Yesterday was mostly a lousy day. It already started early in the morning when I wanted to go to my work and the train I had to take was standing with technical problems at the railroad station of Heemskerk and it was not planning to move at all. But by travelling by other railroad stations than normally I made in the end to Hoofddorp.
At work the same problems as almost the last two weeks kept me from doing my work in the way I want to do it. And that really makes me grumpy, because I like to do my work in a proper and satisfying way. I won’t go into details (this isn’t the place for that), but the result was that at the end of the working day my mood was extremely bad.
As Marion is this weekend with her friend Sanne, I decided to do some fun things myself as well. One of these things was going yesterday evening to a performance of Vonder and Bloom in the city of Almere (I read about it on their Facebook Wall).
But because of my bad mood I felt just like going home and jump in my bed or something like that. But luckily I called Marion on my iPhone (I needed to talk with someone about that what annoyed me so much) and she convinced me to go the performance of Vonder and Bloom anyway. It would help me to relax and she was right (as so often).
So who are these Vonder and Bloom anyway? Vonder and Bloom are two attractive ladies from Amsterdam and who make great music. “Make great music” as in writing the music and lyrics, but also as in playing and singing them.
A bit more then a year ago, I was travelling home from work. And as it happens at times, the train I was on was late and because of that I missed the train I needed to catch. So I walked a bit around on Schiphol, when I suddenly heard nice sounding music. I went to look and there two ladies where making some really great music. As you may have guessed: Vonder and Bloom!
After that day I saw them play more often at Schiphol. And I have to admit that I missed trains on purpose at times. I really enjoyed listening to their songs.
I bought their album through iTunes for my iPod. To be honest, Marion and I bought their album 3 times :P. I bought it for my iPod. Marion also bought it for her iPod (which made a mark at Hawaii on the world map they had at Schiphol to see where their music all was taken along to)…. And when I saw later at Schiphol that also sold their CD there, I wondered if they were willing to sign and they were. So there, the third time. The signed CD is still standing in my living room in good company of signed CD’s by Ellen ten Damme, Candy Dulfer, Katie Melua, Tony Springer (guitarist of Toto) and more.
I have to be honest, the CD of Vonder and Bloom moved by now to the second position of the CD’s in the picture above, but because of the picture they moved in front again :-).
So yesterday they were with their “Tiny Little Theatre Tour” in the city of Almere at “De Nieuwe Bibliotheek”. A small nice theatre hall. As said already so many times before, I prefer these above those big massive halls.
The show was great. The two ladies played not only songs from their CD “Simple Peace of Mind” (the one we “own” three times), but also songs from the new CD they are working on. And yes, I liked what I heard. So when the new single will be released in three weeks I will buy it (and most likely Marion will too). And the same can be said for when the new CD will released.
Anyway, it was great to see them live again and hear them sing their wonderful ballads again. Very nice were their little talks between the songs, explaining how the two of them met and started to play together and the things they saw through together at the different tours they did.
The atmosphere was very good and I must be very wrong if not everyone enjoyed the performance very much. And as always, time flies when you are enjoying yourself. And so it went for the performance of Vonder and Bloom.
After the performance I felt a lot better again. My bad mood was gone. I really enjoyed the evening and was ready to have a good weekend. Thanks to Vonder & Bloom (and Marion’s advice to go anyway to their performance). See what good music can do for you!
And oh, I read on their Facebook Wall that they will come to Beverwijk (which is really just around the corner for me). Okay, it will be in a year… but by then they will have released the new CD. Let’s see if we can get that one signed as well :-).
I am happy that you had an enjoyable evening, Rob. And I knew that listen to good music would make you feel better again. It always does :-).
When Vonder & Bloom come to Beverwijk lets go together. We both like their music.
You know, Rob. I am not very good at writing nice texts. But I think there is one song that I could have written for you (if I had the skills of Vonder & Bloom)… “Brilliance of you”
“They don’t have a clue
of the brilliance of you
They don’t know you like I do
And I, I know they can’t see
the millions things I see
They don’t know you, I know you”
:-).
Enjoy your weekend. And next weekend a long weekend together 🙂