Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography

About Me

Open minded, intellectual, dreadful, artistic, humoresque, photographical, jazzical, lyrical, erotical, bountiful, spherical, sensational, tasteless looney from the City of Canals.

Life is too short ! Enjoy it to the fullest. Learn, experience, live, taste and observe and become a whole.(and enjoy the ride naturally)..

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My Interests

Funk, Music, Photography, literature, politics, architecture, history, interracial issues, culture, pshycology, bdsm, food, snobism and anything else worth considering....

I'd like to meet:

Open minded, intelligent and cool folks from around the Globe, in order to exchange views, stretch limits and make the best of it :-) Global Networking on music, photography and friendship.
I'm not a photographer, but love to make photo's.

Music:

Firt of all some drummers that beat me :-) William Kennedy, Ricky Lawson, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Grady Tate, Dennis Chambers, Stewart Copeland, Michael Blend, Poogie Bell, Cindy Blackman, Sonny Emmory and ?uestlove.Some music I like and artists that influenced me: Lee Morgan, Roger Troutman, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Grant Green, Mint Condition, Blackstreet, Patrice Rushen, Shalamar, Rick James, Jeff Lorber, Will Downing, Gerald Albright, Wayman Tisdale, Jaco Pastorius, Wheather Report, Richard Bona, Sounds of Blackness, Roy Hargrove, New Cool Collective, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Al Jearreau, Keith Jarret, Brecker Brothers, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Quincy Jones, John Coltrane, Monk, Dizzy & Bird, Sonny Rollins, Mike Stern, Donnie and Lalah Hathaway, Marcus Miller, Daughters of Soul, Patti Labelle, Sergio Mendes, George Benson, Sugarhill Gang, Chic, Atlantic Star, P-Funk, Brian McKNight, Fourplay, Yellow Jackets, Ricky Lawson, James Brown * Angela Bofill * Brand New Heavies * Electric Light Orchestra * Miles Davis * * Poogie Bell * Berget Lewis * Steps Ahead * Joe Zawinul * R Kelly * The Whispers * Dazz Band * Bob Berg * Joshua Redman * Jamie Cullum * Brothers Johnson * Paul Jackson Jr. * The Crusaders * SOS Band * Billy Cobham * Santana * Raul Midon * John Legend * Wayne Shorter * My dad * Jonathan Butler * Frank Mcomb * Brandford Marsalis * Kevin Eubanks * The Police * Donna Summer * Angie Stone * Kelli Sae * Zuco 103 * Roy Ayers * Byron Miller * Omar * Johnny Jordaan * Yoland Adams * Bobby Sparks * Helsdinski, Anthony Hamilton * Lee Morgan * Buster Williams * Bill Evans * Chris Botti * Rodney Franklin * Jerry Knight * Bobby Nunn * Roger and Zapp * Prefix * Hank Mobley * Grant Green * Tina Brooks *

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Strange Days, High Anxiety, American History X, The Score and The Colour Purple.

Television:

Yeah I have a few of them :-) Series; Heroes, Sandford & Son, Bones, CSI, Star Trek, Monk, 24

Books:

John Sandford, Grisham, Faye Kellerman/

Heroes:

Aren't we all in some way ?* Martin Luther King * Michael Brecker * Salvador Dali * Charlie Parker * Roger Troutman * Herman Brood

My Blog

Maltezer Tales

So last night I arrived in Malta. I'll be here for a week providing some training to the local staff of the bank I work for. The trip to the hotel was from a movie. A 20 year old taxi drove us to the...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:09:00 PST

A Jazzy and Fuky Xmas

Right now if you go to www.zaanradio.nl and click on the speaker on the bottom at the left, you can listen to my Xmas Broadcast live ! Lots of jazzy classics - Yellow Jackets, Michael Buble, Aretha Fr...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:39:00 PST

Going to Surinam

Finally I will be travelling to Surinam. Former Dutch colony and wonderful country in South America. Not only will this be a holiday I really need after a year of too hard working, but it w...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:22:00 PST

Joe Zawinul dies at 75

Yet another tragic blog on the passing of a wonderful person and influential musician. I am deeply saddened by this news. He was an inspirator and an example of an opend minded person both political, ...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:42:00 PST

We got the jazz

Lots of concerts again this year. North Sea Jazz, Lauryn Hill, Daughters of Soul, Ashfrd & Simpson and still ahead Erykah Badu, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten and the Pointer Sisters. See if I ...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:51:00 PST

DS MODEL AGENCY INT'L

"DS Model Agency International" Amsterdam Photoshoot May 6, 2006 This Sunday we'll have an outdoor intake shoot of 25 new aspiring models. For more information or if you still want to apply ...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:28:00 PST

Global warming and it's advantages

Global Warming is a threat to Mother Earth they say. First of all I would beg to differ. Whenever we say that, we actually mean: It is a threat to human kind or at least to it's current way of living....
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:05:00 PST

Michael Brecker dies...:-((

This morning I woke up with a terrible message. One of my musical heroes died. Michael Brecker. I can't describe how much hs music meant to me. I was lucky enough to see him in concert many time and e...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:32:00 PST

HOSTING A LOCAL JAZZ SHOW

Hi y'alll ! Go to www.zaanradio.nl right now and click the live stream in the middle of the page and listen to my Jazz show !! Chet Baker, Chaka Khan, Mike Stern, Sonny Rollins, Arturo Sandoval, Lee M...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:52:00 PST

Scream Queens, Amateur Horror and Fetishque Chronicles....

A new year offers new visions and new chances. I am not the kind of guy that promises to quit smoking, eat less an call my Mom more often in the new year. What I usually do do, is start all kinds of n...
Posted by Mike d' Amsterdam - Zandoka Photography on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:25:00 PST