Since summer 2001 I play guitar in this little Dutch orchestra called Within Temptation .
Other than that I'm pretty busy writing music for my own project called "For All We Know". I know I promised to upload a demo of a song here on my MySpace before the end of 2007. I'm not easily satisfied and very critical and right now I don't think anything is 'ready enough' so I'm postponing that moment for a bit. Bear with me ;-)
I grew up listening to country and bluegrass music. That's why I still love it and why I started to play the Dobro and mandolin a couple of years ago. This is just a hobby because unfortunately I don't have that much time for that style of music. Maybe when I'm old...
My friends have this Iron Maiden Tribute band called Up The Irons and when I'm in the country and have the time, I join them on stage for a couple of songs. Always nice to do.
And together with the bassist of UTI, Joey Bruers, I'm working on an acoustic Iron Maiden album. That project is called "Maiden United". That's gonna be really cool as well...
Occasionally I teach. At the music school in my hometown Tilburg ( Factorium Tilburg ) Or as a guest teacher at some conservatories in the country. I love to teach and hopefully I can tell my students some useful stuff.
I'm endorsed by Mayones guitars and basses. Check out their webpage. They make really really great guitars and basses
Besides music I love the gym and sauna. I'm a big StarWars fan (especially episodes IV, V, VI) and I like the Middle Earth Collectible Cardgame (comparable to the famous 'Magic - The Gathering game). Yes, I can be a nerd sometimes ;-) Besides that I try to read as much as possible. Mostly fiction but also some scientific stuff. Nothing too heavy though. (Right now I'm reading "A Spot of Bother" by Mark Haddon)
I guess you get an idea of who I am...
(I read all the messages and comments but due to the lack of time I can't always reply. I really try though! Don't ask me one day after you sent me a message why I didn't reply yet. Maybe I won't reply at all due to the aforementioned lack of time... And I don't have time to listen to songs either. Sorry...
(I won't add bands or people with their profile set to "Private". So don't bother ;-)))