A complete History of TDW’s musical adventure, written from the musician’s (Tom’s) perspective.
- More info will be added to this History once it is available!
- The rest of the year was used to promote Scrapbook worldwide and work on LRP related matters. Mostly signing new bands and finding new webzines and magazines to promote releases. It was very different from working purely on music, but a lot of fun as well!
- In the summer I thought of taking the TDWmusic.com website to a new level, by getting a member’s only zone into the website. My thoughts were to create this page so I can release music that does not necessarily need to be printed or released worldwide. I started to put effort into remodeling the website so that it would fit my needs.
- And in the autumn of 2011 the Dreamwalker’s Realm was released to the public! The idea is that you pay a fee once which allows you lifetime special access to this part of the site. You can buy a membership at the LRP website and with that membership you will get a special account on the TDWmusic.com website. This special account, allows you to see the pages thnat regular visitors won’t see. The first release that was specifically available for Dreamwalker’s was First Re-Draft.
- Mind:Soul in the meantime had been growing and expanding. Finally in November the first EP known as Patterns was released for the world to listen to. It is still available on the official website of the band to download it for free. The EP was received well and critics cited that the music of Mind:Soul was challenging and unorthodox to say the least. The EP release was accompanied by a video documentary on youtube that showed the creation process of the record. (You can find it here if you are interested.)
- And after being in Nemesyz for a year straight, I quitted the band due to personal and musical differences. The experience with NeMesyz was very rewarding and educational for me and I have learned a lot from my year with these guys. (and girls at certain points.)
- After leaving NeMesyz I decided to focus my attention on finishing the production process of Scrapbook.
- In the meantime, as I was playing in NeMesyz I started to think about creating the next TDW record in a different way then the ones before it. I decided that I wanted to write the record together with a group of befriended musicians who could all bring in their own musical inspiration. I figured that this would challenge me into writing music that I would never be able to think off on my own. I decided that this was the way to go and 2009 was spent creating demo’s for the next big TDW release.
- NeMesyz released the EP Phase Zero this year which also came with the official video for the song “Time”
- After releasing The Haunts and working on the same material for so long I felt burned-out. I could not just write another record like this. I took some time off to promote The Haunts and think about what my next step would be…
- I took the best material from Reflection and compiled that into a conceptual framework that would become The Haunts. The rest of 2007 was spent on recording this concept record.
- The very first version(s) of the TDW website are released and UCAP is made available for free through this website.
- UCAP is downloaded worldwide by a small group of listeners and the word spreads. The record isn’t a big hit but it is the first step into the outside world.
- At the end of 2006 I became the singer in the band Last Lullaby. (Together with Michiel) The band’s music could be described as regular metal with some progressive and theatrical undertones. And opposed to my other bands, the music we played here was much more sounding like my style and musical direction. The band never really took off and lasted for about half a year, but it was a very good experience writing-wise.
- In the summer, I camped out with three drummers to record drums for Reflection. Time is also spent on recording Guitars for that record. None of the parts turned out usable in the end because of the lack of technical knowhow from my side. I had a lot to learn still, but I learned a lot from that summer.
- The year basically ends back at the point where it began. I had a complete album written, yet it had to be recorded properly. I decided that it would be a good thing to put Reflection on ice for a while and focus on something else to refresh myself.
- The first release, First Draft is made and released independently. The release is picked up by about three people beside friends and family… but what the hell, it’s a start. This was also the first record I produced myself. You can definitely hear this as the results are far from perfect…
- In this year I decided that if I ever want to give my musical dreams a proper chance I had to go for it. I decided as a fourteen year old boy that this was what I wanted to do with my life and that I would do whatever it would take to get a musical career going.
- The name TDW is coined for this solo adventure. Apparently it’s good enough and I stick with it. (I am still not sure who or what thought it up though…)
- I was a part of the band Forgotten Art Experiment. This was my first “proper” band (beside some comedy and loose stuff before that) and it showed me what being in a real band was like. The band’s music was Alternative Rock music. (They even wanted to cover Radiohead at a certain point.) It wasn’t really my type of music back then, but I loved playing with the guys in the band so I stayed with them. It was good learning experience and especially helpful as it showed me where my strong and weak points lie in a band context. However, I don’t expect anyone to even remember that this band ever existed beside the members themselves. The band ended in the summer this year.
