Juan van Emmerloot


Juan van Emmerloot is a Dutch drummer, music producer and composer.
Juan started playing drums and percussion at the age of 10 at the local music school where he followed lessons of Marius Spikmans. He joined his first band 'Penthouse' and played live performances at the age of 13.
He continued studying music in school until the age of 17. The next step was intensive musical training at the Rotterdam Conservatory. In that same period artist Rudy DeQueljoe introduced Juan to the Dutch rock/pop scene and recognized him as a young talented drummer. In addition he was asked to play with Kaz Lux, Julya Lo'Ko, Laura Fygi & Robby Valentine on tours in The Netherlands.

Live performances

From 1993 he played on stage with various guitar players and singers such as: Mick Moody & Bernie Marsden, Omar Dykes and Poppa Chubby. The years following, Juan performed on tours with some of the world's greatest guitarists: Snowy White, Walter Trout, Mick Rogers, Pat Travers, Steve Lukather and some other great performers.
Besides touring in Europe he also toured through Asia with the artists Valentine and Valensia. He also went on a tour in North America with acoustic guitarist Peppino D'Agostino who was chosen to be the best guitar player in the United States of year 2007.
Until 2018, Juan played on many tours with Snowy White & The Whiteflames. In this band he played together with Max Middleton and Walter Latupeirissa.
In the past 8 years Juan was a member of the 'SBG' and they've been touring in Europe, most of it in Italy.

Studio performances

The first time van Emmerloot entered a studio to do a professional studio gig was at the age of 17; he was invited to play on a record of the band of Rudi de Queljoe in Joe's Garage Recording studio. After making his entry as a freelance drummer, Juan was asked frequently at the big Dutch studios: Dureco Studios, Wisseloord Studios and Fendal Sound Studios.
In 1996 he did his first international studio session for Snowy White at Jacob's Studio, where he had the chance to play tracks with Gary Moore, Chris Rea and David Gilmour. Through this session he played in various studios in the UK, such as Black Barn Studios, Barefoot Studio and Curtis Schwartz Studio.
Other studios where he performed on drums are Real Life Studios and the Urban Recording Studios and Bios Music Productions.

Today's bands

Van Emmerloot is a steady band member of the SBL, which stands for 'Stef Burns League'. In the 12 years past, their music has evolved from instrumental guitar fusion to energetic pop rock songs. In this band bass player Stuart Hamm comes occasionally on the road.
Besides paying rock music, Juan has a love for soul and funk; since 2015 he started working as a producer / drummer with jazz singer & songwriter Frederike Schonis. After 4 single production & releases a band-commitment has formed between Albert van Dorssen, Frederike Schonis and Juan. In this band the three of them work as co-writers. From January 2020 they formed a band and named it FREDERIKE MUSIC and signed a record deal with the label New Jazz Adventure.

Tour project

In April 2012 Stef Burns, Billy Sheehan and Juan decided to join together and toured in Italy. The project's name is called: "POWER OF 3".

Side projects

In 2010 and 2011 Juan performed on stage at the 'North Sea Jazz Festival' with Motown artist Waylon from the Netherlands. In 2017 and 2019 he accompanied Paul Gilbert during the Masterclass shows in Germany & The Netherlands.

Teaching

In addition to performing, Juan has been teaching for over 17 years. In 1992 he started his private drum school. In 1998 he began to teach clinics and workshops in the Netherlands. From 2000 till 2013 he was teaching at the Conservatorium at Rotterdam where he worked with talented students from all over Europe.
Today Juan is CEO & founder at the Groove Impact Academy, where he teaches on a weekly basis in Hilversum. At this academy he works with music producer, keyboards player Thomas Bank.
Producing: As a drummer Juan performed at many studio sessions in the UK and the Netherlands. His fascination and passion for recording music started at the age of 15, using the "pingpong" technique with mono tape cassettes players. A year earlier at the age of 14, Juan was asked to play drums for jingles and demos at a local studio called ‘Joe’s Garage’. The passion of engineer Lats Varga inspired Juan to listen to details in music and to aim for the best live audio recordings.
During the studio sessions later on, Juan has had the privilege to work with many great producers such as Ken Thomas, Curtis Schwartz, John Sonneveld and Don Willard. Through these occasions he learned to listen to the acoustics of a live room, how to use various microphones and how to combine the analogue and digital recording sessions. Today van Emmerloot works at "40 Lions Place" on a daily basis, recording drums for: Marco Canepa, S.O.B. Studios, Bi-OS Productions, French House Recording Studio, Arthur Antoine Theunissen from STUDIO CUBE, George Konings at SOUND VISION Studio and producing albums for international music artists like John Bundrick, Stef Burns and Snowy White, and for songwriters like Frederike Schonis and Niccoló Bolchi, Micha Molthoff and Emiel Scholsberg..
Burnin' the Rules: a debut album and live project of Juan van Emmerloot: started in January 2014. On this album Juan invited guest artists to join in: John Bundrick - keys, Snowy White -guitars, Brian Zalmijn - vocals, Roel de Bock - guitars, Roberto Tiranti - vocals, Max Forleo - vocals, Dami Corlazzoli - guitars, Jos Kamps - bass, Martin Verdonk - percussion, Micha Molthoff - violin, Fabio Valdemarin - keys and Age Kat - guitars.
On the second album titled: "Trappole" you can hear the following musicians: Albert van Dorssen - keys, Ferry Lagendijk - keys, Jos Kamps- bass, Damian Corlazzoli - guitars, Raymond Blahowetz - percussion, Micha Molthoff - violin & strings arrangements, Don Willard - Lute and Frederike Schonis - vocals.
Today Burnin' the Rules is a live band that performs instrumental rock/pop/fusion tunes. The band members are: Juan van Emmerloot on drums, Damian Corlazzoli on guitars and Jos Kamps on bass.

Equipment

-Aquarian Drumheads
-Audio Technica microphones & headphones
-Sonor Drums
-Meinl Cymbals
-Pro Mark sticks
-H&B Enduro drumcases
-Protection Racket softbags for cymbals & guitars
-Slap Klatz drumhead dampers
-Tunebot drum tuner
-ZOOM Q4 handheld HD video/audio recorder
-Albrando SMAX
-Emile Guitars

Discography

– "Here We Are" Jan Somers Band / Timeless Records Holland 1993 
– "De Nette Man" V.O.F. De Kunst / Sony Records Holland 1993 
– "Highway to the Sun" Snowy White / Bellaphone/CNR Germany 1994 
– "White Album" Valensia Mercury/Polygram Holland/Jap. 1994 
– "Gaya" Valensia Mercury/Polygram Holland/Jap. 1994 
– "Colour Me Forever" Julya Lo'ko En Bleu/Briadoon Holland 1995 
– "Valentine" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1995 
– "Goldtop" Snowy White RPM Records UK 1995 
– "Valentine Live" Robby Valentine Polydor Japan 1996 
– "No Faith Required" Snowy White / RPM Records UK 1996 
– "Blues From a Hotel Room" Andy Fernbach / AKR Records UK 1996 
– "4 United" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1997 
– "Christmas in Heaven" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1997 
– "Hand in Hand" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1997 
– "Jimi Hendrix festival div. Artists" Provoque Holland 1998 
– "Little Wing" Snowy White / Hypertension / BMG Germany 1998 
– "Keep Out - We are Toxic" Snowy White / Hypertension BMG Germany 1999 
– "Melting" Snowy White / Mystic Records USA 2000 
– "Believing is Seeing" Valentine / Polydor Japan 2000 
– "Live At Gaste Garage" Matt Taylor Band / Official Bootleg release UK 2001 
– "Peppino D’Agostino” / AIX Records USA 2001 
– "Restless" Snowy White / Ovaçäo Portugal 2002 
– "The Voice Inside" Jan van Oort Band / Kunstoort 2003 
– "Drumming Secrets Revealed" drumming method on DVD/ EmpaTV 2004 
– "Live Flames" Snowy White / Germany 2007 
– "Better Days" Jenna Attison / Whitezöne Portugal 2007 
– "World-Universe-Infinity" Stef Burns / Ultratempo 2008 
– "In Our Time Of Living" The Snowy White Blues Project/Soulfood 2009 
– "World-Universe-Infinity Live DVD" Stef Burns Group / Ultratempo 2010 
– "Realistic" Snowy White & The Whiteflames /Soulfood 2011 
– "After Paradise" Snowy White & The Whiteflames / Soulfood 2012 
– "Roots & Wings" Stef Burns League / Self Records/Ultratempo 2014 
– “Burnin' The Rules" Juan van Emmerloot TheRoomRecordings 2014 
– “Snowy White Live at Rockpalast" Snowy White Repertoire/WDR 2014
–  “Miracle Days” single Stef Burns league /Self Records/Ultratempo 2015
– “WHY” single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings 2015
– “Heaven is Blue” single Stef Burns League /  Self Records/Ultratempo 2015
– “Make Me Shine”single Burnin The Rules / TheRoomRecordings 2015
– “Roots & Wings” Vinyl Album & Bounus tracks Stef Burns League /  Self Records / Ultratempo 2015
- "Yep Yeah" single Groove-Impact / TheRoomRecordings 2016
-  "Do It Like You Mean It!" single LEPR / New Jazz Adventure 2016
- "Trappole" album Burnin The Rules / TheRoomRecordings January 2016
- "Released" album Snowy White / Soulfood 2016
- "Ocean Almighty" single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings September 2016
- "Highway" single JazzInDaHouse feat. Eric Vloeimans / New Jazz Adventure September 2016
- "Tutto Be Okay" single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings October 2016
- "Hidden Treasures" single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings November 2016
- "Don't Waste This Time" single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings December 2016
- "Gathering My New Life" single Frederike Schonis / New Jazz Adventures December 2016
- "Home Again" single Stef Burns League / UltraTempo December 2016
- "Yep Yeah!" Jazz In Da House feat. Juan van Emmerloot / New Jazz Adventures  February 2017
– “Heart Blown” sport single / MusicForYourMovies February 2017
- "Nomad's Land" drumvideo composition for Groove Impact feat. Eric Duyckers on drums
- "Was dat nou met Jou?" single Micha Molthoff / TheRoomRecordings April 2017
- "Flow of Life!" single Frederike Schonis / New Jazz Adventures April 2017
- "Leaving The Silence" single Jazz in da House feat. Eric Vloeimans / New Jazz Adventures May 2017
- "Vandaag" single Jeroen Weerdenburg / SVS May 2017
- "Thinking About New York" single Jazz In Da House / New Jazz Adventures  May 2017
– “IFO” single Burnin The Rules / TheRoomRecordings  June 2017
- "Love was So Nice" single Frederike Schonis / New Jazz Adventures September 2017
– “Live At Music Label Night 2017” EP Burnin The Rules / TheRoomRecordings September 2017
– “Night Over Rotterdam” single Jazz in da House / New Jazz Adventure September 2017
– “Reunited” album Snowy White & The Whiteflames Jazz / Soulfood October 2017
– “Last Autumn” single Emiel Scholsberg / TheRoomRecordings December 2017
– “Reference Recordings” album Emiel Scholsberg / TheRoomRecordings December 2017
- "Way Beyond Reason" single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings December 2017
- "This Christmas Day" single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings December 2017
- "Day Dreaming" single Tom Browne / New Jazz Adventure February 2018
- "Hidden Treasures" album Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomrecordings May 2018
- "Better Days" Jenna Attison / Vanmerloot Music Pros September 2018
- "G30" play along for drummers single Juan van Emmerloot feat. Brian Bordes / TheRoomRecordings October 2018
- "Met Wie Tuig Ik Vandaag De Kerstboom Op" - single Zita Duson / Real Dutch Music November 2018
- "Silent Moves" single Juan van Emmerloot feat. Jenna Attison / TheRoomRecordings November 2018
- "Micha" album Micha Molthoff / Molthoff / independent release January 2019
- "Noisy Neighbors" video drum/percussion composition by J.v.E. feat. Tim Velgersdijk / independent release February 2019
- "The Situation" album Snowy White & The Whiteflames /Soulfood March 2019
- "Life Is A Circus" single Juan van Emmerloot feat. Anton van der Mee / TheRoomRecordings April 2019
- "Hommage á Robert" single Juan van Emmerloot / TheRoomRecordings May 2019
- "Zomaar Een Zomerliedje" single Zita Duson / Real Dutch Music July 2019
- "Welcome To My World" single Frederike Schonis / New Jazz Adventure July 2019
- "The Best You Can Be" single Juan van Emmerloot feat. Bart van de Ven & Ravenna Moscoso / TheRoomRecordings October 2019
- "Man and Machine" drumvideo composition for Groove Impact feat. Nico Verspaget / TheRoomRecordings October 2019
- "SDG Song" single by Erwin Steijlen / October 2019
- "Away From Home" album Nik Bolchi / independent release December 2019
- "Discoveri2" drumvideo composition for Groove Impact feat. Tim Velgersdijk / TheRoomRecordings December 2019
- "The Papadum Move" single by Juan van Emmerloot feat. Ferry Lagendijk / TheRoomRecordings December 2019
- "Feel Love" single by Juan van Emmerloot feat. Anton van der Mee / TheRoomRecordings April 2020
- "Ring of Fairy"  debut single G30 / TheRoomRecordings May 2020
- "Tutto be Okay" debut EP G30 / TheRoomRecordings June 2020

Compilations