Jeronimas Milius (b. October 11, 1984) is artist who represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with a rock ballad “Nomads In the night”. Jeronimas Milius sings in a band Soul Brothers (now the band’s name is Soul Stealer), which he teamed up with a guitarist Enrikas, and which, according to Jeronimas, plays a melodic metal, heavy/power metal. “Nomads in the Night” – it’s lyrics by Jeronimas and music by Vytautas Diskevicius, who actually suggested that Jeronimas would participate in the National Selection, where the young artist captured the hearts of the Lithuanian public. Jeronimas jokes about having even three dads – one biological and two “musical”: Česlovas Gabalis and Povilas Meškėla. The renowned pop singers are not just his vocal teachers and archons, but also his friends. Lithuanian pop stage star Povilas Meškėla, apart from coaching as a vocal teacher, is also Jeronimas’ manager. Before the Selection Jeronimas said: “The important thing is that I would be satisfied with my own performance. I hope, people will like my song, especially those who have more sophisticated musical tastes.” Jeronimas has been passionate about an alternative pop for quite a long time now. He’d been invited to number commercial reality shows, but, so far, he always refused saying “what would I do there? I can’t sing what I’m told to. I want to sing music with my heart and soul in it.” Jeronimas scenic image matches perfectly the spirit of the song itself. Rock ballad “Nomads in the Night” tells about the two rovers wandering in the night: one is me, the other one is the moon”, says Jeronimas. Impression during the show was also enhanced by means of video projection – image of the moon and words of the song passing on the screen. Jeronimas Milius makes his living working for a telecommunications company, although music takes up a considerable part of his life. In the musical “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” he performed Clopin, he also held performances in Vilnius and Riga, as well participated in a number of musical events. Also Jeronimas Milius is member of “Trys Pipirai” (Česlovas Gabalis, Povilas Meškėla, Vitalis Kairiūkštis).
Jeronimas Milius | artist Nomads In The Night | lyrics Composer(s) Vytautas Diškevičius Lyrics writer(s) Jeronimas Milius
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Semi-Final (2)
Sang in Position: 5 Final Position: 16 Total Points: 30
After three Semi-Finals and an overall Final selection in Lithuania, Jeronimas Milius has been chosen to be the Lithuanian represntative at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Nomads Of The Night. Jeronimas Milius is a young artist from Lithuania born on 11th October 1984.
From early childhood before going to sleep, he was listening to blues and singing in the pupils choir of Vilnius, Gabija Gymnasium. From 2003 to date Jeronimas sings in a heavy power metal band called Soul Stealer. During his student years in the Vilnius College of Higher Education Jeronimas with his band successfully participated in festivals called Fresh Blood, Doors, Rock Nights (2005 and 2006), Brodway Star (Award for Best Vocal), Eurorock and alternative music awards A.LT 2006.
During the last four years Jeronimas has worked at a telecommunications company, and has strongly learned vocal techniques, his vocal teachers are well-known Lithuanian singers Ceslovas Gabalis and Povilas Meskela.
A few years ago, for the first time Jeronimas tested the National Selection’s stage as a backing vocalist. In 2007 he was discovered by music producers and was invited to perform the role of Clopen in the staging of Notre Dame De Paris.
Currently Jeronimas with his teachers performs in the project Three Peppers. In April 2008 the first album of Soul Stealer is planned for release. With this band, Jeronimas plans his future as an artist. Jeronimas states that his dream is “To become a famous metal music artist all over the world ,and to get touring with my band until complete extinction”!.
