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Somewhere between rock and pop. It starts quite (= "stil") and grows during the song. It becomes rougher when the drums kick in. The lyrics suggest but don't explain what really happens/happened.

Dutch song about love and marriage. The kind of song my wife asked me to write. I'm not that good in happy and positive songs, but this one is OK. It probably needs a less mellow arrangement, though, to improve.

Playing with the Operator synth in Live. Very simple song, with a voice-like melody and a drumloop. Pils = beer.

Electric guitar duet. This instrumental piece is created while I was finishing my PhD. I was experimenting with guitar-amp plug-ins (Devil BVC), to get a more realistic guitar sound. This combined both a regular recording and the emulated amp. The coda includes a small echo experiment.

Filtered drums and wide soft pads. It also includes some noisy creepy pads. This could be used in a soundtrack or so.

Three layered guitars, straight from the Korg AX3000G into Ableton Live. This instrumental is nothing but three riffs with three guitars. It is in 7/4 and is probably one of a series of pieces where I explore 7/4, 5/4 etc... Unfortunately, Live 6 does not support changing this throughout the song, as it was only introduced in Live 7. This could be beginning of a song. I often only create an A and B theme and gradually build them up. This time, there is also a C or "bridge" theme involved.

Second hospital beats. Now with a filtered simple drum pattern and a "oh" melody, straight from the eighties and the Art of Noise hits. This one is also quite poppy and has a happy sound.

First Hospital Beats. If I remember correctly, it was created while I was accompagnying my son when he was in hospital for a week. I brought my laptop and a headphone. There is a sweet flute-like melody and syncopated rhythmic patterns. It is quite poppy, but not fully elaborated into a song.

I often improvise on metal riffs, but seldomly record them. When I borrowed a Korg AX3000G from my brother Peter, I noticed it had some emulations of Mesa Boogie amplifiers, which are often used in current metal recordings. This is an improvised example. Rather slow and with little variation. It uses drum loops.

Riff based rock instrumental. Only guitars and a drum loop. It is a good start of a song, without any words.