Jacob TV Dutch ‘avant pop' composer Jacob TV ( aka Jacob Ter Veldhuis, 1951) started as a rock musician and studied composition and electronic music at the Groningen Conservatoire, where he was awarded the Dutch Composition Prize in 1980. During the eighties he made a name for himself with melodious compositions, straight from the heart and with great effect. ‘I pepper my music with sugar,' he says. Jacob TV is preoccupied with American media and world events and draws raw material from those sources.