Category: Inspiration

Vanwege werkzaamheden voor ons huis, hebben we de afgelopen weken gewoond en gewerkt op de B&B van boerderij “Op Vollenhof” te Wezep. Een inspirerende omgeving met dieren, tuin, wijnstokken, zonnepanelen, geiten, kippen, paarden. Achterin het veld een imker met originele rieten korven. Boven de bomen allerhand roofvogels en een kerkuil op het terrein. Terwijl iedereen… Continue reading Werken in Wezep

The new header is the making of paper-artist Hannah Biemold. She designed and than cut this paper header: She made a scan, so we can see it on the website as a header, with all the nice details that is so typical for this unbelievable paper-art. In real live, this piece is 30 cm long.… Continue reading The making of my new logo

Last week, I was attending a webinar, where two composers discussed their music. On the chat appeared the question whether to program ‘ programmatic, comfortable story-telling music’, taking the listener by the hand or ‘absolute, sound and form-based’ music that forces the listener to discover the music by himself and educates him. Story or FORM… Continue reading Programmatic versus absolute music

Let me speak for myself: living with a composer being ‘in the zone’, is not very enjoyable. For me, it is very difficult to break out of ‘the zone’, because my brain keeps pursuing this goal, repeating this train of thought until I know what to write or do. For the people around me I… Continue reading How to think like a physicist to become a better composer

This blog is a stream of thoughts to understand how I could set criteria to improve my work. I will write about my philosophy from a personal viewpoint. I am not a philosopher, but I have always known what I want to compose and why. Let’s go back in time and review these remarks: “Every… Continue reading Philosophy: Why is New Kitsch important?

While speaking of contrast, I was told that I could think about contrast in terms of ‘female’ as opposed to ‘male’. I felt odd, because I think that gender is fluid, there is no absolute contrast in gender. There are men that are more female than I am. People differ more in terms of character… Continue reading Gender Issues in CONTRAST

This blog is my train of thought on over- and underthinking musical ideas. This question is urgent for me today, because I am studying a new form, as taught in ‘Form the silent language’ by Hugo Norden. I am thinking a lot about form and the beauty of structures, energy-curves and frame-works in music in… Continue reading Black and White compositions: Over- and under-thinking musical ideas.

It is difficult the reflect on vulnerability. We live in an environment where we tell mostly stories about heroes, you better battle and survive. There is only little attention and understanding for stories of vulnerability. But those are the stories we all know by experience: The randomness of disease, the risk of loneliness, loosing loved… Continue reading The vulnerability of the composer

When I tell my friends that I am studying composition and have them hear a recording, many of my friends ask me: “How did you write this music?” This is the wrong answer: When I am writing a score I write that using notation software. I use that software to play the music while I… Continue reading How do you write music? Music in 2D, 3D and 4D