2016

Kid Rock

If it makes you happy

An intense year gone already ... Here is a collection 2016 tracks released on SC , many of them in collaboration with SC friends I 'd like to thank so much here for their inspiration, creative enthousiasm and  kind patience !!!  :)
I love to think that what binds us is stronger than what seperates us (thank you Alexis for this beautiful thought I share completely) ...
 Let's continue to share the joy of playing, creating music and supporting each other in 2017 !!  Most kindly yours , Steph

2016 Tracks

Ears warming stuff à la steph ...rock...funk

Collabs & Jams

In France we say "in the kingdom of blind, one-eyed people are king" ...This song is about these mediocre people who pretend to know everything and try to rule their little world of blind servants ...I guess a pretty universal and untemporal theme ...
Please visit Ian's cloud (https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait), amazing guitarist from Scotland who really inflamed the guitar parts of this one :))

The one eyed king

I can't stand the waste no more
I can't stand the waste no more
No liar, no pretender,

no one eyed king (in the kingdom of blind)

What I've seen - Nobody knows
What i've lived - Nobody cares
But what I can tell you (my friend)
Is that it could have turned bad to me

Well I choose to stand still and pray
For better times in my own way
Caus I know , that in the long term, to get trust
You must say what you do - And do what you say

I can't stand the waste no more
I can't stand the waste no more
No liar, no pretender,
no one eyed king (in the kingdom of blind)

Now the one eyed king is mistrusted - All he does is blown away
And I live much better days
But what I can tell you (my friend)
Is that I keep singing every saturday

I can't stand the waste no more
I can't stand the waste no more
No liar, no pretender, 
no one eyed king (in the kingdom of blind)

I Can't Stand The Waste Blues - feat. Ian Tait (SCO-FRA) (remixed)

HAPPY NEW YEAR  !!  :)
Thank you for your kind listening and support :))
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Compo/All instr/mix : DDJohn (Steph) with the help of Cubase (Muted trumpet, drums, base, synths).
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Made with very special thoughts and love to my very dear musician brothers :))


Let Your Dreams Show The Way

All instr/mix : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Hope this clari-rocks for you !! :))

Have a great WE
Steph

If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow)

CAUTION : IT IS LOUD !!!
Used to love  The Clash (Still do !)   ...  such an electrifying 80's band ...
This one started with a Friday evening jam  thinking of them ... a riff came up (played at the beginning )
Thanks from a big help from my friends  
https://soundcloud.com/bronzed-god who imagined the best lyrics/ and did amazing vocals and guitar line
Lyrics :
"wanna break outta this trailer, this boy was raised by sailors, and dirty dykes that like to fight..i wanna get so damn loose tonight...don't need no garbage can, my guts are my wasteland... i'm a dirty nasty son of bitch" 
https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs :  whose fantastic drumming brought such a real feel 
(I took care of the rest)
this is now a real fun song !!!
I have made so many versions of it, hope you like this one :))
All the very best
Steph
Good old memories :))
.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijiazWlawUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLQJVKP3YlM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6FZwVvS8_8


S O B Blues with Bronzed God and Gary (Mountain Songs)

lady gaga - edge of glory(  COVER - LIVE ) HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! ;-D

My litle Happy new year to all ..with the clarinet :))
May love, kindness and happiness be with you !!!
All the very best 
Steph

A Story Without Words

Michel Delpech passed away recently : http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20160103-famous-french-singer-michel-delpech-passes-away
This is my humble tribute to a a great composer singer and melodist who carried so well the soul of the 70's in France...this song I heard when I was very yound has imprinted me forever ..Hope you like my little version of it :) 
Original : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8EqlDIkrx8
All the very best 
Steph

Le Chasseur (Michel Delpech)

Adele - Someone like U - LIVE ACOUSTIC !  ;-D

Vocals : https://soundcloud.com/ilaria-brovini
Music : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Hope this full rock version makes you happy :))
Original : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyihQtBes1I

Lyrics
I've been long, a long way from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos,
And drank til I was thirsty again
We went searching through thrift store jungles
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen

Well, o.k. I made this up
I promised you I'd never give up

[Chorus]
If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

You get down, real low down
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
Well who hasn't been there before?
I come round, around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread
And serve you french toast again

Well, o.k. I still get stoned
I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

[Chorus]

We've been far, far away from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos
And everywhere in between
Well, o.k. we get along
So what if right now everything's wrong?

[Chorus]


If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow)  By  Ilaria Brovini And DDJohn

This is a track by @soundboard-tinkerers ft Lady Penelope, that I liked a great deal and I was asked if I fancied a collaboration. "Yes" quoth I immediately, already planning the additional keyboards, replacing the drums,  samples, adding harmonies and re-arrangements that were in my head from the already cooking original!! All the hard and original work is Johns and Pen Elope's, I just tinkered, snipped with jagged scissors, (took some 30 secs out) painted paste and shook on some glitter, and produced... enjoy! 

“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” Erich Fromm

johns - music and vocals
featuring Lady Penelope - vocals
Phil - keys/drums/arrangement and production

Got to Say

Just conform again just be what you are told
right back in the tribal days can't side step the tribal ways
back in a young life – shown what to say
told to obey
shown what to hide – away
hey just
Got to Say
say
Got to Say

sit back in comfort don't need the dis-ease
sit back and watch the blocks turn into a wall
then in an old life – shown what to say
told to obey
shown what to hide – away
and its all in so deep
hey just
Got to Say
say
Got to Say

a doctor's strange glove comes to shut you up
takes awhile to realize its your own hand
takes awhile, takes awhile – your hand is over your mouth
your mouth is in your hand
let the fingers do the talking

music & lyrics - johns of soundboard tinkerers November/December 2015

Original: https://soundcloud.com/soundboard-tinkerers/got-to-say

GOT TO SAY - Soundboard Tinkerers, Lady Penelope and Phil McWalter

One of the most beautiful ballads ever !! 

My all - Mariah Carey - acoustic LIVE cover

Take a look at me now  - LIVE cover _ Phil Collins

Started wanting to make  a cover after listening to this  great version of this wonderful classic 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRVj7-CUtaE
but finally  decided not to do like the original ...  
Hope to share the fun of making this :)

S'Wonderful (George Gershwin)

Made with lots of love thinking of  the Eagles,  the Beatles, Ben Harper  and many other dear ones :))
Hope you enjoy my little song :)
Have a great week 
Steph 

Lyrics:
Did you ever open your mail box
Did you ever check it in the cloud
Did you ever listen to the little song 
I wrote for you

Now, I know you've got so much to do
Now, I know you're working real hard
Now, I know you don't have time for anything
Even for my little song

ooo when you come home
ooo I'll play it live for you
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Hope it'll make you feel all right :)

Dedicated to all fathers missing their  dear little ones ...just waiting for them to come home :))

My Little Song

Music and production: Rüdiger Petter
Voice and lyrics: Ilaria Brovini (thanks a lot)

Thanks for listening and have fun!

LYRICS:
When you’re telling me “babe babe .. Can’t wait for your love for free, babe , babe “ you’re not waiting for me for real 
I need to be courted so slowly , you should know me , yeah yeah , yeah You should know me, yeah 
You’d “wake” up my heart suddenly if following  constantly all of my needs deep within 
Then you’ll find me finally fully complying none else, none  else but thee 
 
When you’re telling me “babe babe .. Can’t wait for your love for free, babe , babe “ you’re not waiting for me for real 
I need to be courted so slowly , you should know me , yeah yeah , yeah You should know me, yeah 
You’d “wake” up my heart suddenly if following  constantly all of my needs deep within 
Then you’ll find me finally fully complying none else, none  else but thee 




Love for free feat. Ilaria Brovini

When  you experience hectic public transports (vive la RATP !) , wait for substitute buses under cold rain,  and finally miss your plane , there's only one thing that can make you happy : think of the famous Soul Train Show ! (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Train)
That's what happened to me this week :)) Hope you enjoy this bluesy funky ...kind of rocky (?) one ;-)

I'd like to thank https://soundcloud.com/orlando-lund very much for the dowloadable drum part https://soundcloud.com/orlando-lund/go-go-beat which inspired me as well and which I used for this track. What a groove :))

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lyrics (well ...so to speak ..;-)

Slow Train 
I'd rather be in the soul train 
Cold rain
I'd rather be in the soul train 

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There has been a great show on french TV (ARTE) on Soul Train presented by Aline Afanoukoé (in the picture)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4-lOw24Y8

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We had a wonderful (virtual !) jammy session with my friend Jörg on this one  with his fabulous sax : Check it out ! ;-) https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx/sax-on-soul-train-by-ddjohn-special-wind-instrument-jam

Soul Train Blues

This is a little jam  based on  what I thought was a solid cool groove, added a full on  base and good old acoustic guitars - and popped in some elec guitar  too  !
 Hope you enjoy this one !  Have a great WE - Cheers - Steph

Back Home

I'm so glad Baking Jazz Power (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower) 
 made me discover Tuba Skinny and a wonderful track from this wonderful New Orleans jazz band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2auDwCIIM3s
i've had loads  of fun implementing clarinet and bass arrangements from his wonderful track (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower/shake-it-break-it-tuba-skinny-guitar-cover)

Hope you like this version !
Steph

Shake it and break it (Tuba Skinny ) with Baking Jazz Power

This is one of those classics that swings :))https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_to_Cheek_(chanson)
 I'm very glad Kat (https://soundcloud.com/canette3-frostie) proposed a gipsy jazz version of it , On my side I found an amazing version with Benny Goodman ...and here we go !! 
Hope you like our Gipsy jazz version with Benny Goodman fantastic inspiration for the clarinet part !
Have a happy swinging Christmas !

Cheek To Cheek with Kat

It's Christmas soon !  Time for a jazzy cheerful tune !
I'm absolutely thrilled to present this jam on a very dear song to me and with very dear friends from SC small planet. By order of appearance for the choruses :
- Maestro BJP at the guitar solo (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower)
- Maestro Julien Apelian at the keys (https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1)
- Maestro Jamie Rhind also at the keys (https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind)
I had the fantastic pleasure to bring the clarinet solo part and to wrap this all up !
Happy a Merry  Cheerfully Swingy Christmas !

Blues Clair (D. Reinhardt)by the Christmas Hot Club de SC (BJP, Julien Apelian, Jamie Rhind, DDJohn)

This is one of those classics that swings.
I'm very glad Stéph (@DDJohn)agreed to make a Gypsy jazz version of it , He took a little advice from Benny Goodman ... and this is the result. 
Hope you like our Gypsy jazz version with Benny Goodman fantastic inspiration for the clarinet part !
And Stéph - MERCI! :-)

Cheek To Cheek - Stéph Laporte aka DDJohn

Kid Rock - Fat Bottom Girls

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Kid Rock - Only God Knows Why

Composed by Pierrou (song for my son)
All guitars Patenotte D256 - Pierrou
Clarinetts DDjohn https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Bass-Drum Impro-Visor ; 2nd drum DDJohn

Titi (DDJohn & Pierrou)

Involved in different local music associations with my clarinet  (in classic and jazzy mode) ,  I also  love to play the guitar, I love to try to create and produce music with Cubase and different other instruments at home. I love all forms of music. 
Thank you reading these lines, for your kind words , listens and all forms of appreciation and support, I'm always happy to explore,  discover new sounds  and collaborate on this unique platform with wonderful musicians  !!

2022 Collabs, Jams and Chansons :
https://on.soundcloud.com/pkz71
Proud to be inducted  in 2022 as an Official Lunatics after this:
https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz/lunatics71-skyline-cosmic-ratzzz-ddjohn?si=aa7c346eca754497a8e4168605590197&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Still so happy to listen to this one with my french SC buddies in the memory of Georges Brassens on this one :
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/les-copains-dabord-george-brassens-with-le-hot-club-de-soundcloud-quebec-usa-fra?si=ec03fb2f0b8b42b1b57522bf07221d14&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
...and loving to play with friends in the marvelous style of Django Reinhardt
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/sets/collabs-with-lami-bjp

Album/EP featurings @ the clarinet :

https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/take-cripple-club-collab-with-ddjohn-download?in=ddjohn/sets/2015-1/

https://open.spotify.com/album/2XfVKVx3ZE1qUBwoUojmfW
.... and @ the guitar :
https://chrispendergraft.bandcamp.com/track/aint-seen-the-worst-of-it-yet-tribute-to-jimmy-page