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Rokket said:
Awww crap, he left.... :(
lol...I'M BACK!!!!

I wonder if Waldo locked me out, LOL. I can't get anything on NWR to work.

I'm flattered you think I could blow some doors off, but I'm in one of those musical funks right now where everything I've recorded just blows. I'll get over it and play later, lol. Have a great weekend.
 
chrisharris said:
lol...I'M BACK!!!!

I wonder if Waldo locked me out, LOL. I can't get anything on NWR to work.

I'm flattered you think I could blow some doors off, but I'm in one of those musical funks right now where everything I've recorded just blows. I'll get over it and play later, lol. Have a great weekend.
You too!

I know that you can blow my doors off. I don't have to think it.

BTW, our collab is almost finished. It took awhile since none of us had really done it before. It was a learning curve. Maybe one of us who can mix well will post it (not me).
 
There are some clips below, but here are some from my current C.D.:

ORIGINAL FUSION (from my C.D. “Freedom”)
Give It Time Scott Jones © 2003 Freedom PAM-1022

ORIGINAL FUSION (from my C.D. “Freedom”)
Convergence Scott Jones © 2003 Freedom PAM-1022 ...I'm playing acoustic drums on this track, as well as guitar, I sequenced the bass part.

ALTERNATE TAKE
Convergence ALT TAKE

I was very fortunate to have released this new version to some very encouraging reviews...

Here are those reviews:

REVIEWS

I'm fortunate to have been in Keyboard magazines Discoveries column, Recording magazine's Reader's tapes, Music and Computers magazine's Spotlight column.

I have recently confirmed my line up for my next C.D. to be released late summer 2005 :

...Dave Weckl's keyboardist Steve Weingart,

...Steve Vai's and Planet X drummer Virgil Donati,

...as well as Planet X bassist Rufus Philpot,

...and Tribal Tech bassist Gary Willis,

...OHM and Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland will be doing a guest solo on one track,

As well as:

...Scott Henderson, Scott Lerner, Guthrie Govan, Ron Thal, Greg Howe, Joel Hoekstra, Rafael Moriera, JMR

...Bassist Gerald Veasley will be doing a duet with me on one track.

...legendary Nashville Bassist Keith Horne will be playing one track.

Producer/engineer Anton Pukshansky, is aboard also...Anton is a Grammy award winner for his work on Santana's "Supernatural".

Anyway, here are some other clips, not released, though I'd like to share them with you; I like to play in a bunch of different styles and these reflect that best:

STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ
Sjones-GIANT STEPS 2004 my take on the Coltrane tune

SHRED
Sjones-44 Seconds with Virgil Donati (an unreleased jam I did over one of Virgil's solos from his CD "Stretch")

GYPSY / DJANGO-STYLE
Sjones-All of Me My take of the jazz standard "All Of Me", played from a Django-esque approach. I did the backing track also and produced it to sound "old".

FUSION BALLAD
Sjones-Beck-like Ballad a bit of Beck, Henderson and Holdsworth on this...

MODERN CLASSICAL
Sjones-Modern Classical

COUNTRY
Sjones-COUNTRY PICKIN' TUNE

SMOOTH JAZZ
Sjones-Sanborn Smooth Jazz Jam

MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ
Sjones-"Softly As in a Morning Sunrise" a C minor blues-based standard with a cool set of turn-around changes. Fun to play over.

TAPPING-GIANT STEPS (JAZZ)
Sjones-GIANT STEPS All completely tapped...no picking...more of fusion, Holdsworth-ish approach than my other takes.

O COME EMMANUEL
Sjones O Come Emmanuel PERFORMED LIVE AT MY CHURCH (my arrangement with a "Matrix" and "Evanescence" feel...this is totally based on the soundtrack of "Revolutions" and an Evanesence song) I'm the arranger/orchestrator/director/guitarist, electric sitar with choir, orchestra (horns, strings), full contemporary rhythm section; - (there is a tapping solo around 5:00)

KRANTZ-LIKE JAM
Sjones-Krantz-like jam A jam I did in the style of Wayne Krantz.

BLUES
Sjones-BLUES

FUNK/FUSION
Sjones-Brecker Funk Jam

OLD SCHOOL HENDRIX-STYLE SOLO GUITAR
Sjones-Hendrix-ish Solo Piece

MORE TAPPING (ROCK)
Sjones-Legato Jam Rock based solo, mostly tapping on this one, more like Hallebeek than Holdsworth.

JAZZ SOLOING FROM THE STYLISTIC APPROACHES OF SCOFIELD, METHENY AND HENDERSON
Sjones-"Nardis" My take on the Miles Davis tune. I played it as three different approaches, one solo after another in the same track: as Scofield; as Metheny, and the last one as Henderson (with a bit of Landau)...the reharmonization and chord voicings are in the Holdsworth approach.

G3-ish BALLAD
Sjones-Satriani/Vai-ish Ballad

SOLO JAZZ GUITAR (JOE PASS-LIKE)
Sjones-arrangement of Jobim's "Wave" in the style of Joe Pass

BRECKER FUSION (w-BASS SOLO)
Sjones-Brecker jam with guitar and bass solo GUITAR: I recorded the guitar solo around 5 months ago; BASS: I just played the bass solo (no pick, by the way), the rest of the part was already part of the backing track...

MODERN ROCK
Sjones - "On the Way Down" Sjones© 2002 (an original Modern Rock song written with my co-writer and vocalist Mindy back in 2002)

SOLO JAZZ GUITAR (NYLON-STRING)
Sjones-arrangement of "Days of Wine and Roses" -the jazz standard written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, on my nylon string, no pick, no backing track.

PLANET X-LIKE TUNE w-VIRGIL DONATI
Sjones-Planet-X-like tune (an unreleased song I wrote over three of Virgil's solos from his CD "Stretch"....I'm playing guitar, bass and keys)

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Thanks for the opportunity to share.....!

Peace,

Scott
 
Ok... I'll bite since its a "flame free zone" :) hahaha

Here's one of the ones I like that I did.

Its me singing, so don't laugh too hard!



Velvet Elvis
 
Velvet Elvis said:
Ok... I'll bite since its a "flame free zone" :) hahaha

Here's one of the ones I like that I did.

Its me singing, so don't laugh too hard!



Velvet Elvis


*Laughs behind elvis's back*











J/K Velvet! Got some koo shit on here guys. Keep up the good work.
 
That song aint half bad Elvis. Well compared....uh nevermind, it was great.
 
Hahahaha... thanks Jake.

Does "ain't half bad" mean the other half sucks? hahaha.

Seriously, thanks for taking a listen.

Velvet Elvis
 
Velvet Elvis said:
Ok... I'll bite since its a "flame free zone" :) hahaha

Here's one of the ones I like that I did.

Its me singing, so don't laugh too hard!



Velvet Elvis
By the name and the avatar, I was expecting something else... :D

Very nice song, Velvet Elvis... very nice indeed!!!
 
Rokket said:
You played the drums on that? Nice playing all around!
Why, thank you! I told you I was really a drummer. And I'd still be glad to collab with you again when I have the time. I have my kit mic'ed up all the time now, so really it's just a matter of availability!
 
MadAudio said:
Why, thank you! I told you I was really a drummer. And I'd still be glad to collab with you again when I have the time. I have my kit mic'ed up all the time now, so really it's just a matter of availability!
I will definitely keep that in mind.... I am working on something right now (it's in the "on paper" stage). I laid some tracks to see how it was going to sound and took it back to paper.... I'll let you know!
 
some cool stuff in here.......it's nice to hear some of you......I mean all of you. lol. by the way, Velvet Elvis, I think you have a good voice. wtf?
 
TravisinFlorida said:
some cool stuff in here.......it's nice to hear some of you......I mean all of you. lol. by the way, Velvet Elvis, I think you have a good voice. wtf?
Where's yours????
 
umm........nothing finished as of yet....I'm a real slacker you know.
 
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