 He went on to play with "Crazy Pianos" and during a concert at the GelreDome, he met his current manager, Ruud H. Vinke.Between 2002 and 2005, he was part of the improv theatre group "Op Sterk Water", with whom he performed twice at the Lowlands Festival.In early 2005, VanVelzen was introduced to Dutch music producers Holger Schwedt, Nando Eweg and John Ewbank, and they decided to start working on an album.