Since I was a little boy. I started on Recorder, then Keyboard. I picked up the Guitar when I was 14 or 15.

I think it was Rory Gallagher in about 1975 or 1976. I was with my friend Jitte Roosendaal, also a guitar player. We have been in a band together in the late 70s and early 80s after he taught me some stuff on the electric guitar. This was because I had started out on a classical guitar. Memorable of the concert where two facts: Rory played Million Miles Away, my favorite from Irish Tour and drummer Rod d'Ath crashed the bassdrumskin.

Fender Telecaster ('73) 3 pick-up & tremolo, Epiphone Sheraton II, Vox amplification, sometimes Marshall. Fender is good too. For spanish Guitar I used to have a Suzuki which got decapitated. Currently I have two Yamaha's, one for study and one for performing or recording, mainly due to issues of stringwear. in between the Japanese guitars there was an Korean nameless one, which worned out very quickly. For slide Guitar I use an Eko (Italian brand, I think) I have both 6 & 12 string versions. My Yamaki western is now with my eldest daughter, as is my Blue Sage Nomad electric which I used with the Kerozinekikkers. In the past I also owned a white Ibanez Les Paul (which was burned to death), a Standard Telecaster (I sold it), A Tele Thinline ('79) and A Mustang ('63), both got stolen from me. For Basses I have used a Maya Jazzbas, A Yamaha 1200s (some sort of endorsement-deal) and a '60s Red Hofner medium scale, which I gave away to my son, It was hard to get strings for the Hofner. Recently my best friend gave his fretless Washburn to me, I think it is from the late '70s or early 80s. For an amp, there was the Bassman 135, Which shared the fate of the Ibanez. Ever since I use a "Stage 100" Basscombo. I really don't know if that is a brand. For picks, I use Dunlops, the little purple ones. They are very heavy and give a glassy type of attack. I wear them out until I cannot hold them anymore. I don't lose my picks that often. It seems they keep coming back to me. For strings I use D'Addario almost exclusively. The nylons are the Pro Arte series (normal tension .28) and the steel ones .009 for the Tele and .010 for the Epi. I wear them out pretty well. Half way its life, I restring the 4th string (D) on the classical guitar reversed. I hardly ever break a string. I used to, but not anymore.

Music and Musicians, what else?

Probably my father, he was a church organist and thaught me the theoretical stuff. He gave piano- and organ lessons at home next to my babyroom he had build himself.

2008~2016 Band of Victas (Rock&soul 60s onwards) (Guitar) 1999~2009 Kerozinekikkers (Rock/Funk/Jazz) (Guitar) 2002~2005 Orchestra "de Noordooster" Utrecht (Guitar) 1997~2005 conductor Schoolorchestra P.S. "De Koekkoek" Utrecht 1994~1999 Sound Advice (Rock+Soul) (Guitar, Vocals) 1993~present Classical Guitar on special request 1991~1993 Rockband "Poppenkast" (Bassguitar) 1990~1992 Court of Session (Jazz) (Bassguitar) 1989~1992 Blue Jeans & Black (Top 40, Guitar) 1988 Blaaskinkels (Boerenkapel, Guitar, Bassguitar) 1987~1988 The Soul System (Soul/Funk) 1985 Doeofjethuisband (Latin Rock) and Backfire (Hardrock) (Guitar) 1983~1986 and 1990~1992 Jezuz Kriziz (Bassguitar, guitar) (reli-punk) 1980~1984 Ska/Funk/Rock band Saint Vitus (Guitar) 1977~1979 Feedback (Hard-Rock) (Guitar) 1972-1976 Contemporary (Jazz/Blues/Pop), (Guitar)

Sly and Robbie because they are the coolest and the tightest

The biggest audience was probably 400 or so. I don't really know, I didn't count them. The smallest audience was one bird. It started to participate.

The six Paganini violin concertos. I heard the second one first when I had bought it. I had become just curious when I had read something about the man. Nobody seemed to have heard any of his music but a lot of people did have an opinion about him. So I decided to check him out. He was very different from the classical composers I already knew like Beethoven Handel Mozart Grieg Vivaldi and the Like. No thick harmonic plots, but very melodically inspired music which at times rather suggests harmonies. I liked that because it makes you hear music.