Show Us The New Stuff!

Ok I've done the songs and new music need new covers. And a title. What did I come up with?

Inspiration

At first I had this trendy phrase: "Over My Dead Like", which I often say these days among friends and family ("Like" as in facebook likes of course), if they go too far. A picture from a holiday in Sicily, Italy fitted right in, with a rebel guy (like me) throwing stones into the sea:

Throwing stones, dare me!

Just to keep an open mind, I tried a different approach. I took some items outside in my backgarden
floorboard, like a mirror, a classical Perez guitar (my latest), and a vinyl album with a picture of
...me.                

I photographed away. All very brownish, autumn, rootsy, so I took that further, when I put a few of   these into some online photo editors and let my creativity have its way:                                              
                                                                                                                                                                       

Mirror effect 2 

Mirror effect 1

Mirror effect 3

Floorboard backgarden

Frontcover: the first brownish ones

Front and back cover examples

 About the title:

                            "Doesn't Ring A Bell"

There's a lot I want to be, but not "famous" in the "media personality" way. A status. 
I'm a musician, not an artist, I always say. 
So JoosTVD doesn't ring a bell and if he does, you won't hear it.....coming!

Design with effect

Best effect in my opinion.

Just happened to hit upon the title while writing a lyric. Maybe I read it somewhere or heard someone's remarks. I always love the double sided meaning of these sentences, in this case "JoosTVD doesn't ring a bell" .....really? Sometimes I knock. Who is this guy? Is he someone famous?    

The end results:
                                  

Front cover with nickname

Front cover for online distribution

Back cover

Inside cover

Next: let me hear a new song, wait... you say you've got a video?

Sent Away, the digital way: Q&A

So here we are, in the middle of a worldwide crisis. And I am too spreading a new virus.... but I am glad to hear that:

Q: That does ring some bell, doesn't it, JoosTVD doesn't ring a bell?

A: I may have done the same thing every year, yes. But I not often ring a bell though.

Q: Is this virus contagious?

A: I've been under the weather by making making music a whole year, so yes I know. I guess you'll find out. In about 4 weeks Spotify will ring a bell. As will the other online services of course.

Q: Can we have a preview now, soon?

A: Yep! That video you mean? First I'll show you the artwork. 

Q: Yep!?

Next: The Artwork

Those Little Urgent Things

The Toy Garden

Hai there folks, hope you're all healthy and keeping your safe distances! It's all relative of course, the flat world, the world wide network called the internet gives and takes. I guess, as we all have to adjust to this new behaviour, we all get to our senses together, maybe for once! All of a sudden the health of common people is at stake. How fragile we are. Maybe in my own humble way I've done that since I started writing, playing, recording like a hermit on that desert island. Totally the opposite from my (nightly) work environment though! It's in my toy garden, this kitchensink of sounds, I've been concentrating on the last finishing touches of a brand new baby album. Yes, it's finished I say! So what now? Is it important to let you all know? Yes and no.... it's the music that mostly survives through all the sickness, bad feelings, wrong doings, like a constant healer in the background, just to keep the much needed hopes up. To comfort us. The little things, like that old fat sun on your face. Songs for the shut-ins.

So I will do as "little" promotion as I can: I will let the music speak for itself. I will let you know when of course (spoiler alert! Unashamed promo: somewhere in May 2020), along with a nifty, comfortable video. I'm happy to share these songs, as I did my best.

CU and keep well!

The little things that give comfort...

Next: will this album be accepted and released?

Keep In Touch!

Right....but the distance is needed I guess. Just when I'm about to throw my new music around the globe, this virus stops me in my tracks. It's not the time, not that important as the fear to get corona is surely more important. A lockdown in the Netherlands is not on the charts yet, but a decision to do so is not far away.
Finally we can really appreciate all of those people working the health sector, priority nr.1!

So I've decided to wait a while, even though I know that music can be a healing factor. There are a few musicians who play live from their homes to distract people from their fears, so that's one way... It's just that I think now, it's not the right moment to promote a "new product". Or is there? Tell me.
Keep healthy everyone!

U want Spotify playlists!?

Promotion. Fame. Money. Not my thing. Just want to create. I have this urge that's developed into a steady workflow. I'm a lucky guy! I've got the most advanced tools to bring a song alive, working eight days a week in my studio, happy to bring the vibe. My toy garden.

But if you want someone to hear your precious songs, it's unavoidable. The music market is saturated with the daily trends and bored listeners, so it's not easy to get discovered.
How to spread these all over the place these days....? I don't do concerts. I like the intensity of playing together. It has been fun for a while, but I don't miss the stage, no. Well if you do and you do it with conviction, people would love to buy a signed cd afterwards (! )
I guess everyone streams these days. It's the most comfortable and fastest way to experience  a new vibe. Mostly I get in touch with curators of playlists. Let them hear some tunes. On twitter. Of course twitzkrieg is around the corner. I spread those links on facebook groups too. A lot of fakers (promoters) over there though..... You can get a lot of listeners and followers if you want...to pay for it. All I offer them are a few cents.
I think it's all about reaching your own audience and I sort of got the hang of it. I'm patient.
Quality over quantity.

Here are a few playlists with JoosTVD on it, mostly smooth vibes, some uptempo, upbeat, never dissonant. Yeah, easy on the ears, but hitting deep into the gut. So let's find out and share them!

Songs I usely offer are:
Fly Talk, Don't Do It Again, Not Now, Chameleon Girlfriend, Crest Of A Wave, Cosmopolitan Circus.

The Way Things Are

No, this not the new album cover! Just a quote I use very much these days... (update : almost finished with mixing, I really can't wait to let you in on a listening sesion, but I have to, over my dead like, ha ha!

Me Against....

2020

Selfreflected Dutchman

Hai Folks, have yourself a happy 2020! Time surely flies.
A little update about the music, I've got:
12 songs, one song needs some lyrics and then I'll mix them until I'm satisfied. I'm really surprised by the quality of the songs and arrangements, can't wait to let you inside my.....!
At the same time I've been busy choosing the right pictures for the covers. All designed and ready! I guess I couldn't help myself, but there are 3 videos in the can. All lyric based videos with a lot of colourful effects to stir the juices.
So, hum, I'm excited.

Mirror, mirror

2019 Selfie Flashback

Bye Bye 2019!
 

Hey, how are you brother (echo: brother, rother, other, ther, er)?

Screw 2020

Man, I'm getting older, but I feel younger, more greyer, but better (between the ears and behind the eyes) than ever. Living the life.

What's up next? I guess....

Musically? 12 motherf...ing (GREAT!?) new songs to unscrew yourself in every way. Almost in the final stages, I'm still mixing, finishing lyrics/ vocals. I guess a fresh 2020 spring release will be on the menu. Excited!?

What did you do in 2019?

Breathe in and out....once in a while I hit a passing cowbell in a dissonant way. Aw sucks!
Musically, I did it again. Self-Kicker!
                                               
                                                          1.Another instrumental album, (only on Jamendo, especially for video makers/ promo video):

                                                                         For Your Pleasure Vol.6 [2019]

                                                           2.And my fifteenth digital album, released may 2019:


                                                                           The Fly On The Wall Routine [2019]

                                                                  Thanks for the reviews, listening and support!

          Reviews: Bluesmagazine    Keys And Chords   Timpaan Muziek   Heaven Popmagazine


              My Favourite albums of 2019 (a curious year, full of sweet surprises, both young and old):

                                                                               Supersister - Retsis Repus

Dutch multi talent RJStips pays moving tribute to his unique band

                                                                      Philip Bailey - Love Will Find A Way

Wowwww, soul with a capital S.

                                                                                              Joe Jackson - Fool

Biting and in in your face Joe

                                                                                 Norah Jones - Begin Again

Subtle and lovely

                                                                              Bruce Hornsby - Absolute Zero

Urging arrangements, restless grooves

                                                                                  Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 2

Unbelievable acrobat vocally stretches out in folklore eclectic

                                                               

                                                                               Robbie Robertson - Sinematic

Cinematic, mysterious darkness

                                  
                                      David Byrne - American Utopia On Broadway (Original Cast Recording)

Innovative on stage as always, Byrne looks ahead and back

 

                                                                                       

                           The books (mostly autobio/ bio) I've read:

Burt Bacharach - Anyone Who Had a Heart My Life and Music
David Roberts - Stephen Stills Change Partners
Steve Lukather Paul Rees - The Gospel According To Luke
Simon Callow - [Orson Welles 03] - Orson Welles- One-Man Band
Peter Biskind - How Warren Beatty Seduced America
Michael Feeney Callan - Robert Redford The Biography
Marc Eliot - Jack Nicholson
Emily Herbert - Robin Williams When The Laughter Stops
Trevor Dann - Darker Than The Deepest Dea Nick Drake
Dave Thompson - 10cc The Cost Of Living In Dreams

                           My eyes have been touched by

Film:
Us
Parasite

TV series: 
Castle Rock
Goliath
La Casa De Papel
The Affair
The Haunting Of The Hill House
The Terror
 

Hey, What's Happening....?

Well, I've vanished once again, remember....?  But all for one goal: to bring u the goods. Can't push it though, but again I'm in the middel of this energy flow of making music and there's still a lot to cover from my creative soul I guess! I just had to be patient. After a well deserved break, this time a holiday to one of the most beautiful and interesting places I've seen so far, Sint Petersburg and Moscow, old and new Russia, I'm refilled with a lot of new fresh fuel (no, no wodka), needed to get it together again.

Red square, Moscow

The most happy times are when I'm just working on new songs. I've been upgrading my studio equipment (worksations: the smaller Apollo Twin Quad has replaced my digidesign 003) and it shows. Wow, to me it sounds so much better now. Thanks!

A cherry on the top: a late review of my latest album in a dutch music magazine "Heaven":

Never too late...!

 JoosTVD
The Fly On The Wall Routine
AMAdea
dutch:
"Muzikale hinkstapsprongen
Ik moet eerlijk bekennen dat ik nog nooit van multi-instrumentalist/componist/zanger Joost van Dinther ("The Vanished Dutchman") had gehoord. The Fly On The Wall Routine is dan ook niet zijn proefstuk, sterker nog, het is zijn vijftiende release. In de 36 minuten die het schijfje telt, bewandel je als luisteraar allerlei muzikale paden: funk, fusion, pop, latin, r 'n b, softsoul en jazz, zonder dat het geheel gefragmenteerd overkomt. Allerlei acts komen binnenzeilen in je hersenpan, zoals Frank Zappa (de soms complexe songstructuren en zang), Gino Vanelli, Steely Dan, Robert Jan Stips en zelfs Gruppo Sportivo in het geinige Treason. Al dit namedroppen weerhoudt de doe-het-zelver er niet van om op de proppen te komen met sterke liedjes zoals het funky openingstrio Fly Talk, Stuck en Behave, het lekker lome Say The Word en het wellicht sterkste nummer, U Know That Now. Sterke plaat van deze muzieksurvivor."
Joop van Rossem

Magazine version

English:
 Musical hop jumps
I must admit that I have never heard of multi-instrumentalist / composer / singer Joost van Dinther ('The Vanished Dutchman'). The Fly On The Wall Routine is therefore not his test piece, in fact, it is his fifteenth release. In the 36 minutes that the disc counts, you walk all kinds of musical paths as a listener: funk, fusion, pop, latin, r 'n b, softsoul and jazz, without the whole thing appearing fragmented. All kinds of acts come sailing into your brain, such as Frank Zappa (the sometimes complex song structures and vocals), Gino Vanelli, Steely Dan, Robert Jan Stips and even Gruppo Sportivo in the fun Treason. All this named dropping does not stop the do-it-yourselfer from coming up with strong songs such as the funky opening trio Fly Talk, Stuck and Behave, the nicely lazy Say The Word and perhaps the strongest song, U Know That Now. Strong record of this music survivor.
 Joop van Rossem

TU!

And unexpectactly they have put me on this "Heaven radio playlist" on Pinguin radio with my song "Say The Word"
On Spotify: Heaven 5 2019

Nr.9: Say The Word!

Inspiration

Good news....

I am vanished..... again!

Climbing dutchman