Amsterdam Red Light District: Paleis van de Weemoed

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Last night I played with Jannet and Mario in a small, special restaurant: Het Paleis van de Weemoed (Palace of Melancholy) . It’s situated in the historical Old Town of Amsterdam. The 17^th century canal district is even on the Unesco World Hertitage List. The restaurant distingeuishes itself by a culinary experience,  complete with Cabaret and Variéte. On Wednesday they have several songwriters. And this all in a special neighborhood of Amsterdam: the red light district.

Other songwriters told me that it is very nice experience to perform at the Paleis ..., well, I have to  agree strongly! We were warmly welcomed by the presenter Bert van Schoonhoven. He showed us the small stage and behind the stage there is a tiny dressing room. Johann Grunwald took care of the sound, he gave us a beautiful sound, I felt very happy with this soundengineer!

Patrycja Monika Jordense-Michalski is the woman who recorded our show and you can watch us and the other songwriters on CULT TV very soon. Unfortunallity I couldn’t meet her husband Evert-Jan Vonk,  he was ill that night. Hope he gets well very soon.

Annette en Johann, the sound-engineer

The audience is very nice, they really listen to  the songwriters, so it's like you're in a small theater. What made it very special for me was how Bert Schoonhoven introduced me to the audience. Every musician he writes a poem and he wrote me a poem that really touched me. Very cute!

Also there was a man who made a drawning of us, Fabrice. It was very nice to meet him.

At each new stage, I'm always a little nervous, but Mario and Jannet were by my side and have guided me very well; we are a good team and are becoming more and more attuned. We plan to make a CD, but we are still looking for a studio actually :)

made by Fabrice

Well, as you can read I am very excited about this place, I can recommend this place to any songwriter. More info you can find it here:  http://www.paleis-van-de-weemoed.nl/en

 With my friends Jannet and Mario I have really fun together, we work hard on the songs and love to play at places like Weemoed, little stages with an intimate character.

The other songwriters played very well, we listened to Peter van Reyen, Marc van de Graaf and Hendrik Wenting. We missed Max Meser, but I am sure he did a good job :)

poem by Bert Schoonhoven