Night Ranger Japan Tour, Soundstage taping |
5/19/08OK, lots of people wanted to hear about the Night Ranger tour of Japan, so I'm gonna get wordy on y'all. The guys wanted to add 12 songs to the set to choose from, so first I went to Brad's f...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:33:00 PST |
Night Ranger update, Jimi Jamison cd, Ernie Ball strings |
4/2/08The gigs have been going great with Night Ranger! I really want to thank all of the fans for being so cool! It’s a little unnerving stepping into such an established band and being the g...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:23:00 PST |
13 acoustic songs, Touring with Night Ranger!!! |
1/1/08Happy New Year everyone!!!!!I finally finished my acoustic cd, simply titled '13 acoustic songs'. Over the last couple of years, I found myself (in couch noodling time) writing these short chor...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:46:00 PST |
Mixing, Scrap Metal, gigs, Hemispheres |
10/4/07I just back from LA, where TJ Helmerich mixed my upcoming cd. I need to do some reviewing, tweaking, etc. But, it will be available soon.Since I last wrote I went on the Hippiefest tour with ...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:22:00 PST |
Night Ranger, Botanica, Hurtlocker.... |
7/16/07After wrapping up the Arizona run of Love, Janis, I got the opportunity to play a gig with 80's supergroup Night Ranger. What a blast! I also played a few gigs in Switzerland with Botanica on...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:55:00 PST |
Hello from AZ |
5/10/07I'm in Phoenix right now, playing in the Arizona run of Love, Janis. The shows in Tucson all went well and Phoenix has been great to this point as well. In addition to the shows, I ...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Thu, 10 May 2007 02:26:00 PST |
new cd, gigs, AZ, new guitar |
3/1/07I've been enjoying working on my next cd. I'd hoped to have it finished early this year, but things like this have a way of taking longer than expected. Anyway, it will be a very different alb...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:37:00 PST |
Back in NYC |
11/9/06I'm back in NYC after a terrific run of 'Love, Janis' in San Francisco. Before I left San Fran, I was able to record on 2 songs for the upcoming Hemispheres record. Hemispheres are: Ric Fiera...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:06:00 PST |
San Fran update |
9/11/06Love, Janis is rolling along here in San Francisco. In addition to the performances, I did promos on NBC's 'The Bay Area Today' and ABC's 'View From the Bay'. I also got another nice press me...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:06:00 PST |
Love, Janis |
7/24/06 I am having a great time in San Francisco! Between the rehearsals, promo and 8 shows a week I'm PLENTY busy. I got a few mentions in the reviews, so without further ado.....some blatant self-p...
Posted by joel hoekstra on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:47:00 PST |
