FAWM: reinderd (@reinderd)

reinderd

@reinderd

Songs

Joined

2022

Hoogezand, NL and Val de Açor, PT
reinderdijkhuis.com

Status: In the Netherlands, well enough to play regularly, but not practiced enough to play well. I expect my demos will be very simple this yer.

Cartoonist, translator, guitarist and bassist living part-time in Portugal and part-time in the north of the Netherlands. I like affordable new and vintage #guitars and #synths (my definition of vintage is cheap, crappy and old). I'm hoping this year to collaborate with other FAWMers more. Can't sing, do it anyway.

Currently looking for work, and learning Portuguese.

My YouTube channel now has three whole albums by my 1990s band The Hooded Crow: https://www.youtube.com/@ReinderDijkhuis

Those are curated by my brother, and his YouTube Channel has almost every piece of music he recorded during the 1990s and early 2000s and I'm on a lot of those tracks as well: https://www.youtube.com/@johandij

#noai

Songs

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Eat That Lotus by @reinderd 20h #italo

The Present Day by @reinderd 2d #needsvocals #needscollab #c

I thought the sun rose in your eyes by @reinderd 5d #guitar

The Living Green (warning! Very rough) by @reinderd 1w

A Seagull's Requiem for A Sloth by @reinderd 1w #slothcore

In The Morning - Rough instrumental mix - Needs Collab! by @reinderd 1w #grunge #stoner #needscollab

Alpha Male by @reinderd 1w #finished

Slice & Dice by @gm7 +3 more 2w #digital4track #spokenword

A Winter Song by @reinderd 2w

Our Lives Are Crime by @reinderd 2w

Wake Up Livid (Rehearsal take) by @reinderd 3w

Soundboard

@berni1954 2d

Hi, I just tried to play the demo of my Soliloquy and it worked fine. I double checked by listening on my phone too. Maybe the problem is your end. I hope you get to hear it. Let me know if you do with a comment on the song's page.

@wobbiewobbit 1w

thanks Reinder, i was trying to move up a bit from the -14 LUFS which always sound weedy next to others, heard a few cases for -10 LUFS which is what i have been going for - but maybe too much? or maybe just those stutter effects push it momentarily. Thanks for feedback!

@antlion 1w

to be honest I do not have the sophistication level to do much useful with the stems, haha, but thank you for offering.

@antlion 1w

thanks! :) once it's done do you prefer that I just post it as a new collab? and is it all right with you if the title ends up changing in my version depending on how the lyrics go?

@robinleaf 1w

Sounds good, I emailed you!

@mrsqueeze 2w

Hey @reinderd I am confused by your drum track for the #digital4track, it comes out at 140 bpm for me, as opposed to @bradbrubaker 's 116, can you check if it's as intended by you?

@gm7 2w

Well done...I hope you are feeling better Reinderd. Thx

@mrsqueeze 2w

Hi @reinderd, as luck would have it, I haven't started yet, so knock yourself out 😄

@bradbrubaker 3w

Hey @reinderd ! I see you are the person after me for #digital4track thread number 2. I have put my stems over at Bandcamp, where you should be able to download as a wav.

https://selfasmetaphor.bandcamp.com/album/fawm2025-digital4track-stems

As you will hear, I recorded a vocal part. One stem is the vocals naked; the other has a hi-hat as guidance for lining the track up. 146 bpm. 4/4

I am not well-versed in music theory. I cannot tell you the key I am in. What I can tell you is the notes I am singing.

Notes for intro fade in: A# / C / D
Notes for the first three lines of the chorus are all D / C / A# / G.
Notes for the last line of the chorus are the above, plus F and a low D#.

Obviously, the non-chorus is spoken, so no notes there.

The singing on the chorus starts on count 2, not 1.

Questions? Let me know!

@nadine 3w

Thanks a lot for stopping by! I just googled the band you named. They make quite interesting prog, I didn't know them yet!

@andygetch 3w

Hi, answering your question about my tracking of solar panels here rather than the thread. I developed a spreadsheet to track the numbers in the power company meter and my inverter output readings to answer questions I was getting about return on investment, and to learn more about our own electricity usage and how that is affected by running the heater, air conditioner, and charging our electric cars.