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NAS 10 Questions with Dorian Whisper

Updated: Oct 29

We're back from the holidays! There is a lot to come this month, with content and announcements, but let's jump back into things with a 10 Questions Interview. This time, we are featuring Dorian Whisper, a talented artist who grew up in the Netherlands.

[Interview 52]


His track "And the Days After" is featured in the New Artist Spotlight Family of Playlists.


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Okay, letโ€™s get into the Ten questions for Dorian Whisper.


๐Ÿญ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜†?

I grew up in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but have lived all over the planet for my work and consider myself a World Citizen these days. I have two serious hobbies: Music and Music.

๐Ÿฎ. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ/๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

My parents love and make music; my mom sings and my dad plays the harmonica. And my older sister plays the piano and violin. So, I grew up with music.


๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

My influences come from a wide range of musical traditions. Here are a few in order of how I discovered them: Pink Floyd, Genesis, George Gershwin, The Cure, Ella Fitzgerald, Erik Satie, Paco de Lucia, Sting, Johnny Guitar Watson, Tom Jobim, Miles Davis, etc.


๐Ÿฐ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ?

I started playing the piano when I was eight years old and picked up the guitar when I was twelve. It started with classical music on both instruments, but soon played covers from the radio with friends. Guitar becoming my preferred instrument, I played in several bands, accompanied amateur flamenco dancers, and taught guitar to beginners to earn some extra money during my student days. I picked up singing in a choir, did close harmony and sang lead vocals in a jazz band.


๐Ÿฑ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†?

I have always enjoyed writing music, but only started releasing it recently, and I am interested to see where my music finds its audience. I am not yet sure where it is heading, but I am incredibly grateful for the supportive community here at NAS and my faithful listeners.


๐Ÿฒ. ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ?

It would love to bring together the various musicians I have worked closely with from all over the world in my home town, so that I can invite my parents to the performance.


๐Ÿณ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด?

I have favorite songs in all types of genres; it would be impossible to pick just one.


๐Ÿด. ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜?

During a gig, my amp gave out and we had to hook up my guitar to the singerโ€™s monitor. This resulted in none of the five musicians being able to properly hear each other and had disastrous consequences. Awkwardโ€ฆ


๐Ÿต. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜?

Referring to music, my proudest accomplishment is the studio recording of my debut EP in January 2020 :-)


๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ?

Let me describe a wish that unfortunately can no longer be granted. I have always admired Toots Thielemans. Everything he played was divine, everything he did was with passion, and yet he was such a charming und humble individual. That would have been the greatest musical experience ever.


"And the Days After" on Spotify


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Danger Line
Danger Line
05 janv. 2021

I listen to Dorians music on NAS playlists, and I've really enjoyed this discovery. He has a unique and fresh sound. I'm sure he will go far with his music!

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