HOME & STUDIO RECORDING

HERGEST RIDGE 

(music Mike Oldfield, 1974)

For a long time I wanted to figure out the intro of Hergest Ridge (1974) by Mike Oldfield. Here it is! It starts at 7 seconds. Home recording studio, 2016.

SILENCE IN ME

Toine & friends:
Toine Claessen - acoustic guitar, electric guitars & vocals, Harry Krukkert - bass guitar, Femke de Backer - alto recorder & backing vocals, Janneke Dammers - cello, Harold in den Bosch - drums. 

Recording & mixing: Studio A60 Didam, the Netherlands 2023, and registered with Buma|Stemra, the Netherlands

Photography & video editing: Toine Claessen

Many thanks to the musicians Femke, Harry, Janneke & Harold and to the birds, the greylag goose, the black tern, the little reed warbler, the lapwing, the spoonbill & the goldfinch, who were willing to participate in this project!

11:37

(music Toine Claessen)

A short instrumental song with guitar and mandolin, home-recording, August 2017.