For Dad - Karlijn Langendijk

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My first original song was written 9 years ago, and up until now I’ve never decided to share it. At the time I had been trying for many months to write my first composition on the guitar, but never felt a spark of inspiration or the right starting point. Then when we got the abrupt news that my father had cancer, and at every hospital visit his life expectancy became shorter with the amount of tumor cells growing bigger, it felt like my daily life became like a movie. I suddenly felt a strong urge from deep inside to pick up my guitar and play something that didn’t exist yet, like a soundtrack to everything that was going on during those 5 uncertain, sorrowful weeks. Within a couple days, a song was born, and luckily my dad was still able to hear it before he passed. Looking back, I can now say that this moment was the start of my understanding of how original music comes to life: expressing feelings and experiences through melody, chords and harmonies. It is still my greatest passion until today. Ik mis je, pap ♥

Guitar by Rebecca Urlacher https://urlacherguitars.com
Guitar support by Guitarlift https://guitarlift.de

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The music of Karlijn Langendijk (1995) is not just happy or sad - she composes all the intricate shades of emotions that people feel really intensely but cannot communicate in words. As a guitarist & composer, she is fascinated by all kinds of different music genres and she mixes all these together into a completely unique style. She has shared the stage with musicians like Tommy Emmanuel and Peter Finger, and has toured in Europe, China and India. In November 2015 she won the first prize and the audience prize at the “SAI Acoustic Guitar Competition” in the Czech Republic. She played in the finals of the “Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2018” competition in London.
In December 2019 her new duo album “Meraki” was released together with guitarist Ladislav Pazdera (CZ): Virtuoso rhythmical pieces that evoke images of far-away lands and atmospheric ballads that leave the listener in a dreamy, tranquil world.