sound

Sound and video samples

Here are some tunes with me playing drums:

Playing percussion to a track by Alan Goldstein called "Oddly Enough":

Tracking Martyr, from the At War With Self - Acts of God album:

Tracking Undercover, featuring Alan Goldstein, Tymon, Santiago Dobles:

Improvisation on the TD8:

At War With Self

At War With Self is a music project led by Glenn Snelwar. Glenn is a guitarist/composer well known for his contributions to the first Gordian Knot album, and also the At War With Self debut CD "Torn Between Dimensions" (featuring Michael Manring on bass and Mark Zonder on drums).

For the project's second release "Acts of God", Glenn asked me to do drums for two of the more heavy instrumental tracks: Martyr and 911. Other major contributions to these tracks were made by Damon Trotta. "Acts of God" was released in April 2007 on Sluggos Goon Music and is available at CDBaby.com.

Glenn and myself are currently working on the next CD, to be released in 2009. Preview tracks are available in my media player, and also from Glenn's website.

ATM project

A creative explosion by 3 musicians who combine their musical thoughts and skills to create a blast of heavy fusion: ATM project!
Featuring:
Alan Goldstein: bass
Tymon: guitars, keyboards
Manfred Dikkers: Vdrums

Alan lives in Florida, USA. Tymon and myself are from Holland. To compose and record these songs we used file sharing over the internet. This project started off in 2003, and we only communicated in the virtual world. In 2007, Tymon and myself finally met in person for the first time. Hopefully one day we get to meet Alan in real life as well. :) Tymon is also a member of Cynic and Exivious.

Jazzabelle

Jazzabelle is my easy-listening jazz band from the Netherlands, featuring:
Jeannine Fransen - vocals
Rob van Hek - guitar/vocals
Ben Fikkert - keyboards/vocals
Jane Saegaert - bass
Manfred Dikkers - drums

The music in the media player is from a demo we recorded in 2008.
Make sure to check out our band website as well.

Alan Goldstein

Alan is a bass player from Miami Florida, USA. He plays both fretless and fretted 4,5 and 6 string bass guitars, with roots in both funk and metal. Together we've been recording stuff for quite some years now.
In my media player you can hear some of the tracks we did for his solo album. Alan is a member of ATM Project as well as Florida metal band Aghora (also featuring Santiago Dobles). He also did a couple of tracks for the early Kolios Project demos (check out "Forsaken"!). Make sure to check him out on myspace as well!

Anórien

Melodic rock music, featuring:
Ron Bakker: guitar
William Visser: bass
Manfred Dikkers: drums

I've been playing with these guys for a long time. We write our own material and like to jam a lot too. Recordings are from the rehearsal room.

Kolios Project

The Kolios Project is an internet music project that I've been involved in since 2002. The music is progressive metal in the vein of bands such as Cynic, Aghora and Gordian Knot.

"Forsaken" is the first song that was completely finished, featuring:
Ryan Denzer-King: guitars
Alan Goldstein: bass
Manfred Dikkers: Vdrums
Matteo Borselli: keyboards
Tymon, André Verholen : guest solos
Other songs by this project include contributions from Santiago Dobles (lead guitar) and Pablo Carascosa (bass).To hear more and purchase our 4-track demo of 2005, visit the Kolios project website.

Cover songs

"YYZ" was recorded as a tribute to our heroes from Toronto. Featuring:
André Verholen: guitars, keyboards
Alan Goldstein: bass
Manfred Dikkers: Vdrums

"Little Wing" was part of a special live performance at my brother's wedding. It was recorded in the main hall of castle Doornenburg. Featuring:
Bennie Franssen - vocals/guitar
Frank van der Wiel - lead guitar
William Visser - bass
Manfred Dikkers - drums

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At War With Self
At War With Self is a music project led by Glenn Snelwar. Glenn is a guitarist/composer well known for his contributions to the first Gordian Knot album, and also the At War With Self debut CD "Torn Between Dimensions" (featuring Michael Manring on bass and Mark Zonder on drums). For the project's second release "Acts of God", Glenn asked me to do drums for two of the more heavy instrumental tracks: Martyr and 911. Other major contributions to these tracks were made by Damon Trotta. "Acts of God" was released in April 2007 on Sluggos Goon Music and is available at CDBaby.com. Glenn and myself are currently working on the next CD, to be released in 2009. Preview tracks are available in my media player, and also from Glenn's website.
ATM project
A creative explosion by 3 musicians who combine their musical thoughts and skills to create a blast of heavy fusion: ATM project! Featuring: Alan Goldstein: bass Tymon: guitars, keyboards Manfred Dikkers: Vdrums Alan lives in Florida, USA. Tymon and myself are from Holland. To compose and record these songs we used file sharing over the internet. This project started off in 2003, and we only communicated in the virtual world. In 2007, Tymon and myself finally met in person for the first time. Hopefully one day we get to meet Alan in real life as well. :) Tymon is also a member of Cynic and Exivious.
Jazzabelle
Jazzabelle is my easy-listening jazz band from the Netherlands, featuring: Jeannine Fransen - vocals Rob van Hek - guitar/vocals Ben Fikkert - keyboards/vocals Jane Saegaert - bass Manfred Dikkers - drums The music in the media player is from a demo we recorded in 2008. Make sure to check out our band website as well.
Alan Goldstein
Alan is a bass player from Miami Florida, USA. He plays both fretless and fretted 4,5 and 6 string bass guitars, with roots in both funk and metal. Together we've been recording stuff for quite some years now. In my media player you can hear some of the tracks we did for his solo album. Alan is a member of ATM Project as well as Florida metal band Aghora (also featuring Santiago Dobles). He also did a couple of tracks for the early Kolios Project demos (check out "Forsaken"!). Make sure to check him out on myspace as well!
Anórien
Melodic rock music, featuring: Ron Bakker: guitar William Visser: bass Manfred Dikkers: drums I've been playing with these guys for a long time. We write our own material and like to jam a lot too. Recordings are from the rehearsal room.
Kolios Project
The Kolios Project is an internet music project that I've been involved in since 2002. The music is progressive metal in the vein of bands such as Cynic, Aghora and Gordian Knot. "Forsaken" is the first song that was completely finished, featuring: Ryan Denzer-King: guitars Alan Goldstein: bass Manfred Dikkers: Vdrums Matteo Borselli: keyboards Tymon, André Verholen : guest solos Other songs by this project include contributions from Santiago Dobles (lead guitar) and Pablo Carascosa (bass).To hear more and purchase our 4-track demo of 2005, visit the Kolios project website.
Cover songs
"YYZ" was recorded as a tribute to our heroes from Toronto. Featuring: André Verholen: guitars, keyboards Alan Goldstein: bass Manfred Dikkers: Vdrums
"Little Wing" was part of a special live performance at my brother's wedding. It was recorded in the main hall of castle Doornenburg. Featuring: Bennie Franssen - vocals/guitar Frank van der Wiel - lead guitar William Visser - bass Manfred Dikkers - drums

Playing percussion to a track by Alan Goldstein called "Oddly Enough":	Tracking Martyr, from the At War With Self - Acts of God album:
Tracking Undercover, featuring Alan Goldstein, Tymon, Santiago Dobles:	Improvisation on the TD8: