That is what it should be, for me: a ‚hobby’ that is always with you, and one which you share with others. It feels like that when I am...

So today, I started the day preparing Giel Vleggaar’s Appalachia for the concert of December 4th at the Muziekgebouw aan t IJ in...

How did it go last night? I was happy afterwards. The church was beautiful (late 19th century, gorgeously restored Roman-Catholic), but...

..for a concert is different every time. Thinking about what to bring is always an issue: which guitar(s), which amp(s), effects, wires,...

I have just been talking to a guitarist, who may want to come and study with me. I talked to him about anger and practicing. How it...

With real reels. Amazing what it can do to sound. And there seems still no way to really mimic it with digital tools. I have experienced...

Is where I have lived (with my wife-to-be, Tjakina Oosting), in 1996-1997. My teacher there, David Starobin, posted about our experience...

Orgelpark, a very special venue in Amsterdam, organised a 75th birhtday celebration concert for composer Tom Johnson. The Asko Kamerkoor,...

More genrally speaking, I guess the whole youth culture (also in America) is part of a reaction to the second world war and at the same...

Today, I felt like I have become a teacher: after yesterday’s experience in Utrecht, the Arts and Entertainment school of the Amsterdam...