On a raft

http://soundcloud.com/annette-vogel/on-a-raft
I went to Bruno's place and recorded a new song, just in one track. I still have to work on it, but for now I am satisfied. I hope you like the song....:) 

Zomaarfeest in Zunderdorp

This is a very special party which is organized by Houk van Lier and friends. There is music all day and if you   take some drinks and food to share you can have a picknick all day. The weather was beautiful and I played there with Frank and Dion.

 Now I have to admit, I really had a hard time to do this job. I had to play the guitar through a mic and I am not used to that. The drums were so loud and I couldn't follow the bass, so I felt very unhappy during this gig. I know I shouldn't take this so seriously but still I can't help feeling the way I feel. For whom am I playing anyway ? I play to express myself and to have a great time with other musicians. Do I have anything to give ? During this gig I really doubt it.Now I was really touched by my girls who encouraged me as hard as they could, I know I love them very much and they love me whatever I do on that stage. And that's the most important lesson I learned that day.

SWAN in the Noorderparkkamer

Last Wednesday I had a great midsummersnight at the Noorderparkkamer in Amsterdam-Noord. There were several singersongwriters, I really liked their music.
You can read all about this at my SWAN weblog: http://songwritersamsterdamnoord.blogspot.nl/p/swan-open-mic-4-juli-2012.html

I played together with Mick and Dion. 

Show'n Tell

Craig Latta, a guy from San Fransisco invites monthly people to play in his livingroom in Amsterdam. I went there with Frank and we played some songs together with Craig. Then we started to play By my Side and the rest of the evening  we repeated this song because we really like to join the Amsterdam Songwriters Guild Collab Challenge Month ( https://www.facebook.com/events/221141957992730/ ) I had asked Daniëlle to join me with this challenge, I think she has a great voice which really fits into this song.
We had a great night together and also listened to this Russian lady called Anna who sang a beautiful song for us. 

Ruigoord

Last week I had a nice gig at Ruigoord. This is a special place near Amsterdam where a lot artists work in their studio's. It used to be a village and now they use it for a lot of activities. So we played in the church which was quit special because of the great acoustics. It was a nice gig although I had this terrible headache because I wasn't feeling well all day. So I went home early, but Frank stayed all night and he had a great time by watching other musicians, eating and drinking and talking to a lot of nice people.

By My Side - Annette Vogel & Francesco Ljubica

Noorderparkkamer Amsterdam-Noord

Last night it was a very special night in the Noorderparkkamer in Amsterdam-Noord. Several mucisians were playing and everybody was really listening. Now this is an unique location to play, you know, birds are whistling in the park , the wind is blowing and the smell of spring is all around. You can see photo's of this night at facebook, just ask to join SWAN (SingersongWriterAmsterdamNoord) on facebook.