Fusion

[Sjonesmusic]

Hey there,

I thought you guys might be interested in hearing these fusion compositions of mine...

I'm the guitarist and I sequenced all the other instruments...

I really tried hard to make the sequences as realistic as possible, so they aren't just sketches or temporary tracks...

In fact, Keyboard magazine, Recording Magazine, and Music and Computers magazine, all featured my sequencing and composing back in 1996...which essentially, were these tunes without the guitar parts (which I just added January 2002)...

I hope this isn't considered improper to post my music, I'm only trying to share this project with some like-minded musicians, who might appreciate the compositions and playing...

Anyway,

MP3-All in high quality MP3 files, download time will vary...

Muldar's Search-Hi energy fusion.

Every Time-a tribute to Weather Report with a Tribal Tech vibe.

S'Corea-a tribute to Chick's Elektric Band.

Three Steps From the Sun-some elements of Japanese and African music with a touch of Bill Frisell and Mike Brecker.

Give It Time-a fast-paced short little tune, quite fun.

Beast of Burton-a tribute to Gary Burton.

One-a "fun-filled", dark tune in 7/4.

From Nothing-a busy, keyboard chops fest.

Think About It-a Yellowjackets kind of vibe.

Eek! A Mouse!-one of my oldest compositions/sequences...very hard to read down when I did these guitar parts...but, the title says it all.

STREAMING-these will vary automatically according to your connection speed...doesn't do too well with dial-up.

Fusion index Page-It's obvious which are the new ones with guitar...

Anyway, enjoy...and thanks for listening!

Peace,

Scott

[Sjonesmusic]

I forgot these...

Heartland-a laidback, Robben Ford style tune I wrote the day of the Oklahoma City Bombing back in 1995.

Tito's Time-a latin fusion tune I wrote back in 1995, and later renamed to dedicate it to the late Tito Puente.

Rise Above-a kind of Steve Kahn/Anthony Jackson vibe.

Peace,

Scott

[gritzy]

These would probably get more attention in the MP3 forum. It is most definitely not improper to post your music (as opposed to NOT posting any music but feeling free to comment on everyone else's, which is what I seem to be doing)...but it fits more appropriately in the MP3 mixing forum.

I only listened to Muldar's Search, Every Time, and Three Steps From the Sun but they were pretty impressive. Muldar's search is straight from the school of Mahavishu if you ask me. I'm not a huge fan of the overtly synth tones but you definitely used them well. The mix is very good, the composition as well, and the guitar especially really rips. Keep it up.

-oh...I guess you were putting this post in this forum becuase the guitar tracks are new? I guess it belongs then if you were looking for specific review of the guitar tracks. If that is the case, they sound great in terms of technique and writing/improv (whichever the case may be) but I wanted a little more clarity on Muldar's Search. It was a little too low in the mix for me. That is the only criticism that I could come up with specifically. Other than that...sounds good. I'll make sure to try and listen to them all a couple times and let you know.

[Sjonesmusic]

Yeah I actually found the mp3 forum and I posted them there too...

Anyway, I do appreciate your time in listening to the cuts...

I intentionally was going for that distant, horn-like Holdsworth tone/mix on "Muldar's Search", but I hear your point...

Thank you so much for your kind words...

Peace,

Scott Jones

[Sjonesmusic]

Hey,

I noticed that the song "S'Corea", from my original post, was a .ram file, instead of an .mp3, so here's the .mp3...

S'corea-MP3

Peace,

Scott