Music

My own ‘fresh resolution’ is to write a new album, inspired by the stories and encounters I will have on my way. I will record the ‘musical sketches’ in the caravan on my laptop. My meetings will be recorded on my camera as well. The songs on this album (or maybe it will become a DVD) will be performed at the World Expo in Shanghai, among other places. On this website you can follow the
development of this album. You can listen to the songs as well. If you think a song is worth it, will you help power this project and contribute some funds?
You can wire your contribution to account no. 21.23.32.821 (Triodos Bank (IBAN NL39TRIO0212332821, BIC/SWIFT: TRIONL2U)) in name of T.C.K. Ridder. Please mention the title of the song which touched you as well.

4. Spreek je uit (de juiste woorden) (Speak up (the right words))
The more the voyage progresses, the more ‘Spreek je uit’ accompanies it. A support song about putting dreams into words, carrying through and hope. Some of us say that dreams should be kept private, otherwise they don’t come true. For me, it’s different. By telling about your dreams to others, by sharing them, it comes to life, they can be made concrete. Choosing the right words, even in this, is an important aspect. Often, a limited vocabulary is used, partly from convenience’s sake. Speak up (the right words) so that life will give you what you have waited on for so long, speak up!

3. Spring (Jump)
‘Spring’ is a song about ‘taking courageous steps’. I wrote it in 2005, but it applies so much to ‘Towing hook needed’, both for myself as well as for the ‘fresh resolutions’, that it goes along for the voyage.

2. Omarm (Embrace)
What is loneliness?

1. Domstad
When I was making a walk in a winter night through the Wilhelmina-park, I realized the depth of my attachment to Utrecht. Inspired by both my own history as well as the long history of the city, I wrote the first sentences of ‘Domstad’ at home. A song which gives a frank ‘yes’, instead of a ‘yes, but’, a frank ‘yes’ instead of having a way out. A song of recognition, acknowledgment and honor. For me, the chorus “Waar ik ook heen ga, je reist met me mee [Where ever you go, I'll go there with you]” represents the belief that the things you love doesn’t always have to be with you in the literal sense. If you really love something, it’s always with you, in your heart.

I believe in opportunities and their development by exchange. This is the core of true freedom. I like traveling together, will you join me?