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Gina/Mizar6

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About me:

Hi, my name is Gina. My parents were born in Indonesia and sailed to the Netherlands after WW II had ended. They met eachother in the late 50s and settled in Maastricht, a medieval and beautiful city down south. I joined them in 1963, and a year later my brother Freddy completed the family. Music has always been a big deal when growing up. Whenever there was a family gathering (on my mother's side) with my grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, music & food were the main attraction!

I had uncles who played their guitars like Django Reinhardt, and some of my cousins and (distant) relatives (on both my father's and mother's side) earn their living as professional musicians, multi-instrumentalists and singers. Freddy and i followed piano and music theory lessons as kids, but he was more serious about it and continued his studies at the Maastricht Conservatory. Whenever i was home and heard him practice something i liked, i tried it too, so that's why they all hated me for repeating Bach's Invention No. 8 over and over and faster and faster again. Freddy played Debussy's Arabesque No. 1 beautifully and due to his talent and willingness to help out other (often) senior students with their music theory, he had a bright future ahead of him. But the pressure of life was too much, so unfortunately he said his goodbyes in 1987 and left us with a wise and soothing message: Life Goes On.

And it did and does!

Sometimes i wonder how life would have turned out if Freddy were still alive. Therefore I'd like to dedicate this MySpace space in his honor...
Thanks for visiting!

(I'm a writer/journalist/publicist and edit CD reviews for All About Jazz, also run music website Mizar6 and do lots of other stuff too, like the Play My String THANG)

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Who I'd like to meet:

"Now you're a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of mine
And I remember your name
And you have faith in a dream
And you made it make peace with mine
So will it still feel the same?"


Interests

  • General

    Previous profile songs:

    John Erickson - Carol of the Bells
    Harmonious Wail - Home At Last
    Steve Khan - Anhelante
    Alyse Black - Stood For Stand For
    Rachell Ferrell - Nothing Has Ever
    Mark Sholtez - The Mystery of You
    Christina Lux - Best Friend
    Bart Oostindie - 123
    Wayne Escoffery - Hopes and Dreams
    Skinnie - Bittersweet Tears
    The Buskers - Shady Grove
    Rossif Sutherland - Answering Machine
    Rossif Sutherland - Miracle
    Jay Atwill - Stonefish
    Jay Atwill - What's The Word
    Jay Atwill - Movement
    Marcel Luntungan - Land of the Living
    Lollo Meier - Rosas
    Coral Egan - Magnify
    Coral Egan - 2 To Tango
    Julie London - YouThe NightThe Music
    Jodymoon - Wide Awake (live)
    Cozmovox - Jean Jacques
    Jodymoon - You're Not Here
    Coral Egan - Invitation
    Wayne Escoffery - Nothing Left To Say
    Binocular Man - PMST
    Rossif Sutherland - Snow Covered Roads
    Jodymoon - Sleepless Laura
    Pier Carlo Penta - Integrity
    Georg Wadenius - Slick Willie
    Dinah Shore - I'll Be Seeing You
    Coral Egan - 2 To Tango
    Joe Zawinul - Rooftops Vienna
    Saskia Laroo/PMST - Love
    Luckless Pedestrian - Little Kite
    Nostalgia77 - Quiet Dawn
    Steely Dan - Black Cow
    Chicken Joanna - Palpitation
    Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
    Steely Dan - Lunch with Gina
    Joanna - The Widow
    Coral Egan - Magnify
    Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald - Lush Life
    John Erickson - And So On, And So Forth
    Coral Egan - Es Tu La
    Jamie Leonhart - Rainbow Connection
    Judy Lewis - Ride A Duck
    Coral Egan - Clean Up Time
    Scurvy Brothers - Ruby Baby
    Melody - Love Me Like A River
    Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
    Bettie Ross - Elfin Folly
    Michael Brecker - Night Jessamine
    Stephen Bishop - On and On
    Rob Whitlock - Cold Duck Time
    Madeleine Peyroux - It's All Right
    Bill Evans - Peace Piece
    Shawn Colvin - Fill Me Up
    Jay Smith - Start Over Again
    Coral Egan - Just Animals
    The DittyBops - Fish to Fry
    Hans York - Inside Out
    Michael Leonhart - The Ballad of MQ
    Kaki King - Yellowcake
    The Reunion - Say Nothing
    Dannielle Gaha - If You Only Knew
    Scott Amendola - Oladipo
    J'Nae - God Bless the Child
    Jeffrey Chin - Escape to Ankara
    KJ Denhert - Little Mary
    Doug MacLeod - Plowin' Mule
    Melissa Stylianou - Mary's in the Tub
    Judy Lewis - Big Rock Show
    Kit Walker - Nomads
    Michael Partington - Bach Allegro Assai
    Bob James - Angela in Purple
    Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
    Baroque Cello - Vivaldi rv 417
    Rickie Lee Jones - Walking Satellites

  • Music

    The following MySpace sites were created by yours truly:

    Music for Gaza
    John Beasley
    Sjang Coenen
    Coral Egan
    Wayne Escoffery
    John Erickson
    Malcolm Hunter
    Lyn Leon
    Carolyn Leonhart
    Lollo Meier
    Erwin Musper
    Play My String Thang
    Koen Scherer
    The Bamboo Room
    Georg Wadenius
    Yeayeayeah Records
    Zappa Sings Zappa

    And last but not least:
    Uptown Quartet

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Zodiac Sign: Virgo
  • Occupation: writer/journalist/publicist etc

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