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 Every now and then, through the algorithm of Youtube, you come across musicians yo…

We returned yesterday from a wonderful week of winter sports. We went to Neukirchen in Austria with our boys and their girlfriends. My brother also went for 4 days with his wife, a…

This morning I drove to work, very early, actually too early :). I always listen to music and sometimes I'm in a nostalgic mood, like this morning. A few weeks ago I spent an eveni…

My wife works for an insurance company, a small company but with a large national coverage. Every 5 years they have a lustrum and then the management organizes a nice, special even…

As many of you already know, I am a big fan of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai from the very beginning. They now have a new collaboration. For the first time in their almost 50-year mus…

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The past few days I have actually spent quite a bit of time on a bit of research. The reason was an advertisement I came across on Facebook (yes sorry, I still have a Facebook acco…

The nice thing about taking a lot of pictures is that you actually capture all the moments in a year well, or at least those moments you find important. In line with my top 10 musi…

In the Netherlands we have quite a few traditions, some traditions that have been a point of discussion over the years. For example, there is the tradition of "Sinterklaas". Sinter…

Here in the Netherlands you have those lists every year with the Top 2000 etc. Spotify also has the so-called Wrapped. My Wrapped with your favorite songs, mine is not entirely cor…

 How was your Christmas? In our house it is tradition (and obligation, lol) to spen…

Last Thursday another great concert was on the program. Together with my brother, the singer of our band and my youngest son to Slipknot. My son and I were also there at their conc…

 Last year my youngest son surprised me with a Slipknot concert in Amsterdam. See …

As some of you know I am a huge ABBA fan, mostly passed on by my mother when I was little :). Today I still find the music amazing and timeless, and from the musical side, it is ju…

https://youtu.be/2hNgDqhdE4o We've rehearsed with the band again, we notice that we don't do it enough... Mistakes creep in, sloppiness :) But hey, as long as you're having fun. …

My top most beautiful ballads. I just set up a playlist with my most played songs in recent times and I noticed that there are quite a few gems in there, including ballads. That's …

I don't know how it is in other countries, I don't think it will be much different than here in the Netherlands, but at the moment we are flooded with so-called 'Crypto', 'Dropship…

 Last night we attended another great concert by Marcus King. Together with my youn…

They say, like father like son, and in our case it is true. I have two sons (both of whom I am crazy about) But the youngest is kind of following in my footsteps when it comes to m…

Lately we have rehearsed very little with the band, multiple people multiple schedules, difficult planning. Yet we are still playing nicely and when we do play it is always fun. O…