Guest Blogger: Femke!
by daniel on Jan.23, 2010, under Furious World Guests
The amazingly talented Femke was on our show in November. She had this to say about the experience:
The first time I met Peter was at a Workshop organized by ASCAP. ASCAP handpicked 14 songwriters and put us all in a room to meet the best of the best in the music industry in Los Angeles. Our first real workshop was with Peter.
He told us about his life, secrets of writing, guitars, his family and much more. I must say, maybe in the beginning I felt a bit scared yet excited, in a group with strangers, listening to someone who has already experienced it all, I didn’t really know what to say, so I basically said nothing, that always works well for me.
At some point he gave us an assignment to write a song in 30 minutes, with one other person in the group. I ended up in a room with Jocelyn, a very talented writer and amazing singer, we put our heads together, and voila… somehow there was a song. And of-course we all had to present our song and this evening turned out to be one of the best that we had from the ASCAP workshop. There is no better way to get to know each-other then by listening to each-others songs and experiences. A great way to break the ice between all of us and an amazing start for a wonderful workshop.
After that, I contacted Peter and he invited me to play in his show, how cool was that, I got to play a few originals, watch a pro do an amazing job in performing songs, talked about vegetables in Dutch taught Peter how to say the word potato in Dutch, (I hope you still remember, it’s AARDAPPEL! )
It’s good to know that when you travel thousands of miles to make your dreams come true, music is a language that we can all speak, no matter where you are from.
XO Femke
Thanks for the kind words, Femke! It was a pleasure having you on the show! For anyone wanting to hear more of Femke’s music, check out her website or her youtube channel.
