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ASTRO-MUSIC COMPOSITION (CHART TO MUSIC) FOREWORD In response to many questions I received via e-mail  and Facebook  about my article "The Astrological Zodiac & Music Tonality - Tone Zodiac " about the implementation...

EARLY ELECTRONIC MUSIC Ever since I started composing music with computer software I have been interested in Electronic Music. In particular IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) and not EDM (Electronic Dance Music) , I have never been much of a "clubber"...

FAVORITE MUSIC QUOTES Some people think that by quoting someone their wisdom and genius would "rub off" on them. Quoting others is easy, anyone can do it. To share something does not mean you truly understand and live by what it represents....

JAZZ ALBUM "MUST-HAVES" Have you ever asked yourself the question: "What albums would I buy if I had to build-up my Jazz collection up from scratch?" Well, the albums in this blog would be the "must-haves " for me. Some of them rank high on...

MUSIC & GEOMETRY (The Sacred Geometry Of Music) A note to start this article with: Perfect geometric shapes only occur when using Equal Temperament . Sonically though the intervals of Equal Tempered instruments/music aren't perfect (accept...

MUSIC & THE BRAIN A blog with quotes from various online articles about music and it's relationship to the functioning of the brain. The information placed in this blog are not the whole articles but the most essential passages. Below every abstract...

MUSIC COMPOSITION & MATH (NUMBERS/SEQUENCES) "May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense,  mathematics as music of the reason? The musician feels mathematics, the mathematician thinks music: music the dream, mathematics...

THE "AMEN BREAK" As composer and "beat creator" I have always been intrigued by grooves, vamps and licks. Some "patterns" stand out from the rest or play an important role in the development of music. The "Amen Break" is one of those "patterns"...

FOREWORD I am not an astrologer or astronomer  (I am but a musician-composer and sound engineer with a keen interest in this subject). This article is in the first place written for musicians  that - like myself - are intriqued by...

The Astrological Zodiac & Musical Tonality - Roel's Interpretation This article is an addition / continuation of the article 'The Astrological Zodiac & Musical Tonality - Tone Zodiac ' and contains my personal interpretation of the relationship...

THE ASTRONOMICAL (CONSTELLATIONAL) ZODIAC SCALE The "Astronomical Zodiac  Scale " (musical temperament ) is a creation by Roel Hollander. Feel free to use it for your musical compositions or quote from it for own work, but please, do place...

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERVALS (A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW ON) "I interweave my earthly existence with the divine-spiritual world, and, on the wings of the tone structure, the gods move through the world. I participate in their moving when I perceive...

Classical music and Jazz … a perfect match! There are quite some musicians in both the Classical music and Jazz music scenes who frown when you mention you like both music genres, especially when you also mention you find them less different t...

Jazzrock, Jazz-Fusion and Smooth Jazz, what's the difference? Once in while a discussion takes place on social media where Jazz sub-genres are seemingly randomly interchanged, causing some confusion. Now, there are people who don't care about...