Our new song:



This song is a cover of 'Hogeland' from Ede Staal.
Ede is a famous singer-songwriter in the Northern part of Holland, Groningen.
His songs are in "Gronings" the native language of that region.
He died in 1986.
We are a big fan of his songs, because they have a very nostalgic feeling to them.
We know his widow and she gave us permission to record the song. She even provided us with his picture (at the end of the song).
The lyrics are about the beauty of the landscape. This is something Ede often sang about and loved.
We also live in this area, so we went out and took our camera to capture all the imagery he sang about.

The vocals are Dutch. We know y'all don't speak the language, but when watching this video you will probably get the picture

For those who want to see this beautiful part of Holland full screen:
HOGELAND


Any comments are welcome.

Rob and Anne-Marie


Style is ALBERTI.STY
Acoustic Piano: Forte DXI
RealTracks:
2051:Guitar,Acoustic, Fingerpicking CountryBrent Ev 085
1757:Accordion, Rhythm Pop8ths Ev 085

Rob & Anne-Marie
I definitely got the picture. Nice simple background well produced liked the interplay of the voices.
Good video to accompany the song - always impressed with the "multimedia" side of your work.

Rob and Anne-Marie

Very beautifully presented. Simple and very moving.

Thanks for sharing.

Loved this song ! And ur voice is really fit to this kind of songs... Wish I had a voice like u !

Rob and AnneMarie,

I cast that onto my TV, sound through my hifi. It felt I was there.

beautiful

As PeterF said " always impressed with the "multimedia" side of your work."
I agree you two are certainly experts.

enjoyed that a lot

Alyn

The song takes me away to another place. The lyrics and video helped...

Another masterpiece from you guys. Enjoyed this.

Hi Rob and Anne-Marie,

This is wonderful! Its melody is very simple but impressive. I like this style.

The scenes in the video is also beautiful. I have visited the Netherlands. Almost all of my visits were to Amsterdam, but we drove through countryside a couple of times. The video reminded me of the beautiful scenes we saw through the car windows.

I do not understand Dutch but some of my colleagues were Dutch. They often talked to each other in Dutch, so its sound is familiar to me.

Apart from them, I enjoyed your vocals, song arrangement, tunes of instruments, and everything.

Hiroshi

RnAM, I enjoyed the scenes of your very beautiful country. Very nice vocals and arrangement along with your great video make for a compelling listening experience. Tom

Hi Rob and Anne-Marie,

like Charlie said "Another masterpiece from you guys." I enjoyed watching and listening.

Guenter

Rob and Anne-Marie,

Enjoyed both the song and the video. Nicely done, as always..

fj

RnAM, your first merit is to have used the dutch to record this beautiful song. How to speak about a country otherwise than with the vernacular language ?

The RTs are subtle and the voices and the piano make the job. You play it ?

Pascal

Beautiful!!! Loved the video!!

Rob and Anne-Marie, very beautiful... Another excellent presentation.

Bob

Wow what a cool song. Very well done. Loved the video as well. Very enjoyable.

Rob and Anne-Marie I have say that this was wonderful. I love hearing you guys sing in the Gronings language and you did a great job of it. The video and the whole production was outstanding and I am sure that if Ede were alive he would say the same. Thanks for sharing

We did the same vIA Apple Airplay to the tv and hifi system. Mesmerizing. And a wonderful backstory.
We're sure his wife appreciated this tribute and we certainly did. As always you two do wonders
with both the audio and video end of your productions.

Congrats on another great one!

J&B

Thanks Peter, VideoTrack, Trygve, Charlie, Tommy, Guenter Floyd and David for your nice comments.
We always appreciate hearing from you!

Alyn: Nice you took the trouble to watch it on TV

Hiroshi: Cool you were in The Netherlands. Did you enjoy your stay in Amsterdam?

Pascal: the piano is Acoustic Piano: Forte DXI

Hi Rob and Anne-Marie!

I listened to this quite a while ago and now again this morning. It's really well done. As I've mentioned in a number of previous posts, I really enjoy listening to songs in languages I can't understand because it allows me to hear how the music and the sound of the words flow. This flowed beautifully to my ears.

Yet another enjoyable work from your studio!

All the best,
Noel

Thanks guys!
Nice you watched it and listened to it on tv!

Thanks David, Bob, Scott, Sonny and Noel for your nice and inspiring comments!

Pretty song, and very well performed/arranged/mixed!! Vocals were superb as usual. I thought it was a very interesting musical twist in the middle from melancholy to happy. Nice job on everything! Take care. Greg