http://www.andrewvroomans.com Singer/Songwriter/Producer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:57:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2006-2007 andrew@andrewvroomans.com (Andrew Vroomans' Blog) andrew@andrewvroomans.com (Andrew Vroomans' Blog) posts 1440 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/images/lightsout.jpg http://www.andrewvroomans.com 144 144 Singer/Songwiter Andrew Vroomans' Blog Andrew Vroomans' Blog Andrew Vroomans' Blog andrew@andrewvroomans.com no no http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/the-rodberries-ride-again-2/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/the-rodberries-ride-again-2/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:21:10 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/uncategorized/the-rodberries-ride-again-2/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/the-rodberries-ride-again-2/feed/ 0 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/the-rodberries-are-coming/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/the-rodberries-are-coming/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 21:32:07 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=257 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/the-rodberries-are-coming/feed/ 2 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/abbey-road/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/abbey-road/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:01:02 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=180 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/abbey-road/feed/ 0 3:29 It was forty years ago today, on August 8th of 1969 at 11.30 in the morning, that The Beatles walked the zebra crossing - very ... It was forty years ago today, on August 8th of 1969 at 11.30 in the morning, that The Beatles walked the zebra crossing - very close to the Abbey Road Studios in which they have recorded almost all of their songs. One of the six photos taken while they did that, became the front cover of their album Abbey Road, the most famous album cover in the history of pop music. For forty years since that day, people have been replicating those famous couple of footsteps while having themselves photographed. Every single day. The Abbey Road Studios even have a live webcam pointed at the crossing 24 hours a day. Really remarkable that one album cover can do that. I mean, for instance, you don't see people replicating the Nirvana 'Nevermind'-cover each time you visit the swimming pool..... I visited Abbey Road last year and of course I intended to walk the crossing myself. But when I got there I saw several groups of Beatles' pilgrim fans swarming the Abbey Road crossing. I decided I wouldn't look cool doing the same thing as everybody else, but being the rebel I am, I did it anyway. It felt like walking any other crossing... (I later learned that the crossing has been moved a bit since 1969, for traffic safety reasons, and it has been repainted a couple of times on top of that, so maybe that's why the energy of the crossing had changed to average zebra crossing-level? :-)). And apart from that, the famous ubercool Abbey Road Studios were actually just a mansion behind a fence.... But still, I found Abbey Road to be a magical place: so much of the greatest music has been recorded and conceived there. Hard to find other buildings in the world where so many creative masterpieces were made. Anyway, I wrote and recorded a song as a tribute. A very Beatlesque song, just how I like my songs. I called it 'Abbey Road' in a burst of creativity of my own.... :-) I released it about two months ago on my album 'Frequently Flying Music Chairs'. Here it is, hope you like it: If you should like it, you could of course buy it (or the whole album) at CD Baby, iTunes or Amazon. :-) New Stuff, Songs andrew@andrewvroomans.com no no http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/new-cds-master-is-done/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/new-cds-master-is-done/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:25:42 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=144 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/new-cds-master-is-done/feed/ 0 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/first-cd-will-be-released-soon/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/first-cd-will-be-released-soon/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:44:32 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=127 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/first-cd-will-be-released-soon/feed/ 2 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-monica-2008/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-monica-2008/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:00:33 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=107 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-monica-2008/feed/ 4 3:45 For those who have followed me and my band Cry Ugly through the years: yes, you've spotted it well, this is 'Monica', the same song ... For those who have followed me and my band Cry Ugly through the years: yes, you've spotted it well, this is 'Monica', the same song that we've released on our first album 'Book Of Dreams'. The song that once went straight to number one in the Westpop Top 10, and stayed there for weeks on end. The same song.Except, this version is a remake. I was never really happy with my lead vocals on the old version and with the fact that it started too slow to my liking and then only further on started to get the right amount of energy. Oh well. Not a lot of other people seemed to bother with it. Just me. :-)But anyway, I redid the whole thing, if only for myself. I only used, in a sliced-up-kind-of-way, the organ-part old-Cry Ugly bandmember Erwin once played on a rehearsal recording, because I really liked the sounds.It's a rocking song I still think. Hope you like it too.... New Stuff, Songs andrew@andrewvroomans.com no no http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-the-hardest-day/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-the-hardest-day/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:56:45 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=101 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-the-hardest-day/feed/ 0 1:55 This one kinda goes together with ‘Loneliness Means Freedom Now’. This one kinda goes together with ‘Loneliness Means Freedom Now’. New Stuff, Songs andrew@andrewvroomans.com no no http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-loneliness-means-freedom-now-2/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-loneliness-means-freedom-now-2/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:39:46 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=94 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-loneliness-means-freedom-now-2/feed/ 2 2:51 Sometimes love stops being love..... Sometimes love stops being love..... New Stuff, Songs andrew@andrewvroomans.com no no http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-say-yes-tonight/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-say-yes-tonight/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:43:17 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=56 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-say-yes-tonight/feed/ 0 4:11 I wrote this one for the wedding of two of my friends. The groom's sister asked me to write and record a song for them ... I wrote this one for the wedding of two of my friends. The groom's sister asked me to write and record a song for them as a wedding present. I did and here it is, in all its rocking glory!The opening was of course written by Felix Mendelssohn, who can do without him in a wedding situation? But after that it's all me. Again, the lyrics to the song are here. New Stuff, Songs andrew@andrewvroomans.com no no http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-life-just-hurts-you/ http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-life-just-hurts-you/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:10:50 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewvroomans.com/?p=44 http://www.andrewvroomans.com/new-stuff/song-life-just-hurts-you/feed/ 0 2:29 This is a sad one, dark, not an upbeat rocker. But I think this song is also pretty in its own gloomy fashion.I wrote and ... This is a sad one, dark, not an upbeat rocker. But I think this song is also pretty in its own gloomy fashion.I wrote and recorded this for an American documentary that wanted to address the unpleasant situation people in homes for the elderly have to live in over there. Lyrics are here. Oh, and of course life does not just hurt you. New Stuff, Songs andrew@andrewvroomans.com no no