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    see trailer video here:

    https://youtu.be/t7D2mB1nZ44
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      €8.95 EUR  or more

     

  • Separate Sheet Music titles of the Blue Light album. On the sheet music you will find the melody with lyrics and detailed guitar parts in music notation in pdf.
    The pdf will be sent by email.
    All titles can be ordered separately €6,- a piece. Send me a mail for the preferred title.
    see video here:
    youtu.be/t7D2mB1nZ44

    Guitar- and CGS guitar students testimonials:

    "This recording by Smeets and Tarenskeen is deliciously contemporary; a sparkling conversation between two musicians finely attuned to our out-of-sync 21st century lives.
    Tarenskeen’s guitar whirls, waxes lyrical, and sometimes verges on the frenetic but is always compelling and possesses great poise. M.K

    "I really love these duo compostitions - there are very few of these jazz duos with a very sophisticated and modern guitar accompaniment (maybe Bill Frisell and of course Tuck and Patty, but they are a little different). And there are even less which you can buy the sheet music from (I dont know any, indeed). And for me as a passionate jazz guitarist who started with classical guitar when I was young and now try to get more and more into jazz (especially in a duo setting) these are a revelation. I saw your transmutations video and thought: that´s it." M.D

    ‘Lily’ is echt een topstuk (ik zou het zelf wel willen zingen).
    J. heeft Lily al de hele dag op repeat staan" Sandra S.     ... more
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a cardboard cover. The cd has two tracks more:
    'Trust and Fall' a composition of Tarenskeen with lyrics of Smeets and the all time standard 'Alone Together'.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Blue Light via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Blue Light 03:52
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I'm walk ing in the mid dle of the moonlight I'm running in the middle of the night I'm see the day and notice how the lights change I'd sleep at night and dream a lullaby I'd walking in a simulated sunrise I'm shoo-tingstars and bombsout of the sky I'm losing time I'm locked in information I'm constantly devoted to the screen I'm feuding for my words while nasty pigs die I'm switching farms with fruit and still get by con
2.
Pie in the Sky 04:46
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warm long, sincere a sound appeal such tender heart of this beauty calm ideal the end of fear this steady hope all in anticipation waiting in line seeking shelter always flawless clear direction
3.
In the Night 05:13
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In the night you watch the darkness take flight feel the burden rise until there is no disguise
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Choiceless 07:10
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Our journey tells the tale it leaves a trail of broken promise don't say a word release the grip of time take my hand and meet the cross roads look up and see the sky
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Hindsight Hero 03:30
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6.
Lily 04:30
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Blos-soms red, to-ge-ther we fled, touched by wind soft Lily white skin, dreaming Leaves flew by, on-ly you and I we could see them dance butter-flies Oh how I wished it was all for you, to be true, here with me I gave it all for you I'd swear I'd break the fall for you, I'd free you, I'd be all for you What else could I do It was al-ways you What else could I do It was al-ways you
7.
Hyacint 04:23
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when the high-lands shine the and eagles flee when twilight sighs my I cherish thee Sweet Hyacinth bright and frail in hale you blossom in me
8.
Meeting My Own Standards 05:10
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9.
Renaissance Woman 03:41
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Wander and search, for wonder or urge seek and explore question ever more rinse and a repeat not what I need Hey, hear what I say a renaissance woman

about

Vocalist Yvonne Smeets and guitarist Olaf Tarenskeen present ‘Blue Light, the voice guitar project’, an eclectic album with elements of surprise and recognizability, melancholy and cheerfulness, with classical elements in a contemporary jazz idiom that is expressive in word and sound. This is realised by broadening conventions, connecting various musical sources and uniting lyrics, music and improvisation in a jazz context. This duo project shows the following themes: the meeting of acoustic guitar and jazz singing and is part of Olaf Tarenskeen's Research Project: "Transmutations of the Classical Guitar in Contemporary Jazz through Experiment and improvisation” supported by LOOS and the Municipality of The Hague

see trailer:

youtu.be/t7D2mB1nZ44

Guitar-and CGS guitar student testimonials:

"This recording by Smeets and Tarenskeen is deliciously contemporary; a sparkling conversation between two musicians finely attuned to our out-of-sync 21st century lives.
Tarenskeen’s guitar whirls, waxes lyrical, and sometimes verges on the frenetic but is always compelling and possesses great poise. M.K

"I really love these duo compostitions - there are very few of these jazz duos with a very sophisticated and modern guitar accompaniment (maybe Bill Frisell and of course Tuck and Patty, but they are a little different). And there are even less which you can buy the sheet music from (I dont know any, indeed). And for me as a passionate jazz guitarist who started with classical guitar when I was young and now try to get more and more into jazz (especially in a duo setting) these are a revelation. I saw your transmutations video and thought: that´s it." M.D

‘Lily’ is echt een topstuk (ik zou het zelf wel willen zingen).
J. heeft Lily al de hele dag op repeat staan" Sandra S.

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released January 12, 2023

cover by Jan Peter Boelema
foots by Marjolein van Rotterdam

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