Ruud Jolie appreciation thread

Sorry for double post But more Ruud news

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Nothing More (with violin)

Hey there,

during the WT theatertour we were helped on stage by two great guys; Jonas Pap on Cello and Sietze van Gorkom on violin.

One night Sietze stayed at my place because we had two gigs in the south of Holland. He lives in Amsterdam so it would be very inconvenient for him to travel from gig to home and to gig again...

The next day we recorded some stuff for Maiden United and For All We Know.

This is 'Nothin More...' again but with some added violin here and there... I think it adds a certain melancholic vibe which I like a lot.

Hope you like it too...

Nothing More with violin sounds amazing

Wow. *rips* That's beautiful. The violin adds so much.

I know. I really cant wait for more from FAWK.

I'm gonna need a cover for my FAWK demos soon, if Ruud keeps working so hard.

Ooo i've got to check that out!

Oh wow, it's beautiful. *wants* I love it.

I realised last night when doing my media essay that Ruud's last name is the same as Angelina Jolie but said different. I have no idea why I didnt make this connection earlier but now everytime I write Angelina Jolie in the exam I can squee

Sorry for DP but news!

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new demo up; "Nomansland"

Hello dear dear friends,

as some of you might know I've working with this great great singer called Wudstik. I know him through MySpace (it really makes the world smaller) and the first track I've heard from him was the song "Net Als Ik" (Dutch for "Just Like Me"). I really really liked the song. It's not a typical song with a 'normal' structure; intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, ending (and judging by my own music you know that's not a necessary criterium for me to be considered a good song)

I was talking to him on the phone one day and we talked about his second solo album (for which I'm recording guitars) and also about this particular song. He told me it wasn't going to be on his album and that it would probably end up on the shelves. I though this was such a waste so I asked him if I could use it since I thought it really fits the vibe of "For All We Know". He thought it was a great idea so after a couple of days rerecording, rearranging and tweaking here and there this is the end result.

Well, the end result in the demo stages. The lyrics are still his original ones (in Dutch, so this is what Dutch sounds like ;-)) but I'm gonna start writing the lyrics for the album in a couple of weeks so these will be rewritten as well.

The working title is 'Nomansland'. It's based on his album title "Vind Niemandsland" (Find Nomansland)

Hope you all like this song and thank you so much for listening...

cheers,

Ruud

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I want FAWK to get the album out. I cant wait much longer

ooo xD I can't wait either... come on!!

He needs to hurry up, there will be some desperate angry fan girls soon

There shall be

From Ruud's Myspace

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Hello my friends,

in october I'm gonna do a couple of shows with Damian Wilson (Threshold, Landmarq, Ayreon, Rick Wakeman). The band will also feature Joost vd Broek (After Forever, Ayreon) on keys, Kristoffer Gildenlöw (Dial, ex-Pain of Salvation) on bass and Dirk Bruinenberg (Dial, ex-Elegy) on drums...

I'm really excited and I'm looking forward to play with these guys. Great musicians and really nice people. One perfect combination if you'd ask me!

Don't know where we're gonna play but the idea is to do Holland, Belgium and Germany. Maybe even the UK but I'll keep you posted on where and when...

Cheers, take care and don't play with fire...

Ruud

I really hope they come to the UK that would be AMAZING! They should come to the Barfly it's so small the bands just walk around I wanna meet Ruud.

That'd be awsome if they did!!

Well me and 2 or 3 other people have commented saying we want them to come to the UK. So hopefully he'll take the hint that people want him to come back.

Wont be until October though

Hopefully

well if he does it'd be worth the wait

Definatley. Hopefully I'll be able to get to anywhere in the UK if he comes. Preferably Birmingham, Wolvo or London though.

I'd be so f-ing jealous....

Love the new demo <333

You should fly over and see Ruud

I think he should crowd surf. It's about time he did again I'll fangirl push everyone out the way to get to the front. I'm getting way to excited now.

Yeah you should

Haha I'll join you!!

We can just ram everyone out the way. I wonder what side of the stage he'd be on. Maybe left like he usually is.

I'm planning way to much in advance

That'd be great! We'd be like Move!! He could be maybe he likes that side of the stage xD

Ah that's not a bad thing

It's exciting He wont end up coming to UK now that we're planning to fangirl them out the way

Well he moves around the stage a lot anyway so if we were on the front somewhere we'd get his attention.

Sorry for double post again NEWS!

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new demo up; "I Lost Myself Today"

Hello there,

here's a new song again. Like all my other songs it contains "Flappie de Clown" lyrics and therefore the title will be different in the end...

Again Wudstik on vocals and me doing the rest. For the album John Wesley of Porcupine Tree is gonna record a guitarsolo on it. That's gonna be great!

I will only let this song be online for a day or so since I feel I shouldn't be spoiling you too much. I don't want to give away every song ;-)

You might be thinking "huhm... another soft song. I thought Ruud was a heavy MF". Well, I'm completing my softer songs at the moment. After this one I'm gonna start finishing the heavier songs..."

That's all for now...

Make your homework, don't be late for work and feed your pets regurlarly...

Enjoy...

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Sounds amazing as usual from Ruud. Go check it out as it's only on for like a day.

Ooh. I love it. RELEASE THE FREAKIN' ALBUM ALREADY. We're happy with what you have

I know. He really is keeping us waiting and teasing us for a day I really am amazed at how talented he is