new blogs and next gig

Hi everybody,

I have been working all week as a teacher and a very busy time will start right now. Lots of important tests will start and all that kind, but still the music is going on. Tomorrow I will sing a Dutch song which I wrote for this Dutch songwriter Jos de Rooij from Amsterdam-Noord. He sang the song on his CD but asked me to sing this sing tomorrow somewhere in Amsterdam-Noord (still have to figure out where exactly).
Next week I will sing at Café Het Sluisje, a very nice café near my house. There will be some other songwriters. We will start at 8.30 pm. I will play with Mario on bass and Auke on vibes.
Look at my site for dates and places: www.annettevogel.nl www.annettevogel.nl

What I want to tell you is that I started a new blog, some of you already noticed. It's not a blog about music, but a blog about Being Me. I am very interested in the vision / philosophy of the Advaita Vedanta.
Advaita Vedanta is a school of Hindu philosophy and means not- two, it refers to the idea that the true Self is the same as the hightest Reality. To be honest, I don't understand anything of this definition, given by Wikipedia. I just write about my own experiences, like I do in my songs.
Anyway, if you are interested you can read the English version and the Dutch version right here:
www.absurdenlightenement.blogspot.com
www.absurdverlicht.blogspot.com

Saturday night I will play a little set at Café 't Sluisje (Amsterdam-Noord)  hope to meet you there!

Happy New Year!

Hi folks,

It's already a few days ago I had a really good time with Mario and my loyal friends and fans!
First we went to Castricum and played there in the house of Frank Boske. We had this little New Years party up there and there were also some other great songwriters. You can go to the site of SWAN for some photo's. (Link below).
Then the next day Mario and I rehearsed very early in the morning, because we had a gig in the night and didn't have much time to rehearse last week. So we rehearsed without coffee! Two hours without a break and then we had some coffee at the tennisgarden nearby. Then I went to my family to have a lunch and then I took my bike to go to the centre of Amsterdam. I played there some of my songs in café The Waterhole; there is an open mic, organized by my friend Dzuana Bakker. She and her husband always give the songwriters a very good sound.

With my best friend Gianni we had some dinner together and then we went together to café De Doelen in the centre of Amsterdam.
I didn't think anybody was there, because on facebook I made an event and there were 18 friends interested but only me was going ... But guess what, it was very busy and my really loyal fans and friends showed up! I was very happy and I think Mario and I played a very good set that night.

I hardly didn't sleep that night because i was still excited and I had to get up early. I had to go to school again, like everybody here in Holland. Is always a little bit difficult to get up early after two weeks holidays....;)
Anyway, right now I am at home spending my time with my family, having a good time together in these dark days, I wish everybody much love and happiness in the New Year and especially those who just lost somebody they loved so much.

Here you can find the link for SWAN @Castricum: 

SWAN at Castricum

Café De Doelen/ Centrum Amsterdam

Hi folks,
Once a year I play in this little café in the centre of Amsterdam. It's called Café De Doelen and you can come there easily by train; from Central Station it's just a 15 minutes walk.
I will play there on Sunday January 3rd, and I will start at 8 pm. and play a set of one hour, especially For You!
It's a nice café with a nice atmosphere; not many people, just enough to have a good time together.
I invite you to drink a beer or red wine with me and have a toast on 2016.
See you there?
Love,
Annette

Café De Doelen

Kloveniersburgwal 125

Amsterdam

Café De Doelen on Facebook

Foto: Ron Lindeman +Café op 2 in Almere

Zaal 100 / Room #100 / Amsterdam LIVE

Hi Folks
Every Friday night you can get some real good food for ONLY 8 euro's in 'Zaal 100' - De Wittenstraat 100/ Amsterdam.
You have to be there at 6 pm and usually there's also some live music.
 I was asked to play there yesterday-night and had a really good time with some friends and audience. After dinner there was first a nice songwriter called Zasja and I started round 8.30 pm.
Mario played with me and we played for almost an hour. I introduced two new songs!
 I am always very excited about singing new songs and a good friend of mine made a recording of this performance. The new songs start at 3 :20, and they are called "Those Words" and "Beggars".
The first song is a love song, my really first one :) and the second song is about a beggar in Portugal who gave me money when I was singing in the streets, this was a weird experience, but I loved it! 

Thanks to Eduart, the programmeur of this night.
If you like what I am sharing, you can support me by liking my page on facebook
Annette on Facebook  Thank you!

Etienne, a musician who's always giving good feed-back on my shows, he is like a teacher ;) 

My  friends Frits and Mario

My  friends Ria and Frankie

Vrijdag 11 december @Zaal 100

Don't have any plans? Come and visit this very little restaurant Zaal 100 in Amsterdam. You can get some Indonesian food at 6 pm, but you can also come a little later and just have coffee or other dranks.I will give a one hour concert and I will start at 7.15 pm. Mario will play the bass guitar and I promise a nice evening with nice songs and a nice atmosphere.
The entree is for free.

Zaal 100 / De Wittenstraat 100 / Amsterdam

Aanvang: 19.15 ( restaurant open at 18.00 uur) 

Theatercafé Leiden

I had a really nice gig in Scheltema Café, Theater Leiden. I played together with Jannet Fink on violin, Auke de Haan (cajon, vibes) and Mario Kaspers (bass). The audience was very nice and listened quietly to our set. 

The place is an old factory and has a very good acoustic. We played with just two d.i's and one monitor, but the sound was great! Theater Leiden

We'll be back at Tuesday, December 1st @Science Café Leiden (same building). 

Nice barkeepers at Scheltema

Everybody has left the building, except ...

Radio 9 Zaanstad ...

Een supergezellige avond in Zaanstad ... bij radio 9 met Jaap Wakker,

een aanrader voor songwriters! Hoe zal het interview verlopen...? Luister en huiver aanstaande dinsdagavond 20 uur op Radio 9