Ineke Veerkamp
Ini has been running music therapy workshops for the last 30 + yrs continuing her work of healing through song and rhythm and is a registered Music Therapist. Using chanting and drumming, music and the arts as a means for dissolving barriers and finding unity within ourselves and with all sentient beings, she is continuing on a healing, musical mission to create and share kirtan and affirmation chants as a tool for uplifting, calming, empowering, thrilling and finding unity within and without.
Ineke’s beautiful harmonies feature in the work of a capella group KALI, with Kath McMillan, Annie Kia and Lyndall Katz. Ineke, with Kath McMillan , also composed and produced the “Affirmations” CD.
Listen to Songs By Ineke Veerkamp
Put Away to Die
The song selected in 1989, Put Away to Die, is an individual composition that reflects Ineke’s compassionate approach to her professional experience as an aged care nurse, and the issue of women’s ageing.
Song Lyrics
1. I am sixty-nine and I’ve had a stroke;
I’m going out of my mind in a nursing home;
They say that I am lucky; there are worse places to go.
I am paralyzed down the right side;
I can’t talk any more and express my mind;
I’m an old age pensioner put away to die.
Put away to die, put away to die, too old for rights, too old to fight, put away to die.
2. My days are repetitious but I am occupied
Reading all the women’s magazines that I can find;
My time is most happy when the family drops by.
Put away to die, put away to die, too old for rights, too old to fight, put away to die.
3. Sometimes I laugh at how I tried to be
A law abiding citizen in society,
And here I am, rejected, tucked away, put away to die.
Put away to die, put away to die, too old for rights, too old to fight, put away to die.
Kath and lni’s Affirmation Chants
In 1989, with Kath McMillan, lni co wrote and recorded “Kath and lni’s Affirmation Chants” that affirm; Life, Love, Strength, Forgiveness, Understanding, Power, Judgement, Order, Will, and Zeal. Rhythmic Affirmation Chants designed to dissolve misgivings and vitalise the heart and mind. It was distributed in America through Lady Slipper and was voted “one of the top picks for 1989.” This CD is available for download through independent music distributor CDBaby. The CD can also be found for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.