At the age of eight I started with drumlessons at the Amacitia Harmonia Orchestra in IJsselstein, The Netherlands. In my first years I had lessons from Janwillem van der Poll. In 1997 I went to the school called Cals College in Nieuwegein. This high school has a special music programme during the years. I took a lot of the offered courses and played drums with the annual musicals. These musicals were of pretty high standards. From here on I started playing in bands and such. Below a list of these with some videos and other media.

Zambezi Drive ( 2007 – now )

This is a pop/rock band were I play in at this very moment. In August 2008 we released our EP ‘Park’ into the wild. Go to the website of Zambezi Drive for more information. Or go to our MySpace or Hyves. Listen to ‘Black Coffee’ from the EP ‘Park’ here:

To listen to the other songs from the EP, use the player on the left or go to our MySpace or Hyves.

We Love People in Bearsuits ( 2008 – now )

I joined this Electro/Punk band in September 2008. I play on a Roland SPD-S attached to a cymbal stand with a crash cymbal on top. Check our MySpace here.

My own music ( 2005 – now )

Iceland ( With help from Jeffrey van Rossum ):

Walking Vibraphone:

Tunnel:

Also, view my MySpace or Hyves.

Jim Offerman Band / First Act ( 2005 – 2008 )

Here, I played the drums for Singer/Songwriter Jim Offerman. We recorded an EP at Studilio in The Hague. Bass was played by Bastiaan van der Kooij who was later replaced by Pepijn. At guitar there was Arno Tijnagel who was later replaced by Ruben Brinkhuis. Jeffrey van Rossum played keys. Six months after we renamed ourself to First Act, we quit. Listen to the song ‘How Can It Be’ from the EP ‘Another Day’ here:

Yazzoo ( 2003 – 2004 )

A Jazz/funk band with Jeffrey van Rossum behind the keys. The singer ( Silke de Gruijl ) was from Expired as well.

Expired ( 2000 – 2002 )

This pop/rock band contained of three girls ( vocals and guitars ) and two guys ( bass and drums ). I played the drums. We recorded a song called ‘Plastic’ at our school ( Cals College ). This is the result: