John Jones Music

Released on CD in 2009.
An album of songs by John Jones.
(except “21st Century Schizoid Man” by King Crimson).
Performed by John Jones and Stephen (Steve) Ferrone.
Produced and recorded by John Jones using Logic and Pro Tools, at home, and at Drumroll Studios.
Written, arranged, and mixed, by John Jones (JJ)
Mastering by Mike Bozzi, Jimmy McKeever at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Executive Producer’s, Kevin Carmony, Emily Richard, and Jason Brock
Artwork by Jimmy McKeever
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Disneyland in 1956

The NAMM show starts today at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California.

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is a non-profit that was founded in 1901.

Anaheim was founded in 1857 by German immigrants as the Anaheim Colony. The heim (home) by the Santa Ana river. By 1870 the area had “scores of vineyards” and 47 wineries. A grape disease in the 1880s forced farmers to switch to orange growing, which lasted until the mid 1950s. Which is also when Disneyland opened.

Ninety years ago, in 1928, Disney released its first major film with fully synchronized sound; Steamboat Willie. Look how far we have come?

1928 Steamboat Willie on YouTube

1921 – Caruso immortalized – Victrola magazine ad

It’s hard to imagine that it’s been less than 100 years since this ad for the Victor Talking Machine Company was published.

Are we selling music, or the machine?

Here is a decent article about Sir George Martin and AIR Studios history, printed during George’s In My Life tour.

From the April 11, 1998 edition of Billboard magazine.

Dear friends,

I just signed the petition “Save Air Studios“ and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.

This campaign means a lot to me and the more support we can get behind it, the better chance we have of succeeding.

You can read more and sign the petition here: Save AIR Studios

Can you also take a moment to share the petition with others?

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Thank you!

John

Here is the long lost episode of the BBC’s “Science in Action” program from 1987. In this segment I show how to sample with our Fairlight CMI Series III in Studio 5 at AIR Studios Oxford Street.
We sold the Series III to J. J. Jeczalik of the Art of Noise a few weeks after taping this episode! I wonder why!

Off we went to Rancho Encino for a mixing session with Skip Saylor over the weekend!

Skip and Ian, and the studio, and the Rancho, and the Thai restaurant Mustang, and the exceptional facilities, paled in comparison to the great sound they gave to Nick Wood‘s music!

We’re almost ready for mastering!

John Jones, Nick Wood and Skip Saylor at the SSL!

The 7th Annual Producers & Engineers Wing Grammy celebration at the Village Studios honoring Neil Young was a special night.

Neil Young on stage in the ballroom at the Village Studios

I shot this short clip of the introductory part of Neil’s speech to show the atmosphere in the ballroom. It was fantastic!

And then Dave Mathews came out and played a couple of Neil’s songs.

And here is one of the traditional photos many of us take at these events.

John Jones, Frank Oglethorpe, Neil Dorfsman, Elliot Scheiner, Steve Churchyard at the Village Studios

Dennis Baxter, the official sound engineer for the Olympic Games, explains what he has been doing to the sound of live sport in this audio interview from NPR.

They play clips of what the Summer Games sounded like before and after Baxter took over in 1996.

Would you ever have imagined what he has done for Rowing?

Making the Olympics Sound Right. From a “Swoosh” To A “Splash” – click on the audio

Here is another interview with Dennis from Audio Pro International on the same subject:

2012 Olympics: Interview with audio consultant Dennis Baxter

Great Stuff!