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With a debut album that resulted in a gold record, a theater tour with 31 shows and 20,000 tickets sold, and an Edison Award, 'crooner' Dennis van Aarssen had the proverbial wind at his back.[citation needed] In March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, his trip to New York, the release of the deluxe version of his debut album was postponed, and performances at festivals were all cancelled. His autumn tour 'That's Life', a reprise of the successful first theater tour, was also postponed.[citation needed]
Van Aarssen began streaming 30-minute performances from the studio once a week for sixteen weeks. Jazzy swing, always with tracks from his favorite singers like Frank Sinatra.[citation needed] He also streamed two performances in Afas Live.[citation needed]
Over the pandemic, van Aarssen began writing original songs with René van Mierlo, guitarists Diggy Dex and Stef Bos, and producer Marcel Tegelaar, known for his work with Guus Meeuwis and Diggy Dex, among others.[citation needed] "In the summer of 2020 I had already taken a trip with the track 'Meet Me In Miami', produced by Marcel. I immediately clicked with René and Marcel and we started working on new material in April of this year. That new work was less suited to the big band genre, but I thought it was great. The final result is a summery EP with five electro swing tracks.”[citation needed]
In early 2020, van Aarssen began working on his second studio album How To Live over Zoom with Jeff Franzel, former pianist and songwriter of Frank Sinatra, and Maria Christensen, lyricist who wrote for Céline Dion and Jennifer Lopez.[citation needed] Dennis had already worked with this duo for his debut album.[citation needed] Eight new songs emerged from that session, four of which appear on the new album. In addition to two covers (Death of a Bachelor by Panic! at the Disco and Lonely Boy by The Black Keys), the album also featured originals.
The album How To Live was recorded together with the DVA Bigband in the E-Sounds Studio in Weesp and produced by Paul Willemsen.[citation needed] The album released in November 2021, just after the start of the 'Swinging On A Star' theater tour that started in October.[citation needed]
