JB Meijers explained

JB Meijers
Birth Date:10 June 1972
Birth Place:Delft, Netherlands

Jan-Bart "JB" Meijers (born June 10, 1972) is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, singer and studio engineer.

Early life

Meijers was born in Delft, Netherlands. He, coming from a musical family, was taught from an early age to play several different instruments at his parents' home.

Career

At age seventeen, Meijers signed a record deal with Virgin Records.[1] He then joined Richard Janssen's post-Fatal Flowers band Shine with artists Marc De Reus, Marius Schrader, and Bart van Poppel. Based in Amsterdam's DDL studio, Meijers had his first opportunity to experiment with professional recording gear. He exclusively toured with Shine until 1995. At the same time, Meijers started working with electronic music wizard Eboman. Together, they won the 1996 Buma Cultuur Pop Award.[2]

Meijers is also known for having written and arranged musicals for Stage Entertainment. It was through this company that he was able to work with Dutch superstar Ilse DeLange. They co-wrote a musical based on the book De Tweeling. The two kept in contact, and soon after, Meijers joined DeLange's band, The Common Linnets. He co-produced the band's first album, The Common Linnets.[3] [4] The band decided to participate in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and placed second in the finals with their single "Calm After the Storm".[5] Meijers won the 2014 Buma Cultuur Pop Award with The Common Linnets.[6] Meijers is currently playing in the band of Peter Maffay.

Meijers has collaborated with many artists, including Peter Maffay, Money Mark, Beastie Boys, Spiritualized, and Go Back to the Zoo.[7] In 2015, Meijers collaborated[8] and toured[9] with Giant Sand.

2021 saw the release of JB's Paradise, a documentary about Meijers directed by Bram van Splunteren.

Discography

Solo
With The Common Linnets
with Barry Hay

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: about – ESCarchiv . Escarchiv.jimdo.com . November 17, 2016.
  2. Web site: Pop Award goes to Armin van Buuren . Https . November 17, 2016.
  3. Web site: Ilse DeLange en JB Meijers zetten carrière opzij voor Common Linnets . Nu.nl . November 17, 2016.
  4. Web site: Un-Common summer: Songwriter from Lexington hits European stages with Dutch star . Thestate.com . November 17, 2016.
  5. Web site: The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm (The Netherlands 2014) . Eurovision Song Contest . November 17, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224357/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=32243 . May 8, 2014 .
  6. Web site: The Common Linnets winnaar Popprijs 2014 – Eurosonic Noorderslag . Https . November 18, 2016.
  7. Web site: Go Back to the Zoo – Shake A Wave (CD, Album) at Discogs . Https . November 17, 2016.
  8. Web site: giant sand - heartbreak pass (2022 reissue) - resident. 14 Apr 2023.
  9. Web site: Glastonbury 2015 - Giant Sand (Full Set) - YouTube. 14 Apr 2023.