Bob van Luijt’s website
My name is Bob van Luijt and this is my website.
This website contains information about projects I’ve been involved in and projects I will be undertaking. Almost every text is accompanied by photos, videos and audio. Most of my time is spent working on my own projects. Apart from playing bass guitar on the majority of these projects I have composed and produced many of the tracks. In my opinion production is a large part of the art (as well as the performance). I would like to share these thoughts with you, on this website, in order to let you read, see and hear where the ideas for the projects have come from and how they have been developed.
Short News:
- Working on the new Square Orange project.
- Working on a new project with solo and duo compositions
(stay tuned, soon more info!)
Project with Cuong Vu and Yonga Sun
In February 2012 I was involved in an amazing project with drummer Yonga Sun and trumpet player Cuong Vu.
New handcrafted, fretless bassguitar
A lot can change over the years with regards to what you want from your instrument. I started out with a Fender Jazz bass, which was followed by a fretted bass guitar by Rikkers. I was (and am still, of course) incredibly pleased with this latest bass guitar, but there were times that I would have liked some adjustments…
Interviews
On this page there’s a list of interesting interviews I’ve done. Some are in Dutch, others in English. Some have English subtitles.
Project with Bryan Baker and Sebastiaan Cornelissen
On the 13th of July 2007 I went to a Steps Ahead performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival. This band had a guitar player I had never heard of before, his name was Bryan Baker. I remembered his name and in 2009, when I studied at Berklee in Boston, I heard his name again. Every guitarist knew who he was, he was known as a unique virtuoso. A few years later -back in The Netherlands- I wanted to embark upon a jazz-rock/fusion project with one of the best drummers in this field in Western Europe (Sebastiaan Cornelissen) and I immediately thought of Bryan. I got in touch with him and a few months later he came to Europe to tour and play some concerts with us.
Square Orange featuring Eric Vloeimans
I got to know Eric on the 21st of September 2008, at a gig we did in an amazing music café in Zwolle (De Singel). After my return from Boston we played together a few times, which made me think of asking Eric to play with my band Square Orange. We played parts of ‘Movement’ and some new material; the performances were great fun.
Square Orange – Movement
It just arrived: a plan, an idea. I wanted to write a composition lasting a minimum of 45 minutes. I wanted to write music that worked like a play or a film. From my point of view the experience of a performance starts the very moment the audience comes into the concert hall. The music develops into a huge climax at the high point of the performance. When I lived and studied in Boston (in January 2009), I was able to take the time to study my main influences, gain inspiration and of course, write…
Older posts
A new website, with a lot of new things, the older posts are …gone… (pfoow)
