Niels Dolieslager - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Niels Dolieslager started whistling at 4, causing migraine to anyone around. Started playing piano at 8, winning prizes at local music competitions, started singing in public at 11, joined the school choir and a band without a name at 16, played in some orchestras, studied musicology at 18 and conservatory (classical composition and electronic music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium van Den Haag) at 20. Presently performer, composer, composition, music theory and piano teacher, score designer and printer, writer of movie soundtracks and music journalist. He is composer in "Psalmen voor Nu", a project that writes new singable translations of all 149 psalms in the Bible on new melodies. Working on a semi-acoustic album, regularly accompanies singer Anja Wessels. Two kids, married, living in Soest. MySpace Slideshow Upload Images Random Backgrounds MySpace Editor Photo Collage

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Member Since: 09/11/2006
Band Members: Depends on the song. Instruments, programming and vocals on 'Handjes' by me. Vocals on 'The Lost Boy' by Tamar Bakker. Instruments and arrangement of 'Voor Niemand Bang' by Minco Eggersman and RenÃ© de Vries, vocals by Ralph van Manen. Mandolines on 'Irrigation' by Janos Koolen, vocals on 'Epitaaf' by Stephan Havelaar. 'Entrance' is performed by the Esquire Saxophone Quartet.
Influences: In almost-backwards chronological order: Minco Eggersman, Gillian Welch, 16HP, BjÃ¶rk, Omar Sosa, Ozark Henry, Gustavo Santaolalla, Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, Mike Scott, Prince, New Model Army, U2, Spinvis, Martijn Padding, Patti Smith, David Bowie, Gilius van Bergijk, Jan Johansson, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Louis Andriessen, Steve Reich, Luciano Berio, GyÃ¶rgy Ligeti, Olivier Messiaen, Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky, Bela BartÃ³k, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy,

Record Label: Unsigned

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