King Tet on CNN

King Tet plays banjo music on the Tenori-On wearing his CNN "Do Bug-Eyed Aliens Walk Among Us?" t-shirt. This is a live version of "King Tet's Breakdown" from his independent CD entitled "What do you turn on when you Tenori-On?" The video was chosen by CNN and was viewed over 3,000 times in one day!

It's a boy!

Please welcome the newest addition to the family, Pleo Thaddeus! Thaddeus was "hatched" on May 19, 2008. He is a baby Camarasaurus. Having a pet dinosaur is a blessing and a joy. Anyone who can't own a dog or a cat because of allergies or housing restrictions should consider getting a Pleo.

King Tet plays Tenori-On

The Tenori-On is finally available in limited quantities in the USA! Somehow I ended up number 9 on the list so I got mine in the first week of shipment. What a gas to play and compose on this device! I've been waiting for this since I was 10. Completely intuitive approach to creating electronic music.

King Tet on IMDb

It took 8 months of dogged determination and the kind assistance from Producer Scott Mabbutt...but my credits as a writer/performer are now posted in the Internet Movie Data Base. I love Comedy Horror films and it's an honor to be part of this one. If you watch "Macabre Pair of Shorts" you will hear my song "Cleansing" 15 minutes into the movie. Cleansing is from the CD "Digital Dances and Dreams." The song is available on iTunes.
Check out my new page on IMDb!

King Tet's TV interview

October 30th 2006 Channel 10 San Diego Photojournalist Kyle Majors interviewed Eric Van der Wyk about his business King Tet Productions.

King Tet's Nature Recordings featured on NPR

November 11, 2005 King Tet's original Nature Recording "Wind Chimes in the Rain" was featured on NPR's "Living on Earth" environmental news and information recording. Click here for the archived show. Scroll down and select the MP3 or RealPlayer link for "This week's EarthEar selection"

King Tet's Original Music on TV Sitcom

Click on this banner to view "The Africa Scene" featuring the song "Tracking The Lion" by King Tet®
In February 2006 I was "discovered" on iTunes by a Warner Brothers scout looking for music to use in a Prime Time Sitcom called "All of Us." The show is produced by Will & Jada Pickett Smith and Betsy Borns. An episode from season 3 called "The N Word" (which as it turns out was Will Smith's directing debut) has a scene where the parents are explaining the history of the slave trade in the United States to their 8 year old. My song plays during this scene, in fact the parents dance to it in full traditional African garb. "Tracking the Lion" is from the CD "The Man in the Can."