the rose vortex sessions

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Warren Cuccurullo groving high!

“me, azar, & the band playing along to a cool loop in my jamman.
i wound up singing those phrases i was improvising on guitar. free express-o style of course.
‘the beat was fucked up on arrival’ ‘you can count on it”

Here Comes The Sun

May 4th, 2016 § Comments Off on Here Comes The Sun § permalink

The Beatle who influenced me most, was a lovely man indeed!

Is there a human right to sustenance?

April 23rd, 2016 § Comments Off on Is there a human right to sustenance? § permalink


Charles Jones (University of Western Ontario)

My brother Charles Jones, putting planet Earth in perspective.

Warren Cuccurullo and Nick Wood!

April 19th, 2016 § Comments Off on Warren Cuccurullo and Nick Wood! § permalink

Pleasures flow out like waterfalls, across the alluvial plane!

And so we found ourselves in Glassell Park, Los Angeles, recording the master musician, Warren Cuccurullo.

Adam Moseley engineered the recording, while artist Nick Wood marveled at the virtuosity of our exhalted guest!

Warren, Nick, JJ and Adam during the session

Warren, Nick, JJ and Adam during the session

 

Time of the Season

April 19th, 2016 § Comments Off on Time of the Season § permalink

What more can i say?

Nick Wood at Skip Saylor Studio

April 19th, 2016 § 0 comments § permalink

Skip Saylor on the "G"

Skip Saylor at his “G” series SSL console!

These pics are all from the recent mixing sessions for Nick Wood with Skip Saylor and Ian Blanch, in Encino, CA.

Skip and Nick Wood

Skip and Nick Wood

John Jones, Nick Wood, Skip Saylor, Ian Blanch

John Jones, Nick Wood, Skip Saylor, Ian Blanch

 

Steve Orchard in the hood

April 15th, 2016 § 0 comments § permalink

It was really great to bend an elbow last weekend with Steve Orchard, an old friend from our days at AIR Studios on Oxford Street!

Steve was in town working at Hansen Studio, the former A&M, the former Red Skelton, Kling, and of course originally, the Charlie Chaplin studio. I didn’t get a chance to tell him that the footprints are a fake…sorry Steve.

Anyway, what is there not to love about old friends, old times, and new pints?

JJ and Steve Orchard in Los Angeles

JJ and Steve Orchard in Los Angeles

Enjoy this really cool interview with Steve Or’chard about his career!

I love the water bottle in front of the bass drum!

Billie Rainbird and Simon Phillips

April 13th, 2016 § 0 comments § permalink

Billie and Simon

Billie Rainbird and Simon Phillips have flown into my life on a bolt of goodness and light!

We’re having fun working on songs in their super-creative environment at Phantom Studios, Van Nuys, Los Angeles.

For a moment there, I thought I was in Japan!

simon studio 1

Simon Phillips in command!

 

john neve

Jones the Neve LOVER!

 

simon drum man!

Simon Phillips on the job!

 

Making Music, Sir George Martin

April 11th, 2016 § 0 comments § permalink

Sir George Martin’s book, Making Music, was reprinted in 1987. I wrote a chapter on MIDI for the “Revised Edition”.

Here are some snaps of the book. Do you have a copy?

making music george martin

MM Martin contents

MM midi jones page

 

Songs from 1993, Volume 2 – john jones album

March 25th, 2016 § Comments Off on Songs from 1993, Volume 2 – john jones album § permalink

The second release in the series is:

Songs of 1993, Vol. 2 – Written and recorded  in chronological order by me and my machines, between March 1 and June 11, 1993, in the Hammerwood, East Sussex, U.K., studio that Dee Long and I put together.

The song Someday, has overdubs from Steve Ferrone and Richard Martinez, and was mixed by Stuart Breed, and Executive Produced by Ken Roberts, back in 1997, but never released, for my One Moment in Time album.

 

Songs of 1993 Vol. 2 cover 400

Songs from 1993, Volume 2, is available on CDBabyiTunesSpotify, etceteras.