Vromannacht, Friday September 16th 2011.

Vromannacht, 2-track recorded.
Friday September 16th 2011, ’Openbare Bibliotheek’ Spieringstraat, Gouda.
Note: 7th edition of local annual festival to honour Gouda born poet Leo Vroman, now living in New York. Local schooltalents and bands that are more up to the ladder perform a mixture of sets, comprised of covers and self-written material. Collegues from the station were asked to get this edition aired live on the station, so they came to me with the request to incorporate my airtime with this broadcast. I agreeed and helped out presenting, interviewing and, as it turned out, troubleshooting. This merely concerned soundmen, unwilling to coöperate. Firstly they refused to give us the negotiated submix and tried to make us agree on the lesser air-quality PA-mix, which I refused to accept. We got our submix, but of somewhat strange balance and configuration. Which turned out okay on the radio, as the intended stereo internet connection blew and we had to switch back to the backup mono transmitter. After that things run smooth, untill the ‘Handsome Poets’ soundman decided to cut us off. Despite protests from us and even the organising team, he persisted. So I called the management, explained the situation and got the signal promised. After being texted by the manager, the soundman opened up the channel again and we could air the second part of the set anyway. Two dark spots on a more than pleasant radionight.

Tracks:Central Blue Band-Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)-Live This Life (Part)/Goudse Waarden Band-Killing In The Name Of (RATM)(Part)/Lenette, Jorik, Jake, Daniël & Jip-Nobody’s Wife (Anouk)/Micha-I Wished/Jaimy van Vliet-I’ll Be Fine (Snippet)/School’s Out-Dancing Shoes (Arctic Monkeys)-Feeling Good (Muse)- (Snippet)-Beggin’ (Madcon)- Are You Gonna Be My Boy (Jet)/Marith van Dijk-Hold Your Hand Forever (Snippet)/Emily, Louise & Band-Son Of A Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)(Part)- Because Of The Beat (Part)/Sophie van Diest-Someone Like You (Adèle)/Antonius Huisband-Wicked Way-Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Im Yours (Stevie Wonder)-I Can Count On You-Time Won’t Wait.
Note: a selection of schoolbands and solo-artists from secondairy Schools from Gouda, playing a mix of covers and some self-penned songs. Notable names are Micha, Jaimy van Vliet and Marith van Dijk.

Skin Filtr8r (Gouda).
Tracks:
Note:Spoken Word/Performance-artist Rik van Zutphen, who used to be vocalist of Hiphop-Jazz-Soul outfit ‘Vorm’, finalist of the 2000 edition of ‘Grote Prijs van Nederland’. Using laptops, beamers and samples, he created an electro-like set of unknown titled tracks.

Nancy Brick (Delft/Gouda)
Tracks:The Mountain/Pirate’s Ocean/The Road/Turner/Green
Note: former ‘Corbelijn’ members Ron Valeri and Rieneke Batelaan requested to perform inside the café next to the library, instead of getting on stage. This, to keep the serenity and fragile character of their music more intact and to create a more cosy livingroom feel. They settled in front of the radio-unit and played a short, fully acoustic set in front of an audience, partly seated on the floor. Two mikes were used to pick up their set and to air it. The recordings come from the original broadcast, instead of the direct PA-signal used to record the night.

Eefje de Visser (Utrecht)
Tracks:Schip/De Stad/Trein/Ik Dacht Na/De Koek/Hartslag/Genoeg/Afdwaalt
Note: Eefje, a veteran when it comes to playing this festival, returned for this seventh edition with her full band for an intriguing set. Despite some missed notes and becoming overwhelmed by coughing during ‘Genoeg’, she mesmerized many.

Gras (Utrecht)
Tracks:Vriendin/Misschien/Vliegtuig Van Papier/Dat Zal ‘Leren/Hij Gaat/Het Einde
Note: Gouda originating Desiree Coumans formed a Dutch languaged Singer Songwriter-duo with Erwin Tuijl by the end of her Conservatory study and came to perform here, augmented by two members of her other band ‘Nona’. By the time they started the volumes had been turned up so high, the signals came in crackling, destroying most of the recordings by overload-fuzz. All that is left useable, is the mono recording of the broadcast itself.

Rick (Gouda).
Track:Freestyle.
Note: impromptu performance right after the ‘Gras’ performance to kill some time and to fill the gap between their performance and that of headliner ‘Handsome Poets’. Exploding effects, due to incoming overloaded signals, so unsuitable for broadcast. Also not included in the broadcast.

Handsome Poets (Utrecht)
Tracks:(We Can’t Be) Saints (Part)/Call Back Tomorrow)/Blinded/Dance (The War Is Over)

Note: started in Gouda as a Gospel/Praise unit, but decided to turn more worldly in the summer of 2008. With great effort, as they not only won ‘3FM Serious Talent’ Award in april 2011, but also scoring a string of hits. Performed the more important fesivals during summer and came here for a headlining gig cut short for time reasons. The start of the gig wasn’t broadcasted, as the technician decided the show wasn’t to be broadcasted, despite agreements with the management. A short phonecall to the manager resulted in the second part of the set to be aired, missing the first three tracks. As we were not allowed to record the gig, no recordings do exist. A fan however, provided us with the setlist, so we can tell you, which songs were broadcast.

Goudsche Courant Music Live Awards 2004, Thursday October 28th 2004.

AD Music Awards 2005 (Gouda, Waddinxveen/Schoonhoven), 2-track Recorded.
Thursday October 28th 2004, 'Schouwburg' Gouda.
Tracks: Jan, Tim & Mixed Up-Mixed Up/Iesja Westerbeek-Everything Hurts/Teun van Schijndel-I Wish/Golden Values (Tabitha Kraaijeveld, Tim van Esch, Gerard Trouborst, Peter van Dijk, Robbert Deurlo & Joost Overwater)-Into The Light/Kirsten-Kippen/Prakatavran-Prakatavran/Temporary (Sanne, Hiske, Eefje de Visserm Stijn Donders, Marco Wiersema,Jasper ??)-Good Girl (a.k.a. Things I Do)/Joshua & Nils- My All In All+The Gladiator/Vocal Group & Big Band Willem de Zwijger-Ease On Down The Road+A Brand New Day/Huisband-Laat Het Vanavond Gebeuren/Rianne, Janice Warmerdam & Maarten-The Reason Why/Farnham Choir-You’re The Voice/Steven feat Vocal Group & Big Band Willem de Zwijger-Music/Simply Complicated (Lisanne, Charlotte, Dolf Bekker & Jasper Zuidervaart)-I Alone/Desiree Coumans, Tyshanti de Jonge & John de Heij-I Gave My World/All-We Are Family.
Notes: Second regional musical contest for students from secondary schools in the area, organized as part of promotional activities to boost up the amount of (young) readers for regional daily newspaper ‘Goudsche Courant’. Acts from 6 schools sang, danced or played classical music to win a prize. Desiree Coumans won. This line-up featured two future members of later hitmakers ‘Handsome Poets’, as well as other young talents, later to emerge as Singer-Songwriters.
These recordings were first aired Friday November 5th by 'Going Underground' and 'Why You', skipping the dance-acts, as these simply don't have any succes on radio, unfortunately.

AD Music Awards 2005, October 27th 2005.

AD Music Awards 2005 (Gouda, Waddinxveen/Schoonhoven), 2-track Recorded.
Thursday October 27th 2005, 'Schouwburg' Gouda.
Tracks: de Band van Goed Geklede Amusementsartiesten-Jolanda Osinga & jill Zwanenburg-The Explosion Of A Dance/Me & My Sister-Mamma/Sebastiaan Molenaar, JuliettePoulisse, Laurens Olijve, Ruben Trouborst & Jurre Lammertse-Feelin’ Good/Suzanne Prince vander Aa-Underneath Your Clothes/Schoonhovens College-Streetdance Mix/Xandra Roukes, Nils de Hoog & Jeroen Vlieger-Vrede/Anne Marleen de Jong & Mima Makatita-Dance Explosion/Fleur van Wollingen, Liset van der Glas, Eeke van der Vet, Rosan van der Glas & Ixia Verdooren-Just Struttin’ Along/Sandrine Gütz-Taken By The Sea/The Delicate Sound Of Thunder (Anne-Wil Donders, Stefan Mandersloot, Dolf Bekker, Nils Davidse & Jasper Zuidervaart)-How Come You Don’t Love Me Anymore/Krista Visser & Jeroen Spetter- Faith/Kim Danens & Anne-Fay Kops-Let Me Clear My Throath/Desiree Coumans-Died Chase/Me & My Sister-Mamma.
Notes: Third and final regional musical contest for students from secondary schools in the area, organized as part of promotional activities to boost up the amount of (young) readers for regional daily newspaper AD-Groene Hart. Acts from 6 schools sang, danced or played classical music to win a prize. 'Me & My Sister' won. This line-up featured two more future members of later hitmakers ‘Handsome Poets’, as well as other young talents, later to emerge as Singer-Songwriters. This edition nearly didn’t happen as the newspaper that initiated the previous two editions and also okay-ed this third edition, was taken over by another newspaper, which didn’t like the idea. Since production had already started, cancelling the event would have costed the same amount of money as executing the plan, so the choice was quite obviously simply. Alas this did mean the event to stop after this edition.
These recordings were first aired Friday October 28th by 'Going Underground' and 'Why You', skipping the dance-acts, as these simply don't have any succes on radio, unfortunately.

Vera, Friday September 9th 2011.

Vera (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: September 9th2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Lazy People/Kiss & Tell/Bubbles & Bones

Note: To promote her second album ‘Bubbles & Bones’ (releasedate Sept 19th 2011), Vera and Peter dropped by for a third interview and beautifull liveset with acoustic guitar, upright bass and vocals. Concentrated and singing with closed eyes, they performed three songs from the album, inbetween trying to refill the parking meter. This didn’t happen, as it was the annual ‘Goudse Singel Run’, which meant the studio was isolated by 2200 running people from the rest of the market square. Fortunately the meter maids were watching the runners, instead of writing tickets.

Nancy Brick, Friday September 2nd 2011.

Nancy Brick (Gouda/Delft), live on air.
Recorded: September 2nd 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: The Mountain/Pirate’s Ocean/The Road

Note: Risen from the ashes of ‘Corbelijn’, guitarist Ron Valeri and vocalist Rieneke Batelaan (a.k.a. Amie Maranth, a.k.a. Pien) decided to continue playing as a duo. For over a year they wrote their serene, slightly moody and fragile songs, occasionally playing a livingroom set, to see if tjings work. This night they kicked off trheir official string of performances, with an interview and three small songs, with just an acoustic guitar and a single voice.

Volhardt, Friday August 26th 2011.

Volhardt (Bodegraven), live on air.
Recorded: August 26th 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Jij Hoort Bij Mij/Ga Zoek En Beleef/Iedereen Is Van De Wereld

Note: Ofcourse you need to check your gear, especially when others use it as. On the other hand, rule number one is to leave the radiostudio fully functioning, the way you found it, when you came in. Alas, rushing times, so when the show was already running, I discovered a previous user switched of 5 of 6 mike-channels in use, by switching off tipswitches no one had ever used before. Panic and mayhem, but we regripped ourselves during the second attempt of ‘Jij Hoort Bij Mij’, ending the night with quite a nice set of harmony vocals over an acoustic guitar by this Dutch languaged rockband, that is gradualy, but certainly climbing the stairs of succes.

Drugsmokkel, Saturday September 3rd 2011.

Drugsmokkel (Rotterdam/Gouda), 2-track recorded.
Saturday September 3rd 2011, 'de Gonz' Gouda.
Tracks: Intro/Dope Sucks/Let’s Go/Disco Rock ‘n’ Roll/Drive In Liquor Store/9 To 5/Rock ‘n’ Roll Baby/Swingin’ In The Discolights/Paranoia Of Life/Rock ‘n’Roll Junkie/Live For Rock ‘n’ Roll/Drugsmokkel/Joules De La Tourette/Rocking Class Heroes/I Was Made For Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Note: Somewhat chaotic Punk ‘n’ Roll-trio, playing on a 4 band night. As usual, there were problems with the bassguitar, but all in all the set was recorded neatly. The band themselves had grown, as they seem to do with every gig.

Klerkx & The Secret 'In Session', Friday January 21st 2011.

Klerkx & The Secret (Amsterdam), 2-Track recorded.
Fridayday January 21st 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: People/Back To The Sun/King Of Kings/Lost Love Generation

Note: As the band had live-commitments that night, they dropped by in the early afternoon for an interview and 4 steaming acoustic live tracks from his then forthcoming second CD ‘Undertones’, broadcasted later that night. Klerkx & The Secret were this session Rob Klerkx (Voc/Guitar), Jaromir Fernig (Slide and electric Guitar) and Gideon Ferrero (Acoustic bass). After celebrating Rob’s 40th birthday with pie and non alcoholic bubbles, we set to work and recorded everything in a single take, with the band recording a brandnew track as well.