In no particular order: Martin Carthy + various Carthy family projects, Erik Satie, Bert Jansch, Tom Waits, Alan Holdsworth, Monty Python, Battles, Michael Hedges, Arvo Part, Douglas Adams, Pierre Bensusan, Leo Kottke, Steve Reich, Frank Zappa, Jim Moray, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Tool, Richard Thompson, Kings X, Gordon Giltrap, JS Bach, King Crimson, Flook, Bill Frisell, Eric Roche, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Neil Gaiman, Mike O'Neil, Jerry Cahill, Alan Moore, Michael Berk, Cardiacs + loads more
I'm not Dutch in any way. But I am s-l-i-g-h-t-l-y Belgian. But not much. Well, 7 letters much anyway. Amongst other things.
I play original instrumental music and cite Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch, Michael Hedges, Bill Frisell, Pierre Bensusan & Leo Kottke as primary influences.
The current tunes posted are old and smell funny. But I hope you like them all the same. They like you. Once I get my recording head on (very soon) there shall be a merciless cull and new tunes will appear.
'Neals Tune' was recently featured on both of Tom Robinsons Radio 6 shows and subsequently I was invited to play a 3 tune set live on air on his Tuesday night show. What a blast! I even got to meet Guy Barker in the foyer. I was proper star struck, let me tell you.
My EP, 'Live At The Badgers Arse' is now available.
It's FREE so let me know via message or comment if you would like one.
sorry, long absence, hope the music's still flowing. Nothing on the del Toro front yet...but a friend showed me a fantastic film - 'Dagon', you might like to check out if you haven't already! Bumped into an old friend last week, somehow it came out that he has also become a Lovecraftian! Wonders never cease!
hey tom! thanks for the add, and thanks very much for the pint on sunday! it was definitely a shame i couldn't hang around. i really wanted to hear you, alan and how to cure dyslexia; all the soundchecks sounded good! i'm sure i'll catch you some other time though. the mbv gig was absolutely amazing, really happy with it. hope all's well with you and yours!
Entirely my pleasure sir. was that some new stuff you played at the beginning? me like. I would have liked to see Michael Burke, but lack of sleep an a headache won out. see you soon xxx
I have completed my work for the week and am completely at your mercy should you be feeling up to venturing out for a bleedin' ruby innit mate? other than tonight pick your night!
Everybody knows the best way to keep things quiet is to post said info on myspace comments. haha. Feel free to delete these inflammatory comments and see you saturday.
Cheers for your support and i must say that your guitar playing is superb my friend. I must get a long and see you with Moyz some day soon. All the best, Dan Adsley (Laveer)
thanks tom, just added a new recording with new tuning: (c/d)(g/a#)(a#/d)(d#/f)(c/d)(d#/d#)... should be fun retuning for the next song after that one!!
Tom Janssen has been played in full(!) on the It's A Frog's Life Acoustic Podcast Show 55 - Instrumental Rewind IV . This show features all of the instrumental bedding tracks played on the show since February, plus a couple of extra thrown in for good measure. ..
To listen to the show follow the link above to this specific show or the link below to the general shownotes page.
