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Kai

Playing bass...

About Me

Playing bass, that's what i do. I studied at the HKA Conservatory in Arnhem, the Netherlands, from 2001 to 2005 and got my Bachelor of Music in Education. Currently, since 2005, i study bass guitar at the Rockacademy in Tilburg, the Netherlands. So good, so far.
I'm in a couple of bands and projects:
First of all, there's my band Solitus . It's a punk band in the tradition of the skatepunk-bands of the nineties. You could compare it to NOFX and bands like that.
Secondly, i play bass with Sabine . She's a singer/songwriter from The Netherlands and she writes the most beautiful songs. Just beautiful, i can't say anything else about it.
I also play with Gitta . She's a singer/songwriter and we play songs. Just little songs with a singer/guitarist, a fretless bassist and a drummer/percussionist, little songs with a jazzy touch, little songs about everything in life, little songs i like.
And then there is the Seán Walsh Band . It's a bluesrock band from Tilburg (NL) built around singer/songwriter Seán Walsh. It's really cool and groovy. We play a lot, so check us out live!
There are also songs here from Blue Loui and The Mekanik . These are bands in which i used to play. I like the songs, so that's why i put them up here.
Next to all these things i'm always busy with making, writing, recording and performing music. There's more on my "to do"-list than the above, but these bands are easiest to describe here.
I'm involved in all the songs you can listen to here. I play bass, i sing and i whistle on them. Hell, i even wrote one myself!
So, that's what i do, hope you like it. If you do, make me your friend, if you don't, don't.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/25/2006
Band Website: KaiLiebrand.nl
Band Members: Gitta:
MySpace
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Gitta de Ridder - vocals/guitar
Remco van Zandvoort - keys
Kai Liebrand - bass
Edwin van der Burgt - drums/percussion

Sabine:
website // MySpace
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Sabine de Lat - vocals/guitar
Marije de Jong - cello
Annelie de Vries - keys/vocals
Kai Liebrand - bass/vocals
Niels Smulders - drums

Seán Walsh Band:
website // MySpace
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Seán Walsh - vocals/guitar
Kai Liebrand - bass
Edwin van der Burgt - drums

Solitus:
website // MySpace
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Thijs Toonen - vocals/guitar
Kai Liebrand - vocals/bass
Wesley Geurts - drums

Influences: Auf der Maur, Melissa
Beatles, the
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Deep Purple
Eels
Face Tomorrow
Green Lizard
Heideroosjes, de
I...
Jamerson, James
King Crimson
L...
Metallica
NOFX
Of No Avail
Polyphonic Spree, the
Queens of the Stone Age
Razor Crusade
Solitus
Tool
U...
Venerea
Weezer
X...
Young Ones, the
Zappa, Frank

Type of Label: None

My Blog

New song

I put up a new song, as you can see. It's one of Gitta's songs, which we played at the "013 Grote Zaal" (main hall) in May 2007. If you want to hear more songs, go to www.KaiLiebrand.nl....
Posted by Kai on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:42:00 PST

The Mekanik split up

I'm really sad to have to tell you that today The Mekanik decided to quit. We all think it's a shame, but things just went this way. So you know....
Posted by Kai on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:03:00 PST

First review THE MEKANIK

Today we, THE MEKANIK, received the first review of our demo. It's in Dutch and published on a website called MusicFrom.NL, which reviews a lot of Durch bands. Bellow you can find the article and...
Posted by Kai on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:56:00 PST

New bass! (yes, again...)

I bought a new bass! Yeah! It's a Vintage (the brand, not the word for "really old and beaten up") Icon series Fretless! I'm really pleased with it, because now i get to try playing without frets and ...
Posted by Kai on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:25:00 PST

New song

So, THE MEKANIK's demo is finished! I put up one song here, but you should definatly check out all the other songs and video at www.myspace.com/THEMEKANIKband ! Check it out! grtz...
Posted by Kai on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:18:00 PST

THE MEKANIK studio

Yesterday we went to the studio to record a demo with THE MEKANIK. After some troubles (the car wouldn't start, so i went by bus and train) i arrived last in Oss, where we were gonna record at th...
Posted by Kai on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:14:00 PST

Blue Man Group, part 3

And this is probably the final part too, because i'm not going to play with them. I went over to Amsterdam last tuesday and i did an audition with the Music Director of the Amsterdam show. It went rea...
Posted by Kai on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:37:00 PST

Speaking of the devil...

I've had an e-mail from the Blue Man Group....
Posted by Kai on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:50:00 PST

Blue Man Group (part 2) and more!

Hey there, So, a lot of time went by and i waited by my phone, but no blue man called. Of course i was sobbing for weeks and i had no time to update. I hope you understand... But seriously: i hav...
Posted by Kai on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:53:00 PST

Reviews of "Too Many Buttons"

Today i noticed that we (meaning Solitus) had a review in two leading Dutch pop-magazines: FRET and LiveXS. They were both pretty cool and positive and if you can read Dutch, you can read&nb...
Posted by Kai on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:55:00 PST