{"id":6422,"date":"2017-02-21T21:21:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T21:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/02\/21\/focus-drummer-pierre-van-der-linden-releases-his-first-solo-album\/"},"modified":"2017-02-21T21:21:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T21:21:48","slug":"focus-drummer-pierre-van-der-linden-releases-his-first-solo-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2017\/02\/21\/focus-drummer-pierre-van-der-linden-releases-his-first-solo-album\/","title":{"rendered":"FOCUS Drummer Pierre van der Linden Releases His First Solo Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71jKG%2BVW-NL._SL1200_.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"204\" height=\"204\" \/><br \/>Pierre van der Linden, the drummer in legendary Dutch band Focus, has released his first solo album entitled \u201cDrum Poetry\u201d for fans and students of his varied drumming styles and techniques.  <!--more-->  Pierre\u2019s drumming can be heard in numerous rock, jazz and improvisational bands, but this is the first time it can be heard and studied in isolation, or accompanied by other unexpected instruments also played by Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>Says Pierre, \u201cDrum Poetry was originally made just for myself. It was just a kind of experience to find out my limits in this atmosphere. The original CD was just made for friends and this is the first time I have shared it with fans&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierre is the current drummer in Focus and also played with the band during the 1970s including on their hits \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d and \u201cSylvia\u201d. Pierre also played on the band\u2019s most recent album, \u201cFocus X\u201d, and is currently in the studio recording \u201cFocus 11\u201d. Pierre will also be on tour with the band throughout 2017!<\/p>\n<p>The album has been released on the band\u2019s own \u201cIn and Out of Focus Records\u201d via Cherry Red Records and can be purchased on CD and Download via these links:<br \/>Amazon CD: http:\/\/geni.us\/vExJfEr<br \/>iTunes: http:\/\/geni.us\/PTBj0Xn<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre van der Linden, the drummer in legendary Dutch band Focus, has released his first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}