East India Company (with Dick Vestdijk) by Dan Lockhart published on 2016-02-18T14:59:49Z Dick and I have been on a journey to create Songs of the Sea. You can find the other songs of the sea here: https://soundcloud.com/oorlab/sets/songs-of-the-sea You can find the video here: https://youtu.be/dRx4Qx4d3wg I approached Dick about doing a song about the East India Company. We discussed it for a while before heading off on the journey to create this song. There is a lot of controversy around this company. All is not glory and good. In the end we decided it is like life, you have to take the good with the bad. Here is a synopsis of what Wikipedia says about the East India Company: The United East Indian Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC), referred to by the English as the Dutch East India Company, was established as a company in 1602. The Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on Dutch spice trade. It is considered to be the first multinational corporation in the world. It was the first company to issue stock. It was a powerful company with quasi-governmental powers. It could wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, make its own coins, and establish colonies. The East India Company is famous as the first public shareholder company actually started out as a bunch of adventurers, possibly pirates. The English, Dutch and Portuguese sailed to the east to find America but, while fighting amongst themselves, reached the South East Asian island empire of nowadays Indonesia. There they stumbled upon civilizations that were in many respects more advanced than Europe in the 1500's. But in one aspect the Europeans had maps and instruments to navigate around the globe. The Chinese also had some maps and knowledge of navigation - but they kept it a secret. The Europeans shared more of their knowledge amongst each other. This song describes the journeys of the soldier-merchants of the East India Companies. Coffee, tea, pepper - we owe a lot to these sailors. To learn more about the East India Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company Lyrics: East India Company Sailing & Searching across the sea for spices, slaves and lemontrees. As long as the wind is my friend I can reach that distant land Across the equator sooner or later we all will be working for the East India Company I give you one If you give me two make a profit for the crew. Coconuts for stock & trade As long as the market is being paid From Amsterdam to Lissabon, to Zanzibar and on and on Fighting and trading without a care we'll venture out to where we may dare You can find Dick's music here: https://soundcloud.com/oorlab Genre Song of the Sea Comment by xian3 Great lyrics, cool song...👍 2022-01-15T14:58:01Z Comment by REI Koizumi Great track with interesting theme! Love the chorus and steelpan especially! 2022-01-15T14:54:29Z Comment by Pa' Shot The Canary great sound! 2021-07-10T09:48:46Z Comment by reverend coldheart Dig this ! Much appreciation ! 2021-07-09T22:16:33Z Comment by Special Cecilia Sweet Time Travel Rocking Journey! <3 <3 <3 2016-09-20T23:56:15Z Comment by Andreas Kloppenburg Fantastic song and video!!!! Great collab guys!!! :_))) 2016-06-26T00:25:00Z Comment by BLACK MIRROR Excellent track 2016-06-20T12:04:25Z Comment by MOMA Unique piece! Love the roomy ambience on the guitar! Great song and a great arrangement! 2016-05-23T21:22:36Z Comment by Patrick Baitman(uk) Chill vibes 2016-04-08T13:45:50Z Comment by mikemattice Smiling!!!:) 2016-03-31T21:06:31Z Comment by MalFaction I like it. I am surprised there is no mention of prog rock here? Am I way off? 2016-03-26T04:59:34Z Comment by Roger/B-Train Why is the rum always gone??? :))) 2016-03-20T05:28:26Z Comment by catleblanc Love this :) 2016-03-09T23:43:38Z Comment by Quantafide Really enjoyable relaxed song!! Great work!! 2016-03-05T23:45:55Z Comment by KAROUH Repost Nice one !! 2016-03-05T10:21:21Z Comment by Dan Lockhart @brantah: Thank you Brantah 2016-03-05T03:36:14Z Comment by Larry Collen a nice one 2016-03-04T18:02:09Z Comment by Michael McKay Combs HEARD THIS BEFORE. LOVE IT 2016-03-02T17:47:46Z Comment by dominiquefrench slight John len vibe 2016-03-02T05:53:38Z Comment by dominiquefrench nice rhythm guitar..smooth vocal and lyric 2016-03-02T05:50:07Z Comment by lizbadger much foot taping etc. here. Thanks for the pleasure of this track. :-) 2016-03-01T20:32:15Z Comment by lizbadger Great vocals. 2016-03-01T20:30:06Z Comment by Kellie Rowley had to listen again. it sticks in the brain! 2016-02-29T19:40:02Z Comment by Kyo Arakane very nice song! 2016-02-28T12:27:30Z Comment by Jesus Flores Guitarrista Soo beautiful !! 2016-02-28T06:34:53Z Comment by Jesus Flores Guitarrista Wonderful keys !! 2016-02-28T06:33:27Z Comment by Jesus Flores Guitarrista Nice guitar and song!! 2016-02-28T06:33:05Z Comment by Jesus Flores Guitarrista Wonderful music !!Great coutry!! 2016-02-28T06:32:22Z Comment by d e v i l s t i k fantastic work here!! brilliant guitar and vocals! 2016-02-27T03:44:08Z