December 8th, 2017 § 0 comments § permalink
https://soundcloud.com/johnjonesmusic/oh-no
After falling asleep hoping it wasn’t true, I woke up at 4 am with a song in my heart. I walked across the lawn to ESP studio, turned the gear on, put on a blank 1/4 ” tape, hit record, and went out to the piano with Sebaka and recorded this song – Oh No. ©1980 John Jones
November 29th, 2017 § 0 comments § permalink
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?
November 26th, 2017 § 0 comments § permalink
Here is the long lost episode of the BBC’s “Science in Action” program from 1987. In this segment we discuss the Fairlight CMI Series III in Studio 5 at AIR Studios Oxford Street, and I show how to sample using a Casio sampler.
We sold the Series III to J. J. Jeczalik of the Art of Noise a few weeks after taping…
November 20th, 2017 § 0 comments § permalink
This is our first official John Jones video for Turning Me Inside Out, from 1998.
Directed and filmed by Neil Grieve and Jens Sturup.
And starring Steve Ferrone, Leeza Hoffman-Lopez and the Old Griffith Park Zoo.
November 16th, 2017 § Comments Off on Steve Ferrone’s Gretsch Magic § permalink
November 10th, 2017 § Comments Off on Music in the AIR (studios) § permalink
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.
November 3rd, 2017 § Comments Off on Dear John – john jones § permalink
November 2nd, 2017 § Comments Off on How Could I Do This – john jones § permalink
How Could I Do This is an apology letter. This one made me cry while singing it. I wrote it while walking from Place de la Bastille to Charles De Gaulle on a cold Valentines day morning in Paris.
How Can I Do This – Written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by John Jones.
November 2nd, 2017 § Comments Off on Who will you fight? § permalink
When the night won’t turn to daylight…
A song I wrote about the destruction of our planet.
From my demo album, Songs of 1993 Volume 1
Daylight – Written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by John Jones, one night!
October 19th, 2017 § Comments Off on twelve – Jayson Adam Haws § permalink
A new collection of songs from a man who should be a household name!
Go here for – twelve, Jayson’s new album. Produced by Kevin Carmony, and a bit by me, but mostly Jayson!
This video by Davinci was recorded during drum sessions we did at Chez Burbank… “I gotta go in like 5 minutes!”
JAYSON HAWS – "MORPHINE" FROM TWELVE BTS 720P from DaVincicode on Vimeo.