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“This project has been an intense journey leading me by all these different musicians with different styles and insights. During this trip I got to know myself and my music in a completely different way. Lessons have been learned, patience has been tested. But I've made it. This EP is the final chapter.” This says 27-year old Dirk-Jan Smit, whose musical alter-ego Dear John proudly presents this EP ‘When The Morning Comes’. Dear John is a singer-songwriter whose music is close to that of co-musicians like Amos Lee, surfer-dudes like Jack Johnson and Matt Costa, as well as Jason Mraz and G. Love. His catchy pop and thought-through acoustic rock build a repertoire of songs about hope, traveling, light-heartedness, love and vibes of the good life. These are beautiful stories which, in combination with fine rhythms and feel-good melodies, lead to lovely and personal songs, with the beauty of a city that awakens on a warm spring day and the pleasantness of a deep-pile carpet under your bare feet. ‘When The Morning Comes’ is a colorful EP which took almost a year to be completed. In total, more than 25 highly diverging background musicians and vocalists contributed: from different drummers and percussionists to multiple bass-players, to a handful of guitarists and even a cellist. The provoking backing vocals, subtle dosed guitar solos and even an arrangement for wind instruments reveal an amount of expertise that lift the songs to a professional and appealing level. The recordin
