Michiel Cleijne

Beside a job as IT Specialist @ ING I' am a Bass player for several groups. At 12 started classical guitar lessons at music (high) school. Performed on several occasions as solist and a rare perfomance with Dutch guitar ledgend Harry Sacksioni At 22 started courses in Electronic Music and composition at Centrum Electronic Music (CEM) Worked together on projects with visual artists during the eighties and neignties. First solo project (SOUND SCAPE) " Water Ballet" in cooperation with Dutch Radio VPRO. Picked up the bass guitar had some lessons from aclaimed Bass player Jasper de Beer and also joined several Pop & Jazz work shops. Since many years I am bass player for "Play it Cool" a jazz/calypso/funk pop band with regular perfomances. www.play-it-cool.nl. Joined the Biggest Bigband ever (Peter Guidi) for a one and only performce at "Het Concertgebouw" Amsterdam on 25 june 2011 More about me you can see at www.cleijne.nl or vistit my bands page at www.play-it-cool.nl