Bits and Pieces - Demo CD
Thirteen pieces were recorded, mixes were made, and as previously stated, the 28th of August 2014 I drove home more tired than I can remember being but with a freshly burned CD of me in my handbag. It didn't quite look the "culmination of several month's worth of effort" part, though. Which, rather unsusprisingly, annoyed me beyond measure. And so, when I woke up Saturday the 30th (Friday having been unanimously voted (by me) as "special extra weekend day") I resolved to do s
Recording session at Artichoque Recording
It was about half a year ago that I really realized that the most recent audio recording I had of myself was from 2011; almost three years old. At that time, I had already been toying around with the idea of having a website. However, if I were to get a website, I'd have to put some audio files on it, too, and three year old recordings would simply not suit that purpose. So I set out to find a nice recording studio where I could record at least a few tracks but preferably a b
Three Pieces of Eden premiered in the Hooglandse Kerk, Leiden
I met Emma Brown in the first year of my Bachelor's degree in The Hague. I needed a singer to work with for my duo class, so essentially what happened is that I ambushed her in the canteen one afternoon and demanded she work with me. Miraculously, she agreed. Our very first lesson with duo coach Han-Louis Meijer was scheduled three days later, and we, innocent, green and overconfident as we were, decided that about an hour's worth of rehearsal was quite enough. We left Han-Lo
