Avé Maria in DADGAD tuning 29/6/26 We lost yet another dear friend to cancer in 2022. I felt very honoured that she asked me to sing Gounod’s Avé Maria on her final sendoff. Because […]

Keep Creating, Keep Connecting: A Note to the Independent Artist 28/6/26 To the artist who believes music can heal, unite, and spark change: your choice to step away from US Big Tech is powerful. By sharing your songs, […]

Someone Knows What We DoSong by Simon Oak about how we risk getting manipulated into online-addiction by shady algorithms. Lyrics Chorus 1, after every verse: Someone knows what […]

Stop met WhatsApp! Tot mijn grote zorg en ergernis blijft WhatsApp hardnekkig gebruikt worden en om mij heen worden links en rechts koppen in het zand gestoken. Als we met z’n […]

Tom Munnelly – Fear na n-Amhrán A must-see video for every songcollector about how the late Tom Munnely went out to find and record the old Irish songs, reportedly more than 20 […]

Ach, werd ik maar geen Koning Fun song in Dutch for the new king of The Netherlands by Simon Oak, written in 2013. Lyrics Ach werd ik maar geen koning Ach was ik maar geen prins Ach […]

Erdogan, Enge Man Protest song in Dutch by Simon Oak written in 2017 in response to Erdoğan’s dirty game of sneakily sending a Turkish minister to Rotterdam, in spite of the […]

Melania Have You SeenUptempo mocking song written by Simon Oak in May 2020, based on jokes that circulated on the internet during the Covid-19 pandemic. On a serious note: we will […]

We Grow As We Go Ballad by Simon Oak about the slow process of starting to believe in yourself as a real artist. Ask Simon if you want to know the melody. Lyrics Chorus: We […]

Torretje Slow children’s song in Dutch that Simon Oak wrote for his three year old. It’s about a little beetle that wished it had a mustache and it tells the story of […]