Eelco van Zanten

Hi there, Eelco here. Thanks for visiting! I’ve been playing (electric & acoustic) guitar and writing, recording, producing, performing music for 30+ years. Teaching guitar for 20+ years at home & at various institutes, including the Amsterdam Conservatory. I play any style, from rock, funk, indie, soul, R&B, metal, pop, hiphop, dance, u name it.

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Will give any guitar part the depth and soul it needs, be it simple or complex, loud or quiet, heavy or sophisticated. I am a team player, reliable, hard worker, can work fast, am stylistically versatile at a professional level. Experienced across the full spectrum of being a recording and performing musician, played all the biggest stages and festivals in the Netherlands. Been a bandleader, arranger in several settings and have been producing in Logic Pro since 2003. Been recording in ‘real’ studios with ‘real’ gear since the nineties. With one foot in the old music world and one foot in the new one, I have always kept an interest in modern music technology and the evolution of music production.

In the past decade I’ve collaborated with various young Dutch artists in pop/hiphop music, as well as doing commissioned and commercial production/composition work, where this flexibility is of great use. You have to be able to create in any style/genre. Be intuitive, communicate about it. From heavy metal, to hiphop, to meditation music. I can handle complexity as well as simplicity. Less is more, and sometimes, more is more as well! 🙂 Also have been the go-to mixing and mastering engineer for various clients in music and podcasts, through the years. Hit the play button to hear some of the projects I’ve been involved in.

Shoot me an e-mail, and let’s talk about your project!

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