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GILES

Blues Grooves

About Me

Hi!

Welcome to the page of my band GILES.

For the official website, with lots of official information, photographs, biographies etc, please visit www.gilesmusic.com.
But here, it is all about direct contact with you. Thank you for visiting!

Please have a look around and listen to some of our songs. I would love to get your feedback and comments and I always try to respond as soon as possible.

If you want to get some of our music for your listening pleasure, you can either download the songs you like from our online shop (see below) or go to
http://cdbaby.com/group/gilescds
where you can sample and buy our 4 CDs.

Don’t forget to leave a comment or drop me a line. I hope to hear from you soon!

Markus ‘giles’ Koehorst

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/20/2007
Band Website: gilesmusic.com
Band Members: Markus 'giles' Koehorst on guitar and lead vocals; Piet Koehorst on bass; Terry Shaughnessy on drums

Influences: Dr John, Marcus Miller, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis (Tutu), Stevie Wonder, Tori Amos, The Stones (Sticky Fingers), The Beatles, Early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, JJ Cale, Black Eyed Peas, Missie Elliott (Can't Stand the Rain), Todd Rundgren (Todd), The Neville Brothers (Yellow Moon), Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, BB King, Prince, Rufus, Paul SimonI edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Sounds Like: Jimi Hendrix, JJ Cale, Dr John, Cream
Record Label: May Tree Studios
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Radio interview in the States

Just a quick message to all of you who are interested. I am doing a radio interview on a radio station in Fairfield, Iowa today, 1 June 08. The time is 2 pm CST, which is 8pm UK time (GMT). Here is th...
Posted by GILES on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:49:00 PST

new solo page

Hello friends!I have started a solo project on acoustic guitar and I would really like to know what you think of it so far. There are some new songs and some pictures, taken in Portugal and at my firs...
Posted by GILES on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:32:00 PST

Newsletter - solo acoustic

In this newsletter: Solo Gig Review Interview on BBC Radio Cambridge Portugal Gig MySpace Page The GILES Trio 6 November 07 Dear Friends and Well-wishers, Solo Gig Review Remember I told you that...
Posted by GILES on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:10:00 PST

Review of acoustic solo set

Hans Theessink + Mark Koehorst at the Harbourside Club, Liverpool, Wednesday, 26th September 2007The first gig of the autumn season at the Harbourside Club offered two Dutch masters for the price of o...
Posted by GILES on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:15:00 PST

Recent Review (very positive)

The Orcadian - Thursday 19th July 07 GILES treat Cromarty Hall crowd to quality night out   All you need to produce the most sublime, intense, LOUD, mesmerising, joyful, soulful&nb...
Posted by GILES on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:38:00 PST

A Gig Day!

It's A Gig Day!It has been almost a whole week since we came back from our tour round Scotland. I realised this morning that I haven't touched my guitar once this week. So much to catch up with! Peopl...
Posted by GILES on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:21:00 PST

First gig in our Scottish tour

Our gig at the Globe in Aberdeen went really well and it was lovely to see some old friends there too. Don't forget the chocolate cake you promised us for next time Barbara!I had not played with Piet ...
Posted by GILES on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:53:00 PST

Scotland here we come!

I get to play live lots! Yay!I am just getting everything ready for our little tour round Scotland. All the equipment has to be checked, setlists have to be made, contact details gathered. This mornin...
Posted by GILES on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:46:00 PST

The shock of hearing yourself (mp3 included)

You'd think that after 4 GILES CDs and countless recordings for previous music projects and bands, I would have got used to hearing my own voice. Not so! Yesterday, I received an mp3 file with one of...
Posted by GILES on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:44:00 PST

Première répète à lEntrpot

[French translation first, followed by English original] La France, c'est mon deuxième chez moi. C'est bon d'être de retour ! On a mis pas mal de temps à mettre en place le matériel et le nécessa...
Posted by GILES on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:40:00 PST