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. 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.
