Michiel Cleijne

About Michiel Cleijne

Michiel Cleijne (aka I Sound )is an all-round musician and has professional experience since 25 years
At 12 started classical guitar lessons at the local music school and later at Sweelinck Academy Amsterdam.

Performed on several occasions as solist and duo’s with Flutist Michael Williams. But also did a acoustic Beatles guitar tribute together with Dutch guitar ledgend Harry Sacksioni at the end of the 80’s.

At 22 started courses in Electronic Music and composition at Centrum Electronic Music (CEM) Worked together on projects with visual artists during the eighties and 90’s.
First solo project (SOUND SCAPE) " Water Ballet" in cooperation with Dutch Radio VPRO.

More than 15 years he is bass player for "Play it Cool" a jazz/calypso/funk pop band located in Amsterdam with regular performances including the International Jazz Festival.
Also joined the Biggest Bigband ever (Peter Guidi) for a performance at "Het Concertgebouw" Amsterdam on 25 June 2011.

In 2014 Certificated at the EMStudios Academy Of Sound as Producer and Sound Designer
After that an intensive course at Abbey Road Institute during 2018 and 2019 to become more advanced in Music Production and sound engineering.

Currently he is working as a producer and arranger for young talented singers. An other field is composing music for short films and documentaries.