Yes, I've updated the "Complete List Of His Works" section. My o my, look at those arty albumtitles! Just to make things look complete, I've compiled anything I've been recording since 1987, when I started my own band with some friends, way back. All played and recorded on those hip, vintage cassettes. In 1998 the digital age started creeping in, so I burned my own cd's (Now On CD) and in 2005 digital distribution became the motto. It's been an intensive journey so far, but I hope it will never stop.....
just to proof that I really made those cassettes/cd's, for non-believers, I've added a few pictures..
Just arrived! 22 instrumental songs, only available on Jamendo for now. Especially for video-projects and the like. And easy on the ears, heart, knees, mind and feet. So take them, they are yours.
Sort of an inbetweenie (refreshing for me to work on too!), For Your Pleasure Vol.2 is an ongoing series. Enough material for more pleasure.
My next "straight" album will arrive somewhere... in 2016.
During the process I noticed- by the flow and mostly beachy, summer
mood- a little story was evolving while sequeing the songs. A concept? A Hitchcock/
Orson Welles mystery perhaps? Well, let's imagine....
Here's a little storyline
I came up with (while listening) for a yet to be made or not to be made movie:
this
reckless spy, once a successful operator, has to escape into his
silhouette. Now older, washed up, stranded somewhere on a desolate
beach, meeting the good (romance), the bad (no cash) & the ugly (fake
romance) and getting away with it (with that "Moon Elevator") and
finally steps out of his shadow.
Hai folks of the flat earth, what's happening?
I'm in the middle of learning more about the mixing and mastering process while recording new songs, trying to get on a higher level studiowise. Homerecording is tricky, when you're not a pro, but I'm getting better at it- at least what I think- with each new album. I'm learning.
So far I've got 9 songs, some already finished, except for the experimental mastering process. That's the last tweak on the mix.
Here's a one last thing I've done for my last album. Didn't hear it yet? Here you are Spotify
Got this little flashy, funny video for ya, sort of a collage of different versions of me playing the same song "Rock'n Roll Me In Or Out". Hey it's my holidays by the way! I'm off....
"You keep rolling in rolling out of my life
You've packed your bags, won't say farewell
Ain't got no tissues up there in Heartbreak Hotel
You keep rolling in rock'n roll me out of your life!
You keep walking in you keep walking out of my life
I knock at your door you won't open up
Keep pounding even louder I won't give it up
Hi folks, it's hot in da lowlands, but I still keep going!
Yes I am curious and as I stumbled upon those funny, glossy-styled video's I immediately recognized that voice (aargh) and the sound. Most of the songs are licensed by Jamendo. So far I've found 160 (there could be more of course) of them with a lot old, funky dutchman stuff and some do not fit at all:
Dance Till Your Drunk [2005], I Want It Back, Overdone [2005], Desertfly [2007], Making Faces [2008], Mumbo Jumbo Heebie Jeebies [2008], Wonder [2008], Violent Boy [2008], The Root of My Belly [2009], The Greek Way Garden [2010], Back To The Race [2011], Bigger Things [2011], Sugar tune [2011], Stupid Song(s) [2013], Sin Pan Alleyman [2014], Intermission Of Love [2014], Buy (Bye Bye) [2014], Slow Motion Dream [2014], Bomber Drone [2014]Have a great summer everyone!
How ironic: just when you think we'll all go digital, we're going analog. Needle, turntable, grooves, black, sleeves, analog...As a vinyl lover I've always dreamt about having my music on black plastic, until now... just received my own! It's a 10 inch one (25,4 cm), 3 songs on each side, so that way it fits in the post box. I listen while writing this and immediately I recognise those deep, warm nostalgic 70ties sounds, haha. Of course I had to choose which songs would make it. Six favourites from the last three albums are on it. Good fun!
Just to add another way to find the obvious. Yes, I have one ( JoosTVD's vids) where I upload my own promo videos, but these days YouTube collects all the songtitles associated with the artist. Quite a varied bunch I may say....
100 pages long! Wow, that's a lot of words. Of course there are these great pictures of intense looking blues artists too to satisfy the view of tired readers. What an honor to be part of the review section (page 59!) of this german online blues-magazine, Wasser-Prawda, standing next to the latest of Boz Scaggs and Van Morrison. I already showed you this great review of my latest album in one of my last blogposts, but there is so much more. I think what this magazine adds to the current "scene" is the balance between the old and the new, the already known and the upcoming unknown. Some forgotten heroes like Andy Fairweather-Low or Leadbelly get large overviews. All written with the love for (blues) music.
Anyway, read the stuff, it's good for the soul! WP-Magazine pdf
Someone took notice of a certain soundcloud playlist I was on with "Unscrew Yourself". It read TBE. To Be Edited? No, it's a playlist of personal "To Be Evaluated" choices by Tom Robinson. You know that guy that sang "Glad To Be Gay" and a personal hero of mine songwriterwise. Comes to mind "War Baby", "Listen To The Radio" and "Still Loving You". What he will do with the songs only Joost may know...TBE.
Now with his sixth review since The Vanished dutchman [2010], Nathan still knows how to impress me with his couraging words. Well, it is his work, he's a journalist, always busy writing in a generous way. Thanks again, I'm very grateful!
It's in german, but I've put an free, loose english translation underneath it.
Here's the original Link
JoosTVD - Lightning Dutchman
German:
Manche Musiker sind einfach zu clever und gleichzeitig zu humorvoll, um
in dieser ach so ernsten - und so erfolgsgierigen Welt - erfolgreich zu
sein. Bin ich froh, dass jemand wie JoosTVD davon nicht entmutigen
lässt und in jedem Jahr dennoch ein Album voller musikalisch großartiger
Lieder zu veröffentlichen.
Es geht um Verschwörungen im Whirlpool, Paranoiker mit Knarren, den
Narzissmus der Mediengesellschaft oder arme Schuhputzerjungen. Dabei
trifft Rock auf Funk, Jazz, Latin und schamlos poppige Melodien. Und
zuweilen holt Joost van Dinter sogar einen Slide heraus, um seine
Gitarren zu spielen.
Klar gibt es in den Songs jede Menge Humor – wer aber JoosTVD wie ich
über Jahre hinweg mit seiner Musik verfolgt, der lernt ihn darüber
hinaus lieben als einen unwahrscheinlich reflektierten und feinfühligen
Musiker, der einfach lieber drauflos lacht, als über all das Elend zu
heulen.
English:
Some musicians are easy too clever and at the same time too amusing to be successful in these oh so serious - and thus successful-greedy world. If I am glad that not everyone allows to discourage the likes of JoosTVD of it who can publish every year an album more fully musically of great songs.
It is about conspiracy in the jacuzzi, paranoic with rattles, the narcissism of the media society or poor shoeshine boy's boys. Besides, rock on radio, jazz, Latin and shamelessly poppige melodies hits. And now and again Joost van Dinter gets out even a Slide to play his guitars.
Clear there is in the songs a lot of humor – who pursues, however, JoosTVD like me for years away with his music, that learns him, in addition love as an incredibly reflected and sensitive musician who laughs simply rather, than to howl about all misery.
It's been a year since I delivered "I Mimic Me". And now after an endless and addictive noodling situation in my homestudio, I'm going to tell the story behind them songs. It's always difficult to stop that creative process and give those babies away, but I'm also curious and excited- in a "what will happen with them?" mood. Not that I'm expecting too much...
This time I've chosen more songs than I had in mind, but I think they all fit the complete puzzle as It was meant to be.
Now JoosTVD, what about touring? Mmmmmm...
Back to the homestudio: how did I do it?
1.Unscrew Yourself The last song I wrote for this album. Unexpected. After strumming a lot of different D chords, I caught myself singing a simple melody to cheer me and you up! The build-up arrangements were a challenge, breaks and all, but then lightning struck. Now unscrew yourself.
2.Paranoiac With A Gun Tense, nervous song, a bit like David Byrne's Psycho killer maybe. I wanted a more menacing, crazed voice. so a moment of rage I put down quickly and I think that's why it works. Notice the contrast with the more melodic and softer bridge (where I sing "but it's high....bullet in the sky"). Danceable.
3.Conspiracy In My Jacuzzi Hitchcock fantasy. A dangerous story! So I had to switch to narrator. the pitches in my voice were done deliberately. That paranoiac (pt.2)is everywhere, even in your own private bathroom.
4.Don't Do It Again This song started out with a funky groove looping around and a few guitarchords, but it really caught fire when I wrote the melody on piano. I've noticed that I can create motives and melodies easier on piano than on guitar. Groovy.
5.Lost In The Underground Pure Songwriting: knocked out guitar and melody parts all at once. Got this upand fast tempo! Which Arrangement? That latin touch was not difficult to choose. Melodies in the instrumental parts were found on piano. Joyful.
6.Rock'n Roll Me In Or Out Fun fast write. This mirrors the paranoia of song 2 & 3. Blues turnaround outfit with country boots underneath it. I had lots of fun creating melodies. It always puts a broad smile on my face when I hear the first tones. Obvious video will follow...
7.Guru In A Lovetown Satire on the narcistic way we use the media. One of the first songs I wrote that paved the way for some of punchier directions of this album. Dangerous guru charm!
8.Merenque Me Inside Out Some ideas reveal their identity a couple years later. This is one of those ditties, where my voice didn't fit with the melody (not what I'd like to hear in my head), not until I found those latinesque melodies on the piano.Simply sung the title which finished it. Seduction.
9.Limo I think the first song I wrote for this album. More a vibe. I had a motive on electric piano. I used a fat wurlitzersound to get in the mood. Smooth.
Excited Dutchman
10.But Do I Miss You Love, o my, what a serious topic... still I can't resist an old fashioned pop ballad about some lost love andI came up with one. Tried to sing with sincere vulnerability. So hard...
11.Never Get Tired An older idea, first meant tobe sung. That didn't satisfy, so I tried it the instrumental way which gave me a chance to experiment with instruments and melodies. Tireless energy.
12.Put Me To The Test Mood: a little R&B and a smooth funky groovegot me this far. A little Innercity Marvin Blues...
13.When The Chili Hits The Fan Purpose of the song: hot (chili) humor counterbalances the heavy stuff. Just for the fun. After diner.
14.Your Hard-To-Get Got Up And Went James Brown spoof? That chant ("hard to get"), the slow down effect on horns and funny noises did the trick. Funk me.
15.Shoeshine Boy Rockish (classic?) ballad. And yes it's personal. Took a looooong time to get that final touch. Even played the solo slide guitar (haha). Even that is personal and not technical. Strength.
16.On A Good Day Both relaxing and groovy song. Melodies written on the piano.
17.Live It Up For Me My spanish guitar always brings out a certain latin charm that was the basis for this song. I found some melodic twists and turns (bridge), satisfying enough to be chosen for this abum.
18.For A Lifetime In A Daydream Dreamy, melancholic popballad written and played in one take on piano.
Well, if you have made it this far, you can relax/ scream/ laugh/ cry/ take a leak. Fill me in! Thanks for listening. Spread 'em folks!
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