About

Some composers are so unique that not a single description fits what they’re brewing in their little bedroom studios. I’m afraid I’m not one of them. My music is best described as the sound of grinding strawberry flavored ice cubes while sniffing daisies.

Recently a friend told me he’d made out with someone while playing one of my songs, which I found quite disturbing. Thank God there are people who say that one of my songs reminds them of the time they were collectively abducted by aliens and had to eat their own livers. This is a really old song though and my newer songs sound more like Chopin on steroids, while he’s shaving his butt with a lady shave. In any case, feel free to find a suitable description in the comments below and I’ll add it to the list.

Kitchudio

I used to have a really nice studio in my old place in Holland with a soundproofed room for all my recordings. This was a great improvement, because previously my studio consisted of a crap keyboard, hooked up to a crap computer, while playing on crap guitar and recording my vocals with a crap microphone. I actually had to sleep underneath my keyboard, for lack of room. Still, my music was absolutely great… of course.

Anyway, then I moved in with my girlfriend in London, known for its lack of space. After first moving a fire extinguisher into the kitchen (my contribution to our joint cooking endeavors), I noticed the endless music production opportunities hidden in the kitchen. I moved in next to the fridge (always convenient if you need a beer to rekindle that good ol’ little bastard, called inspiration) and the Kitchudio was born.

Geek and Freak specs

Especially for the nerds: the studio specs.

Hardware

Custom ASUS P5KSE, Core 2 Quad, 2.5 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, WinXP, 80GB/250GB/500GB

Digidesign 003 Factory

Custom ASUS P4P800, Pentium 5, 3 Ghz, 3 GB RAM, WinXP, 40GB/150GB/250GB

M-Audio Delta 1010

EMU XMidi2×2

Software

Digidesign ProTools 7.4 (Factory Bundle)

Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2

Gigastudio 3 Orchestra

Vienna Instruments Special Edition

FXpansion Guru

Toontrack DFH Superior

Korg Legacy Collection

Steinberg Cubase 4

Samplelord / Extreme Sample Converter

Novation V Station

Plugins/Virtual Instruments

iZotope Ozone 3

External Hardware

Lexicon MX200 Effects Processor

ART TCS Tube Compressor

Line 6 PodXT

Behringer Patchbay

Playback

Philips CDR 760

Sony MDS JE480

FineArts CF4

Controllers

Digidesign 003

M-Audio Keystation 88es

Korg MS-20

Behringer BCF-2000

Guitars

Morgan Acoustic Guitar

Fender Acoustic Guitar

Valencia Custom Spanish Guitar

Epiphone Les Paul Standard

Squier Fat Strat Stratocaster

Spector Rebop 4DLX-FM

Recording / Monitoring

AKG C-3000B

KRK Rokin6

Edirol MA 15D

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