Biografie van iwan

Biography of Musician, singer, songwriter Iwan

Talking about Iwan is talking about a self made musician who started on the bass in his teens playing along with his favorite records of that time: "Chameleon" by Herbie Hancocks Headhunters, "Power to love" by Jimi Hendrix, "Sex Machine" by James Brown and "Come on Come over" by Jaco Pastorius. After developing his bass skills Iwan hungered for more and picked up other instruments including drums, guitar, percussion, keyboards and singing. He continued his self taught approach in music and started composing in a variety of styles such as American Soul, R&B and Funk, Jamaican Reggae, Surinamese Kaseko as well as Pop and Rock.
Some highlights: While working the stage (Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Gambia, Jamaica), he found himself playing at a private party for the crew of Michael Jackson during the Bad World Tour in Amsterdam in the late 80s. In the 90s he also got into studio session work, playing 'old school' bass- and guitar grooves for urban, R&B and pop projects. In 2000 three of his compositions ran for a place in the pre-selection of the Eurovision song contest. In 2003 he participated in some studio session work for the German leg of the Keith Sweat Tour playing bass synthesizer. He also was a vital musician [bass & guitar] in the recordings of the cds Time by Ilene Barnes (2004) and Two sides (2010).
Debut solo album ''Rhythm Is My Business'', released: 2008. Tracks composed, played and sung by Iwan.

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