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Etan

go to: www.lyrics.nl/artist/Etan for my lyrics

About Me

ETAN ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB:
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/etanhuijs HYVES: etanhuijs.hyves.nl
LASTFM: www.lastfm.com/music/Etan
ONGEKEND TALENT: www.ongekendtalent.nl/clubs/clubstek/clubstek.asp?clubid=299 40
KWEEKVIJVER: www.tmf.nl/kweekvijver/etanhuijs
FLICKR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8480798@N08/
FREE DOWNLOAD! YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE NEW LIVE EP FOR FREE AT THIS LINK: http://rapidshare.com/files/26092216/Etan_L1_Session.rar.htm l ITS 4 LIVE SONGS + INTRO & INTERVIEW (FROM THE L1 SESSION EARLIER THIS YEAR)
As a kid, growing up in the 80's and 90's of last century, I constantly had non-existent songs in my head. It took until the turn of the century before I started making real music. I've always recorded hummings and improvisations as a kid, but nothing worth mentioning. It started in 1999, when my father brought an acoustic guitar home. soon i started to write my own songs. In 2001 i had some studio experience in germany at a studio of a friend of my father. I also started to take guitar lessons that year. In early 2002 I joined my first band (Wioon) and also the same year my solo project started to take shape. I released my first demo cd 'Whatever Comes To Mind First' in november 2002. I released 2 other demo cd's after that. 'Exit Stardust' (2004) and 'The Art Of Living' (2005). I also had more band experience those years with Fuse and Wanted. Since 2004 I have a side project with my best friend called No Cause For Concern. We released 2 demo cd's so far. In 2006 I released my first official studio EP 'Travelling Between Places'. It got me several radio gigs and some festival gigs and more. Since the same year my live band started to take shape. In the past I played with several guest musicians, but now I'm focusing on working with the same people. See the musicians sections for details about that. My new album 'Telescopes' should come out in 2008.
You can order my album(s) by emailing me at [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2006
Band Website: geocities.com/etan_whatevercomes
Band Members: Etan Huijs: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Petra Janssen: vocals
Maartje Smedts: piano, tin whistle (irish flute)
Jip Swinkels: cello
Willem de Hoog: saxophone, clarinet

Influences: Damien Rice, Counting Crows, R.E.M., David Usher, Sigur Ros, Duke Special, Anathema, Porcupine Tree, Matthew Good (Band), Death Cab For Cutie, Blackfield, Alanis Morissette, Snow Patrol, Pink Floyd, Josh Ritter, The Magic Numbers, The Arcade Fire, Keith Caputo, Moist, Tool, Placebo

Sounds Like: Damien Rice, David Usher, Crowded House, Counting Crows, Toad The Wet Sprocket, A Balladeer, Pete Murray, Death Cab For Cutie, etc
Type of Label: None

My Blog

3e recensie Telescopes - Dagblad de Limburger

bron: dagblad de limburger ETANTelescopes 3 sterren Door: Eric Seuren Etan Huijs timmert al enkele jaren aan de weg als muzikant en heeft in die tijd liefhebbers van het singer-songwritergenre ver...
Posted by Etan on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:18:00 PST

national radio airplay!

this weekend i had my first national airplay! my song 'The Greatest Embrace Of All' was played on Radio 6.  
Posted by Etan on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:11:00 PST

2e recensie Telescopes (FileUnder.nl) en wederom positief!

Etan - Telescopes (Eigen Beheer) Bij de bespreking van de EP Travelling Between Spaces van de Venrayse singer-songwriter Etan Huijs vorig jaar was mijn enige klacht dat de stem van Huijs me wat...
Posted by Etan on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:08:00 PST

KindaMuzik Telescopes Recensie!!!

http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/etan/telescopes Etan | Telescopes Intiem, herfstig en melancholiek.CD, Eigen beheer/Eigen beheer Tekst: Niels Steeghs Etan Huijs is een singer-songwriter uit he...
Posted by Etan on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:59:00 PST

Montreal

I'm back from Montreal, Canada since 1 day.I had a wonderful time there, so thanks to all the wonderful people i met there and those i already knew :) I will definately go back one day.. The video of ...
Posted by Etan on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:58:00 PST

Elegy video shoot

    hey all,so yesterday we shot the video for Elegy in and around Montreal, Canada.We started at 9am and went on till 1am, so it was a looooong day!The crew was (besides me, of course)...
Posted by Etan on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:10:00 PST

London

I'm waiting at Heathrow Airport (London) for 5 friggin' hours for my flight to Montreal, Canada. So what else can I do but blog a bit, write some songs (some lyrics for my rock-sideproject the Imagine...
Posted by Etan on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:52:00 PST

Elegy video + Canada trip

so, the new album is finally out! the cd release was great fun! and now i'm up to canada, and i will do 2 gigs there and shoot the video for Elegy, so look out for that in the next couple of months :)...
Posted by Etan on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:45:00 PST

New Summer Tour Dates!

for times check my myspace page August 8: Zomerparkfeest; Venlo         & nbsp;       solo performance together with singer/so...
Posted by Etan on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:44:00 PST

Song Meanings & History pt 6

Pedestal This song has a long history. Its been written at the end of 2006, even before Travelling Between Places was officially released. We played it with full band (including drums and bass) at the...
Posted by Etan on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:17:00 PST