Yes! My snare is finally up and running again - thanks to Olaf of Pustjens Percussion Products! It feels so great to play on my own instrument again. I tried to tune it very carefully under the watchful wisdom eye of Marcel van Weerdenburg and we succeeded in achieving the sound I was looking for: a ...
After considerable time of (well earned) rest, things are stirring up again, drum-wise. Some time ago I met Michael Dorrian of Anatomy of I through Myspace. He managed to produce a pretty cool album together with long time friends Steve DiGiorgio and Dirk Verbeuren. So we chatted a while and that was that. A while ago ...
Ook de Slagwerkkrant heeft een review van Point Of Infinity gepubliceerd: "Meer afgekaderd is het spel van Melle Kramer bij het Amsterdamse Obsidian. Dat komt door het complexe karakter van de polyritmische deathmetal. Toch ademt zijn spel op Point Of Infinity meer dan op debuutplaat Emerging (2007). Ook bevatten zijn partijen meer dynamiek en verrast hij ...
Yes! Finally we managed to get the material online of the four tracks I played with Dosa Jhana opening up for Cynic in Amstelveen, september 2009! Check the videos via the following links: Track 1: Dosa Jhana Track 2: Awakening Track 3: Reliance Track 4: Karma To Burn Man, was that great to do! Seeing this stuff makes it all come ...
After a succesful and fun show with Dosa Jhana opening up for Cynic, we had ample time to connect with the guys! And so I got the chance to add another picture with one of my Greatest Drum Rolemodels Of All Time: Sean Reinert! All in all it was sort of a life altering experience: ...