Mike Orzek and I thought we'd break out some blues here, and created this 12 Bar blues to let off a little steam.  (12 am Bar Blues).  It's the standard form for the blues, and we've got a lot of guitar and organ in this one.  Mike has done so many fine collaborations with people on SoundCloud, and his command and understanding of the blues is impressive.  Some of that is from his years living in Dallas, Texas, where he lived just a few blocks from a serious blues bar and was able to perform there regularly.  

Check out Mike's extensive gallery at https://soundcloud.com/lando-orz .  

Thanks as always for your time listening, your comments and your shares.

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12 (am) Bar Blues - with Mike "Land of Orz" Orzek

Hello! My name is Hans Henning Thomas. I think, I´m more a soundengineer than a songwriter and more a songwriter than really a singer/musician. I started to play guitar  late, i.e. on the age of sixteen and had never learned an instrument before. So my first musical influences have been by songwriters, because I firstly payed most of my attention to the lyrics. My musical understanding developed at this time, moving away from home and hanging around with some friends. At this time I did my first steps by grounding a band. But we were influenced more by the era of such as the Doors, Rory Gallagher, Neil Young, Jimmy Hendrix,  Pink Floyd or the first Deep Purple cast, - while the actual successful music at this time sadly was New German Wave and the like.

Later, after becoming an firstly unemployed physics, I followed my intention and turned my passion to trade, becoming a sound engineer. After all I got a well paid job in an public supported analog sound studio for a decade, recording and teaching some people in sound engineering. Some of my songs, published here, are a result from this era.

Now I´m working again as a physics / engineer, and music became my fervour again. In my life I lived in many different towns, in East and West Germany -  i.e. Düsseldorf, Braunschweig, Paderborn, Berlin, (1/2 year Tropea, Calabria, Italy), Hagen Westf, Siegburg, Dresden (Neustadt) and now I turned to Rahden, Westf., again, where I live deep in the country in an integral nature reserve. The experiences, I got and the people I met, might be an insperation for my philosophy and my music.

Thanks to the new computer technologies, I was able to build myself a modern home recording studio again, to produce my own and my friends music in a good quality.

My intention for the next time is, to listen to the theme and sound of the nature and turn it to music. The Intro of my song "Wild Ducks Flying" ("Flieg mit dem Wind") is a good example for this project. It came up to me, when I recorded some wild ducks trough my open window, flying over my house. I loaded the samples into a software synthesizer and started to made music to it, leaning on the style of some early Pink Floyd projects. This song should be regarded to migrant birds in analogy to the human society, nowadays.

I plan to go on this way in my next holiday, at least for a month, recording and using the sounds of a forest at night and the like. 

I hope you like and enjoy at least some of my songs :-) 


Mark McDonald is not your average lead guitarist - influenced by Jeff Beck, Robben Ford, Frank Zappa, Richie Kotzen, Joe Satriani, there is a wealth of flavour to be found in Mark's playing.

Some of Mark's band influences include Rush, The Who, The Doors, Thin Lizzy, Chili Peppers.

Hear what others have to say about Mark: I have to thank my amigo Robert for that quote,i wouldn't have thought of it!  I've been writing my own material for a long time,as soon as started playing guitar i started to write songs. I've never stopped working on original music,i constantly keep trying to develop & progress,as best i can. I taught music for 12 years in a college & met lots of really creative characters along the way! I write however i feel,based on what's going on at that moment in time & where my musical vibe takes me. I really dig dudes like Jeff Beck,Robben Ford,Joe Satriani,Billy Gibbons,Jimmy Page,Stevie Ray Vaughan & Frank Zappa-there are so many people i could mention,but i'd literally be here all day ye'all! I really dig the concept of this soundcloud community & i hope that many of us find ourselves able to engage in creative ventures,that are enabled by this fab'n'groovy soundcloud community! To all of ye'all who listened to my songs,posted comments & sent messages-many thanks & mucho appreciation! I hope ye'all have a cosmical musical adventure that cleanses your soul & frees your mind! Take care ye'all,may your groove always be solid & Stay Funky you cheeky munkys! Peace'n'Zen

"He's is not just the best thing since sliced bread, he is the best thing since any sliced food substance."

I have had classical piano lessons since I was a very very small girl. My mother was an opera singer, & her mother played every night as the "music entertainment" @ what is now known as a bed & breakfast. It was then known as a boarding house.  All three of us kids started lessons around the age of three or four.  My brother stills plays beautifully.  

Growing up, we moved many many times.  One of the greatest solaces of my life both then & now is my absolute love of music. All kinds of music interests me, & I will try to play them all on the piano.

It was only in the last few years that I have started composing. The composing came to me naturally, almost without my conscious thought.  You will find some of my compositions here. 
I also write lyrics in the form of poetry. Several soundcloud artists have set a number of them to music. (Thank  you Fritz)

I hope that you enjoy my music, & if you would like to play along, come & tell me what kind of music you would like, & we can see if it works out. 

All Collab artists have my greatest thanks, & all others are welcome to come join us.

I am an artist.  Art encompasses a myriad of genres, including music. Thus, my presence here.



Independent Singer / Songwriter from Japan.

[1st album] "いつから 僕らは / Itsu Kara Bokura Wa" now available at:
Spotify（Download）
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/2qy82Om825NfpV1Zj2DPy4?si=-TlSJjx2QoGlUFahlgYB3A
AppleMusic（Download） 
https://itun.es/jp/ahH10
Amazon (Download):
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00KTPN5JO
BigUp! Shop（CD+8p Booklet） 
http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/item1/?jsiteid=BGUP&merc_no=AMMZ-00537
246 records （CD+8p Booklet） 
https://246records.wixsite.com/home/yoroley

Jazz/Fusion keyboard player, composer and producer.  Marketing, advertising, publishing and sales career.  Originally from Chicago, where I developed a strong appreciation for the blues and classical, and moved to New York, where jazz and the fine arts are so deep.  Key musical influences include Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Zawinul and Weather Report, Chick Corea and Return to Forever, John McLaughlin and the Mahivishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Emily Remler, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Young, Buddy Guy, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire.   Former classical clarinet and piano player.  Unless noted, my music on SoundCloud was composed, recorded and performed using only keyboards.  An avid photographer.  Many covers here are my shots.  To see my photography look for Herbiejazz on Instagram or search for Herbiejazz on Google.  And a big thumbs up to SoundCloud and the SoundCloud community, and so many friends who have joined me to create.  Thank you all.

my songs are on stevoray512, this is an artist support/repost page, am maxed out on my other page for following but try to support and follow on this page, hope you enjoy these wonderful musicians and songwriters

12 (am) Bar Blues - with Mike "Land of Orz" Orzek

Jamie Rhind