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Aug 12 '07
Ubisoft
has asked me to demonstrate their new 'game' that
will be released in september, called Jam
Sessions. Jam
Sessions is a ground-breaking music experience
that transforms the Nintendo DS system into a portable
guitar. You can literally strum the guitar via the
touch screen and select chords with the control pad.
A very fun way of keeping track of new song ideas
on the road, having a music station in your pocket!
We already did promotion gigs for the Dutch mags,
radio and some tv stations are next. Also some unannounced
guerilla
gigs will follow.
Better get my hair back...I will be doing around a
100 shows of the musical Hair.
It will run from sept '07 'till april '08. Playlist
and details on their website.
I grew up on that music, so can't wait to get
in there.
Lots of new reviews came in for The
Alchemists II. You can read those at the press
section here.
The National Popinstuut finally put me in their
books. Read here.
Thank you Erik de Jong and www.guitar-poll.com
for your work!
I've had lots of fun with my new Yamaha
G10 midicontroller from the 80's that I just bought
from the States. I already recorded some solos with
it and also plan to start using it on future projects
and on live gigs. Listen to my first solo on that
20 year old controller that still looks -and actually
is- futuristic here.
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May 02 '07
Recorded some new tracks, one is called 'Done' and
it's from Bas
Cornelissen's new solo album. That one has Frans
Vollink on bass and Steve Hunt on synth. You
can listen by clicking here.
Upcoming live
gigs: One Spirit Quartet (with
Rob Van Bavel-keys, Bas
Cornelissen-drums and Frans
Vollink playing bass) at the first edition of
the Flevoboulevard
Blues And Jazz Festival, sat sept. 1st. Keep
an eye on their website for details. We will also
perform live with the
Rene Engel Band again on sept 15 (evening) and
16th (afternoon) at jazzclub The
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Feb 16 '07
Added three more interviews to the interviews
part of this site; Zakk
Wylde, an older interview with Frank
Gambale from 2001 and a new one with guitar builder
Patrice
Vigier. A couple of new gigs have been confirmed
for the René
Engel Band: March 23rd 2007, Jazzclub
Henkelmann , Iserlohn, Dortmund, Germany. Start
20.30 hours. And April 22nd 2007, Buckshot,
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Feb 06 '07
The
Alchemists II is out! Some of
the original Alchemists have returned for the new
CD, including Bumblefoot,
Terry
Syrek, Brett
Garsed and yours truly. You will also find many
new and upcoming musicians; players who are producing
exciting, vibrant music for the new millennium. 15
tracks and over 75 mins of guitar bliss, covering
every mood from metal to fusion, blues to avant garde,
acoustic to dance! Order your copy now from this site
here
or go to one of the bigger internet stores like Guitar
Nine, Guitar
Euroshop,
Abstract Logix or
cdbaby. |
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