ADAMHOEK

Recently, a friend of mine has gone through a really difficult time in her life.
Loosing some one close to you is always a terrible experience, especially when you did not get to say goodbye.

I wrote this song for my friend. I hope that she will find comfort in it.
If you have a nice message you want to leave her, please put it in the comments below.

Would you like to have this song to give to somebody? you can download it below.

FROM THE WAR

You changed the way
I look at my life,
everyday

Time and time again
I think about you
my missing friend.

First time that I saw you
I knew that I would be
the one to hold you.

I couldnt hold you tighter
like the rifels in the hands
of a fighters.

Why did you have to go,
and leave me here?
It could have been anyone.

Shooting stars,
they hipnotize,
the glory of the ones who rize
from the war.

I sit and weep
waiting for that day,
that the gate will creek.

You’ll come running up the path way
yelling at me that your ok.

Why did you have to go,
and leave me here?
It could have been anyone.

Shooting stars,
they hipnotize,
the glory of the ones who rize
from the war.

Why did you have to go,
and leave me here?
It could have been anyone.

Shooting stars,
they hipnotize,
the glory of the ones who rize
from the war.

I understand,
that you saw the fear,
in your native land.

You had to go out,
and fight for the lives
that you could not live without.

Why did you have to go,
and leave me here?
It could have been anyone.

Shooting stars,
they hipnotize,
the glory of the ones who rize
from the war.

We are proud of you here!
you gave your life and took our fear,
but now i feel undone…

But I feel joy in my heart,
even though we are apart,
Ill see you on the other side.

Recently I had the honour to play a show with COPPERSKY. I thought they were so good, that I want to share them with you guys! Below are a few questions I asked them, along with some video and pictures…. In fact why don’t you let the video play whilst you read the article! What an experience that would be for your senses!

First up…What’s up?

A lot, we’re writing songs, recording demo’s, planning an EP, thinking about stage performance, too much to jot down in a few sentences. Oh almost forgot: we’re having fun!

What genre would you say you guys are?

We’re still finding out really. We know and feel what we are playing but putting it into words is pretty hard still as a new band. I would say that we play indie-rock even though that is way too broad. I think people can party to our music but there are also some intense melodramatic moments too haha!

There was a phrase in a song and suddenly while singing it (i wasn;t happy with the entire set of lyrics and subsequently tossed them away later) i thought it would be a really cool bandname. Everyone agreed. I think the name captures a mood more than it has a certain meaning. It’s visual if you think about it. Aside from that copper isn;t gold or silver, it’s a commonly used in a sorts of ways and it has something earthy about. Earth meets sky so to say.

How long have you been playing together?

Coppersky has been in business for less than a year now.

Do you try to bring a certain message across with your songs?

Yes but not one single message. Song topics range from the disappearances in South America under cruel regimes a couple of decades ago to a semi-autobiographical song about splitting up as a band to a song exploring a third way beyond violent revolution and doing nothing. So there are personal songs and some political/historical songs lyrics.

Are your songs based on experiences?

Yes. The aforementioned song about a band splitting up. Sometimes there is a sentence in a song that is personal like in Hero. I sing “Where did you go, when the most was at stake you left hero” in the chorus and that was actually from a time when i felt i had really left a friend of mine hanging dry. In the end the lyrics went in a totally different direction but maintained those words.

Who writes the songs and how does he write them?

Marty and Robert (Guitar and bass) come up with an idea. Usually a chorus and verse and some loose bits that we can use for other parts. Then we get together and jam. Everyone has a say about the shape of the song so in a way all songs are a collaborative effort. Marty and Robert are not dictators when it comes to their ideas. They present them plus there ideas and we add our own ideas. I try and sing some to get a melody and usually i
write lyrics later once the song has crystalized some more.

Do you have any exciting projects coming up?

Well we’re going to be recording a demo with a friend of ours and he is going to use it as his final project for his audio-engineer course so that’s pretty sweet. We’ll keep you posted once we have a facebook, twitter myspace and the whole shoolapallooza. We do have an email adress: copperskymusic@gmail.com and we have a twitter account that is not active yet: twitter.com/copperskymusic but you can add us if you want to. We’ll get active somewhere in the fall I think.

What’s your favorite icecream flavor?

Hard to choose. Melon, banana, strawberry. Just plain vanilla is the best sometimes. That sounds cool: “just plain vanilla” maybe that sums up our music haha!

Don’t apologize to your mother about being an individual! If your boss tells you to take the shirt off, tell him, to take HIS SHIRT OFF!*

*don’t actually do that…

I’ve designed some super trippy fresh funky T-shirts for you guys! I also strangled the printing company until they gave me the shirts at a super cheap price.

Sure I’m in prison now, but who cares? I’ll get out eventually. I can handle myself, I have made friends with a small man called Tuco. He may be small but he has some crazy look in his eyes that strangely makes me feel safe…. All I know is that you guys now have the ability to get super freaking sweet shirts for an awesome price.

Check out the T-shirts below. Click on them for the jail worthy prices.

See below for an extra 15% off code!

What do you think of these Tees? Which one is your favorite?!

These shirts are now available through the ADAMHOEK store.

When buying, use the code ‘wordans2010‘ for an extra 15% off!

Ok guys, I gotta go. It’s shower time…wish me luck! …dont drop the soap…dont drop the soap…

Hey guys,

ADAMHOEK will be playing at Strawberry Lounge, Nieuwe Brink 14, Bussum on Friday the 2nd of July at 3:30 pm (see map below). It will be a 1 hour set with guitar and singing. You really have to come down and grab a bagel. It has a really nice atmosphere. Kind of like the Cafe from FRIENDS.

My favorite bagel so far is the hot tuna bagel. What’s your favourite bagel? Have you even had a bagel before?

Because it’s going to be an awesome gig I want to celebrate by having a…

SPECIAL PRIZE GIVE AWAY

The first person to come up to me and tell me the secret code will receive a free CD ‘ EPH 5:19‘ and another secret prize! It’s gonna be awesome!

So whats the secret code? I will reveal it in my newsletter on Thursday the 1st of July.

To sign up to the newsletter all you have to do is fill in the form in the side bar (also people who sign up get 2 free mp3s!…good ones too!)

See you all at Strawberry Lounge Friday 2nd of July at 3:30!

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