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Edwin Van Hoof
Staff Writer

Comments: I am Edwin van Hoof, a 34-year-old working journalist and photographer in rock music.

I have been doing this for 15 years. I have established a wide range of friends and a network from which I can now let newcomer acts and bands profit.

I did get involved with acts while shopping for deals in the beginning and landed several record deals for acts like Elegy, Zaxas, Empyria, Kamelot, etc.

I have been working for acts like Tiles and Vanden-plas as well with their tours and promotion for Dream Circle Records.

I also have been contributing artwork for bands as a photographer. My main involvements have been mostly live shots of STAR ONE, KAMELOT, and SAVIOUR MACHINE.

My story started out in the 1979 as a 9-year-old on the back of my uncle at Pinkpop Festival. It was the first time I experienced RUSH. You can imagine that this would set the course for me and music for the next 30 years to follow.

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Van Hoof's Top 10 CDs for 2007

1. Pride of Lions – The Roaring of Dreams
2. Shade – One Way Line
3. Feed Forward – Barefoot & Naked
4. Rush – Snakes & Arrows
5. Abydos – DVD
6. Trouble – Simple Mind Condition
7. Winger – Live CD / DVD
8. Naughty Boys – R U Naughty Enough
9. Steve Vai – Sound Theories I + II
10. Frederiksen Denander – Baptism by Fire

Honorable mention:
T.R.W. – Rivers of Paradise
Gotthard - Domino Effect
David Readman – S/T
Two of a Kind – S/T
Pink Cream 69 – In10sity
Empire – Chasing shadows
Ritchie Kotzen – Return of the Mother Head’s Family Reunion
Ken Hensley – Blood on the Highway

High hopes I have for Feed Forward and Shadow Circus, both debuting this year with an excellent new CD.

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