About





Full Name: Tom de Wit
Birthdate: 22-07
Birthplace: Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Likes:
Singing, Working on creative projects (in multiple art facets), Interacting with other people, Good conversations, Good food (Oriental mostly!), Enjoying life and all of it’s surprises, Working on something by myself.

Dislikes:
Dishonesty, Liars, Injustice, Disrespect, People talking behind other people’s backs, Dumbness through laziness

Instruments:
Vocals, Keyboards/Synths, Guitars, Bass Guitar, Percussion

Other Projects:
- Main songwriter & instrumentalist in Angrotron
- Vocalist and Songwriter in Mind:Soul
- Studio owner and engineer in The imagineering Suite
- Main & creative director for Layered Reality Productions

Musical Influences:
Symphony X, Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Tool, Toto, Frank Zappa, Meshuggah, Marillion, Evergrey, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Lazuli, Ayreon, Transatlantic, Neurosis, OSI, Iron Maiden, Machine Head, Rage against the machine, Sylvan, Textures, Origin, Ark, Green Carnation, X-Japan, Mastodon, Textures, Strapping young lad, Devin Townsend, Napalm Death and much more but that mostly depends on my mood.

Listening to TDW is the musical equivalent to brain dissective surgery. You (as a listener) are able to look inside the creator’s mind by listening to the music…

…okay, this probably did not give you any insight into what TDW is huh? Let’s start again then:

TDW is the name under which Tom de Wit releases self-written and produced music. He is a composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist whose music can be described as a blend of 70′s Prog, Symphonic Rock and Year ’00 Metal. The lyrics mostly center around the human psyche and emotions. Big themes as life and death are tackled but also themes like politics and social issues are touched upon.

From the very first record First Draft that was released on a small scale in 2004 up until the mammoth two-disc Scrapbook release from 2011, TDW’s music has been an ever-evolving and challenging musical journey. Metallic and Aggressive sounds on one side are combined with Melodic and Sensitive sounds on the other.

TDW is project-based and therefore it does not really start or end anywhere. All sorts of music can be released under the TDW name without boundaries. The shape of it is however evolving and changing with each step. There are no rules to what is and what isn’t suitable. In the end the music will always resonate with one quote:

“Scoring emotions by the day”
    Name: Harry van Breda
Instrument(s): Guitar, Vocals, Bass Guitar

Musical influence(s): Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Slayer
Other bands/projects: I Chaos

Contribution(s): King of Lies, March of the Freaks

Website(s):
www.myspace.com/herriemetharry
www.myspace.com/ichaoscommunity


    Name: Laila Groeneveld
Instrument(s): Piano, Synthesizer

Musical influence(s): Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Ruben Groeneveld, Hans van Ham, Pain of Salvation, Yes, Dream Theater, Dark Suns, Opeth and more.
Other bands: Squareplay (or Coldpants for insiders!), DragonDream

Contribution(s): Answers, Connection Interrupted

Websites: None yet


    Name: Lasse Groeneveld
Instrument(s): Guitar, Drums, Programming

Influence(s): Foreign Food, Travelling, Music, Media, Graphic design, Producing, Too much to mention.
Other band(s): None at the moment.

Contribution(s): A drive till the end, To infinity and beyond

Websites: www.myspace.com/lassegroeneveld


    Name: Leander “Wildebeast” Doornekamp
Instrument(s): Bass Guitar, a bit of guitar

Influence(s): My imagination
Other band(s): None at the moment

Contribution(s): Voided Eyes, Needled Meditation

Website(s): Just google me to find my involvement in music projects, I don’t have any personal webpages. If you want to contact me just drop me a line.


    Name: Leon Fonville
Instrument(s): Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keys, Bongo’s

Influence(s): Everything brings inspiration.
Other bands/projects: Ask me again in 5 years.

Contribution(s): Monkey Business, Scream of Consciousness

Websites: No websites available. (LEAVE ME ALONE!!!)


    Name: Methilde Bouma
Instrument(s): Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals

Influence(s): Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Ayreon, Epica, Soilwork, In Flames, Behemoth
Other bands/projects: Sincerus

Contribution(s): The fine art of perseverance

Websites: http://www.klunstenaar.nl
http://www.sincerusmetal.nl


    Name: Michiel Tijmen van der Werff
Instrument(s): Guitar, Bass Guitar

Influence(s): Ulver, Paul Gilbert, Colin Marston, etc
Other bands/projects: Weltschmerz

Contribution(s): She’s Gone & Unorthodork

Websites: http://www.myspace.com/weltschmerzmetal
http://www.myspace.com/michielvanderwerff


    Name: Naomi de Wilde
Instrument(s): Acoustic Guitar, Percussion

Influence(s): My guitar teacher Leon de Kroes, bands like Dream Theater and Pain of Salvation, but also bands like Starfield, Casting Crowns, Leeland, Red, etc.
Other Bands/Projects: None

Contribution(s): Cathedral of Loss

Websites: None.


    Name: Rianne Kosterman
Instrument(s): Bass guitar, Cello

Influence(s): Classical music from my Cello history
Other bands/projects: Last Lullaby, Solo cello performances

Contribution(s): All that stands will remain, part 1&2

Websites: None at the moment.

Tom’s personal thanx

First and foremost, my most sincere and greatest gratitude goes out to the following human beings who made Scrapbook the album it is now: Michiel, Harry, Lasse, Laila, Naomi, Methilde, Leon, Leander, Rianne, Mischa, Sander, Claudia & Maikel!

Thank you all so very, very much for providing me with the creative and mental juices to make this album as beautiful as it is now! Without you I couldn’t have done it!

And also a big amount of thanx goes out to the bands who “lended” their musicians to my project, being: Sincerus, Weltschmerz, Metatron, Lyonite, Posthuman, Disintegrate and I Chaos

I would also like to thank: Mom & Dad, Els, Maart & Merijn, Menezes, Maria & Freek, Joey, Jim & Raul (Mind:Soul!!!) And also everyone who isn’t mentioned here which gave TDW support and love over the years, thank you!!!

Tom’s special thanx

The first special mention goes out to Peter Huizers from Pájaro ICT for helping me out with the PHP part of this website. Thanks to you the website works better then ever and is prepared for the future!!!


http://www.pajaro.nl

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