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Seminar in Belgium

24th April 2012

Audio seminar Belgium

It was kind of early, around 8:00 when my partner in crime for almost 30 years, Alex Buurman picked me up to go to Amptec in Belgium, a distributor for several studio and audio equipment. They organized an open day with presentations and masterclasses from well known and respected people in the studio and… Continue reading

Drums United

Saturday 21st April

It’s been a while since I joined Drums United as a stage tech for a concert in the Netherlands. Due to tax raises and funding cuts in the theatres, the budget for these kind of productions became minimal, so Tam Tam productions had to find other ways to have the stage built. In the other European countries… Continue reading

Preparations for van Emmerloot clinic tour

Tuesday 17th April

I had the day off from work to have a lesson with Juan and a meeting afterwards. We formed a team of four people to set up a clinic tour in which Juan will do the clinic. Also some new drumcases were delivered as an endorsement for Juan. It’s amazing what one can achieve by being professional… Continue reading

The power of Three tour Italy

April 4th 2012:

After a (feel)good movie with Carol Wednesday night, I had to get up at 3:00 in the morning to catch my flight to Napoli where I was to meet up with Juan van Emmerloot (www.drummingsecrets.com) who’s doing The power of Three tour with Stef Burns (www.stefburns.com) and Billy Sheehan (www.billysheehan.com) through Italy. The travel went smooth, everything… Continue reading

South side Blues Revue

31st March,

I’ve been asked to capture a gig on my camera of a long time friend, my first drumteacher from about 30 years ago. This is his new band called South side Blues Revue. This actually also was the first time I’ve seen Ruud play live!! So for me it was business and pleasure at the same time, what… Continue reading