We did not make it easy for us, as it turned out last Tuesday during the joint rehearsal of Stageband Jazzorchestra and Treats. A lot of new music, many notes, we had to get used to so much news We also rehearsed in concert setup last Tuesday, where our bassist / conductor is normally completely …
Checking The Master CD of Treats.
Before the Master is recorded on CD for eternity, there must be a final check of those involved to listen to discrepancies on the CD. Bauke Van Der Laaken from the renowned Studio Spitbergen in Zuidbroek, one of the finest people to collaborate on a project together, has mixed and mastered the CD. And what …
Beautiful events and visitors.
You can think of the nicest things, involve the best musicians, dress it up nicely. It’s all useless if there is no audience watching all the beautiful things you have made. With the Stageband we have already experienced that too often. Beautiful programs where the musicians had to go to the limit, for 10 people …
Seventh rehearsal Hållsta Suite
After a week of vacation, yesterday we continued with the preparation of our Easter project. We are now in the final stages with the last 4 rehearsals, and we see that there is still a lot to be done. Treats participated for the first time during the rehearsal, where we also played a new piece. …
Fundraising Vocal Group Treats
Everyone knows that it is difficult to speak to a large audience with jazz music. That is completely wrong when you hear the friendly sounds of vocal group Treats. With 4 great voices singing beautiful harmonies. Many choirers and enthusiasts should be interested. Because singing in choral harmony is extremely popular. Treats sings the most …
Arranging Big Band & Vocal Group
We arranged new music for the combination Stageband Jazz Orchestra and Vocal Group Treats. Of course we have an hour of music together with the Hållsta Suite. In that respect, the program for the break is completely finished. But the 2nd part of our concert series consists of the CD presentation the CD: “Wasting Time”, …
Filming with a drone
I have written before in this blog about cultural entrepreneurship, and what that requires from you. Cultural entrepreneurship in the Netherlands, in the light music sector means doing a lot of things yourself. While medium-sized companies with reasonable revenues outsource their administration, we do it all ourselves. We create, develop and maintain websites ourselves. Furthermore, …
Sixth rehearsel Hållsta Suite
At the Stageband Jazzorchestra we have been used to dive deep into the compositions. That is why we rehearse every week. The philosophy of the band is that a composition is more than a succession of notes. With Steven Sluiter we have, in that respect, a very concise orchestra leader. He watches much more than …
Filming the beauty of Hållsta
The Hållsta Suite is named after the hamlet of Hållsta in the municipality of Brunflo in Sweden. About 20 km west of the big city of Östersund. Hållsta is on the E14 and on the Hållstasjön, a lake. At Hållsta, that lake turns into a dam, and then to Hållstakvarn. A mill (kvarn) was driven …
Vocal Group Treats
Like Stageband Jazz Orchestra, Vocal Group Treats consists of musicians who, besides their busy and lucrative professional musical activities, have never forgotten that they started making music as a hobby. Just like the professionals of the Stageband, they rehearse weekly to realize the goals set by them. Because they too know that making music, and …