“AMNPLIFY PREMIERE”
From medical research to writing songs
DUTCH MONKS
take the listener on a journey
with their second single
‘NEVER! NOT ANYONE’
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Dutch Monks are Jesse Rudd-Schmidt, a singer-songwriter from Melbourne, and Thijs Flinsenberg, a pianist from Utrecht, the Netherlands. In a stroke of luck, professional work led Thijs to Australia where he met Jesse. For around two years they both worked together in medical research at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. After playing together once after work, a strong musical bond was formed.
The second single from Dutch Monks, “Never! Not Anyone”, has a sound sitting somewhere between Eskimo Joe and Fleetwood Mac. It’s made up of impossibly catchy melodies tied together into a progressive rock structure that dares to step outside the conventional form of a pop song. The emotional highs and lows of the track take the listener through a journey of unrequited love.
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“‘Never! Not Anyone’ is the first song that Thijs and I composed together. We had sat down to jam for the first time, and with Thijs being classically trained I was a bit self-conscious about my lack of formal musical knowledge and really had no idea what to play… But then I remembered I had this old song idea that I had always wanted to hear with piano.
I started playing the intro chords and Thijs just straight away came up with a piano line not far removed from what you hear in the final recording! It just worked. It was such a beautiful experience hearing the song come to life, as the lyrics and the basic chord structure had been with me for about 15 years.
We kept playing for hours that night and it was such an enjoyable experience for both of us, working through the different parts of this song, trying various ideas together. It really forged the beginning of our musical relationship. Six months later we had composed enough material for a full album!” – Jesse Rudd-Schmidt (guitar/vocals)
The song follows in the footsteps of the band’s debut single “Colour Blind” which garnered radio spins all across Australia.
Dutch Monks forthcoming debut album, Yours To Lend is set to be released on the 13th of November, 2020.
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AMNPLIFY – DB
My nickname is “The Amnplifier”. Why? Because around here my focus is on being a conduit for providing greater outcomes that people come here for. My day to day “work” is living in the moment, and I love helping others concentrate on finding their connection to themselves through their experiences.
Why start a music environment? The truth is I love music, I love writing, and I love life. I work with musicians every day, and I feel certain that I will be until they put me in the ground. I have been managing people in businesses of some sort for over thirty five years so along the way I have developed some “wisdom” from my regular and constant “observations”.
Amnplify your experience. That is what we want you to do here, and if you want to let me know why you do, or don’t, shoot me a message on Facebook.
Hope you enjoy yourself here and find something that hits you somewhere.
