(May 11, 2022) Music has always been a big part of my life. I started playing accordion when I was nine years old and found that I had a real knack for it. I soon joined a large accordion orchestra in my home town Beerta (a tiny village in the north east of the Netherlands) and enjoyed playing in this group for many years.

My parents also wanted me to play the piano and started me on lessons in a neighboring village. This did not work out at all. My teacher and I had very different ideas about music: I wanted to play the boogie-woogie, he only allowed me to play nocturnes and other classical music pieces. He told me that boogie-woogies would destroy my fingering and that was the end of that. Music needs to come from the heart.

At one point my parents got an electric organ and that turned out to be much more my thing. My parents were always very invested in my musical development and made sure I was properly schooled on this instrument as well. Around my sixteenth birthday I joined a band (The Rodys) and started playing clarion in our local drum band.

After finishing school, I joined the Navy in the guided weapon systems department. Everyone who played an instrument was automatically enlisted to the ship band. As part of the band, we basically toured the whole wide world and performed in places such as Norfolk USA, Odessa, Tolio and Gibraltar which was a great experience.

I regularly changed ships during my time at the Navy and joined the band every time. Often the keyboardist position was already taken, in which case I would try out a different instrument. This allowed me to add bass guitar and saxophone to the list. But, whenever I could, I would go back to my first love, the accordion.

At one point we were stationed for a long time at Curaçao, where we would often play music on the beach. One night, almost 50 years ago, I was playing music with some of my crew mates when a number of ladies joined our group to listen to the music. One of those ladies later became my wife to whom I am still happily married.

After eight years in the Navy, I moved back to the mainland to work as an electrotechnician, but my love for music always stayed. Next to my day job I played in a band called The Rio’s at weddings and parties. I also volunteered to play accordion in nursing homes and accompanied Dutch folk choirs together with a friend, which I still do on occasion (unfortunately, my friend recently passed away after 30 years of playing the accordion together).

Now that I am a bit older, the on-stage performances have become less frequent. I do still accompany one Dutch folk choir for men and record background music for singers and choirs who do not have the luxury of professional musicians. I used to record songs using the MIDI format but have recently switched to mp3 as this is much easier to play from a telephone.

I have a lot more time to devote to my music now that I am retired. I practice at least an hour a day on my accordions and record a lot of German and Dutch folk music. I also still enjoy the boogie-woogie. I record my music on the Tyros 5 and Roland FR7. I am trying to covert my old midi files in to styles with Style Works2000, but is not an easy process. In any case, over the years, I have produced a ton of mp3 and midi songs and the pile keeps on growing. I would love to share these songs with you all via this website. I will also try to share some of my best midi files from the past.

Juul Meffert

Juul's MP3 Songs

Juul's songs are arranged alphabetically by song title. Click on the song title to listen to and/or download the song. Songs were recorded on the Tyros5.

Aan het noordzeestrand © (T5) * Aan Het Strand Stil En (fr7&T5) Aan het strand stil en * (T5) Aber Dich (T5) Accordeon tango (T5) Aloahe (T5) * Aloha He (fr7&T5) Aloha He (T5) * Aloha Oe in G (T5) Amazing Grace (T5) Amsterdamse Grachten (fr7&T5) Ballast lied * (T5) Before The Next Teardrop Falls (T5) Blame It On The Bossanova (T5) * Boody Mary F (T5) * Bridge Over Trobled Water (T5) * Broekje Van Jantje (T5) * A Broken Heart (T5) Bye Bye Love (T5) Costa Del Sol (T5) * Daar Bij Die Molen 2 (T5) * Daar Was Laatst Een Meisje Loos (fr7&T5) Daar was laatst een meisje loos (T5) Daar Bij Die Molen (T5) Dan Gaan De Lichten Aan (T5) * Dans Klein Zigeunermeisje (T5) * Dans met mij (T5) Dans Nog Eenmaal Met Mij (T5) * De Bloemenmand (T5) De Boom (T5) * De nevelhekse (G) (T5) De Oude Man En De Zee (T5) * De Sneeuwwals (T5) * De Speelman (T5) * Deze Zee (T5) *

Donker West (T5) Dorp Aan De Rivier Bes (T5) * Down By The Riverside (T5) Droomland (T5) Duizend mijlen (X9) Duizend mijlen (T5) * Een beetje beetje meer (T5) * Een Koffer Vol Met Dromen (T5) * Een Pikketanussie (T5) * Eens (T5) * Een Zeereis Is Mooi (5.) * El Condor Pasa (T5) Greetje Uit De Polder (T5) * Guitar Melody (T5) Gulio Gitarro (T5) Gulio Guitar Swing (T5) Gulio Show (T5) * Heide roosje (T5) * Hele nacht aan jou gedacht (T5) Hello Mary Lou (T5) Ik Zal Jou Nooit Vergeten (T5) * Jij Denkt Dat Je Alles Mag (T5) Juuls Own Guitar Song c (T5) Kapitein neem ons mee op reis (T5) Keetje Tippel (X9) Keetje tippel (T5) Kleine Paloma (T5) * La Paloma (T5) La Paloma * (T5) Laat maar lekker waaien (T5) * Lambada Kaoma (T5) * Mien Drenthe (T5) * Morgenmuffel Keyboard (X9) My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean (T5) Old Calahan (live) (T5) * Old calahan2 (T5) *

Op de weolige baren (T5) * Pappie Loop Niet Zo Snel (T5) * Patrona bav aria (T5) * Patrona Bavariae (T5) Rio Rebelde Gulio Eglesias (T5) * Rolling Home (X9) Rutsch Polka (T5) Schoonoords Volkslied (T5) Send Me The Pillow (T5) Sierra Madre (T5) Somewhere Between (T5) * Speel Je Accordeon (T5) * Steeds Weer Huil Je (live) (T5) * Steve Waltz 8 min (X9) Tabe Mien Laiverd (T5) * The Mermaid (T5) Trompeten Echo (T5) Tussen Het Riet (T5) * Twee Reebruine Ogen (T5) * Veenlied (T5) * Ver In Den Vreemde (T5) Verzonken Stad (T5) * Vissers meisje * (T5) Vlinder (Karst) (T5) * Vrij Zijn Als Een Vogel (T5) * Waarom ben jij nooit op zondag vrij (T5) Wanneer de rozen in bloei staan (F) (T5) * When The Saints Go Marchin' In (T5) Wonderful Land (T5) Zeemann Adieu (T5) Zeeman, De Zee Is Jouw Thuis (T5) * Zeeman O Zeeman (T5) Zeven Rozen Zeven Jaren (live) (T5) * Zillertaler hochzeitmarsch (T5) * Zwarte slaven (T5) * Zwervers Lied (T5) *

* Juul has made available the styles that he used for these songs. You can download all of these song-named styles in a single MP3Styles.zip file.

(Jul 5, 2022) Here are 8 additional Dutch MP3s Juul received from his friend Dick. Those marked with an asterisk (*) also have the style file available. All can be downloaded in this DutchMP3.zip file.

Als De Fluitvogel Zingt (live) Een Mooie Tocht Op Zee Hemels Blauw F *

Meisje Ik Ben Een Zeeman in C * Mooi Volendam (D) * Mooi Volendam (live)

Sarie Rocknroll * Trompeten Echo (live)

Dutch Song-Named Styles

(Oct 12, 2022) There are quite a few of Juul's MP3 songs that included the style used for that performance. Rather than search for a specific style for those that don't, Juul has sent in a whole library of Dutch song-named styles. If you know the song, you can use that style to play it. Many of these styles will work fine with songs above that do not have a specific style provided. There are over 200 style files included and you can download them all in this DutchStyles.zip file.

Juul's MIDI Songs

(May 29, 2022) Juul's midi songs are arranged alphabetically by song title. Click on the song title to listen to and/or download the song. Songs were recorded on the Tyros5. 79 songs were added in 7 installments and they can all be downloaded in a single zip file: Juul Midifiles 1.zip.

A Woman Left Lonely Aan De Amsterdamse Grachten Ales Wat Ademt Ales Wat Ik Doe Als De Sterren Aan De Hemel Staan Als De Sterren Daarboven Stralen Amazing Grace Ambos Polka Bergvagabunden Blauwe Spaanse Ogen Blue Spanish Eyes Boemenmand (Flower Basket) By the Light of the Silvery Moon Bye Bye Love Clarinet Polka Crazy Daar Bij Die Waterkant Daar Zaten Twee Motten

De Alpenexpres De Glimlach Van Een Kind De Vlieger De Vogeltjesdans Dorpsfeest Dream Drift Away Droomland Een Beetje Vrede Een gebroken hart kent geen rust Een Kopje Koffie Eine reise ins gluck Eleanor Rigby Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime Flight 602 Hallo Josefien Hello Mary Lou Hij Was Een Smokkelaar Hooge Dennen

Georgia Georgy Good luc charme Grootvaders Klok Handjes de lucht in Hey Jude I Honestly Love You If I Were A Carpenter In The Still Of The Nite It's A Kind Of Hush It's All In The Game Jambalaya Je te vaux Just A Bit Kangoeroe Eiland Killing Me Softly With His Song Knock Three Times O Mona Last Date Lieve Meid Heb Jij Even Tjd Memories

Missisipie Mooi Volendam Oh When The Saints Que Sera Sera Ramona Ritme van de regen Rood zijn de rozen Sail Along Silv'ry Moon Shake Hands Somewhere Between South Of The Border Steeds weer huil je Strangers in the Night Tot Ziens Belinda Trompet Echo Tulpen uit Amsteram Twas Een Visser Midzee Vreemde in de nacht Wien Biebt Wen Wij zijn de slijpers uit Parijs Zillertaler medley

(Dec 31, 2022) Juul adds another 92 of his midi songs for your enjoyment. The songs are arranged alphabetically in the table below by song title. Click on the song title to listen to and/or download that song. Songs were recorded on the Tyros5. All 92 of these midi songs can be downloaded together in this file: Juul Midifiles 2.zip.

32 Jjaar Aan de Amsterdamse grachten Aan de Grens van de Duitse Heuvelen Aan De Kust Aan het Strand Ach Margrietje Af en toe Gaan Pa en Moe Als de Klok van Arnemuiden Als de Morgen Is Gekomen Als de Nacht Verdwijnt Bij ons in de Jordaan Blauwe Spaanse Ogen Bloemetjes Gordijn Brandend Zand Broekje van Jantje Bruderlein Drink Carolientje Da do run Run Daar bij de Waterkant Daar bij die Molen Daar was Laatst een Meisje Loos Dans met mij in de Morgen Dat gaat naar Den Bosch toe De dood Gewoonste Dingen

De hete Woestijn De loemenmand De Pieteroliekar De Postkoets 2 De Postkoets De rode koe van Dirk van Strik De Verzonken Stad Door de Bossen Door de Heide Dorpslied Geesbrug Droomland Een Beetje Vrede Een Gebroken hart Een karretje op de Zandweg Reed Een Muis in een Molen Het IJssel Lied Holland Medley Hoor je het Ruisen der Golven Huilen Is voor jou te Laat Ik heb Eerbied voor jou Grijze Haren Ik Krijg een Heel Apart Gevoel van Binnen Ik meen Het Ik sta op Wacht

Ik Trek Mijn Wandelschoenen Aan Ik Wacht op Jou In Gedachten zie ik dat Kerkje Weer In T Groene dal in T Stille Dal Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Ja dat Is Peter Jij Kunt Niet Altijd 16 Zijn Kleine Anabel Kleine cafe aan de haven Kleine Kokette Katinka Kom Mee Naar Buiten Allemaal Kom Zwarte Zigeunerv Komt Vrienden in den Ronde Lente Kind Mama Heintje Marina Meisjes met Rode Haren Middelandse Zee Mijn Bonnie Is Over de Oceaan Mijn Febed Mijn Opa Mooi was die Tijd Mussiden

Mussidenn Dixi Oh Vissersmeisje Oh wat een Mooie Tijd Ome Jan Op de grpte stille heide Patsy Rosamunde Sofietje Tabe Ouwe Reus Tussen het Riet Veel Bittere Tranen Vogeltje Watzing je Vroeg Vuile Huichelaar Waarom Krijg ik Geengehoor Wals medley 1 Wals medley 2 Wals medley 3 Wat Kost dat Hondje Zeg Kleine Ree Zeven Brieven heb ik jou Geschreven Zonnetje gaat van ons Scheiden Zuiderzee Ballade Zwarte Slaven

Some visitors have asked whether these midi files are self made or whether I have changed something in the file.

Where are they from? I do the following things. I search the hard disks from my friend for midi files and then delete duplicates. That still leaves a lot of files, about 120,000 midi files! I don't know where all these files come from but for a long time they have been used for music lessons.

For the files with styles, I look and listen to styles to compare them with the song. I play the styles on the keyboard. I do not change anything on the midi file or the style only the name so that the midi file and the style name are the same. For the other midi files without a style, I listen to them and if they sound well, I include in a volume and send it here.

Now and then, I play some songs on the Tyros5 and those are the MP3 files that I have provided elsewhere on this page.

Juul

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