![]() So I thought Caspar's 2nd name is Tristan and why not make a whole different version of the same track?:)I used ac. It ended up almost impossible choosing between the two. The same day Steve surprised me with a solo on the same tune. ![]() I was under the impression Steve was a bit too busy at the time, so while touring with Gary, we tracked it in my studio. I asked both Steve Hunt & Gary Husband to solo on it. It's called Caspar, after my son who was just born when I wrote it. On U-Turn, there's a version if this composition. Really proud of this one since it was such an impulsive idea, not taking it serious at all at first. So how cool is it to eventually have two of my heroes play on this?Randy Brecker ánd Jim beard did such a great job filling it in. The tune was roughly put together in only a few hours. It was easy to make some loops out of that, After that I glued a new part to it with a more open feel where the solos would be. Almost like a surdo drum.I had such a laugh listening back to what I had quickly recorded. To make it sound as if the pitch of the sound was edited all the way up.The Se Electronics Gemini II microphone made the bassdrum sound as if it was much larger than it looks. It's now got a 12"bassdrum, 10"floortom, 8"snare with splash-cymbals as hi-hats, another larger splash as crash and an 16"ride with rivets.Caspar totally loves it, and I wanted to use it for fun on one of my tunes. When my son turned 1 years old, I made him a tiny drumset out of the kit I used to work with in the UK. Mike deserves a lot of credit making this such a special recording to me. His solo fits perfectly with the vibe of the song. ![]() He was so nice to be into that without knowing me at all. Everybody in the room got excited and I went straight up to him after the show to ask his number so I could call him soon as I got a gig myself. A straight ahead Jazz kinda gig and it didn't seem to be very inspired music until Mike Outram got to take a solo. I moved to London in 2003 and remember attending my first jazz gig there at a club called The 606. I had just released 'U-Turn' (Abstractlogix Records 2009).I'm a huge fan of Mike Outram's guitar playing. I believe this was the very 1st tune composed especially for this album. With this release I feel I'm one big step closer towards where I want to be as a musician, composer & producer.Sincerely hope you'll enjoy this episode. A very inspiring workspace for sure.Thanks to all featured musicians & personalities, the compositions really got to another level. Also the move of my studio in Holland, to Germany near Bremen has had a major impact on the quality of these recordings. On Impulse, To me, again a very personal compilation of tracks I recorded a little over 2 year's time.Each track has it's own story to it which can be emotional, angry, energetic, happy, dark, colourful but definitely impulsive.A lot has happened to me during this period of time.Amongst things, I tried to celebrate the birth and growth of my son Caspar on a couple of these tunes specifically, but I think it sounds throughout the project.It turned out rather produced but always started out as kind of an improvisation on drums or rough sketch on guitar.
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