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Behind the Scenes
I would have never thought I would past a picture of myself
on the world wide web. Simply because I think it's not about
who you are, but about what you do. But in the several years
I've been in the music bizz I know there are people out
there who do care who you are. To be honoust sometimes even
I want to know who the person behind the music is that I
hear. So that is why I opened this behind the scenes part,
to let you people see who I am and what I do. |
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Well
to begin by the beginning: I was born
in a place called Den Haag in the Netherlands. I grew up
in a
place called Monster and that is where I discovered music at the
age of 9. My father used to have this massive record collection
including records of the Beatles, Yes, Neil Young, the Rolling
Stones and much much more. At the age of 9 I discovered this
collection and started to play several records of them. The
record that cought the most of my attention was the "Love Songs"
compilation LP by the Beatles. I loved the honeysweet melodies
of "Michelle" and the wonderful chord changes. Ofcourse, by then
I had no clue what these chord changes where, but I was eager to
find out. That's why I started to take guitar lessons. At the
age of 11 I wrote my first song and together with two friends I
started a band called Nitrous. The setting of the band changed
several times but at the age of 14 we had a setting that was
ready to conquer the world. Together with Thomas, Ronald, Bart,
Vincent and Monique I've played lot's of cafe's, music-halls and
lot's of other different places. Meanwhile I discovered a lot of
bands that made my interest for music bigger and bigger. Bands
like Soulwax, Eels, Radiohead and Zita Swoon had and still have
a big influence on the stuff I write. After I finished High
School at the age of 17 I was selected to study a preperation
year the Royal Conservatoire in Den Haag. Meanwhile we decided
to stop playing together with the band. After I'd finished the
year at the Royal Conservatoire I was selected at the
Conservatoire in Utrecht for the study Bachelor of Education in
Music, and that is what I do nowadays besides writing my own
music. And after almost a year without a band I decided to
perform on my own, with my guitar and my music. Sometimes I will
be accompanied by some guest musicians, but it's always a
suprise who I take and in what form we will play!
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