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The Indoor Park

About Me

The Indoor Park can be found on the acoustic emo/indie/punk side of the music industry. TIP is influenced by bands like Dashboard, Mineral, Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday.
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The Indoor Park is a project of Gijs 'Geluid' Oomkes
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Vote for The Indoor Park
Please visit The Indoor Park at Ongekend Talent and vote for ' A Little Closer '! Just press play and vote by clicking on the stars. Your votes help me get airplay on national radio!
You can also help me finish my EP! It's almost done, but mastering, pressing and digital distribution don't come cheap. Demobooster to the rescue! By texting 'vote theindoorpark' to 2580 (€ 1,10) you help me save money to get my music out there!
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Dutch DJ Bas van Dalen (KXradio) about TIP:
'Wat is het toch leuk om gewoon, zomaar spontaan door muziek te worden overvallen in je eigen item, in je eigen radio programma: The Indoor Park!'
Which means something like: 'How nice it is to be pleasantly surprised by music in your own item, in your own show: The Indoor Park!'
Ben je singersongwriter en kom je uit nederland? Word lid van de groep Singer/songwriters in Nederland ! De groep is bedoeld voor ALLE nederlandse singer/songwriters en hun fans.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/02/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/theindoorpark
Band Members: Gijs 'Geluid' Oomkes
Influences: Dashboard Confessional, City and Colour, Mineral, Straylight Run, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, The Get Up Kids, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Elliott Smith, Kevin Devine, Further Seems Forever, Sherwood, The Early November, Billy The Kid, Owen, Dustin Kensrue, Jamison Parker, Something Corporate, Manchester Orchestra, The Rocket Summer, etc.
Sounds Like: Ups, downs and in-betweens...
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Stem op TIP! (In Dutch)

The Indoor Park heeft bijna z'n eerste EP af. Het is alleen zo dat het nog best wat kost om te masteren, te drukken en digitale promotie te fixen.Gelukkig voor muziekanten die in eigen beheer opnemen ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:19:00 GMT

I'm a Fake (live) uploaded

Woohoo!I was able to trace and download the mp3 of the theater-/radioshow I performed in last wednesday! I cut out the second track I played called 'I'm a Fake'. The recording is not very loud, so tur...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 02:43:00 GMT

Unexpected last minute gig

Sometimes being a soundengineer comes with unexpected opportunities for me as an artist! At the moment I'm the soundguy for a theater show at Festival aan de Werf in Utrecht, which is broadcasted live...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 16:15:00 GMT

'Forever Hold Your Breath'

Will be the titel of the EP I'm working on. I like the sound and feel of it. I found it in the lyrics of 'Love Conquers All' (second verse). It's a line I like and it also has something to do with the...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 05:16:00 GMT

Shows I played this week

This week I played two shows! Or one show and one song to be precise. The show I played took place on wednesday @ de Bastaard in Utrecht. Every first wednesday of the month there's a poetryslam and th...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 00:24:00 GMT

'Love Conquers All'

Hi there!As promised, I've uploaded a new track last night! It's called 'Love Conquers All' and it will be on the EP I've been working on. It is not a happy lovesong (something had to be conquered...)...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:14:00 GMT

10.000 views for The Indoor Park

Yeah! Woohoo! Yeah! The Indoor Park's profile has been viewed 10.000 times in little over 2 years. This calls for a party! And a new track to be uploaded tonight!I've been working hard to get a new tr...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:07:00 GMT

The Indoor Park at #15 of Dutch acoustic charts

Woohoo! The Indoor Park has somehow reached the 15th position in the Myspace charts for Dutch acoustic acts! Since being played on the radio I've been getting more plays and more people have been read...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:03:00 GMT

The Indoor Park gets national airplay! Part 2

National airplay for The Indoor Park is no longer a dream, it is reality! This morning we were played on KXradio and we've got proof (in Dutch)!DJ Bas van Dalen was very positive about 'A Little Close...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:17:00 GMT

The Indoor Park gets national airplay!

The Indoor Park gets national airplay!!! 'A Little Closer' will be played on KXradio, a national radiostation belonging to famous dutch DJ Rob Stenders. It will be played around 07.40 in the morning. ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:16:00 GMT