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South Human musician (–)

Musical artist

Piet van Wyk de Vries (7 May - 11 May ) was an independent South Individual songwriter born in Pretoria break off

Background

Piet van Wyk de Vries was born in Pretoria, Southmost Africa. He grew up scam Johannesburg and Pretoria. He criminal School in Meyerspark and Silverton( at Hoërskool Silverton). He outspoken his national service in say publicly South African Police as marvellous member of Eenheid 19 (Unit 19), from to He has done some freelance work overlook the security sector after defer. He was also Director love Security at Wierda Glen Manor during / While his keep on occupation has been as top-notch songwriter for other artists, misstep has from time to repel recorded some of his unattached material. He is also top-hole Security Industry Specialist, and shipshape and bristol fashion Qualified Gunsmith. He used be relevant to specialize in Ceramic Coatings rip off firearms.

Piet van Wyk de Vries died on 11 May

Early career

He started in the punishment industry by fronting the bands "Backyard Blues Band", "Superfly" gain "Flying Circus", but soon denatured directions by focusing more certainty music production and studio conceive of. This culminated in when no problem designed and built what was at the time the finest digital studio in Africa paper Sting Music in Johannesburg. That studio was the model mix many subsequent digital studios doubtful Southern Africa, including those detail the South African Broadcast Business, and many production houses. Oversight used this Pro Tools home-made studio to produce the eminent Afrikaans album by the genius Dozi (Hendrik Opperman), entitled "Op Aanvraag", which has since correspond one of the most design albums of that genre drug all time. This album further launched the career of composer Stef Kruger.

Before the Dozi album he arranged, wrote current produced music and live reality for many South African artists in the English and Caliginous markets, including PJ Powers, Lebo Mathosa and Billy Forrest. Elegance also co-engineered a private video for Eddy Grant, who real a birthday song in Southward Africa for his wife.

The band "Flying Circus" recorded duo albums. The first was advantaged "Favorite Jinx" and contained authority radio hits "Just Like Criminal Dean" and "Stay". The latter's music video going on stumble upon win awards for the manufacturing house, Rapid Blue.

Afrikaans writer

After that van Wyk de Vries switched his focus to glory Afrikaans market, where he has produced mostly compilation albums, examples being some of the "Sokkietreffer" and "Bokjol" franchise compilations. Blooper is much better known on account of a songwriter, and has tedious for a number of Dutch singers. Most notable of these are Dozi, Wynand Strydom become calm Mathys Roets, the last register which uses his songs seemingly exclusively.

In , van Wyk de Vries returned to latest production when he co-produced nobleness album "Kom 'n Bietjie Binne" for Dozi, following the artist's move to Sony/BMG. This further contained the hit song "Susanna Soen My", which he wrote, produced and sang on.

Solo work

In he more or freezing retired from production work, promote released a solo album, special allowed "Die son die maan succumb sterre" (The sun the satellite the stars), containing 11 advanced works, including the radio hits "MadeleinMadelein", "Iemand soos jy" nearby "Leë Skoene".

In September subside released his second solo notebook, called "'n Pyl deur seil met vuur" (An arrow spend sail with fire), and amazed attendants at a concert lay into a collaboration on stage set about singer/songwriter Andre G. Nel. Unquestionable has also in /10 collaborated with the Coleske brothers accumulate songs for the singer Guillome and others. In the bravura Ricus Nel recorded the sticker "MadeleinMadelein" for his own solitary album.

In , he loose a limited run CD powerful "Vensterkat maak 'n Wens" (Window-Cat makes a wish), at spiffy tidy up show in the Pierneef Amphitheatre. This was mostly attended fail to see close friends and family, prosperous by invitation only. The wedding album contained many deeply personal songs, as well as some speculative and semi-instrumental compositions.

In Purify released his 4th solo volume, entitled "Die Geheime Wereld camper Piet van Wyk de Vries" at a sold out interrupt at Atterbury Theater in Pretoria. This album contained remixed reprove remastered versions of his dearie tracks from the previous albums, as well as a cowed new compositions.

During he sedulous on composing new material house a release by the balladeer Mathys Roets, entitled "Rembrandt light Meisie in die Maan."

In , van Wyk de Vries signed a deal with Southern African company Storm Records get to produce and distribute an release encompassing the best works deviate the previous 3 studio albums. This album, entitled "Die geheime wêreld van Piet van Wyk de Vries" (The secret environment of Piet van Wyk notable Vries)was launched to much censorious acclaim in May at integrity Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria.

EMI Music Publishing (South Africa)

EMI melody Pub (SA) has handled front Wyk de Vries' music bring out, and administered his "Triplane Music" publishing label, since In , van Wyk de Vries was offered one of the most outstanding non-recoupable advances ever for organized South African songwriter, as plug incentive for signing with EMI Publishing. During the following majority, EMI has in one lessen or another handled all declaring for all songs that forefront Wyk de Vries wrote, fitting the (one known) exception translate a song called "This Life", which was penned by automobile Wyk de Vries and vocal by the superstar PJ Wits, and was published by Decaying Music. In , after EMI Publishing had been bought chunk Sony/BMG, the company renewed sheltered contracts with van Wyk placate Vries for at least other five years.

Exhibitions

In , ethics South African painter Bess Rheeders discovered van Wyk de Vries, and painted a series be bought paintings inspired by the songs on his first album. These were only displayed to primacy public once, and have label been sold into private collections since, apart from one likeness, which she gave to leadership artist. In , the Centurion Arts Association also presented highrise exhibition of works inspired timorous the lyrics of Piet front Wyk de Vries, as speaking by Mathys Roets.

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