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I Love My Home (#ILMH) Tourdates!

Het was even plannen, maar het is gelukt. Deze vrijdag kick ik in Enschede de eerste van de serie ‘I Love My Home’ huiskamerconcerten af. En ik heb er onmeunig veel zin in! Op voorhand alvast veel dank aan alle hosts en bezoekers.

Mocht je bij een van deze concerten aanwezig zijn en een foto of videootje schieten, tag je post dan met #ILMH, dan kan ik na afloop een toffe round-up maken.

Dit zijn de data:

#ILMH - Enschede / 10 jan

#ILMH - Amsterdam / 18 jan

#ILMH - Westwoud / 26 jan

#ILMH - Groningen / 2 feb

#ILMH - Haarlem / 8 feb

#ILMH - Naarden / 14 feb

#ILMH - Landsmeer / 22 feb

#ILMH - Grootebroek / 7 mrt

#ILMH - Amsterdam / 16 mrt

Tijdens deze concerten presenteer ik mijn in november verschenen EP ‘When the Morning Comes' in akoestische vorm. Ik zal uiteraard genoeg EP'tjes bij me hebben!

Hopelijk tot dan!

DJ

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This last Monday I recorded an acoustic version of one of my favorite tunes: 'All In Your Head'. This song is also featured on my EP 'When the Morning Comes'. Just like in this video, the backing vocals are by my two sweet cousins Jet & Charlie. Enjoy!

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Out now: When the Morning Comes - EP

I'm sooooo proud to finally present to you my dearest, newborn child: When the Morning Comes. My debut EP! It's scary too, though. It's been in my belly for more than nine months. But I'm excited to show my baby to the world. Hope you all enjoy listening to it! As it's been an absolute joy for me to create this piece.

I'm gonna celebrate it tonight with a 'grande fiesta' at the Tobacco Theater in Amsterdam. I'm already grateful that so many people are going to come down to celebrate with me!

Feel free to share with your friends and family!

To download as MP3, head over to iTunes or Bandcamp. Or if you like to get yourself a sweet physical copy, email me at [email protected].

With love,

Dear John

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My best friend Keith Kornson is at this very moment busy to get the artwork of the #DearJohnEP as smooth as possible. Keep up the good work buddy! Xx

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Last Sunday Marloes Niemeijer and I went to Ede to shoot some amazing pics in the early morning for the booklet of the upcoming #DearJohnEP. Why we went there in the morning? I’ll tell you later! ;-)

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Aye, that was the second intense mixing session with my new buddy Eric Kerns over at Sure Vox Productions in Hilversum today. And I frggn like how this man got super glue or something like that to stick half a year of recordings together! I’m really pleased I made the decision to do all the pre-production myself but let the final mix be done by someone else. My fella’s Del Prado & Mr. John suggested Eric to me, thanks for that dudes! And thank you too Eric, for all the effort and energy you already put into it so far. Can’t wait till my babies cross the ocean from America in a few weeks, all ready to be pressed and released. Euphoria!

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"It Is Finished!" I feel strange and triumphant at the same time. Yesterday I tracked the last vocal. Performed by Froukje, also known as Flecha Moon. I’m in love with her voice ever since I heard her perform in Skek’. We shared the stage at Fusion Unplugged that night. It seemed that our connection was not really a surprise as we have a lot in common when it comes to our approach to music. Both being autodidact, making music because we can without being limited by any theory. I felt really lucky I could record her. She just returned from San Francisco where she’d been since February and rumor has it she is about to leave for Brazil in a week or so ;-). It was a sweet night after all. The 20th recording session and the 25th musician I taped! Just incredible to look back at… I’ll spend the rest of the week pre-producing and editing all the recordings. This weekend a good man named Eric Kerns is gonna mix and master the EP. Keep you posted, as always. For now, thanks Frouk! Your lovely room mates are sure gonna miss you :).

I even managed to record a small impression for the curious folks!

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Oohh this was such a lovely night! I spend the whole evening at Renée & Robin, also known as Taste of Cinnamon and certainly Utrecht’s most welcoming couple. We had a delicious diner first and after that we recorded Renée’s cello. Oh I LOVE that instrument! I double miked it to also capture the wonderful melodies that filled the room. Go buy their CD, or have a listen online to get a sneak preview of the sound that’s now gonna be on my EP as well ;-). Thanks sweeties. I just can’t believe I only have ONE more recording to go. Next Monday that is. To be continued…