] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: I'd be a computer engineer or Marketing
expert / Jonas: I'd study politics / Clara: I'd be a veterenarian
because I love animals / Julia: I'd be a health therapist or a painter

[17:12] <%ET-Christian> German users want to know: Could you give a tip
to find the confidence to sing in front of other people and to touch
their feelings?

[17:14] <!Pinchl> okay, this is the last round: one question by kei,
sunny and zerato and then we'll finish the chat

[17:16] <!Pinchl> so, anser to christian: Julia: you should be
yourself, show your own positive feelings and then you'll get these
feelings back / Clara: just do it becuase it's fun, don't care about
others that much / Ulf: the key is preparation, preparation, preparation
if you're well pepared it's easy to go on stage

[17:18] <!AceOfBase> working again, thanks Pinchl

[17:18] <%ET-Kei> English users wants to know: What is your impression
after last visit in Poland (meeting with fans, New Year's Eve concert,
city Wroclaw)?

[17:25] <!AceOfBase> Ulf: poland was an unbelievable experience, being
on stage in front of 200.000 people was a real blast / Clara: i really
loved it and it was very sweet to met with these 20 polish fans / Julia:
it was my first time to sing on New Year's Eve that was amazing / Jonas:
it was a spectacular live show, it was an honor to be there

[17:30] <!AceOfBase> it was great time chatting with you, sorry that we
had technical issues at the beginning and you had to wait. we miss you
and we hope to see you again soon - in cyber space or in real life!^^

[17:31] <!AceOfBase> and thanks Pinchl for translating our answers

[17:31] <!Pinchl> tahnk you AoB

[17:32] <!Pinchl> and thank all users for joining the chat - I hope you
enjoyed it!

[17:32] <!Pinchl> bye bye