Uploaded a new video – performing ‘Times Are Changing’ live with Amber Gomaa @ North Sea Jazz 2018, Martin Verdonk Master Sessions – sponsored by Yamaha. This was a fun event that was streamed live, recorded live! No overdubs.
I’m mixing my new live cd ‘ Richard Hallebeek Project – Live In Alphen’ and here’s a video of a track that I just finished mixing called ‘Eurotop’.
Recorded llive @ Parkvilla – Kunsteducatie, Filmhuis, Theater, Alphen, Nov 30, 2018
I just finished recording guitar for a very cool conceptual cd called ‘Soundscapes’ from Spanish drummer Abel Sequera. Abel plays in DeathKeepers (featuring ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s singer Michael Vescera) and ‘Soundscapes’ will have around 40 musicians, including:
* Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater)
* Jeff Kollman (Alan Parsons, Glenn Hughes)
* Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai) – Randy George (Neal Morse)
* Mike LePond (Symphony X)
* Diego Tejeida (Haken – Nelson Rangell (ex-The Rippingtons)
* Chris Brooks – Mike Abdow (Fates Warning)
* Roland Grapow (ex-Helloween)
* Simone Mularoni (DGM)
and many more 😉 More info at: www.abelsequera.com
There’s an article with an interview in this month’s Gitarist Magazine on receiving my Gitarist Poll Award. The voting form was downloaded over 12.000 times, wow! Thanks again all for voting and look out for lots of new music coming up in 2019!
July 20 – July 25, 2019 I’m teaching again at Mellier, Belgian Ardennes together with Leif de Leeuw and Maarten Pors. It’s a gorgeous environment and your days will be filled with guitar, music and guitar music! Sign up here and see you there! > http://guitarbootcamp.eu/guitar-bootcamp/
Here’s a new track I recently recorded with Jeroen van Helsdingen (piano) called ‘Calm Before The Storm’. Jeroen has a nice spacious house with big windows overlooking the countryside and that surely inspired the atmosphere of this track. Our previous cd ‘Hels’ has been doing really well and as always I’m excited to share the new music with you! Look out for our new cd coming up this year.
THANK YOU readers of Gitarist Magazine voting me #1 jazz/fusion guitarist – for the 2nd year in a row!
1. Richard Hallebeek
2. Anton Goudsmit
3. Age Kat
4. Philip Catherine
5. Peter Tiehuis
6. Eef Albers
7. Stefan Siwabessy
8. Reinier Baas
9. Jesse van Ruller
And then, the first price winner: Richard Hallebeek. The guitarist who has been playing together with musicians such as Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, Scott Kinsey, Dan Gilbert and Carl Verheyen, and has been playing for over 35 years, is the best best Jazz / Fusion guitarist in the Benelux, according to the voting results.
Guitarist Magazine spoke to the lucky winner:
“That is so cool!”, Says a pleasantly surprised Hallebeek, who’s gained a lot of succes, not only with his own music, but also with his interactive lessons for the American TrueFire. “My fourth instruction DVD is scheduled for 2019. This time it’s about playing through changes. In addition, for Fractal Audio, that I have an endorsement with, I will release a sound package that I have made in collaboration with Thibault de Robillard, aka Fremen, who writes a lot of great presets. ”
There is also a lot of new music coming up: “There is a new CD coming up from my rock trio ‘Bumerang’, with the Italian bassist Lorenzo Feliciatiand drummer Niels Voskuil, and I’m going to mix a live CD from my recent theater concert in Alphen. That will be released on my own label Richie Rich Music. In addition, the new CD ‘Hels!’ By Jeroen van Helsdingen has just been released. In support of this cd we will play live and record the successor this year. As always, I’m always writing new music, also for a new solo cd. ”
For guitarists who want to win a future poll, Hallebeek has a simple tip: “Do your own thing! Nobody can make your own music as well as you do. It’s certainly not the easiest route, but the most rewarding in the long run. ”
I recorded this demo for Fremen’s Fractal Audio Axe-Fx III presets since they’re so fantastic. Fremen has very big ears and all his presets are so very musical and usable, straight out of the box! I picked some random sounds here – no post-signal processing or external plug-ins used. What you hear is what you get! We’re collaborating on a jazz-rock fusion package now that will be out soon. You can download his Fractal packs here: https://fremenpresets.com
I’m mixing the music from the theatre performance we did a couple of months ago with Richard Hallebeek Project at Parkvilla Theatre, Alphen to a live cd. We had a great evening playing for a near-sold out theatre and luckily the audio was captured in full quality. It will be released on my label Richie Rich Music 2019. Stay tuned for more info and videos! Here’a a taster: the full version of a track we did that night called ‘Prayer To The Sun’.
BUMERANG
Richard Hallebeek
Lorenzo Feliciati
Niels Voskuil
NEW CD OUT 2019
