postcard from Istanbul-Oscar Anton

[ti:postcard from Istanbul] [ar:Oscar Anton] [al:postcards (the playlist)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.32]postcard from Istanbul - Oscar Anton [00:01.19]Composed by：Oscar Anton [00:01.97] [00:06.98]Hey it's Oscar I hope you're doing well [00:09.80] [00:10.86]I just got back from Istanbul [00:12.46]And I'm on a train right now [00:14.08]So I thought I could write down all the memories [00:16.63]I have in the meantime [00:17.52] [00:19.87]Ok but let's go back a couple weeks ago [00:21.44] [00:22.55]After playing the first show of the tour in Istanbul [00:24.87]I decided to stay one more day [00:26.19]To meet an artist from here that I really liked [00:29.06]Nilipek [00:29.45] [00:30.59]We had no pressure of making a song [00:32.43]Just getting to know each-other [00:33.66] [00:34.87]And we did but we also made a song [00:37.43] [00:38.28]She brought a ukulele with her [00:39.80]So while asking questions about our life [00:41.91]We played a few chords [00:43.15]And after a few minutes [00:45.19]We realized it was actually really good [00:47.25]So we sat in front of the piano together [00:49.62]And wrote the rest of the song [00:51.03] [00:53.31]The next week I was supposed to finish another postcard [00:55.93]But it got cancelled a few days before the deadline [00:58.28]Actually [00:58.63] [00:59.84]But then I remembered about the song we made with Nilipek [01:02.53]I texted her and asked her [01:04.67]If she was free the next 3 days [01:05.87]And she was [01:06.60] [01:07.60]So thank you yeah Nili really [01:09.46] [01:10.54]Lucas and I flew right away to Istanbul [01:12.70]And we had the best 3 days there [01:14.40] [01:16.49]Maybe it was just meant to be [01:17.70] [01:20.95]I finished producing the song in the airbnb [01:23.29]The night before going to Nili's house [01:25.17] [01:26.49]There we recorded our vocals and the next morning [01:29.37]We shot the music video [01:30.25] [01:32.24]It was the first day of Spring [01:33.89]But it was also snowing [01:34.75] [01:35.64]Never thought I would see Istanbul covered in white [01:37.69] [01:39.06]In 3 days I think [01:39.97]I ate like 4 5 different kebaps [01:42.06]You know [01:42.41]Just to make sure I really like it [01:44.18]And yes I do [01:45.62] [01:46.94]I thought I was going to die every [01:48.16]Time I had to take a cab [01:49.17]But I made it [01:50.19] [01:51.79]I met Nili's husband [01:53.04]Who actually plays drums with her on stage [01:55.02]And I thought this was the perfect [01:57.11]Story to tell your children [01:58.18] [01:59.39]And we just had enough time for one last diner-date [02:01.35]With Lucas and a friend [02:02.67] [02:03.45]Guess who was the wingman [02:04.29] [02:15.34]Convincing other artists to join me [02:17.14]Every months [02:17.74]Is a lot harder than I thought [02:19.75] [02:20.46]I guess I'm not alone in my bedroom anymore [02:22.55] [02:23.27]And you know since I'm not Ed Sheeran yet [02:25.88] [02:26.65]I have to prove I can make really good music [02:28.74] [02:30.13]That I still have a lot to do [02:31.57] [02:34.57]So thank you Nili really for trusting me [02:37.17]I truly love the song that we made together [02:39.71] [02:43.12]I'll see you next month [02:44.08] [02:45.23]Take care [02:45.57] [02:46.48]Oscar