Living Is Instant promo!

Show me some moving pictures! 

Yes, but let me explain... I'm not a professional Godley and Creme video maker, although I do have a lot of fun with the process of creating something myself.

Inspiration

Well, a lot of that came from working, experimenting with Instagram. After I made the front cover(s) et all, I used those pictures as a background to put the singing stuff on top of it. I made a lot of short reels, where I tried to playback to the song with different effects on top of them. Almost all of those Joosts have sunglasses, haha. I don't know why.. 

Then I put all those faces in round frames, moving and shaking to the beat. 

Hardware and software do matter!

It's all DIY stuff you know so it has its charms! Sure, the technical side is important of course, to work out precisely the pitching of the singing for example.. it almost drove me crazy. Overall I thinks it floats pretty well.

Hope you tap to the beat with me! So let's find some popcorn...

 

Put Your Fake In It

 Hai Folks... I'm back with 14 brand new songs and there's nothing FAKE about them! Just try... and

"PUT YOUR FAKE IN IT"

will be released on 13 june 2023, distribution by AMAdea, yes for real.

I'm super excited off course, because as I get older, to create something new one should expect that it would come with more physical and mental difficulties and slowness. Well, everyone has its dog days -problems and frustrations- that's because we're human after all. Don't believe the news, just keep in touch.

But music always gets me going! It even gets easier to put ideas in a form that appeals to me. After all those years of repeating the process and work with an almost blind determination, my confidence has grown a lot in the way I work. I know what I like. I feel great and I feel bad at the same time and I accept that. Simple. I love it.

So here is my 19 digital release and to introduce it I'll show you the covers first.

Description: 

I took a picture of that guy, cut it out and put it on a blank canvas with the world in the distant background. As I lost two beloved cats at the beginning of this year- I'm still processing this- I put a symbolic cat on the backcover, begging me for some attention. They gave me so much love. O, how I miss them...!!!

Kleintje and Dropje

 

The innersleeves were the first choices, but to not discard them totally, I gave them a better place.

I'm also busy working on this fake promo video. Yes, it's a process I've grown to love, but off course I'm not Stanley Kubrick.

Hope it will work out! CU, thanks for listening, TVD

Next: Yes, show me your fake promo video!

Frontcover "Put Your Fake In It"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Backcover "Put Your Fake In It"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Innersleeve B

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Innersleeve A

                                                                                                                         
    

"Legends" on Eclectic Picks playlist

Hai folks, sometimes I crawl back into my blog and here is why. Chosen from 200 songs on Fresh on The Net site, hosted by Tom Robinson, familiar also to have been featured as a Fresh Fave of the week and various mixtapes, now my song "Legends" is on a playlist of the more obscure:

Eclectic Picks link

Will Farr from  Signal Committee took notic TU:

Spotify 

Soundcloud 

Keep it Up U all!!

 

My Cat Is Stoned on TikTok

Hai there, 

How are U?

I guess TikTok is very popular, but I don't use it, though I've roamed around a little, looking for my songs and hey, here's one: (From the album "Just say Know" [2018], also on your Spotify!)

 My Cat Is Stoned

 

Muziekwereld (Musicworld)

Fred Pach of "Muziek Wereld", mentions my latest album and he likes it!

Review Sand In My Shoes

 

On the air on Amazing R&B/ Soul radio UK

Another surprise in my mailbox. Radio on!

Amazing R&B/ Soul radio UK

 

Review SIMS in Bluestown!

Link to Bluestown

 
Door: Peter Marinus

Het grote muzikale avonturenboek van JoosTVD is inmiddels, al ik goed geteld heb, toe aan deel 18. En opnieuw blijf ik mij verbazen over het feit dat JoosTVD nog geen grote naam in ons eigen land, of in het buitenland, is.

Joost van Dinther, ook bekend als The Vanished Dutchman, laat namelijk opnieuw horen dat we hier met een zeer eigengereide artiest te maken hebben, die zijn invloeden niet verloochent maar ze integreert in zijn eigen unieke stijl.

In het openingsnummer van zijn nieuwe album, City Of The Pretty, klinkt JoosTVD als de Hollandse Isaac Hayes, of zoals U wilt Barry White. Funky symfonische soul dus met een eigenwijze snerpende synthesizer.

In Join The Line-Up gaat JoosTVD weer op de van hem zo bekende loom swingende toer waarbij hij klinkt als Todd Rundgren, die op de latin toer is gegaan. Go With U is een loom funky popnummer waarin lome Michael Franks-achtige zang vermengd wordt met de tropische Kid Creole stijl.

Het lui stuwende en jazzy groovende City Of The Mirrorballs verraadt invloeden als Steely Dan en Michael Franks. Waiting For heeft een intiem tikkende, Dance Away (Roxy Music)-achtige, tikkende ritmebox in een sfeervol zwevende ballad, die verpakt is een warme synthesizer deken.

Na de vrolijk huppelende jazzy groover The Urge volgt Legends. Een gestoord kermis-achtige instrumental met een dwars eigengereid geluid, dat af en toe aan Zappa doet denken.

Bestel je Pina Colada alvast maar terwijl je mee deint met de tropische lome groover The Kind Of Fool I’ve Been. JoosTVD klinkt hier als Tony Joe White die zich ook eens aan de latin waagt. Celebe is een zeer breekbare speeldoos-achtige melodie waarin invloeden vanuit de vaudeville en rokerige jazz te vinden xzijn.

A Set Of Delight Knobs is een hoekig stuiterend funky nummer dat gevolgd wordt door de “bijna samba” van het lome Sandals In The Sand. De heupwiegende groover Can’t Own What Fades Away sluit het album af.

Ik probeer het gewoon nog een keer. JoosTVD verdient het om groot te worden. In de tussentijd vermaak ik mij prima met deze nieuwe editie van het Grote Muzikale Avonturenboek van JoosTVD!

 

 

English:

The big musical adventure book by Joostvd has now, if I have counted well, ready for part 18. And again I continue to be surprised that Joostvd is not yet a big name in our own country, or abroad, is.


Joost van Dinther, also known as The Vanished Dutchman, shows again that we are dealing here with a very self -willed artist, who does not deny his influences but integrates them in his own unique style.

in the opening number of His new album, City of the Pretty, sounds Joostvd like the Dutch Isaac Hayes, or as you want Barry White. Funky symphonic soul with a stubborn sniffing synthesizer.

In Join the Line-Up Joostvd goes on the so-known loom swinging tour again where he sounds like Todd Rundgren, who went on the Latin tour. Go with you is a Loom Funky Pop song in which Lome Michael Franks-like vocals are mixed with the tropical Kid Creole style.

The lazy driving and jazzy grooving City of the Mirrorballs betrays influences like Steely Dan and Michael Franks. Waiting for has an intimate ticking, dance away (Roxy Music)--like, ticking rhythmbox in an attractive floating ballad, which is packed a warm synthesizer blanket.

After the cheerful hopping jazzy groover the urge follows legends. A disturbed Kermis-like instrumental with a transverse sound, which is occasionally reminiscent of Zappa.

Order your Pina Colada as well as you are with the tropical Lome Groover the Kind of Fool I've leg. Joostvd sounds like Tony Joe White who also ventures into the Latin. Celebe is a very fragile play box-like melody in which influences from the Vaudeville and smoky jazz can be found. The Sand. The hip -rocking groover can't own what fades away closes the album.

I just try again. Joostvd deserves to grow up. In the meantime, I am great with this new edition of the large musical adventure book by Joostvd!
 

On the air at the BBC

On the mixtape with personal views from Tom Robinson!  Thanks, we'll listen of course...

Here!

Twitter chums

As I mentioned earlier, Tom Robinson has supported me before... well, here's a great chat I've just had with the man👊😎:

 

 

 

Mirrorballs and Tom Robinson!

Dear Tom Robinson has good ears! He's played a few songs on his radio show in the past, so I'm already spoiled enough I guess. A lot talent out there! 

Just his mention of my latest song is enough for me

 

 

Listening post Freshnet