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About Me

The Alternative is a full service entertainment company. We offer management, label, publishing, bookings, etc, etc. Our main activities are managing, booking and promoting great bands from all over the world. We are music driven! All bands and acts we work for are great live performers and their music comes straight out of their hearts. They love what they are doing and we love what we are doing. That's an ideal combination.

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Member Since: 2/12/2006
Band Website: thealternative.nl
Band Members: The Alternative team:
Willem Venema (booker)
Emiel Govaert (manager
Jacco van Lanen (manager)
Rense van Kessel (booker)
Ilana Goldstoff (assistent booker)
Bharati Petter (manager)
Marcel Duzink (assistent manager)
Jeroen Snoek (financial controler)
Folkert Blaauw (concerts and events)

We work for the following acts (a.o.):
Bettie Serveert (NL)
C-mon & Kypski (NL)
Coparck (NL)
Pete Philly & Perquisite (NL)
Voicst (NL)
J-Stars (NL)
LPG (NL)
Matik (NL)
Moke (NL)
Room Eleven (NL)
Seth Lakeman (UK)
Sioen (B)
Storybox (NL)
Taxi to the ocean (NL)
The Broken Beats (DK)
After Forever (NL)
Krezip (NL)
Influences: We like rock, pop, jazz, ska, electro, folk, singer-songwriter, soul, indie, alternative, etc. As long as it's real and it has nice melodies.
Sounds Like: Taxi to the ocean, Storybox, Amigos Electricos, Katia, The Broken Beats, The Beatles, Pavement, Genesis, Doe Maar, The Byrds, Zappa, Queens of the Stoneage, Calexico, The Posies, Matik, Motorpsycho, Recorder, The Police, Joe Jackson, Coldplay, JMPZ, U2, David Bowie, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Gentle Giant, Hard fi, Arctic Monkeys, Moss, Daryll Ann, J-Stars, The Selecter, Bob Marley, Seth Lakeman, Skatelites, LPG, De Kift, Spinvis, Drive By Wire, MC5, Eagles of Death Metal, The Bees, The Black Keys, At the close of everyday, André Manuel, Mondo Leone, Meindert Talma, Sioen, Room Eleven, Hushpuppies, The Stranglers, Iron & Wine, Keane, The Cure, dEUS, Absynthe Minded, Millionaire, Mauro Pawlowski, Evil Superstars, Hushpuppies
Record Label: The Alternative
Type of Label: None