Riny Raijmakers

Music isn´t a hobby. Writing, singing or recording songs isn´t just something you do to pass time. It´s a way of life. Take that away from me and you´ll take out my heart, my soul, my everything. 

The songs I write are my life, my babies and once they´re out there they lead a life of their own. So I don´t really want to explain them, if someone can find something in them that gives them comfort or joy then that makes me happy.

I always thought my songs missed something, missed someone to sing them with, missed some good musicians.

When I first heard Stella sing I knew there was something special, something unique about her and I started writing a song which I knew would be a duet for her and me. Once I finished the song I sent it to her and we started working on it. Within 24 hours ´Rainbow´s End´ was finished and that moment when we sent our baby into the world felt incredibly special to both of us. Now we have moved on and we´re writing songs together.

I can tell a lot about myself, but most of me is in the songs, in the sentences, the words, the melodies. I am my music and I believe there´s magic between the two of us and I hope anyone who listens hears those magical moments Stella and I share when we´re working on songs.

Thank you for listening to us!!