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Zappa for Beginners

Article © 2020 by Emiel F.A.J. Stöpler By Helge Øverås - Own work, CC BY 2.5 The American composer and rock musician Frank Zappa lived from 1940 to 1993. In his day he was considered controversial because of his satirical songs,…

Who Am I?

My name is Emiel Stöpler and I am a composer, guitarist and author from the Netherlands. (Which is not the capital of Sweden! I mention this, because I met people who honestly believed this. 😉 Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and Stockholm the capital of Sweden.)

Music and writing poems and stories are things that I’m passionate about! I have wide interests and am curious about the world around us. I recorded two albums thus far, I have written and published a book (in Dutch) and composed a great deal of crossover music, that seems to be a mixture of classical, film music, pop and jazz.