Studio. Soon.

So, here we go. Another update! Yes! Indeed. What about? Well, about the music. Because I'm excited about the music. About three songs in particular. Three songs that we're gonna record next week with producer Erik Spanjers. I'm really looking forward to going into the studio. Talking about this might make you curious. I'm gonna have to disappoint you though, it's gonna take a while before the tracks will be out there. But if you don't like cycling, you're welcome to come see two of the Tududuhs play at a nice indie-festival on the ninth of May in dB's Utrecht. We might play a few new tracks! The songs we're gonna record will be a bit louder and faster than you're used to. With some edgy guitar and synth parts.. That's all I can say about it now. I don't really know why I'm writing this in English again by the way.. maybe because I'm working on lyrics for a new song and thinking in English at the moment. I'm at my parents house in Wassenaar with a few friends, writing and relaxing a bit. I have to be in good shape for the recordings next week! Weehoo! Ow, yeah, before I forget... Those lads pictured above are NOT male fashion models. They are Tududuh, the band. Thanks a lot to my flatmate Marieke Houwers for taking a few pictures.

Supergrass uit elkaar

Jammer! Dit nummer heb ik zo vaak op mijn walkman geluisterd dat het bandje slijtplekken vertoont. Daarom hieronder nog één keer. Met Tududuh gaat het overigens prima. De eerste repetities gaan lekker. Het is erg leuk om met die jongens de liedjes aan te kleden. Op 3 en 4 mei gaan we al de studio in. Hierover later meer. Morgenavond speel ik, nog zonder band, in Miles in Amersfoort. Wees welkom!

Look at us! We formed a band!

After many rehearsals with different musicians, Tududuh is a band now. Yes. Tududuh is a band. Last Thursday I played my first gig with one of the new bandmembers, Jelte Timmer, in Luxor Live. He played guitar, some synths and did backing vocals. Friday we had the first rehearsal with the whole band. The other members are drummer Otto de Jong (Swelter, Mary had a Little Band) and bassplayer Michiel Bel (aka Pry from Pax and Pry, and former guitarist of the late Illicit). I'm really happy to have these guys in the band. Next months we'll be rehearsing and writing. And then it's time for world domination. Naturally. This whole band thing doesn't mean that I won't be playing acoustic sets anymore. For instance, on the 2nd of April I'll be supporting Marinus de Goederen in an Amsterdam livingroom. Only a few tickets left here! Update: Amsterdam gig is sold out.

News? Euhh.. Not really.

"They" say it's good to post new stuff on your weblog frequently. To keep you coming back. Well here you go. Have I got something in particular to tell you? Nope. Not really. I'm still in the process of forming a band. Things are looking good, but no bandpictures are made yet, if you know what I mean. Besides the band-forming, I'm writing quite a lot. Productivity is low, but I'm working on the songs in my head constantly. Even when I'm at work songs are floating through my mind. I've been writing with Michiel and will be writing with Marinus in the near future as well. On Thursday I'm off to the coast to write at a friends house for a day. I like the vibe that I'm in. Get stuff done! Can't wait for the band to be complete and get into the studio again. Patience.. patience.. Pff.. I don't have patience.. arghh.. Talk to you soon! Hopefully with a nice picture of a few handsome boys...

How They Dance

I'm thrilled about the new single of my good friends Most Unpleasant Men. You should check it out!

Back from break

Yessss! I'm back in Utrecht again. Feels like I've been away for months. Now it's back to work again. Still searching for bandmembers. Feel free to contact me on tududuh [at] gmail [dot] com if you play any instrument and want to be in the band. If you want to hear me talk (in het Nederlands) about the German tour you can listen to Utracks tonight or listen to Nederklinkers on Monday. Last week I was in Switzerland for some serious skiing with a group of friends from all over Europe. Good score, two out of fifteen ended up in hospital, never seen such severe injuries in my life! I'm okay though.. Ow, got asked today to support Symon in Luxor Live on March 18th. That's grand.

Sechs: Final Day

Pfoe!! So many things happened in these six days... Amazing! Having loads of fun with Solo, playing great shows, meeting really cool new people, staying up way too late... I don't even know where to start... It's so strange being back in Berlin. The city looks completely different when it's this cold. When I left Berlin in August it was thirty degrees, fourty degrees warmer than it is now. I walked through the street I lived in. Ice and snow everywhere... A lot of memories came to me, I had really happy times and really sad times in the four months I've lived here last summer. I did some writing in a bar in the afternoon. Enough to write about.. After having a good dinner we drove from Neukölln to Intersoup in Prenzlauer Berg. At the nice and cosy Intersoup we set up our stuff. It was really great to see some familiar faces from Holland at the show. Solo and I are both really sad it's already over. Hopefully we'll get the chance to do this again soon! Tonight I'm off for some serious skiing. Ten days of Switzerland. Together with my friend Nick we'll drive from Berlin to Adelboden at twelve. I'm looking forward to driving his Audi over the snowy Autobahn at night. On the road again! Talk to you soon, thanks for reading this stuff! Michiel says bye as well.