Classic Christian Hymn’s, will we ever stop singing them? When growing up, this was one of the songs I heard a lot, in Dutch. The original version, in English, is also a beautiful song of comfort for those who feel alone, are worried or in need for some emotional support. If friends forsake you, there’s … Read more
Classic Chrisitan Rock with a heavy blues touch and lyrics rooted in the early 70’s and 80’s Christian Rock music. That’s “Rock & Roll Suits My Soul”. A free download available at AudioMack and SoundCloud. The song was recorded and mixed at the ZolderStudio HomeStudio and will be part of the upcoming “Radio Rejects” album. … Read more
Drooble announced new guidelines for the “Drooble radio station”. Drooble will now reject people from rotation on the ‘Drooble radio’ because of “poor quality”. This Social Network is no longer a Social Network for musicians if they do so. Radio is a feature of the Drooble Network right? Rejecting people because they have made recordings … Read more
A new, original, song has been released on AudioMack. And there’s more to come in the near future as we’re working on yet another new album. An acoustic demo of the song was released earlier on Youtube (click for the video). Below you’ll find the finished studio version. Vocals, guitars, recording & mixing by Rudy, … Read more
Drooble, the social music website, reviewed the album “Down for the Count” today on their blog. Here’s the full text. Almost needless to say we’re very happy with this review (we, yes. Since even though it’s a solo project there are co-writers involved). A guitar player and singer from the Netherlands, Rudy Brinkman has all … Read more
Today the new album of the Solid Rock Blues Band, a solo project by Rudy, was released. The album is available trough many on line streaming services and as a download on many websites. The album includes original songs and some covers. Most of the songs are blues or country inspired. Covers included songs by … Read more
Installing Ardour, the Digital Audio Workstation, on Linux Mint or Ubuntu isn’t too difficult if you follow the steps shown in these tutorial videos. Before you jump right in and start installing Ardour, you will need to download and install Jack Audio Server. Search for qJack or Jacl on your installer and install it. After … Read more
Do you want free promotion for your music? Do you want to join a free and awesome community of musicians worldwide and for free? Post your songs there, your videos,.. chat, collaborate? Join Drooble! At Drooble they believe that music has the power to change the world for good. So their mission is to provide … Read more
The recordings for the Solid Rock Blues Band, The Barking Aunts, Mirjam Tamara and some other demo’s for other bands and vocalists were al made using my computer as a ‘DAW’, a Digital Audio Workstation. For many years I’ve recorded in the livingroom. But since 2015 I’m having my own small home studio. In this … Read more
Bandcamp is a wonderful platform to get your music heard and distributed for a very decent, small, fee. They take 10% of your sales – no upfront payment, no membership. It’s the best deal you can get if you ask me. But how to get noticed on BandCamp? I’ve had some serious issue with that, … Read more