Reviews? Keep them coming!

This is the first one from the netherlands, very well-written by the authors of Timpaan muziek

In dutch:

"Joost The Vanished Dutchman (JoosTVD) is een multiinstrumentalist en heeft een nieuw album uit, The fly on the wall routine. Funky jazzachtige muziek met een onverwacht lage stem, virtuoze loopjes en ingenieuze tegenmelodieën vullen elkaar continue aan. Met een duur van 36 minuten duren de twaalf tracks van het album niet heel erg lang.
Is een nieuw album routine voor JoosTVD? Zo klinkt het in ieder geval niet. Het eerste nummer Fly talk straalt urgentie uit, wordt voortgestuwd op syncopes in de bas en swingt. Daarmee een uitstekende opener van dit album. in de tekst komt de albumtitel al gelijk naar voren. Opener Fly talk vormt met afsluiter The fly off the wall de omlijsting van het album. Stuck gaat in dezelfde stijl verder. De stem van JoosTVD klinkt in vergelijking met zijn vorige album meer op de voorgrond en dat komt de balans ten goede.
Met Treason is het onmogelijk een lach te onderdrukken. De olijke melodie alleen al en het he-he-he, ho-ho-ho en they will never let me go-go-go vullen elkaar grandioos aan. Het nummer stuitert hoekig door de riffjes heen. The vanished Vaudeville is een miniatuurtje. De variété is niet verdwenen in de muziek van JoosTVD. Kick together en The gloves are off klinken weer  serieus. I don’t need your stinking money, even if you’re think I’m funny, zingt JoosTVD. The fly off the wall routine (nee, geen typefout het is off en niet on in de songtitel) sluit het album met een instrumentale track af.
JoosTVD levert opnieuw een technisch hoogstandje af. Hij bespeelt wederom alle instrumenten zelf en zet de ingewikkelde muzikale melodieën overtuigend neer."
Eindoordeel: 8,5

Happy dutchman

In english: 

'Joost The Vanished Dutchman (JoosTVD) is a multi-instrumentalist and has released a new album, The fly on the wall routine. Funky jazz-like music with an unexpected low voice, virtuoso loops and ingenious counter melodies complement each other continuously. With a duration of 36 minutes the twelve tracks of the album do not last very long.

Is a new album routine for JoosTVD? That is not how it sounds. The first song Fly talk radiates urgency, is pushed on syncopes in the bass and swings. This makes an excellent opener of this album. the album title already comes to the fore in the text. Opener Fly talk forms the frame of the album with the closing act The fly off the wall. Stuck continues in the same style. The voice of JoosTVD sounds more in the foreground compared to his previous album and that benefits the balance.

With Treason it is impossible to suppress a smile. The merry melody alone and the he-he-he, ho-ho-ho and they will never let me go go-go complement each other beautifully. The number bounces angularly through the reefs. The vanished Vaudeville is a miniature. The variety has not disappeared in the music of JoosTVD. Kick together and The gloves are off sound serious again. I don't need your stinking money, if you think I'm funny, JoosTVD sings. The fly off the wall routine (no, no typo it's off and not on in the song title) closes the album with an instrumental track.

JoosTVD again delivers a technical tour de force. He once again plays all the instruments himself and convincingly puts down the complex musical melodies. '

Final assessment: 8.5 

 

TVD's Recording History

Ok, a little (recording) history then
Let me see....I started writing little ditties in 1979 and have been recording since then. First on analog tape of course. I was hooked, played (drums, bass, guitars, sometimes synths, vocals) on primitive, cheap instruments most of the time  and recorded my ass off! Here are a few machines I've hassled with (note: I am a musician , no technical chef):

I recorded mostly improvised stories, sometimes filled in the silences with jokes and dirty sounds

Remember the SOS function? Well, overdubbing with hiss was a non plus.

More tracks, more overdubbing, less hiss, still hiss on the tape

A 4-track Tascam did the trick for 43(!) tapes till 1998, followed by the digital/ virtual recording with a firewire and a cd burner. Since 1998 I've recorded 22 albums and 15 of them you can stream on www.

Digital, pre-amps, firewire, no hiss!

My present setup?
I have used the digidesign 003 since 2011 with Pro Tools and now as I've bought the Thunderbolt Apollo Twin Quad and a very heavy game laptop, so I'm in the middle of switching stuff. It gets smaller by the day!

Digidesign 003, possibilities....

Apollo Twin Quad, small stuff!

getting mobile game laptop

Released "The Fly On The Wall Routine" And Where?

Stop. Don't. Run. To. The. Shops! Stop. It's. Here. Stop!

The Vanished Release

Hey folks! Here are the links as so far I've found. The rest will follow in the near future. I've already found some illegal webrips, well go ahead download them, spread the word. Do it in a funky way.  As long as you listen to the songs....
Have fun, drop me a line. Yes I'd like that.

The lowdown:

Spotify
Deezer
Google Music
Amazon
iTunes
Tidal
7ditigal
eMusic
Onkyo Music
Juno
Rhapsody/Napster
KKBox
Youngonesrecords
Discogs

Bandcamp

YouTube playlist

For Your Pleasure Vol....6

   and without my voice

 

About this album

This is music especially for those video/docu/makers, searching for background music. Colouring their images with Vol.6 in the FYP series, takes you on a groovy, exotic ride from one wave to another. Upbeat, breezy and sometimes dreamy, melancholic instrumentals. Hypnotic dancing allowed! All conceived (written, played, arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by JoosTVD) in my tiny homestudio. Mixing/mastering: Pro Tools, Apollo Twin Quad and Ozon 8 Mastersuite.

Have fun!

The Instrumental Dutchman

FYP Vol.6 On Jamendo

April sampler Homecookingshare

Spreading the news...
Fly Talk, the video promo has been added to april sampler #8, a one hour

                                       
                                            Playlist from Homecookingshare

with 14 other groovy springtime tunes. It's a french (?) site where you share your songs, already had "Not Now" and "Cosmopolitan Circus on the site. Enjoy!

They have a.......................
  
                                                                            "Principle

If you have not had the time to listen to everything this month, we give you a little help. Each month, a 15-track summary of what happened here will be proposed

The methodology of choosing the 15 titles is obscure and can not be explained. In no case the unsorted tracks would be worse (again we are not there to judge the quality).

At the limit, if a track meggles the cat, it can influence the final choice."

This month, a lot of new brilliant artists have shared their creations on HomeCooking Share:

One O'Sics- Space Interceptor
Yuno - Warm it up remix
VAPA - Planet Still not destroyed
Moodssupply - Get ready
JoosTVD - Fly Talk
Fading Call - She Do
Hurtful Junez and the Hatecatz - Señor Chuckle Fucker & Señorita Giggle Gash
Anatoly Kirk - My Empty Temple
FLUQS- exqod
Gelatine Turner - Ville Morte
L4YON - Drift Away
Mark Badinson - Shapeshifter
Tommy Champion - Rabbit Hole
Jesse Koolhaas - Rodavlas
Kevin Follet - Invidia

Eclectic Radio on Youtube

Is there any radio show to watch on Youtube? Certainly, there are lots of ways to spread the word, more so, if you do that visually. But it's not easy to fit in with my (funky, jazzy sounds) music. But this show is really eclectic, they play "everything". So I uploaded my promo "Fly Talk" et voila. This duo, Dee and Loki have a little chit chat, funny stories and music to promote. Thanks guys!
Subscribe:

 The Eclectic Storm

Let Us Hear/Watch A New Tune! (Promo 2)

To wet your appetite further, to get you involved with the new stuff, I want you to....behave. Well sort of. Second promo from the new album of JoosTVD: "The Fly On The Wall Routine", release 30th april 2019.
As a former drummer, I am always inspired by rhythm patterns from all over the world. There'a a syncopatic afro/latin-funk beat that's inspired this song. All the harmonies in the chorus are afro inspired. Instrumental arrangements, like the piano motives are more latinesque. Think "Talking Heads" Remain in Light's hypnotic feel. The lyrics: they have a serious and self-reflecting side: how to "behave' normally these days. Sing along! ("hey ya hey ya nanana") Behave...just like I do!

Watch promo 2:


Behave [Lyris/ Music: JoosTVD]

Larry likes to scream for hours
Fergie likes to eat the flowers
(Hey ya hey nanana)

There's a fire in my kitchen
A little murder on the floor
Nothing beats this witching anymore
I can't control my urges
Life's too easy in my court
And after all these purges I get bored

As long as you behave
(As long as you behave just like I do
And if you won't behave than I won't too)
Nothing will be happening to you
Behave just like I do I do

Hey ya hey ya nanana
Hey ya hey ya nanana
Hey ya hey ya nanana
Nothing will be happening to you

Hey ya hey ya nanana
Hey ya hey ya nanana
Hey ya hey ya nanana hey!

I see a bubble when you babble
The struggle when you slip
Who cares about the hassle when you're hip?
You cannot lose your temper
So you better sell your soul
And you can love me tender
Or not at all

As long as you behave
(As long as you behave just like I do
And if you won't behave than I won't too)
Nothing will be happening to you
Behave just like I do I do

Fergie likes to eat the flowers
Larry likes to scream for hours
Let me walk you through the papers
Maybe if I see you later

Hey ya hey ya nanana
(Hey hey hey)
Hey ya hey ya nanana
(Hey hey hey)
Hey ya hey ya nanana
Let me walk you through the papers
Hey ya hey ya nanana
(Hey hey hey)
Hey ya hey ya nanana
(Hey hey hey)
Hey ya hey ya nanana
Maybe if I see you later


Next: Released "The Fly On The Wall Routine" And Where?

Feed me!

Hai folks! It's a very beautiful day up here in the lowlands, a very welcome spring sun shining through. It all sounds just like music to me... just one week and ....12 songs will be caressing your ears...or not!
Here's a little update, just before I'll release a second promo.
As I've released my first promo (Fly Talk) into the world, my curious eyes are always wondering how people react to my new ditties. I'm not interesting in millions of listeners, quality counts in the end my friend. The song has already been picked up by a few online radio stations now. One of them is this young, music platform (Drooble) for musicians, listeners, sharing insights and giving feedback to eachother. And there are the charts, not to be taken all that serious, mmm... or do we?
I hope I'll get a few reviews for the new album too in the future, it's so gratifying, so any support (reader can you write?) on that is welcome!

Charts Drooble 20 april 2019 (genre "Funk"):

The Vanished Drooble Charts

And there are a few who have taken time to listen and appreciate what I do! Thanks U!

Melvin Brown at 00:58

Great vibe! Nice vocal. Tight instrumentation. Makes you want to get up and dance. Sweet track!

14d2

Giorgio Finetti at 02:18

Cool rhythm, wonderful use of el piano and percussions

5d2

Paul Whitwam at 01:15

Cor TVD you turn out some stellar stuff .I'm loving this one. You grabbed me from the first measure. Really interesting arrangement . Top of the funk... More

5d1

Marcelo Obregon at 01:37

Dig the progression! Smooth...Very nice!

Next: The next promo will come, promise! Now behave!

Let Us Hear/Watch A New Tune! (Promo 1)

The song
"Fly Talk" is the first song that kicks off the brand new album "The Fly On The Wall Routine", release 30th april 2019. The first song that kickstarted the process.
The fly on the wall in this song you can often recognize in the way they position themselves. Maybe a bit like a bystander, watcher, observer (me included). But they talk too....and sometimes they break with that stereotype. Here It's about the stressed out famous, introverted one, who just wants out, escape!  The line "the fly on the wall routine" I picked up (combining "routine" with "fly on the wall") reading one of those autobios about the once so rich and famous.

The video
Did it myself again, low budget. That's the way I like it. It's done with a monk's patience though to get it "right". So, No I'm not a professional, but I like it like that!
A lot of rhythmic breaks and pulsing going around in this song, so I put pictures/ lyrics/ coloured effects on the tempo of the beat to support that. It's a lyric video by the way, so you'll be able to sing along. Enjoy!




Fly Talk (Lyrics/Music: JoosTVD)

Roll up that red carpet
And let's get out of here
You know you're playing against type
All you want to do is disappear

So we rolled up our sleeves
And dropped the fly on the wall routine
And we walked a few beats downtown
And shaked our tambourines

I have to talk to you...now!
Don't look surprised I had to call
I have to talk to you
We have to clear the air somehow
Don't want to talk

A trail of clouds in the sky
Is spelling out your name
It feels like ripping off the band-aid
you blow the blues away


This is the first promo of two. The second will be released when the album drops!

Next: Let Us Hear/Watch A New Tune! (Promo 2)

Show Us The New Stuff!

It will take a while before you can hear my new songs (soon...soon), so let's reveal the new album's title:

                          The Fly On The Wall Routine

I always try to pick up colourful words or sentences that blow the ordinairy way of thinking away.
Yep, I can identify with the fly on the wall routine. 

Covers:
First, I took a lot of "selfies" (chosen snapshots from a video made by phone), just hanging out in different positions. Just to get the idea, sketching. So I didn't chose any of them for the front cover, but they ended up in the promo video's.
Here's my fly on the wall routine, posing in pictures: leaning against my wall of cherished music!

Different poses of The Vanished Fly

The next was the break-through: a selfie snapchot session in my backgarden. I liked the B&W version, but the end version was a compromise of a coloured effect on the right side of the picture, while the left side remained B&W.

The Vanished Waiter

The end versions/ results:

Backcover B&W, songtitles

Backcover Colour, songtitles

Frontcover B&W without alias (for online distribution)

Frontcover colour without alias (for online distribution)

Frontcover B&W

Frontcover colour

Front and backcover colour, songtitles

Next: Let Us Hear/Watch A New Tune! (Promo 1)