Who Am I?
Well, Im Steve, 23 years old, I live in Tilburg, the Netherlands, I am still a student but hopefully not for long. What I look like, you can find out on the photo's I uploaded.
Where can You Find Me?
I currently work as a stagehand at 013, one of the best venues in our country. Besides that I love to spend my time doing anything music related.
Until last January I was busy organizing the first edition of the World's Biggest Iron Maiden Tribute Convention. I did pre-production, stage management and a lot of other things! For info on the next edition, check out www.worldconvention.nl, it will be updated when plans are made!
At the moment I am trying to book a tour for four bands together and if I am succesful, I will be going with them as tourmanager.
Okay, too much of that...the topic was, where can you find me!
Extase, a bar I have been swearing not to go to for about five years, but somehow I keep ending up there...guess there are just too many nice people hanging out there!
On most days I tend to take walks into town, just to be outside, get a breath of fresh air, possibily meet some friends. And a few days a week I like to go out for a run aswell.
Also, when not working, you can still find me in 013 a lot of times!
What Do I Do In My Spare Time?
In my spare time I write poems, lyrics and music.
First of all I am a bassplayer and my gear exists of the following things: 2 basses; Jackson Performer, black 4-string and an Ibanez SR924, black-neck thru. 2 amps: a small Samick practice amp and an Ampegg SVT450 with a 6x10" cabinet.
Furthermore, I play a lot of accoustic guitar, just for the fun of it. I got the thing for my 23th birthday and have since been teaching myself to play a little.
Hanging out with friends is also a big hobby! But most of the time I spend downloading or buying music. I have a few thousand albums, be it mp3, cd or lp. I listen to music most of the day. The bands listed elsewhere on this page are just a small pick out of all the things I like to hear.
Where Have I Been?
My Favorite Albums
Savatage - Streets
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Poets Of The Fall - Sings Of Life
Updated somewhere this week...
LYRICS AND POEMS
Here are some of the things I have written in the last couple of years (well, almost a decade now). Ofcourse it is all copyrighted material, that is why I put it on here, just to show off. Haha, no not just that, I hope the things I post, like the things I say and do, might someday inspire somebody.
About this next poem; it's a poem written in march 2004. Let me know your thoughts...
Once the waves crash
Far and wide
Surging forward
It’s wavely might
Rolling onward
A human fight
Endlessly going
Towers of might
Are ever growing
Piles of sand
Water and earth
Guarding the land
Turning to dirt
Land to the sea
Like ashes to ash
No more right to be
Once the waves crash
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This next might be the one I am most proud of writing during my 'band' period. I am making plans to maybe release this track with music someday, but we'll see what happens. Anyway, let me know what you think of it!!!
Overcome
I don’t know who is enemy or friend
Trust is like a riddle
Makes it hard to understand
Feeding the anger
Make the truth drift away
Trust for me is fragile
Driving me insane
Overcome
The rage that’s hidden deep inside
I can’t overcome
The voice in my head is screaming
Overcome
The next day when I lay awake in bed
Revisiting the words
I should have never said
I feel the anger rise
I want to set it free
The bitterness deprives me
I can never be…
Overcome
The rage that’s hidden deep inside
I won’t overcome
The voice in my head is screaming
Overcome
