I wrote this track a while ago, but never finished it. So when my pal and monster drummer Jeroen Simons contacted me to ask if I was interested in doing some jamming and recording again, this tune popped into my head. In fact it has always been there, 'cause I find myself humming some of the melodies from time to time. And melody is really what this song is all about. It has this high energy vibe to it, reminiscent of Andy Timmons and Joe Satriani, some of my favorite players when it comes to great instrumental electric guitar music. Not just mindless shredding, but MUSIC. It reminds me of summer, good times, travelling, that kind of stuff, hence the title. Sometimes you can look up to the sky and see all those white stripes from planes going everywhere. I thought that image perfectly fits in with this song. Enjoy!

Music composed by Luc
All guitars/bass: Luc
Drums: Jeroen Simons (drummerjeroensimons.wix.com/budgetdrumrecordings)
Recorded and mixed by Jeroen, Goes, The Netherlands, january 2014.

Jet Stream Sky

This is a rehearsal recording of a tune I wrote back in 2007 or 8 I believe. It's really Steve Vai-influenced, you can tell by the use of the lydian mode. So it's kind of a tribute to my all time favorite guitarist. Hope to record this  in a proper way one day. For now: enjoy! 

Vai-tal/Vai-ral (demo)

This is a tune I wrote some years ago in collaboration with guitarplayer Edwin Kosters. I met him through the Dutch online guitar community gitaarnet.nl. Even though our styles are quite different, they seemed to work out together. So we jammed a few times at his and my place and eventually recorded two songs together. I 'guested' on one of his as well. Some parts of this song were written during recording or improvised on the spot, since it wasn't finished. It turned out a cool tune I think and it reminds me of the fun we had. We might do something again together in the future.

The Second Coming (feat. Edwin Kosters)

Music & lyrics: SENSE
Lead and backgroundvocals: Annemiek van der Weele
Guitars, bass and backgroundvocals: Luc Oggel
Drums and percussion: Jeroen Simons

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Luc
Drums/percussion recorded by Jeroen

Lyrics:

Inner Clown

Verse:
When you're down and out
It hasn't been your day
Look ahead, don't cry
Don't care what they might say

Prechorus:
Everybody seems to be so happy all the time
That's all fake 'cause everyone's got worries on their minds

Chorus:
In the end we're all
In the same boat
Everybody tries
To stay afloat
Don't let anyone
Drag you down
Always try to find
Your inner clown

Verse 2:
When you're down and out
It hasn't been your day
Look ahead, don't cry
Don't care what they might say

Prechorus 2:
There is always something that can lift you up, just smile
Tomorrow there's another day to make it all worthwhile

Chorus:
In the end we're all
In the same boat
Everybody tries
To stay afloat
Don't let anyone
Drag you down
Always try to find
Your inner clown

Bridge:
Just for you, he holds your balloon
Keep it inflated, now don't you waste it

Chorus/ad lib

Inner Clown

This was actually the first ever instrumental guitar tune I wrote, back in 1997 or 98. This is - finally - a decent recording of it. Me and my friends used to hang out on sundays, going to the beach, bringing a football and just goof around. It's where the title and inspiration for the song came from.

Music: Luc Oggel

Lead guitars: Luc
Rhythm guitar: Ad Sluijter
Bass: Ad 
Drum programming: Ad 

Recorded and mixed @ Ad's house, Oss, 2010.

Sunday Sunshine

Music: Luc Oggel

Lead guitar: Luc
Rhythmn guitar: Menno Nagelhout
Bass: Floor van Hekken
Drums: Jeroen Simons

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Willy Berrevoets @ Avalanche Studio, Middelburg, 2006.

Evolution

This is an instrumental guitar ballad I wrote over a decade ago, but It's still one of my favorite songs. Very Satriani-influenced, obviously. It won me the price for 'best composition' during the finals of the Sena Guitar Awards 2002 in Amsterdam and I got to record it at the famous Bolland Studio in Blaricum, NL. Used a borrowed 1989 Ibanez JEM 77fp and a Line6 POD.

Music: Luc Oggel

Guitars: Luc
Drums: Jeroen Simons
Bass: René van Gils
Keys: Hans Weekhout

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Hans Weekhout @ Bolland Studios, Blaricum, winter 2004.


Universal Dream

Written after my girlfriend at the time broke up with me. Influenced by Marty Friedman's Thunder March, in a way. I also like the tapped chords.

Music: Luc Oggel

Lead guitar: Luc
Bass: Luc
Rhythmn guitar: Menno Nagelhout
Drums: Arne van Bussel (r.i.p.)

Recorded and mixed by Wolfert Jumelet @ Studio2, Ouwerkerk, 2001.
Mastered by Tom Sikkers 

Mystery Girl

A Nuno Bettencourt-inspired shreddy acoustic solopiece. 

Shredcoustic Shizzle

I wrote this for my daughter Fiene, born march 24, 2012.

Fiene's Song

Music: Luc Oggel
All guitars, bass: Luc
Drums: Jeroen Simons

Playthrough video: https://youtu.be/reBZhzr5Qr8

All guitars recorded by Luc, spring 2020 Kloetinge, The Netherlands
Drums recorded by Jeroen, spring 2020 Goes, The Netherlands
Mixed and mastered by Mendel 'Mendelian' bij de Leij/MbdL Productions

©2020, All Rights Reserved

Horizon

HORIZON

SENSE is an an acoustic pop/siso outfit from The Netherlands, formed by singer Annemiek van der Weele and guitarist Luc Oggel. Both experienced musicians, they decided that they wanted to bring music in its purest form. The repertoire consists of well-known songs in a 'SENSE-way' as well as original material. In june 2011, SENSE recorded a promo-cd containing five songs at the Avalanche Studio. Several homestudio recordings followed. August 2013 saw the release  of SENSE's first official single. The song Card Of Life was recorded at the famous ACE Studio in Aartselaar, Belgium and mixed by well-known Dutch producer Holger Schwedt. The song got a lot of airplay on local and regional radio stations.
In september 2014 a new track was released: Come Closer, which featured a distorted electric guitar for the first time. 
In october of 2015, SENSE went 'back to basic' with the release of their four-song autumn EP: just vocals and acoustic guitar (and a 16-bar piano appearance ;-)). The tracks show the more 'serious' side of SENSE and coincidental noises from a heater were left in the recording.
In the following years SENSE gigged a lot and released multiple singles as well as a rendition of the Pat Benatar 80s classic Love Is A Battlefield.  March 25th 2022 saw the release of the new single 'Mask', which features drums, bass and electric guitar once again, a first since 2014's Come Closer.  In 2023 and 2024 Luc and Annemiek did something different and released some songs in their own language, Dutch. But in january 2025 they will return to English with a brand new, full-band song called 'Inner Clown', inspired by all the turmoil that's goin on in the world. 
INFO AND BOOKINGS: senseduo@gmail.com

Inner Clown

SENSE

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