25 QUESTIONS 2005

1. Name: Bram de Wijs

2. Age: 21

3. Height: 198 cm

4. Occupation: webdesigner / labelowner

5. School: Digital Media Design, Artacademy

6. Fav bands: Hellogoodbye, Soulwax, Death Cab For Cutie, Mew, LCD Soundsystem, Spinvis, Zoot Woman, Mae, Craig's Brother, Head Automatica, Das Pop, Postal Service, Saves The Day, Kinderen voor Kinderen, Lagwagon, Racoon, Inspection 12, Eels, Pedro The Lion, The Beatles, Dashboard Confessional, Cake, Something Corporate, Green Day, Michael Jackson

7. Fav concert: Thursday - Melkweg, 2004, Solo - de Kelder 2004

8. Fav cd: Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites, Craig's Brother - Lost At Sea &

9. Fav magazine: Expreszo, Donald Duck

10. Fav food: spagetthi, pizza tuna

11. Fav drink: champagne

12. Fav animal: cat

13. Fav movie: La Stanza Del Figlio, Billy Elliot, Nói Albinói, Io Non Ho Paura

14. Fav comic: Spekkie Big

15. Fav book: De Dagen van de bluegrassliefde - Edward van de Vendel, The Tollbridge - Aiden Chambers, Wie Scheep Gaat - Rascha Peper, Schijnbewegingen - Floortje Zwigtman

16. Fav instrument: 1 drums, 2 my voice, 3 piano

17. Fav drummer: Dave Grohl, Travis Barker, Riekus Montfoort, Branden Steineckert

18. Equipment:
- Zildjian A Custom Mastersound HiHat 14"
- Zildjian A Custom Crash 15"
- Zildjian A Custom Projection Crash 17"
- Paiste Alpha Full Ride 20"
- Mapex M-series kit

- Pentium 4 pc
- Cool Edit Pro 2.1
- Fruity Loops 3
- Antares Autotune 4
- Midiman Oxygen 8 keyboard
- Behringer Eurorack MX 802A mixer
- Behringer Eurorack UB 802 mixer
- Pioneer amp and monitors

- Shure SM85, Shure SM57
- Sennheiser 604
- Superlux drum mics
- MXL 990 vocal mic

19. Other bands and projects: NIRC, Wagtale, The Snaters, Darkside Of The Diehearts, Empty Drawing, Prince Valiant

20 . Proud of: my friendships, my latest song, my cd collection, my writing

21. Afraid of: spiders, saying goodbye, crowds, being shut out, a computer crash

22. Thankful to: my parents, friends, all my favorite bands and the inventors of autotune

23. Future plans: make some great cd's, tour around the world, write an interesting book, make beautiful movie and die satisfied

24. Musical inspirations:

Age 1-4: Kinderen voor Kinderen, Sesamstraat, musicals

Age 5-10: The Beatles, Joe Jackson, Doe Maar

Age 11-12: Ace Of Base, Michael Jackson, Nirvana

Age 13-14: Green Day, Offspring, Nirvana, Bush, Foo Fighters

Age 15-17: Travoltas, Ben Folds Five, Jurassic 5, Blink 182, Lagwagon

Age 18-20: Dashboard Confessional, Inspection 12, Mae, New Found Glory

Age 21: Hellogoodbye, Death Cab For Cutie, Findel, Mew

25. Other inspirations: sex, broken hearts, cute boys, happy end-movies, energetic punkrockshows, sunshine