#207- Harry Kappen

Screaming Chuy Show

Harry Kappen is a Dutch musician and musictherapist. His first love is the guitar, but gradually he discovered the bass. Now you can safely call him a multi-instrumentalist. His work as a music therapist requires him to be able to play a variety of instruments, including voice, in order to connect with his clients in different ways. This is necessary both in the treatment of individual clients and in system therapy (for example, in dysfunctional families). On his latest album 'Escape' and seperate single 'Wargames' he sings and plays every instrument himself in combination with the use of digital sounds from Logic Pro. Harry played in many bands in the Netherlands and throughout Europe. He composed his first song when he was 10 years old. He played with his sister Hanneke in Kapsonic and released an album with her about 6 years ago, called 'Kapsonic'. Harry is an admirer of David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Prince, Radiohead, Scandinavian pop music by Björk and Motorpsycho. Sometimes their music reflects in Harry's eclectic music. In spring '22 he self-released an album called 'Escape'. 'Barefoot in the dew' was the only single from this album so far. The Escape album is a concept album. With songs about escaping reality, escaping violence, even life, escaping into love, dreams or art. It became a personal journey with personal lyrics. Then in the spring Russia attacked Ukraine and the atmosphere in Europe changed completely. During the summer, Harry realized that there were no protest songs in the Dutch charts. In general you could say that musicians do not speak out against abuses and threats, while there is reason enough to protest, you would think. (Ukrainian war, climate change, fake news, ignorance, etc). How different it was in the 60s and 70s during the Vietnam War. So Harry made a new song and released it a few weeks ago. Hence 'Wargames'. 'Wargames' will also be on the next album due out in the spring of '23. Check him out at http://www.harrykappen.com/ Check out our sponsor DUBBY energy at dubby.gg and use promo code SCREAMINGCHUYSH for 10% off on all products!** For more Episodes and Platforms https://linktr.ee/ScreamingChuyShow. *For cool merch https://my-store-10115944.creator-spring.com/?*