Just another newbie from Holland

Hi evrybody, I'm Hans. I'm a musician (guitar, bass, composer etc) with quite an ecclectic taste, whch includes but it is not limited to: some Metal (Slayer, Meshuggah, some NWOBHM), 70's P-Funk, some old rap (especially the louder the uncompromising type hard dry beats), classical music (Stravinsky, Varése, Debussy, Arvo Pärt, Wagner etc), Miles Davis, Afro-Beat (Fela Kuti, very minimalistic groovy stuff, 30minute songs with a completely un-progressive approach, quite enjoyable if it's your thng) and of course prog (mostly the old 70's variety such as Yes, Magma, GG, VDGG, and some modern prog mostly TFK and related stuff). I try to keep an open mind although there is some music that I really don't like: C&W, dutch popular folklore (Frans Bauer etc), German schlagers etc, you get the idea....there may be some songs here that sound interesting, I just haven't found any yet.

I've been browsing this site for a while, I figured I might as well contribute at least in some of the forums, I may try and write some reviews one day

Welcome Hans, that's what I call a broad taste indeed. Greetings from a Nederbelg. Hope you enjoy your time on the forum!

erik neuteboom wrote: Fenne gosah

Fainuh gosaht trûg

erik neuteboom wrote: Rotterdam?

No, Bleiswijk, 10-15 kms north-west near Zoetermeer.
What about you, Den Haag?


Edited by unclemeat69 - April 21 2007 at 10:41

tuxon wrote: welcome Hans, good to see the contignent of dutchies is expanding.   so i understand you play and compose music, professional, or just for fun, do you play in a band, and do you have a myspace account with songs on them if you are?    I don't make a living with it , I need a serious upgrade in my studio to take a shot at that. You can find me at www.myspace.com/pitchblenderlab. There's no music there at the moment, sorry   Agree on Frans Bauer's music, but he is a dear isn't he. I've got more problems with accepting Jan Smit. Frans seems pretty authentic, he's probably one of the very few, if not the only one in that scene, I agree on that   And know for the million dollar question.   which do you prefer, Selling England or Close To The Edge?

I just sat through Selling England twice,just to be sure, however I do prefer CTTE, I'll tell you why:

I'm not too familiar with proggy Genesis, besides I'm a sucker for long songs, whether it's Fela, Funkadelic, Klaus Schulze, Wagner (his operas could last more than 4 hours, the Ring is even more that 14 hours altogether). I don't mind as long as it's well written and as long as the whole thing works. Besides, CTTE (the song) as one of the best bass-riffs I've ever heard. And I really like Jon's voice, one of the most disctinctive voices in rock history (together with Michael McDonald's).
I still think Selling England is a fantastic piece of work. Quite essential in fact. It just has to grow on me, I guess.

Which do you prefer?


Edited by unclemeat69 - April 21 2007 at 12:30

to each his own

unclemeat69 wrote: erik neuteboom wrote: Rotterdam? No, Bleiswijk, 10-15 kms north-west near Zoetermeer. What about you, Den Haag?

erik neuteboom wrote: Kakkers  !

Edited by Moogtron III - April 21 2007 at 16:20

unclemeat69 wrote: Moogtron III wrote: erik neuteboom wrote: Kakkers  !     Hehe! Well, I do look down on you ordinary Haagse Harry's   !   To be honest, my parents came from a small village in Groningen. We were never like that, but we had some nice ones hanging around. I can remember the real kakkers. All deep blue VVD -liberals. "My pen is more expensive than your watch" and so on. At school we could really laugh about them. Actually, I live in Bleiswijk at the moment, and have done so for 27 years now, but before I lived in Ijsselmuiden (near Kampen) en Dalfsen (my place of birth) both in Overijssel (East-Holland, just for the curious non-dutch viewers). I also remember the kakkers, with their brand clothes, that were so expensive only because of the brandname (that stuff still exists of course)

I have lived near Marlot and Wassenaar so say no more about 'Kakkers ' !

Edited by erik neuteboom - April 21 2007 at 16:33