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

Original riff of this song 
https://soundcloud.com/stevee101/cant-help-riff-it

Kept picturing a horse galloping on this riff (influenced by recent readings of Neil Young stories with Crazy Horse) , so I let imagination go and it went a bit crazy !! :-)
Hope you like it !

This track uses these sounds from freesound :
     Central American Indian Salute.WAV by danielsilveira321 (http://www.freesound.org/people/danielsilveira321/sounds/190548/)
    S: NATIVE DRUM LOOP B 16BARS 100BPM.wav by sandyrb (http://www.freesound.org/people/sandyrb/sounds/86653/)
    S: USAindian7.wav by vumseplutten1709 (http://www.freesound.org/people/sandyrb/sounds/86653/)
    S: Dine group vox 14.4.wav by davidou (http://www.freesound.org/people/davidou/sounds/88490/)
    S: Echo Flute 9.3.wav by davidou (http://www.freesound.org/people/davidou/sounds/88492/)


Tribal war dreamtime

Imagine Beethoven discovering the australian bush ...and revisiting the Pastorale ...

This track used the following sounds from freesound:
  bats 2.aif by sofie (http://www.freesound.org/people/sofie/sounds/9720/)
clapsticks.wav by Anton(http://www.freesound.org/people/Anton/sounds/6236/)
 Bush bird noises by danieldouch (http://www.freesound.org/people/danieldouch/sounds/167297/)
 Parrots Lorikeets.wav by digifishmusic (http://www.freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/75267/)
Startled Cockatoos by kangaroovindaloo (http://www.freesound.org/people/kangaroovindaloo/sounds/161642/)
Wind blowing in the bush on the top of Kitt Peak mountain. (USA, Arizona) by felix.blume (http://www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/135193/)
 howling_wind.wav by juryduty (http://www.freesound.org/people/juryduty/sounds/185070/)
Thunder_close.wav by hantorio (http://www.freesound.org/people/hantorio/sounds/121945/)
 Thunder Clap OWB KY 441x16.wav by Dave Welsh (http://www.freesound.org/people/Dave%20Welsh/sounds/194364/)
Dry thunder2.wav by juskiddink (http://www.freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/101934/)
 thunder4.wav by swoods800(http://www.freesound.org/people/swoods800/sounds/136283/)
 Desert at Night by kangaroovindaloo (http://www.freesound.org/people/danieldouch/sounds/167297/)


Pastorale Dreamtime

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

This track has been possible thanks to the help of artists from USA/Russia/Germany/France on the base of a simple base track with leading ideas of giving tribute to French authors/composers Maxime Leforestier and Claude Nougaro's wonderful melodies (see links herebelow) supporting awareness on important issues at their time ...and nowadays still it seems .... Further melodic routes were found by all through musical interactions ... 
I feel I owe so much recognition to these great artists who understood my first musical ideas ...and pushed them to a height I would never had imagined :)

@kat330 for her singing (I love her idea of evoking native americans incantations)
@joerxworx whose sax is so soulful and who plays so well with other instruments (clarinet in particular which he understands and plays very well ;-)
@project-managers-trio : (Igor) for his amazing satrianesque/pagesque guitar solos 
@jules-keys-1 : for his amazing duduk play (armenian oboe)
https://soundcloud.com/johnbodi : for fantastic classic/jazzy colors added with the piano
Wonderful graphic image from : JT Lindroos


I'm the one behind all this, I play all other real (including rythmic guitar and my brother's old trumpet ! ..) or vst instruments ..; I  have been so happy to mix everyone's inputs 
Steph
@ddjohn

Places we were born : 
-  in the village of Salem in a land called Indiana (Kathleen "kat330" )
- in the small town of Nizhnie Sergy,  South Ural mountains area (Igor)
- In Köln, one of the major European metropolitan areas, located on both sides of the Rhine River, in southeastern Westphalia (Jörg)
- John was born in Szeged, the "city of sunshine", in the Great Southern Plane, on the banks of river Tisza.
- Stéphane was born  in Lyon, between Paris and Marseille, in the Rhône-Alpes region,  where the Rhône and Saône rivers converge 


 OUR sources of inspiration : 
Claude Nougaro : 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63woek9vzc 
Maxime Leforestier 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dJQEF4cSk
Led Zeppelin : www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ed98_le…n-kashmir_music
The Beatles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVf5Cr4M-F8
Joe Jackson (at the very end ! !)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDAkmfoAgA
Joe Satriani 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0WVU3tXBE

and my SC friends Barry and Chris !
https://soundcloud.com/chris-pendergraft/love-star-ep-ft-the-inconsistent-jukebox

Born Somewhere (Né quelque part)- feat Kathleen, Igor, Jörg, John &  Julien

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)

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

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

*****
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 an exploration with different sound textures, a blend of influences from the moment, from hip hop groove and minimalist baseline with sort of rock riffing guitars and kind of jazzy world clarinet and trumpet with effect..Hope you enjoy this experience à la Steph .. and keep an open mind after this  !
All real instruments played except drums (sampled)

Keeping An Open Soul

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

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