{"id":5,"date":"2007-08-27T07:08:22","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T07:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-04-13T15:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:58:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/21-juni.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/21-juni-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"21 juni\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/21-juni-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/21-juni.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWelcome to my music site! These days I am busy both as a freelance political writer and a singer-songwriter. In previous lives, I was Professor of Sociology &amp; Communications at Brunel University, London, founding chairman of the left-liberal think tank Waterland, and director of the research foundation of the Dutch Green Party. Until recently, I lived with my partner Baukje Prins on the historic yacht <em>Nymphaea<\/em>. For more info see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickpels.nl\">www.dickpels.nl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the 1970s, I played bass and lead guitar in rock bands in the areas of Hilversum and Amsterdam.<a href=\"http:\/\/dickpels.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/lanx61-e1402821465472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-304 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dickpels.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/lanx61-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"lanx6\" width=\"184\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-305\" src=\"http:\/\/dickpels.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/serpentine8.jpg?w=190\" alt=\"Serpentine8\" width=\"143\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/serpentine8.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/serpentine8-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.dickpelsmusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/serpentine8-652x1024.jpg 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1967, I recorded this song with the short-lived Dean Alan Set. Its line-up included Hilversum heroes such as Ferry Maat on organ and Will Luikinga on sax, both seated on the left.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dean Alan Set - Yeah Yeah\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4yHgw-pGcsU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I never wrote much about musical subjects, but here is a (Dutch) article about the 1966 \u2018Beano\u2019 album by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers: <a href=\"http:\/\/dickpels.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Clapton-was-even-God.pdf\">Clapton was even God<\/a>, <em>WahWah. Literair Poptijdschrift<\/em> #10, 2008 (red. Joost Zwagerman).<\/p>\n<p>Since my retirement, the musical spirit has risen in me once again, giving birth to many original songs, which I perform across the Netherlands. In 2015 I released my first album <em>Crosspath<\/em>, which was produced by Ferdinand Bakker at the Parkstudio in Amsterdam. I co-produced my second album <em>Meanwhile Gardens<\/em> with songwriter Luke Nyman and released it in december 2018. My third album <em>All the Little Things<\/em> was likewise co-produced with Luke Nyman, and came out in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my music site! These days I am busy both as a freelance political writer and a singer-songwriter. In previous lives, I was Professor of Sociology &amp; Communications at Brunel University, London, founding chairman of the left-liberal think tank Waterland, and director of the research foundation of the Dutch Green Party. 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