Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own! Make your own banner at MyBannerMaker.com!News:14 april '09: Miguel O'Red - Blame. Nu verkrijgbaar bij o.a. iTunes & Amazon. Het is de tweede single die ik heb mogen produceren. Hoop dat jullie hem ook heel dope vinden! Uitgebracht door Artistik Records. Check hier de clip:Joey's Corner staat in de finale van de Grote Prijs van Zuid-Holland! Iedereen is uitgenodigd om ons te komen supporten op 17 april in WATT, in onze hometown Rotterdam. Als je ons hebt gemist tijdens de halve finale in LVC, Leiden, kun je op YouTube onze liedjes alsnog checken. Hieronder alvast 'Daddy Told Me'.Alexander's debut single as a producer is out now!! Erdero's debut single 'Stay' is available for download at iTunes, Amazon.com a.o. please visit www.erdero.com for more info.The song is written by Michel Frissen & Marc Bien. produced by Orange Boy Music (Alexander van Popta & Bas Kloosterman) & Marc Bien. Released by Artistik Records.Alexander van Popta was born on 7 February 1987 and had his first musical experience when he was 4 years old, banging the hell out his dad's Fender Rhodes. He started taken serious piano lessons when he was 11. Alex soon found out that he wanted to play Jazz and found the ideal teacher for that at the age of 15 (Sjaak Lammers). He wanted to play with other musicians and formed a Jazz/Funk band with some friends: Essence. By that time Alex was 16 and besides playing the keyboards he also was hooked up on composing. The band participated in a talent scout and won. After that the guys played in a lot of local bars, clubs and on some pop festivals, including the 'Bevrijdingsfestival'. By this time Alexander's interest in electronic Jazz grew more and more. He started to explore the production tools of Logic Pro and loved to edit the sounds from synths and plug-ins.After finishing high school (18) he went to the Rotterdam conservatory to become a professional Jazz pianist. In Rotterdam Alex has lessons from Kris Goessens, Rob van Bavel & Jos van Kleef (all 3 are amazing pianists), Hans Mantel, Ilja Reijngoud and Sven Figee (keyboard/production) to name a few. Sven replaces Wiboud Burkens who also taught him a lot about different keyboards and production tools.Alexander has had masterclasses with Barry Harris, Jeff Ballard, Baptiste Trotignon, Antonio Farao, Billy Hart & Richard Bona to name a few. He even got to jam with some great muscians like Bona, Roy Hargrove & Marcus Miller.Alex had the chance to play a couple of the greates Dutch stages such as Paradiso, Bimhuis, Mundial festival, Uitmarkt & the Dunya festival.He's now in his 4th year at the Rotterdam Jazz Academy and plays in quite some bands including: Joey's Corner (Pop/R&B), Ntjamrosie (Afrosoul), Pam Feather (Soul), Edwin Pennock (Pop) & Soul Inc (Soul/Funk covers). Past projects include Laise Sanches & Neco Novellas. He's also working with bass player Thomas Pol & drummer Mark Schilders as a Jazz trio.Along with Bas Kloosterman he forms the producers duo 'Orange Boy'. The first single of R&B singer 'Erdero' is produced by them & Marc Bien. It's now availabe for download at iTunes, Napster, Amazon.com a.o. please visit Erdero.com or artistik-music.com for more info.This spring the single 'Blame' by Miguel O'Red will be released as well. It is another Orange Boy production and it will be released on Artistik Records.
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