Saturday November 9th I'll be playing a secret So Far Sounds session somewhere in Amsterdam. If you wanna be part of this unique music experience make sure you save yourself a spot through their So Far. This special and quiet music session is recorded and you will be the live audience contributing to the good vibes and atmosphere. Hope to see you there!
The 9th and 10th of June I'll be part of a musical theatre production called Carbon which will be performed at the Vuurol festival in Lage Vuursche. We'll take you on a trip through time, space and matter to end up a little bit closer to yourself.
Singing, play and music: Daphne van Rijsdam, Florian Wolff, Frank Irving, Nadya van āt Hoff , Sophie Burgers
Text, music, direction, imagery: Frank Irving
The online platform about sustainability LaatBloeien wrote an article about my efforts in striving for a just and green world. It's in Dutch. Enjoy the read!
https://laatbloeien.nl/troubadour-van-de-groene-revolutie/
Over the last year I've been giving a unique workshop together with my friend and music colleague Theun Supheert called 'Levenslied' / 'Song of Life'. It's basically a songwriting workshop that we give to people who are in the middle of a self-development process. We let people wright their own song lyric about what's important to them in their current lives. Finally we help them to turn these lyrics into music so they go home with their own song of life. Hereby the participants learn a new way of looking at themselves and experience what a great tool music can be in expressing and dealing with your emotions and subconscious.
The collaboration beteween Theun and me has been giving a name and now also a website. You're welcome to take a look and ask for more information at www.deparelduikers.nl.
Me and the boys from Counter Jib released a new song and music video called Kill the Noise. The video was made by our new friends from Get Off The Road and was directed by Thijs Weuwese. Enjoy!
The year draws to a close. Time to overthink things and hibernate for a little bit. A couple of weeks ago I was invited on the Helden & Hordes podcast by Eddy Boom. We talked for on hour straight about climate action, system change, climate justice, music, heroes, entrepreneurship and much more. You can now listen to the podcast at www.heldenenhordes.nl or on iTunes/ Spotify etc. (itās in Dutch btw).
The new year will bring new music, more climate action, more wonderful experiences in this crazy life.
Have a peaceful and strong beginning of 2019.
Once again I will take part in the civil disobedience action Code Rood. Last year we've managed to block the Amsterdam coal harbor. This time Code Rood take place in Groningen where the local people have been haunted by earthquakes due to gas exploitation for years now. Lots of bureaucratic hassle is preventing people from getting rightfully compensated for the damage to their houses. Protest after protest have led to nothing but empty promises by politicians that don't make their houses any safer. That's why we need to take it one step further and use civil disobedience to demand a quicker stop on the exploitation of Groninger gas and a much faster and fair compensation for the damage by earthquakes. Code Rood wishes to end the fossil fuel era as soon as possible.
I'm contributing with music, conducting the Climate Choir on sunday evening August 26th at the climate camp in Leermens, rehearsing songs that will be sung during the action day on August 28th. Please feel free to join this action or drop by at the camp. Your support is very much appreciated. Here's one of the songs (in Dutch) that we will sing. For more information on Code Rood go to www.code-rood.org.
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Hey peeps,
2018 is well underway. Eurosonic Noorderslag is already behind us, Counter Jib is working on the release of brand new songs and the writing and producing of my new solo album gently proceeds. In the meantime I bump into nice people who happen to be journalists who like to write about the green way I run my music business. Recently I had a nice photshoot with Prisca Visser who interviewed me for the Dutch online magazine called Moderne Hippies. Check out the interview and pics here. (in Dutch)
Another Dutch online magazine called De Goede Gids was also interested and asked me what my favorite vegan dish is for the season. Read up and eat up! (also in Dutch)
For those of you who didn't know... Through my music I try to inspire people to make the transition to a sustainable future. I do this with the help of the Green Machine, a human powered powerstation build my green partner in crime Erik Groen.
I've been performing like this for several years but I think the machine itself and this way of performing deserves more attention. Therefor this video was made by Thomas Jeninga and Wouter de Graaf (and thanks to some voluntary cyclist friends) and it's ready to be shared by and with whoever likes this concept and message. So please feel free to do so.
I hope this video will inspire you to find ways of greening up your own personal life or business. And of course I'd be happy to come and perform for you live anywhere, anytime. Just drop me a line. 