What is it about inspiration? Some days, you can't find it even if it were standing smack in front of you, and other days, it sneaks up behind you and plops right down in your lap.
Roland picked up the guitar last week and together we wrote three new songs. It never ceases to amaze me how our music develops and changes through the years, and these new songs are a whole new direction for us, yet again. It's not exactly pop, not exactly rock, it's not exactly anything. Bare naked soul, that's what I call it.
You see, we just can't stick to one genre. We both think music is too diverse and awesome to confine ourselves to only one style, which admittedly, can be confusing for some, but a breath of fresh air for others. But you know, trying to make music with the sole purpose of pleasing every single person who hears it is an exercise in futility. We make music because we can't
not make music, and that music comes from heart and soul, regardless of genre.
I'm looking forward to playing live and intimate on Saturday June 30th at my old stomping grounds, 't Paardcafé in Den Haag. I spent many a late night and early morning there, attended concerts there, even performed there in my early 20's as a very ambitious and spotlight-happy young woman. The thought of jumping back up on those boards again with a whole new musical message to convey sends me straight into the 'lake of me' - wow, have I come a long way.
So with all these old memories going on, I guess the need for something new was too strong to ignore. Old times, new songs. Makes sense to me.
We performed for the first time with an excellent musician, Jayson Bouwens, pictured here. It was great performing as a trio again - as most of you know, we've only ever performed with Gene Nery as a trio in the Pacific Northwest. It's awesome having a versatile and dedicated musician like Jayson to perform with here in the Netherlands.
