Background
His parents Eli and Lena van Tijn founded Artisound the year he was born and he grew up around the studio.
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Eric Tijn
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He also studied composition, arrangement and playing the piano in the conservatory.
Career
He comes from a musical family. In his youth, and during school years, he played in various bands. His initial musical work was producing Patricia Paay.
Soon after, he arranged and produced for the Dutch television show De Familie Knots, that resulted in an album also produced by him.
lieutenant was also the beginning of a long-running cooperation with Jochem Fluitsma. The two became known as Fluitsma & Van Tijn, they went on to produce many hits interpreted by The Scene, Guus Meeuwiss & Vagant, Loïs Lane, De Kast, Willeke Alberti, the Dolly Dots and Mathilde Santing.
Other credits include Mai Tai, Henk Westbroek, Caught in the Acting, Jazzpolitie, the trio Linda, Roos & Jessica, the band 4 Fun, Hind Laroussi and Status Quo. Their biggest hit came through a promotional song 15 Miljoen Mensen (meaning 15 million people) for the Dutch bank Postbank North.V. He is also known for co-writing with Jochem Fluitsma the song "Vrede" for Ruth Jacott, who represented the Netherlands in 1993 Eurovision Song Contest coming 6th overall.
Van Tijn also c-wrote with Fluitsma the song "Hemel en aarde for "Edsilia Rombley who represented the Netherlands coming 4th overall.
He also composed for the television shows Tarzan and Op zoek naar Evita (meaning Looking for Evita). He also worked as a judge for the Dutch musical competition shows Idols and X Factor with his band participating in the live television finals of the X Factor.
