Biography
The soundtrack of my life started spinning at age two when I received a blue toy piano and hammered it until it cracked. By six, my parents thought it would be a good idea to put me in piano lessons because they didn’t see my sports career going anywhere. It was all fun and games until legends like Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis shifted my musical horizon, making me dream of being the frontman of a Rock 'n Roll band.
By fifteen, my focus shifted to the electric guitar. From Emocore to Industrial metal, I eventually embraced the Blues as the foundation for mastering these genres, a path my former guitar teacher recommended and one I never strayed from.
My journey continued at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Enschede, where I specialised in guitar and took an additional major in keyboards. After graduating in June 2020 and experiencing many musical adventures across Europe, it was Vienna that called me, and realized that I'd lost my heart to her baroque houses and mandarin roofs.
After several years of playing instruments, I've been fortunate enough to make music my profession through performing, teaching, and recording across Europe. Today you can catch me head-banging with my band "van Joost", playing guitar for "Daniel Tortoledo & the Soundmachine" or keyboards in "Deine Familie."