#Sounddog breda full#

As a new group it was much fun to see more and more people in the audience singing the lyrics with us! These shows went really well with great reply from the audiences. The people in the audience having the time of their life, the atmosphere you sometimes feel that everything, everyone kind of melts together as one spirit,THAT is the absolute for me and I am grateful to have had that experience on numerous occasions in my life!īryan: August Life has already performed live shows in the Netherlands and Germany in 20 till we were locked down. Gert: Big festivals, small clubs, I don’t really care actually. At some points in life where I made my living as a painter for fairground rides, I was away from home a lot which was no good for love relations! But nowadays I work as an art teacher which gives me enough time to paint and sing!ĭescribe your ideal live show as a performance Band. For me the real success is to be ale to create something beautiful over and over again.īryan: I’m not sure if I have to sacrifice something in my life as an artist I have always been in the possibility to make music and art.

#Sounddog breda full#

Full dedication can bring you success but there is never a guarantee. Gert: I have always sacrificed a regular career, no matter how much money involved, in order to be able to play live and create new music with any band I play or played in. Which things, do you think, a Band should sacrifice in order to succeed? Have you ever sacrificed anything in your life for a better future of your Band? As a vocalist, I love the voices of Freddy Mercury, Ronnie James Dio, Geoff Tate and Jon Oliva a lot! On the other hand, I like classical music as well I started playing violin at the age of four. The new full length will absolutely prove that! My personal list of favorite artist would therefor be way too long to elaborate on here but to mention some influences now I would go for DEEP PURPLE, VAN HALEN, RUSH and DREAM THEATER.īryan: I’m into Crimson Glory, Savatage, Dio, Pantera and lot’s of other other metal bands, but I also like to listen to more progressive acts like Porcupine Tree, Transatlantic or Neal Morse. THE BROKEN HOURGLASS could be described as a more traditional Heavy Metal song perhaps, but we also write songs that go more into a progressive and sometimes even alternative approach. Gert: Actually, because of our broad music taste, our style tends to vary a lot between (heavy) music styles. Which are your main influences (Favourite Artists / Bands etc.) The artwork for AUGUST LIFE is painted by Bryan by the way.īryan: A CD provides you the total of an album, but on the other hand I like vinyl because of the size of the artwork. On the other hand on vinyl you can really see the art work come to life. Gert: I personally prefer CD as a collector. He does a really great job and moreover he is a great guy.īryan: Due to COVID all the recordings are done by us in our home studios the mixing and mastering however are done by Jack Nobelen in his studio in Belgium.ĭo you prefer Vinyl, Tape, CD or Digital Format and why is that? Gert: We are more than happy to work together very closely with an independent record label called NO DUST RECORDS owned by Henk van Delden. We even captured that first rehearsal on video! In 2017 we started playing these songs with a couple of local musicians to feel how they would sound in a band setting. When we continued writing new songs came in a strong flow. When I heard those tunes, I immediately had ideas for vocal lines New Eternity, Draw the Line and Coming Home were the first results of our collaboration. Later when I was invited at Gert’s place for a party, he told me he had some nice riffs and ideas for some songs. After the gig Highway Chile’s singer told Gert that we both live in the same city of Breda.

Hans (in ’t Zandt - Praying Mantis, Vengeance, Mad Max) was the obvious choice on drums and on bass we have Ronald Pieterse (Disquiet, Divine Rebellion) as core members in the live band.īryan: I saw Gert performing with Highway Chile he was the lead guitar player and I was impressed by his performance. However, after recording NEW ETERNITY, our debut album 2018 with guest members from, amongst others, EPICA, AYREON and produced by Jack Nobelen (HORIZON), we found the material was just too good to not bring AUGUST LIFE live on stage. Gert: Bryan (Ketelaars) and I started AUGUST LIFE initially as a project. Tell us a few things about AUGUST LIFE (Members, Starting Year etc). Welcome to the FILTHY DOGS OF METAL Webzine.

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