Acoustic Acts & Performers (London)
This group is aimed at networking acoustic acts and solo performers active in London, or those looking to come to London to play.See More
-
Steve Van-Deller
- Male
- London
- United Kingdom
- London
- Blog Posts
- Info/News/Discussions/Articles
- Groups/Pages (2)
- Photos
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Steve Van-Deller's Group/Pages
Steve Van-Deller's Page
RTYD Members' Latest Activity
Steve Van-Deller joined Toby Burton's group
London Musicians & Bands
If you live within the boundaries of the London Underground Map, please join this group. I hope it will encourage more networking off-line, in the real world.See More
Profile Information
- Town or City you live in
- Wimbledon
- County/State or Country
- London
- What instrument(s) do you play? (or if you are signing up as a band, what is its line-up?)
- rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, vocals, backing vocals, mandolin
- Describe your status, and/or your band's:
- Semi-professional, In a band, Solo-performer, Looking to join a band
- What style(s) of music do you play/like?
- blues, folk, funk, electronica, dance music, bluegrass, soul, R&B
- Please tell us more about you, and/or your band/studio etc (including its name)
- I was a pro musician for many years, both with my own bands and as a sideman with some success, but like most of us never managed to build a lifetime career out of it. I have continued to play and write music all my life. I have experience in and enjoy an extremely wide range of music. I write songs, but I'm also interested in experimental and improvised music, and in an ideal world I would combine the two.
I'm currently involved with a couple of bands, neither of which are any longer as active as I would like. The first Boogie Woogie Flu plays 50's R&B and I am the guitarist, indulging my love of T-Bone Walker and Chuck Berry (www.myspace.com/boogiewoogiefluuk).
A couple of years ago I formed an old timey acoustic band, Dry Bones (www.drybonesband.co.uk - www.myspace.com/drybonesband), playing everything from The Carter Family to The Mississippi Sheiks to Blind Blake to The Louvin Brothers. I play mandolin,cuatro, tiple and sing in this band. They are really good but the other members don't really want to gig as much as I do, which is frustrating.
I have recently returned to songwriting with a vengeance and started doing occasional solo spots and have a page where I put work in progress (www.myspace.com/stevevandeller).
Recently I started archiving my old tapes and that has revived my interest in making recorded experimental and dance music, and have set up a page for that too (www.myspace.com/watusielite) with a small selection of the mass of tapes I have made over the years.
Until they screw the lid down on my in my coffin I see no reason to stop playing and writing creative music, and I am always interested in new challenges.
- Your website/Facebook/Twitter/Linkedin/or other page; or your band's/studio's:
- http://see above for all of them!
- What do you do for a living?
- Design lecturer
- When you do finally 'drop', what song would you like played at your funeral?
- I'll Fly Away: The Kossoy Sisters version from the mid '50s.
ROCK-TIL-YOU-DROP is a free online community, searchable registry & collaborative info. resource for older musicians, bands & industry
Groups/Pages
NEW MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE:
New members, please join the appropriate regional GROUP (above), or start a new regional group if you are outside the UK & Ireland. Also join any other GROUP/PAGES that might help you connect with others.
If you have joined as an individual, and you are also in a band, you can either:
a) start a PAGE for it like this
b) sign up again using your band's email address, and create new member's page for your band, like this. See USER TIPS for more details.
Top Content
Badge
Please donate to the annual running cost (2012-13) of this site
Tutorial Videos/User Tips
How to use the Venues and Studios (Info/Feedback) pages
Created by Toby Burton Dec 27, 2011 at 10:07pm. Last updated by Toby Burton Feb 4.
The Music Player On Your Profile Page
Created by Toby Burton May 5, 2011 at 7:42pm. Last updated by Toby Burton May 5, 2011.
How to create a page for your band on this site
Created by Toby Burton Nov 6, 2010 at 10:42am. Last updated by Toby Burton Jan 29.
Using the 'Groups' on this site
Created by Toby Burton Aug 8, 2010 at 5:07pm. Last updated by Toby Burton Jan 29.
Personal Pages
Created by Toby Burton Oct 30, 2009 at 9:42pm. Last updated by Toby Burton Jan 29.
© 2012 Created by Toby Burton.
Powered by
Comment Wall
You need to be a member of ROCK-TIL-YOU-DROP to add comments!
Join ROCK-TIL-YOU-DROP