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.

Eefje 'In Session', Thursday January 6th 2011.

Eefje de Visser (Utrecht), 2-Track recorded.
Thursday January 6th 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: Afdwaalt (Soudcheck)/Afdwaalt/Genoeg/Trein (TK 1-4)/Ik Dacht Na (TK 1-4)/Interview/ Opening TV Interview

Note: The second radio session in 8 years from ‘Grote Prijs’-winner Eefje de Visser, the day before she released both her debut-CD ‘De Koek’ and her band to the world. This session was also filmed for local TV with two camera’s and aired Jan 23rd – 29th 2011. Supported by ‘Most Unpleasant Men’-members Jelte Heeringa (glockenspiel, harmonium, vocals, percussion) and Joni Scholten (bas, vocals), she played a relaxed, joyfull session. ‘Afdwaalt’ (Wandering off), was recorded as a balance and configuration-check first, after which it took one take only, to get it done. ‘Genoeg’ (Enough) was taped in a single session too. After rehearsing chorusses, laughter crept in, so the first two takes of ‘Trein’ (Train) crashed due to that. The third take was stopped to adjust guitar levels, after which take 4 went okay. ‘ik Dacht Na’ ( I Was Wondering) crashed at it’s first go, while the second one was finished but abandonned, as Eefje forgot some words at a crucial point. Before the third take, I put a second mike to the harmonium, making it a stereo signal. After adjusting the mix, the third take run out, but unsatisfactoring as well, so the 4th and final take followed.
After the session was a wrap, I interviewed her for my show, with camera’s rolling simultaneously. After ending the talk at 27,5 minutes, one of the cameramen sighed “We don’t have that long on TV, you realise that”. Final take was an opening shot of me glancing in the camera and asking a first, starting question to Eefje for TV-purposes.

Eefje de Visser, November 8th 2002.

Eefje (Gouda/Moordrecht), live on air.
Recorded: November 8th 2002. Studio 2.
Tracks: Jeldican (Based on a poem by Leo Vroman)/Things I Do/Vrede (Based on a poem by Leo Vroman)/In My World.

Note: a very young Eefje de Visser appeared in my show for her first ever radio-performance. She was so incredibly nervous for the occasion, we pre-recorded her songs and interview and edited them together for broadcasting an hour later. All this time Eefje lay on a friends lap, curled up. She survived though, as she made it to the finals of national ‘Grote Prijs Van Nederland’, which she won December 12th 2009.

Eefje de Visser, June 6th 2004.

Eefje (Moordrecht/Tilburg), live on air.
Recorded: June 6th 2004. Studio 2.
Tracks: Too Far.

Note:Recorded on a sunday afternoon during a summer special dedicated to ‘Local Girl Power’, Eefje performed this song solo, prior to her performance with Desiree Coumans, now known as ‘Nona’.

Eefje de Visser & Desiree Coumans, June 6th 2004.

Eefje & Desiree (Gouda/Moordrecht/Tilburg), live on air.
Recorded: June 6th 2004. Studio 2.
Tracks: Close Your Eyes/Living Your Life/Untitled.

Note:Recorded on a sunday afternoon during a summer special dedicated to ‘Local Girl Power’, Eefje and Desiree Coumans performed these three songs Eefje wrote for the occasion. It got them on 2003’s ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ later that year.

Eefje, September 15th 2009

Eefje (Gouda/Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: September 15th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: De Koek/Hartslag/In Het Gras/Ik Dacht Na.

Note: After more than seven years of songwriting, performing and re-inventing herself, local Singer-Songwriter felt confident enough to join national contest ‘Grote Prijs Van Nederland’ with her multi-layered and playfull Dutch lyrics. Three days after reaching the finals, she took my invitation and came to the studio for an interview and 4 acoustic songs, which were aired October 16th.

Goudse Courant Music Live Awards - 'Goudse Schouwburg', October 9th 2003.

Goudsche Courant Music Live Awards 2003 (Gouda, Waddinxveen/Schoonhoven), 4-track and 24-track Recorded.
Thursday October 9th 2003, 'Schouwburg' Gouda.
Tracks: Huisband-Pick Up The Pieces/Mix-Dance explosion/Maarten Overdijk & Michiel v Gijzel-Your Song/Tabitha & Co-Johanna/Sanne van Tongerloo-Sounds Of Spain Tango Terrific+The Matador/Mr Brands-Rap/Sanne Spaans, Xandra Roukes & Huisband-Nine To Five/Da Girlzz-La Leçon Du Danse/Martijn & Jasper Schutte-Zelfs Je Naam Is Mooi/Temporary-Good Girl/Tyshanti de Jonge & Huisband-Break Down The Wall/Huisband-Pick Up The Pieces (2)/Rianne Buurman & Sandrine Gütz-Tom Waits/Teun van den Heuvel & Laura Vos-Muggendans+Arabisch Liedje/Maud Verhoef & Yvonne Streng- O Mare Tu/Suzanne Pince van der AA-Ik Zing Dit lied Voor Jou Alleen/Beat Your VOHAMIVO-Beat Your VOHAMIVO/Anique & Co-One Flight Down/Virgin-So Exited/Desiree Coumans-Died Chase+Love/John de Heij-Liedje/Exit-Everybody Needs Somebody/Huisband & Rest-Celebration (2 parts).

Notes: This was a regional musical contest for students from secondary schools in the area, organized as part of promotional activities to boost up the amount of readers for regional daily newspaper de 'Goudsche Courant'. Acts from 6 schools sang, danced or played classical music to win a prize. 'Temporary' won.
Initial recordings were made and mixed on 4-tracks for broadcast purposes, but as there was anti-phasis and other distorting noise, theatre-technician Dennis van Driel was asked to provide us his 24-tracks recorded 'works' for further broadcasting purposes. These were first aired Friday November 21st by 'Going Underground' and 'Why You', skipping the dance-acts, as these simply don't have any succes on radio, unfortunately.
Of the 4-track recordings only 'Temporary' and 'Desiree Coumans' survived, as the recordings provided by Dennis made the others not interesting enough to be kept and the Minidisc was erased. A tape-copy of these recordings however is in possesion of the editorial crew of the 'Goudsche Courant', as it was 'flash-crashed' onto their desks October 10th as 'on the cuff'-mix runthrough, 'for quick listening only'!