[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Birthday:13-05-1987
Place of residence:Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hobbies:
Music, Art, Sports
Musical background:I’ve always loved music and singing. I started taking clarinet lessons
at a young age, which got me in a Big Band from age 12 to 18. When I was
thirteen I started doing some singer songwriter stuff with my best
friend, which got us into our first band that rocked every high school
party for some years
I took my first singing lesson at the age of 14.
After two years I was recommended classical
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I attended those for two years and then started focusing on some
musical projects amongst which To Elysium and Infernorama, where I met
Martijn at the age of 17. From there on you can read Delain’s band
biography!
Equipment:Shure Beta 58 wireless mic,
Shure Vintage Vocal Microphone 55SH series
Sennheiser body receiver pack
Earproof in- ear pieces
Sponsor:
Pupa Milano make-up
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Idols in music:
Lots of them: Thom Yorke, Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave, Amanda Palmer.. Singers who use their voice innovative.
Idols in life:My family and friends
Life philosophy:All is just empty dharma’s.
Place you would like to go:
Nepal
What makes you laugh:My band mates and crew. My dog, my dad and the combination of these two.
First record you bought:Left Of The Middle, Natalie Imbruglia
All time top 5 albums:Amnesiac – Radiohead
II – Led Zeppelin
Blue – Joni Mitchell
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Toxicity – System of a Down
Personal highlight with Delain:
April Rain tour 2009
Best Delain show so far:
‘A special evening with Delain’ November 2nd, Broerenkerk Zwolle
Favorite Delain song:
Silhouette of a Dancer / On the other side
Favorite band/musician:RADIOHEAD! Dresden Dolls, Foo Fighters, Jeff Buckley, Sia, Placebo,
Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, Blind Melon, Eels, Nick Cave & the bad
seeds, Zita Swoon, Kate Bush, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Deep Purple, Mike
Oldfield, Joni Mitchell, Anthony and the Johnsons, Massive Attack,
Portishead, The Prodigy, Anathema, In Flames, Lunascape, Spinvis,
Starsailor, Macy Gray, The Smiths
Favorite drink:wine and
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Favorite [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]:anything deep-fried and covered in chocolate
Favorite book:'Metamorphoses' by Ovid and Turks Fruit (Dutch) by Jan Wolkers
Favorite animal:dogs and weasels
Favorite movie:The wall (Pink Floyd), Tommy (The Who), Spirited Away, American Beauty,
Almost Famous, Reqiem for a dream, Pulp Fiction, Beeing John Malcavich,
Spinal Tap, Tideland, Pan's Labyrinth, El orfanato, Sweeney Todd