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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.

Inspired by painting the windows of my house during the recent holidays, I wrote a new song. It is mostly in 7/4, but there is a middle section in 4/4. I use Ableton 6, which does not support changing time signatures, so I had to make sure that the third sections started correctly. I think it worked out fine.I'm currently inventing all kinds of songs in my head, using non-standard time signatures. I have to practice, though, to ensure I play them correct.

First draft of a re-recording of "Weg" (Away), which was originally recorded in 2000. With better microphone and guitar, now using Ableton Live. But I'm not fully pleased with the drums and the guitar solo right now. A friend once told me that it had something of a Red Hot Chili Peppers song.

Jazzy popsong, about, well, Religion. It was musically originally inspired by "Here In My Head" by Tori Amos, but the arrangement is totally unrelated to Tori Amos music. The lyrics are thematic but also somehow vague, to indicate general directions but with some freedom to give your own meaning to the song. It combines two themes. One about religion and one about loss and death. The two paths are combined and related. This is the first listenable demo from 2000.

My Escape is a song about dreaming, reality, virtuality and escapism. Or about liking what you can not have. Or about leaving from where you are and trying to grasp something that isn't there.

A dutch song about a young girl, who doesn't fit into our current world. She is not stupid, but fails to behave properly in our school system. She is sensitive, follows her dreams and, sadly, gets rejected.

A dutch song about having a first child and what it can do to you as a person and to your relation. It is meant to be positive and giving hope."Kleine Man" = little man = a child/boy 

Delicate song about loneliness. This was recorded in 2000 and sounds OK to me. Maybe I've overused the reverb, but that's what all beginners do and that is what makes your own voice often sound better than it actually is.