Member Since: 6/10/2006
Band Website: aisiarecords.com
Band Members: Shit, I am my only member!
Influences: My Dad, Jan de Ruijter, was a great musician, playing jazz on the piano and the clarinet. He loved the old jazz and classical music and allso barrelorgans. So thats what I grew up with, Billy Holiday, Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Louie Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and so on. Then ofcourse Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Bach, Tschaikowsky, Hayden etc. Then came popmusic, rock, experiment, Jimmi Hendrix, the Who. I love it all. the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, the Stranglers, the Psycadelic Furs, Big Country, Willie Albertie, Mozart, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, The Clash, the Rolling Stones, André Hazes, Pink Floyd, Madonna, K3, the Jam, J.S. Bach, Rimsky Korsakov, Prokofiev, Gustav Mahler, Billy Joel, Nina Rota, Go, Carl Fre, Earth, wind & Fire, War, James Brown, Litle Richard, Grand Master Flash, The Sex Pistols, The Carpenters, U2, Beethoven, The Levellers, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, de Spookrijders, The Oposites, de Dijk, Doe Maar, Boudewijn de Groot, drs. P, Dorus, Louis Davids, Wim Sonneveld, Frans Bauer, Johny Jordaan, Queen, Roy Orbinson, Erik Clapton, Ten Years After, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Verdi, etc. There is so much interessting music, I don't know where to stop and in all kinds of misic there is stuff which is worth listening to and there is stuff that put me offf. Basicly I prefer the melodic music. Jankees de Ruijter is my brother and he's known all over the world for hid beautifuul compositions and arangements on barrelorgan. He's great and he taught me a lot.
Sounds Like: My generation
Record Label: Aisiarecords
Type of Label: Indie