The Naiad is the result of a collaboration with my former neighbour, Hans Stiksma. (Just before I moved away from Groningen and went to a small village, very close to where Anne-Marie lives). He's a very talented musical guy, does lots of cool musical arrangements with his musical pal Jan Faber. Their artist name is Two Men Left.
They had a very nice instrumental track that needed lyrics, melody and vocals. We were happy to oblige. Anne-Marie wrote both the lyrics (which are about a guy's obsession for a certain painting) and the melody . On top of that she created a wonderful video for it. Apart from that we thought this song could use some addional RTs as well as a soloist. Both the Acoustic Guitar and String Quartet made it to the final mix. Brent's soloist was replaced by Hans' guitar playing (he played the exact notes Brent did).
There is also a different mix created by Jan and Hans themselves (which has some different nuances), which can be found HERE
Hope y'all like it! Rob
RTs: 378 Guitar Acoustic Strumming Double Time 2200 Guitar Nylon Background Country Brent 2334 String Quartet Rhythm PopChamber
We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands.
This is very nice song. The sounds of Piano, Choir, Guitar and Strings fitted to the video very well. Another version is also very beautiful. I like both versions. Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Rob & Anne-Marie, this is really sweet. Great vocals and harmonies.
Excellent delivery all around.
Trevor
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Very professional. The additional work completed by you and Anne-Marie blends perfectly with the original foundational music. Your works continue to get better and better. I'm left wondering after each post, how will they top this? But you always do.
Beautiful,, both lyrically and musically. The piano is haunting; the story is so well interpreted by the video. As always the singing is superb. You two can just put another feather in your caps
Very professional. The additional work completed by you and Anne-Marie blends perfectly with the original foundational music. Your works continue to get better and better. I'm left wondering after each post, how will they top this? But you always do.
I totally agree. I enjoyed my watch and listen a lot.
This is very nice song. The sounds of Piano, Choir, Guitar and Strings fitted to the video very well. Another version is also very beautiful. I like both versions. Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best Regards.
thank you, much appreciated!
We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands.
Very professional. The additional work completed by you and Anne-Marie blends perfectly with the original foundational music. Your works continue to get better and better. I'm left wondering after each post, how will they top this? But you always do.
I totally agree. I enjoyed my watch and listen a lot.
One thing that you folks have in abundance is taste. Your productions never stray from that. You may never know quite what to expect before watching one of your video's but you always know that it will be classy. And this is no exception.
Like Lawrence said "Melody and Vocals and lyrics are top notch! And the video is completely engaging."
We could not agree more. Congratulations to the entire team.
J&B
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One thing that you folks have in abundance is taste. Your productions never stray from that. You may never know quite what to expect before watching one of your video's but you always know that it will be classy. And this is no exception.
Like Lawrence said "Melody and Vocals and lyrics are top notch! And the video is completely engaging."
We could not agree more. Congratulations to the entire team.
J&B
I second that. Very Classy!! This is great work in every way. Tom
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