What If

"Magic is what we do. Music is how we do it." -- Jerry Garcia

Welcome to my page, my peers, associates, friends, and musical family. I'm a lifelong, multi-instrumentalist musician who records prolifically and joyfully. You'll hear me play guitar, bass (regular four string, and four and five string fretless), mandolin, banjo, keys (piano, organ, synth), lap slide, sitar, and sing on my recordings here. I've been in a few dozen bands in my life, playing everything from bluegrass, jazz, rock, jam band, reggae, funk, afrobeat, Middle Eastern, traditional Irish, singer/songwriter, pop/covers, to experimental/avant garde. 
  Since I found SoundCloud a couple years ago, I've found many talented, creative people with whom to create music. However, in the summer of '23 I formed a band called The Eclectic Collective with some of my favorite musicians I've met through here. It started as a loose collective of musicians and coalesced into a core group of musicians who find other musicians with whom we'd like to make music, then run their songs through our process, and in effect add a full band. That core of The Eclectic Collective includes Tez (Llanpsych), J.J. Terrel, Ken (K2 and the Three), Stephen (Texmex Shaman), Chris (cgmaness), and Mark (mistermark). A couple of other musicians are frequent collaborators, as well, including Artur of Surfers Like Us, and Steve Vervaet of Steve's World. More recently, we've been joined by Carl of The Beautiful Dark fame. 
  The magic of music is amplified exponentially by each person adding to it. So, we really try to add our sorcery all kinds of music from all kinds of artists. Sometimes, we keep it within the group, but a lot of what we do is collaboration with other artists. Therefore these days, 100% of what I do is collaboration, within the group or with other artists on the side.
  I, and we, are also available for hire if you have a song or lyrics and you really want to add bigger instrumentation or a band and good production to it. 
  A small sampling of the artists whom I consider primary influences, and whom you will hear coming through my fingers include Phish, The Flaming Lips, The Grateful Dead, Radiohead, Rye Cooder, Steve Earle, Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, Arcade Fire, Mikey Dread, Yellowman, Purpleman, The Meditations, Michigan and Smiley, Lee Perry, Dillinger, Django Reinhardt, Impossible Recording Machine, The Allman Bros Band, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Bela Fleck, Les Claypool, Sam Bush, David Grissman, John Prine, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, MMW, Moe., Morphine, Ween, Steve Lukather, Michael McDonald, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, John Scofield, Victor Wooten,  Cannonball Adderly, Thelonious Monk, Flea, Parliament Funkadelic,  Frank Zappa, Prince Paul, Pete Rock, Thievery Corporation, Amon Tobin, Chet Baker, Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Carol Kaye, Tame Impala, Mumford and Sons, Japanese Breakfast, LCD Soundsystem, Beach House, Sean Lennon, and Billy Strings, but of course there are many more. I also really like and am influenced by traditional Iranian, Palestinian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Mauritian, Somalian, Egyptian, West African, and Syrian music. I welcome anyone who plays non-western music to contact me for a collaboration, too.
 I'm overjoyed to have found my community on SoundCloud. This is a truly unique forum where everyone is sincerely trying to build each other up. The profoundly supportive and positive SoundCloud community has really opened up an exciting new world of collaboration for me. That is the main reason I'm in the Cloud, actually, to connect with other musicians and make music that I enjoy listening to, and hopefully others do, as well. I am ALWAYS looking to collaborate with interesting musicians, mostly though BandLab, which is where I record almost exclusively. It's a solid, free digital audio workstation hub where you can share recording projects, even if it's not where you make your recordings.
  Everything I do is live instrumental, not programmed, and using no computer beyond my phone. That's not to say that I would be opposed to using that kind of tool, it's just not my preferred medium with which to paint. If you like my music, please share it. If you want to collaborate, my BandLab handle is @bingo_pajama. Feel free to contact me at cornbreadband@hotmail.com, as well, even if you aren't on BandLab.
  If your music is primarily AI, please don't come around my page, as I'm not at all interested in complimenting a machine.
  Here's a link to music I've recorded live with a group of musicians here in Pittsburgh called The Northumberland Street Ramblers.
Check out The Northumberland Street Ramblers on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/fU4Me

Dude from the hills. Thankyou for taking the time to listen and supporting my works, it is very much appreciated.

My new EP, 'all of heaven is against you' under CRSY is out now. Check it out via the links below :-) if you'd like a free code for the Bandcamp release then just give us a shout
Still CRSY, just fancied a name change 😁

Thank you for visiting my Soundcloud page. 
It's great to connect with so many talented musicians here on Soundcloud! On this page you'll find my original songs (including 4 albums) and acoustic guitar instrumentals (including 2 EP's), together with various notes about guitars played, tunings, recording etc.

I am in the process of writing my fifth album which I hope to record at some stage during the autumn and winter months of this year.

Musical influences for me have been many and varied including for example Bert Jansch, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Mark Knopfler, BB King, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention, Paul Simon,  JJ Cale, Eric Clapton, Colin Hay and John Mayer.

Hope you enjoy listening to my music.

Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

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

Thanks for visiting. This is a retro eclectic music mix with looming influences from among others Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Lou Reed & Jon Lord. Mostly I write about the human condition.

I am always looking for a guitar player that wants to collaborate. Would be fun to find a real drummer also.

A Gat is a cat in Catalan - it all makes sense if you’re me. The (s) stands for many collaborators.

I encourage everybody on SC to listen more and be less transactional.

⚡️ 571.000  ⚡️ plays since 2013*
https://www.youtube.com/@joerxworx7299
___ Drumax PROJECT with @docfritz
___ the Lunatics project with @cosmic-ratzzz
A playlist of collabs which should be updated :-))
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx/sets/joerxworx-collabs-the-big
.......... band/jam cloud: https://soundcloud.com/pland-jammin
.......... my old account: www.soundcloud.com/joerxtune
.......... Also on https://hearthis.at/joerxworx-8v/
My bio (to copy) written by me in the third person :-)
"Jörg S. born in Cologne, from youth on, is fascinated by all kinds of art, so he taught himself the saxophone very early. Nowadays flutes of all kind are also part of the equipment, as are jaw harps, percussion, bass, guitars and keyboards.
He was and is always involved in many band projects and session events.
In the 80s he was a saxophonist in the Adam Noidlt Intermission Orchestra with gigs in Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Basel. Very early on he also worked as a writer with live readings in the Cologne area and was a painter with large formats for many years, all in addition to his job as a graphic designer. Now, retired, he is devoted solely to music: home recording with the platform of choice, Soundcloud and global collaborations."

*32K before 2016

Ciao! I am a bass, double bass and guitar player but I like composing on keyboards too. 
Thank you for listening. Peace!

https://hyperfollow.com/KennaRae - CLICK THAT LINK Y'ALL IT'S TO ALL MY PLATFORMS ! XOXOXO!
I love music, I always have, and I always will. I love all the different kinds, types, genres, etc. My #1 favorite is classical music it sings straight to my soul....
        Recently, I have become more acquainted with computer programming, music production software, and external instrumentation 
         I LOVE IT ;) I like to create melodies. I love to make different and not "normal" music! ***KEEP IT WEIRD*** Some of my INSTRUMENTALS & other stuff is literally just a melody, other things just WEIRD-NESS, and sometimes other stuff is just....I DON'T KNOW stuff  haha!! 🤣
        I am still a NOOB BIG time, only been playing with music On p.c. myself, off and on, for maybe a YEAR.. I HAVE BEEN GIVING MYSELF HAPPILY LATELY WORKING VERY HARD!!! ALSO, I AM HAVING A GREAT TIME!!
       NOW I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO SING 😳😳 AND RAP😂...I love to sing. That doesn't mean I'm good at it, haha!! FOR ME SINGING OR RAPPING IS VERY EMBARRASSING!!!!.😭😭😭😭😳😳😳. IT IS still so new to me...I've NEVER sang on a microphone!  I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME XOXO
      However, I still want to get my compositions out to the world. There is a lot & lot more that I have made and wayyyy more coming, and I WILL  NEVER BE DONE :o) 
     I hope and dream of collaborations, or someone working with> me whilst using my melodies, or ideas, or thoughts, or feelings,  HUMAN INTERACTION!!    :o)So If you hear something that perks your ears, please let me know. I am so very pleased to know that someone out there felt something, anything !!
      If you would like, please message me on here. Please do 🙏 just please don't hit me up with any weird inappropriate things, please!
       Do you want to collaborate with me? I am good with that !!! I listen to music as my way, igniting a fire in my soul, as I have always done. 
      Now I'm learning the programming, and I am able to get actual melodies out of my head!  I get to express my feelings, happy ,deep, dark emotions that have been buried in my so so very long..,and listening to my own tracks, and it feels great! It is so humbling to me 🥲
Thank y'all so Damn much!!!!!
      A bigger plus, I am finding so many pure talented awesome, fantastic TALENTED artists on this platform, and for that alone, I am so very grateful, and I appreciate y'all!!!!
 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<MUCH LOVE, HAPPINESS, AND PEACE!!!!

❤🧡💛💚💙💜

 MUCH LOVE TO THE MASTERS OF MUSIC 🎶 🎵 🙌 😊😊😊💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK. YOUR DEDICATION, PURE DEVOTION, AND BEING JUST PURELY BADASS!!!!!

New album out at Bandcamp
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/movere-ii

More music available for Download at Bandcamp
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/sherbet-interlude
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/ontologie
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/kernproblem
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/actio-iniuriam
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/pax
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/medusalum
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/movere
https://laar.bandcamp.com/album/glimmering-downbeat

Our music can be found by visiting our main page here (https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs)

What If

DDJohn