EP Update #1: Petje af!
The first studiodiary documenting the EP process is online! In the 1st episode you can see how Dave Neijsen lays down the guitar parts, how we start building the song track by track and how producer Nick & I have a lengthy discussion about one single chord😂💕 You can find it at www.petje.af/amberkamminga – where […]
Hello 2022!
I know it’s almost February, but I realise I haven’t updated this page since my single ‘Name On It’ came out in October. And not because there’s nothing to share, on the contrary! So here’s a quick ‘what will 2022 bring‘. In the last quarter of 2021 I applied for a grant. Over the past […]
NAME ON IT: Reviews, playlists & streams!
Whew! It’s been 1,5 weeks since my single ‘Name On It‘ was released, and I realise I have not posted a single blog on it yet. So let me give you an update. At this moment, it’s got more than 6K streams on Spotify. I’m happy with that – it’s so hard as an indie […]
3AM: UKSC SEMI-FINALS!
In 2019, after the release of my single ‘Name of Love’, I decided to Google some trustworthy songwriting contests. I found a list somewhere on a forum with about 10 legit competitions, on top of that list: The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), The John Lennon Songwriting Contest (JLSC) and the UK Songwriting Competition (UKSC). So […]
PRESS: 3AM
I’ve officially closed the ‘3AM’ promotion circus a couple of weeks ago, because I like closure. But last week a nice article was written by dutch country blog ‘New Country NL’ that I just have to share! It’s written in dutch though: https://newcountry.nl/nieuws/amber-kamminga-met-single-3am I’m also gonna take this opportunity to let you know that ‘3AM’ […]
NEW MUSIC: The ‘Heartbreak Version’ is out now!
To me, anger & sadness are often two sides of the same coin. I wanted to show both sides by also releasing this other version of ‘3AM’. The anger and strength is in the original version, the sadness is audible in the ‘Heartbreak Version’, with a beautiful string arrangement to complement that. Which one do […]
PODCAST: About To Drop!
I recently did my first US podcast interview on the About To Drop podcast by VRTIGO. I had such a great time speaking to Bhauraw about all things music and songwriting. Go listen for yourself, its in English:
One Month of ‘3AM’
Whew! Yesterday marked 4 weeks since ‘3AM’ was released online, the perfect time to take a look at how it’s been going! I’d be lying if I said I didn’t check my Spotify stats everyday, but that’s only because I can’t believe we’re still getting between 200-400 streams A DAY (we passed 5K in 4 […]
3AM: Song Diary
Three weeks since 3AM was released! And I promised you a song diary, so here it is! Enjoy all the off-key voice memos, messy handwriting and early demos of 3𝘈𝘔 It was super fun for me to go back to how this song started and then see how it evolved!
3AM IS OUT NOW!
Almost 24 hours ago my new single ‘3AM’ dropped and it’s been a WONDERFUL day! I’ve received so much love and kind words on the new single, nothing makes me happier! More on that later….for now: Listen here: Spotify Or here: YouTube