The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Deep Purple, The Clash, Joe Jackson, The Police,Elvis Costello, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Cameo, Bootsy Collins, Defunkt, Chaka Khan, The Supremes, The Temptations, James Brown, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, John Scofield, Jan Garbarek, AC/DC, The Brand New Heavies, David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Tracey Chapman, Eric Clapton, Coldplay, Ben Folds, Ry Cooder, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Peter Gabriel, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Dag, Ani Difranco, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Foo Fighters, Buena Vista Social Club, Macy Gray, Ben Harper, John Mayer, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Sly and The Family Stone, Skunk Anansie, Soundgarden, Sepiltura, Daniel Lanois, Little Feat, Al Green, Ben Harper, Jimmy Hendrix, Toots Thielemans, Bill Evans, Bill Frisell, Eddie Harris, Thelonious Monk, John Hiatt, Indigo Girls, Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Proffesor Longhair, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harisson, Neville Brothers, Randy Newman, Keith Jarret, Brad Mehldau, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny, Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Maceo Parker, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Mcoy Tyner, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Sting,...
Ringo Starr, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Stewart Copeland, Steve Jordan, Billy Hart, Joe Hunt, Alan Dawson, Philly Joe Jones, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Bill Stewart, Max Roach, Steve Gadd, Narada Michael Walden, Jeff Porcaro, Brian Blade, Peter Erskine, Richie Hayward, Jeff Watts, Vinnie Colaiouta, Dave Grohl, ...
I must have been about 4 years old when my parents bought me a toy drum. Despite my enthusiasm for the instrument, it was immediately taken away from me because of the many decibels I seemed to produce. Later on, when I was 8, I went to the local music school because I listened to The Beatles a lot, and I wanted to learn how to play the piano. After a year of tough music theory, I was finally allowed to choose an instrument. Unfortunately, the piano class was full and the only instrument with a teacher still available was the recorder. Pretty soon I was using the recorder as a drumstick. Finally, I ran away from the music school.
When I was 12 I got a real snare drum from my dad. Just as important as the snare was the radio I got from my mother, because the first time I turned it on (Saturday morning belgian radio top 30) I heard “Walking On The Moon”. That was a reason for me to play the drums and I immediately became serious about it.
At the age of 18 I played in several bands and I wanted to become a professional drummer. After finishing my communication science studies in Antwerp, I went to the conservatory in Rotterdam. There I practiced harder than ever, and since I was so focused on my instrument it was natural that I played a lot of instrumental jazz music. During my studies I got a chance to play gigs with Joe Pass, Bob Brookmeyer, Bobby Shew, and many others.
During an exchange program with the Berklee school of music in Boston I got the chance to study with Joe Hunt, Billy Hart and Allan Dawson. It was there that my focus on the instrument moved me to concentrate on music, and I became more and more interested in the human voice as the most organic instrument. When I came back to Holland, I started playing more with vocalists, and since vocals in jazz music were only performed correctly by the greatest, like Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald, I played with rock and roll singers. It was a surprising experience to find out that it’s really a kick to give a singer (who’s singing a song with lyrics and a melody etc…) that beat.
I was lucky enough to play with talented artists. The most well- known I’ve worked with, of course, is Sarah Bettens. When I rejoined K’s Choice in 1998 I was the happiest person on the planet to do endless tours and many concerts.
Later on, I was the happiest person on the planet because the endless tours finally stopped and I got the chance to start working as a teacher at the Rock Academy in Tilburg and the High School for Fine Arts in Antwerp. This gave my wife and me the opportunity to more or less settle down and start a family. I’m still doing tours, although they’re just not endless anymore. That’s the everlasting paradox of a musician. When you’re home, you want to go out and play. When you’re on the road, you miss home.
Since then I’ve done a lot of local projects. Among them are “Venus In Flames” and the band Woodface (Gert Bettens) who I currently play with.
Today I'm proud to present you my first work as a (co) producer. Since a year or so Derrick Vanschie, Maarten van Damme, Ewen Vernal and I started working together as "Dearhunter". The result is an album called "The Sun Came Out". Check it out...
hey Koen! Morgen terug school...aaaargh! Maaar mij kan je in ieder geval maandag wel verwachten in je klas, samen met mijn drumpartner Samuel xD Tot volgende week! Oliver
July 11th,Old Blue Last: Time for a Revolution in Londonbaby
Gautnik A l'envers parties present :
celebrating France's National Holiday upside down.. A FRENCH REVOLUTION IN LONDON 11th July 2008 start: 8pm Entrance: 0£=0€ Live Music from Paris and London starring Imp as "Marianne the Revolution icon", Chimovski (Peace and Love Terrorists), Sketchbeat (Groove Activists), Gautnik as a two-headed Master of Ceremony, and you little Soul revolutionnaires!
Come come come come come come come come come..
The Old Blue Last 38 Great Eastern St Shoreditch EC2A 3ES Tube: Old Street
Hey Koen, jouw muziek is super vet!!Pop en stevig, cool! Rock 'n Roll all the way!!! tof dat je onze demo leuk vind!! Jammer dat de jaar is al voorbij.
Groetjes en fijne zomer nog!! We zien elkaar nog. Zwarte Kat maakt rare sprongen
Hey koen. het lijt meer dan het is. Eigenlijk heb ik nu alleen die vistalite. Een houten set komt er hopelijk weer bij. Heb gelukkig m'm tentamen gehaald. Cheers. Wtr
nu zijn we elkaars nummer op da optrede vergete uit te wissele en vandaag kon k ni kome (toelating rotterdam) wa vind ge trouwens van mijn nieuwe muziekskes die k juist online heb gezet (de opnames zijn idd ni zo geweldig)
He Koen, idd lang geleden! (: De optredens zitten er wel aan te komen. Ik heb sinds kort een band waarin Jair en Jesse Klaase onder andere spelen, en dat bevalt heel erg goed! We zijn nu bezig met nieuwe nummers repeteren dus zodra we genoeg repertoire hebben gaan we zeker spelen!
hey Koen, ik zal hem zeker de groeten doen! hoewel ik Jan eigelijk niet meer zo vaak zie: heb sinds dit jaar les van Teun Verbruggen. bon, tot de volgende mike
