John Jones Music

Summertime the CD!

This is the cover and CD of Music is Hope Foundation’s SUMMERTIME, by Meninos do Morumbi and Friends with Julian Lennon!

Meninos do Morumbi perform in 2007 at the Parque Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brasil

My teenage bandmate Ken Basman playing the kind of music we were learning and listening to, over 40 years ago, playing with Gabriel Peña…

Randy Cooke’s drum part in Dee Long’s awesome remake of Little Neutrino has been transcribed!
Play along with Randy!

The Music is Hope Foundation’s next release for Meninos do Morumbi and Friends with Julian Lennon, was mastered by the amazing  Bernie Grundman, at his beautiful Mastering Studio in Hollywood, this week.
Also at the session were mixer; Skip Saylor, and MIHF manager Richard Martinez.

Richard Martinez, Skip Saylor, Bernie Grundman and John Jones

“The qualifications of a successful sound mixer represent a unique and rare combination of skills. He must be adequately, technically oriented, understand and evaluate the performance of the various electronic and acoustical devices with which he works. He must have sufficient musical aptitude to interpret the wishes of the arranger/ conductor. He must be creatively artistic, imaginative, have a flair for showmanship, be willing to try the impossible, and have the ambidexterity of an octopus. He must have the unique talent of being able to communicate with artists and directors at any artistic level and to perform his functions deftly under extreme pressure. Above all, he must have the patience of Job.” – Bill Putnam (J. Audio Eng. Soc., Vol. 37, No. 9, 1989 September)

Richard Martinez, John Jones, Ian Blanch, Skip Saylor

Another fantastic mixing session in the Valley at Skip Saylor studio, for the soon to be released, Meninos do Morumbi & Friends single, by Music is Hope Foundation!

I have had a lot of turmoil lately, due mostly to having to empty my storage garage in Burbank, and then the arrival of some new and better equipment (from Kevin Carmony), including an excellent new table and chair for my studio!

Leaner and cleaner JJ studio control center

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!

King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar; LIVE!

There will never be another original like Johnny!

Memory Pain by Johnny Winter from Second Winter, 1969.