Last week I was in Paris and visited Vandoren Paris on Rue Lepic 56, Montmartre, now main office, and back in the day clarinet and mouthpiece factory. Last time I visited was 5 years ago and Jean-Paul Gauvin was still working here, he retired 1,5 years ago. A few weeks ago I tested the new Vandoren mouthpiece V16 S+ and fell in love with it. Time to test some reeds. How would the red or green Java and V16 respond to it? After testing it, I came back to "my" ZZ jazz 3 reeds. For me, these reeds in combination of either this new mouthpiece or my old V16 A6 M are the best. After testing, we had some delicious lunch with one of the Vandoren experts, Pablo Trejo! Thanks Vandoren for endorsing me. Coming up: A new VandoJam (jazz session, sponsored by Vandoren)in Amsterdam. Stay tuned! Here's a video from last VandoJam at NeL.
My latest mix is now online. Entering year 11 of dj'ing qith mix 101. I've been playing saxophone for 35 years, but I recently thought of the fact that it's already 10 years ago when I started dj'ing...Extra thanks to Dave van Laar aka Good Old Dave from Freak31 who gave me the space to develop my dj style and encouraged me to go for it!Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 19:00h. In addition, earlier Venus Tunes Sessions shows are repeated every Friday between 20:00-21:00 and Tuesday 21:00-22:00.Freak 31 has around 250 daily listeners (less during the week, more in the weekend) and a total of +10.000 listeners every month. In addition to Mixcloud and Hearthis, all mixes are also available as podcasts on Deezer and iTunes.It was in 2015 when I had my first official dj gig and since 2016 I started to perform regularly. This took place in Amsterdam's Skyybar, Floor17 and The Harbourclub Zuid... bit by bit, other places like Momo and W Amsterdam followed, leading to club bookings as a dj and festival bookings with Venus Tunes Live in the Netherlands and abroad. All of this in addition to my normal life as a musician. I love dj'ing as it adds another facet to my musicianship.Listen to all editions of the Venus Tunes Sessions where you like; choose your platform: Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly guest mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 1900h. Streaming Dance, straight from Amsterdam. - Last week I was in Paris and visited Vandoren Paris on Rue Lepic 56, Montmartre, now main office, and back in the day clarinet and mouthpiece factory. Last time I visited was 5 years ago and Jean-Paul Gauvin was still working here, he retired 1,5 years ago. A few weeks ago I tested the new Vandoren mouthpiece V16 S+ and fell in love with it. Time to test some reeds. How would the red or green Java and V16 respond to it? After testing it, I came back to my ZZ jazz 3 reeds. For me, these reeds in combination of either this new mouthpiece or my old V16 A6 M are the best.After testing, we had some delicious lunch with one of the Vandoren experts, Pablo Trejo! Thanks Vandoren for endorsing me. Coming up: A new VandoJam (jazz session, sponsored by Vandoren)in Amsterdam. Stay tuned!Here's a video from last VandoJam at NeL.
