• busking - open mic

    Plans to go busking and updated list of open mics


    Open mic in York, U.K. – in support of a charity  (Photo: Irene Bom)

     
    Margriet and I hope to take advantage of the good weather in Rotterdam this Saturday and go busking. We have a busking license, but haven’t had time or energy to make use of it till now. (Get in touch if you’d like to know where we’ll be.)

    I’ve also updated the open mic page, realizing that some of the locations listed are no longer active. Some are still going strong, though, like Hostel ROOM in Rotterdam and the Amsterdam Songwriter’s Guild.

  • audio - gig

    Live recording: Good Night’s Sleep

    A live recording of Two Doors Down performing “Good Night’s Sleep” at Creative Mornings Rotterdam on 2 August 2019.

    The song is inspired by Creative Mornings July’s theme, “End”, and captures something of Irene’s daily struggle to call it quits and enjoy the benefits of a good night’s sleep. Irene is on the guitar as usual and singing lead vocal, while Margriet adds percussion (bell and shakers), sings harmony and plays the melodica. Notice the audience reaction when Margriet starts playing “Somewhere over the rainbow” at the end.

     

    Good Night’s Sleep

    bell signalling midnight

    Verse 1
    There’s something about the midnight hour
    that brings out the worst in me
    Not that I’m a party girl
    On the contrary
    But I struggle to call it quits
    And miss out on all the benefits
    of a good night’s sleep

    Verse 2
    My second wind kicks in and them
    I’m chasing after something again
    I love the flow but as some of you know
    It can be an addiction
    I wish I could train my brain
    to entertain the counterclaim
    of a good night’s sleep.

    Verse 3
    At the end of the day I need to learn to say
    Lady, enough is enough
    It’s time for bed, you sleepy head
    Stop sweating the small stuff
    On the far side of my dreams
    There’s a better version of me – I’m dying
    for a good night’s sleep.

    Coda
    Gotta try me some of
    sleeping beauty’s beauty sleep

    strains of “Somewhere over the rainbow”