Hi everyone,

Would you like to listen to a Dutch song, called Notendop, https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130/notendop ?

I made this song in 2017, then named 'in een notendop (in a nutshell). Maybe some of you remember it.
It's about someone viewing his live and talks about it 'in a nutshell', not with the many words I need to describe my life, so it ain't me grin

Then I met Anne-Marie from RnAM and she listened to it. "Oh, I like to sing the background vocals, I'm already humming them in my head". So she made me exited and we had our first joined project!

Compared with the original song, I increased the tempo, changed some instruments and a bit of the lyrics.
Anne-Marie did the subtle backgroundvocals and also the mixing and mastering of it all. We think the vibe of the song feels right. But what about you?

Some more things to say: I'm still amazed how patience she was during this project but was also amazed how demanding I sometimes can be. Although she never complained.
Notendop had to be released on April 15, I promised her. But then I made 'Winds of War', and that became more important for me.
But tomorrow it will be Koningsdag (Kingsday) in the Netherlands, so it's a good time to release it, also on the forum. Then you can celebrate that too!

The lyrics are on SoundCloud and a English translation is underneat it.
Hope you enjoy it!

Hans
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Technical stuff:
Style: NEWDAWN.STY (New Dawn Slow 90s Acoustic Rock), Tempo 90 bpm, Key: C
RT: ~701:Bass, Elec. Half Notes Sync Gel 85
RT: 1767:Piano, Acoustic, Pop 16 Gel16 85
RT: 2932:Guitar, Acoustic Fingerpicking Songwriter 8sten Quinn Gel 110
RT: 3156:Fiddle, 5-strings, Americana Bergen 16de Gel 70 FX
RT: 3151:Mandola, Folk Pop 16de Gel 60
RT: 1543:Synth Pad, PopBelieve Gel16 65
RealDrums:AmericanaSlow8thsFred: a: Snare,HiHat b: Snare,Ride

Last edited by Birchwood; 04/26/22 02:15 AM.
Hans Berkhout
(Birchwood)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130