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I've updated the 'Live' section. I've got quite some gigs coming up. Always nice to be busy...

The new Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique album is mixed and mastered. I haven't heard everything yet but what I heard sounds very promising...

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Sharon Den Adel will sing on my little canon song I wrote for my upcoming soloalbum.
I really wanted a female voice on it and of course I asked my bandmate for the last 9 years. She reacted very enthusiastically. She'll sing this song together with Wudstik, Daniel Gildenlöw (he also did an amazing job!) and Damian Wilson...

I'm gonna start recording my guitars for the new WT album this weekend. I'll be doing it in the comfort of my own studio behind my house. Looking forward to that!!!

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Hello there my friends. Here's an update of what I've been up to lately and what my plans are for the near future.

I've done a couple of gigs with Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique. We've played in Turkey, Spain, France and one in my hometown. I've had an amazing time with them. Real cool people and really cool music. Something totally different from what I normally do so that makes it extra cool.

Two weeks ago Richard West, keyboard player from Threshold stayed at my house to record my guitarplaying for his soloalbum he's doing with Farrah West. Mark Zonder from Fates Warning is playing drums on that album. I feel really honoured because I used to listen to both Threshold and Fates Warning when I was a teenager.

I hope to be done with the recordings for For All We Know in two weeks. Damian Wilson was here recently to sing on one track. I got a phonecall from Daniel Gildenlöw from Pain of Salvation this morning to talk about his contribution on that same song. I'm really looking forward to receiving his files in my mailbox...

And I have a very special guest to sing on that same little piece of music. (It's a canon so I have a couple of different singers. Gonna be really cool.) I can't tell who the guest is yet but I can give you one hint; he or she has a strip of very short hair above each eye...

Today me and my buddy Joey Bruers from the Iron Maiden Tribute band Up The Irons finished the recording of his bass parts for the Maiden United album. Now it's up to me to lay down the guitar tracks.

And as if all this is not enough, I'm gonna start recording the new Within Temptation album very soon here in my studio. Looking forward to that as well.

And last but not least; I've become a father!!!
Well, no that's not true but one of my cats gave birth to two little ones. I named them Ron and Ad;

Within Temptation

Yes, after 15 months of silence we're about to hit the stages again. It's been quite a while but during our first rehearsal it was as if it had been only 2 weeks without the same lame jokes and all hahaha. But it was great to see the rest again as a group and to play some songs again!

Us enjoying the sun during our first rehearsal in 15 months

Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua De Annique

This spring/summer I'll be playing some gigs with Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique. The first will be on april 30th (a day after the last theatreshow) in Istanbul Turkey. I'm really looking forward to that!!!

For All We Know

Album is almost done (yes, I know, I told you that the last time.) Vocals are done but one track. Guitars are done but one solo. Richie Faulkner sent me an amazing guitarsolo for one track!

Maiden United

As you know the drums are done. We're gonna record the acoustic bassguitars on my off days off from the Within Temptation theatre tour. Hopefully I can start recording the guitars directly after the tour...

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New Mayones promopic

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(Just for laughs...)

Howdy y'all

It's been a while since my last update. My apologies my friends...

I've worked alot on my album. Guitars are done (99%), John Wesley (live guitarist Porcupine Tree) recorded an amazing guitarsolo, Hammonds are done, piano's are almost done.
Wudstik came over to my house last weekend and we've recorded 7 and a half songs. He's done an amazing job!
Last week I went to Sandlane Studio's to rerecord my mandoline parts. I was privileged to use the best mics and preamps you can find and that combined with the great studio I've got some amazing end results...

Next weekend I'll enter those same studio's to record the drums for the acoustic Iron Maiden project "Maiden United". We'll be recording the whole Piece of Mind album with new acoustic arrangements... Looking forward to it!

That's about it... See you soon...

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I've added a funny picture of another variation to mispell my name. Never seen this one before...

Well, the Damian Wilson Band tour is over. It was really great to play with him, Chris Mars, Nick Slac and of course my two brothers in crime of Team Trilogy.
Here's the link of the official Damian Wilson Band website.

I'm gonna continue with 'For All We Know'. I've just borrowed a nice Avalon DI from a friend of mine so this weekend I'm gonna record basstracks for some of the songs. Kristoffer will record his fretless basstracks very soon as well. Good stuff!

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Today is the first gig of the 'Damian Wilson Band' tour. We'll be playing in Spirit of 66 in Vervier, Belgium... Tomorrow is a hometown race for me when we play in the BatCave here in Tilburg. Gonna be cool!!!

Two days ago Laboga dropped off some more equipment for me to check out. I'll be using the Alligator Combo and Cabinet on this tour. Sounds really great!

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Here's the trailer of the new Within Temptation live album
"An Acoustic Night at the Theatre" including the new song "Utopia"

Rehearsals for the DWB tour will start this weekend. I'm looking forward to finally play these songs with real people instead of my iTunes ;-) 

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