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Jordi Geuens

About Me

Foto's eindexamen 25 juni 2007(door Anneke Currinckx)

Jordi Geuens was born in Antwerp in 1985 and since his birth the only thing he could think of was music. The drums were his first choice and he never lost his love for that instrument. Therefore he was already playing on pots and pans with a lot of knives, forks and spoons! Also the furniture and the car interior were victims of his never seen solo-performances. Since his parents noticed that he was musical gifted, they sent them to the local drum corps when he was 5. After that they sent him to the music school and then the real stuff began.

He learned his basic techniques from Chris Lembrechts. He got lots of experience with other musicians, playing in bandclasses, concertbands and of course his own bands. He even had the chance to play in Antwerp’s Sportpaleis at the age of 16.

When he was 18 he graduated at both high school and music school and the next step for him was going to the conservatory of Rotterdam. His entrance examinations were successful and since September 2003 he studies at the pop department of the Rotterdam conservatory.
He had lessons from Ad de Jong, Joost van Schaik, Hanz Deijnen, Dave van den Dries, Bart Nederhand and his current teachers are Juan van Emmerloot and Hans Eijkenaar.

Besides school Jordi has the opportunity to play with a lot of good musicians. He plays with Mira, who recently got a contract with Evil Penguin Records, and Lize Accoe (former singer of De la Vega) who’s starting up her solo career.
Besides those bands he often participates in different projects and sessions, playing all kinds of music. That way he is constantly opening up his horizons. He also had the opportunity to play with Novastar for a while. One of his most remembering and joyful experiences with that band, was a short showcase in Forest National in Brussels and a full concert at Rock Ternat 2005. Besides that, working with Novastar gave him the opportunity to learn a lot about things that you can’t learn at school.

Jordi’s main ambition is to be able to make music all his life, wherever he wants and every kind of music he likes, such as funk, soul, singer-songwriting, jungle / drum & bass, hip hop, rock, jazz … Therefore he tries to be the best musician that he can, not only in his playing, but also in the way he is as a human being.

He is currently playing with Postman (Nl), Mira (BE), Lize* (BE), Mings Pretty Heroes (NL), Arker (BE) and a lot of sessions.

You can contact him for:
Live gigs

Studio gigs

Drum Lessons

for more contact info: www.jordigeuens.com

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Member Since: 10/28/2006
Band Website: jordigeuens.com
Band Members:

Postman (NL)
The Anonymous Mis: Vocals ; Emanuel Platino: Bass ; Bart Jansen: Guitars ; Jordi Geuens: Drums ; Patty Gaddum: Backing Vocals ; Nao'mi Pariama: Backing Vocals ; Helene Jansen: Backing Vocals

Lize Accoe (BE)
Lize Accoe: lead vocals ; Jan Willems: Keys ; Jelle Boots: Guitars ; Juan Manssens: Bass ; Jordi Geuens: Drums ;
Peter Schneider: Percussion ; Sam Vloemans: Trumpet ; Hugo Bogaerts: Sax, Flute ; Vincent Brijs: Bariton sax ; Alexia Waku: Backings ; Chantal Willie: Backings

Mira (BE)
Mira Bertels: Vocals, keys; Lode Mertens: Trombone; Michaël Donckers: Bass; Jordi Geuens: Drums

Mings Pretty Heroes (NL)
Ai Ming: Vocals; Clemens Blacquière: Guitars, Backings ; Sjoerd de Vries: Keys, Backings ; Bas "Banu" Nuiver: Bass ; Jordi Geuens: Drums

Arker (BE)

Boost (Coverband, NL)
Fiona Brown: Vocals ; Dave Wijns: Guitars, Backings ; Jack Van de Ven: Keys, Backings ; Bas "Banu" Nuiver: Bass, Backings ; Jordi Geuens: Drums


Influences:

Me'shell Ndegéocello, Tori Amos, The Roots, John Mayer, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Massive Attack, Clark, Richard Bona, Novastar, Deus, Sheryl Crow, Incubus, Tool, Damien Rice, James Brown, Manu Dibango, Aka Moon, Octurn, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, McCoy Tyner, MOTOWN, Björk, Kelis, Anthony and the Johnsons, Charles Lloyd, Ben Harper, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Daniel Lanois, Led Zeppelin, Doyle Bramhall II, Elvis Costello, Erykah Badu, Lamb, Lauren Hill, Jill Scott, The Mars Volta, Fela Kuti, Fiona Apple, Gustavo Santaolalla, D'Angelo ...

Heroes:Tony Williams, Matt Chamberlain, Miles Davis, Philly Joe Jones, Gustavo Santaolalla, Keith Carlock, Steve Jordan, Vinnie Colaiuta, Eric Harland, Steve Gadd, Stéphane Galland, Abe Laboriel Jr., "?uestlove" ...


Sounds Like: Me, myself & I
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Postman going to Berlin

Jooow,so next week we 're going to Berlin with Postman!! We 're gonna play at the Popkomm festival. It's a very big festival to present some of the best (new) bands in Europe. We 're playing septembre...
Posted by Jordi Geuens on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:19:00 PST

Postman (w/ Anouk)

Jooow,So 2 weeks ago we started gigging again with Postman @ 2 festivals: de Beschaving & Music square. It was quite exciting, because some bandchanges took place and as a surprise Anouk played with u...
Posted by Jordi Geuens on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:46:00 PST

graduated with a ....... 9!!!

Hey!Well, my final exam was a succes!! It was a day with lots of fun, great food and a great gig!And they let me graduate with a ............ 9!!!So, thanks to all the people who 've helped me, espeia...
Posted by Jordi Geuens on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:14:00 PST

Cd Mira

HAlloo HAllo Hallo, de eerste fullcd van Mira is vanaf maandag 13 november te koop in de platenzaak. In antwerpen raad ik de mensen aan om hem in Fnac of Brabo records (kaasrui) te kopen, daar ga...
Posted by Jordi Geuens on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:27:00 PST