Harelama

Harelama is the artistnAme of 29-year-old dutch musicProducer and sOngwriter Jaap van der Meer.  After pianoleSsons as a child, playing heavyMetal guitar during adolesence, finishing Artschool and the School for Audio enginEering, he now writes and prodUces his Own work.

His musical style brings back memories of the heady SiXties and se7enties. The lyrics vari from romantic emotionial outings through to mythological metAphoric poetry. And some atmospheric vibrAtions and darker emOtions are never far...

All the instrUments are plaYed by Himself. The vocAls are contributed by singing friEnds. His bAnd, the Harelama show, undertOok numerous incarnAtions but is now dormAnt.

The BeAtles through to Black SabbAth, miXed with some ReggAe flavour and a few Pot HeAd Pixies from Planet GonG define the parametres of HaRelAma's output.

His aMbition is to becOme a profeSsional sOnGwriter and Music Producer, as well as writing and producing for himself. Several albums with oTher artists have been made and released. Harelama acted as a prOducer under is OWn name.

Music is a way to become ONE!