Label and pigeon-hole yourselves.....

[Gert van Santen]

Hey, Nigel, very cool post. Good to see what all of you guys are 
doing these days :-)

Nigel Kersten schreef op 23-8-2014 20:59:

> **Producing**

I haven't really been doing anything worthwhile since preparing 
the 2 tracks for the October 5th music-party last year in 
Wageningen. Although I did another song for the "Drijfzand" 
project (with Perry) it was actually a remix of stuff I had 
already done before. We're still planning on preparing a complete 
1 hour set, do some gigs and get an album out.

I am also still planning/preparing for/working on a new Wave 
World album called "Membrane" (DVD/video, minimal, danceable, 
very spacey). We've been planning this DVD since 2001 (really!). 
I've got the whole thing in my head since years, I just need the 
time to do it...

Last jam was with the Anushri, a couple of months ago :-)

Reason for the "time-out": way too much work. I'm changing this 
at the moment, though, since I'm really missing making music. I'm 
just wondering if I still know how to work all my gear and 
software :-)

> **Listening**

Mostly old 80's and some 90's stuff and some minimal techno, as 
always. Most of the time when I try new stuff, my reaction is one 
of the next: "boring", or "heard that before, but way better".

I do quite a bit of jamming on the guitar since a couple of 
years. I have been a guitar player since I was 5 years old, but 
always did simple chords and some simple licks. I wanted to be 
able to do solo improvisation, though. So now, 3-4 times a day I 
just let my work be my work, and jam along with youtube "guitar 
backing tracks". I must say, I think I'm slwly getting the hang 
of it... My favourite style is fusion (jazz-rock). Brilliant :-)

cheers all :-)

-- 
Gert

gert van santen
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