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Always a pleasure to be jamming with Scotland's Ian Tait   https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait, one of my favorite 3 Scottish musicians - only behind Ian Anderson and Jack Bruce (sorry Ian). You'll recognize Ian's signature funky guitar playing, wicked sense of humor, outstanding wild graphics and great taste. Ian loves his wah wah pedal, combining it to create so many infectious compositions and grooves.

In fact, as a serious chef, Ian is also known for his tasty cooking. Enjoy these tracks we have done together. And give em a listen if you already have. They get better with age, like the fine wine that pairs with Ian's cooking....

Ian is always up for a great jam - often into the wee hours of the night - and we've also recorded together here with two other outstanding SC guitarists and friends - Tom Adams and Justin Valente

Thanks Ian

https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait
https://soundcloud.com/tytlblues
https://soundcloud.com/search?q=justin%20valente

Cooking with Ian Tait

Here's a collection of some of the tunes I have created with the finest guitar players I know on SoundCloud.  Sure makes for a wonderful extended set of listening.  Very grateful that each one of these musicians has recorded with me here...I have learned from each of you and drawn from your own musical tastes, influences and music.  These guys have chops AND taste:

Tom Adams   https://soundcloud.com/tytlblues
Joe Bongiovanni  https://soundcloud.com/joe-bongiovanni
Darren Chilton @spectrum_one 
Dean Clark   @aleckrand
Rients Draaisma  https://soundcloud.com/rients-draaisma
Jeff Fiorentino  @jeff-fiorentino-jfrocks 
Tunde Fernandez  https://soundcloud.com/tunde-fernandez
Giuliano Ghisi  https://soundcloud.com/gghisi
Ronny Heimdal   https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal
Stephan Pinner Lapinski  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
Anders Moberg @anders-moberg-1
Scott Nelson https://soundcloud.com/scott-nelson-364333064
Marco Oversteegen @marco-oversteegen
Daniele Petrocchi  https://soundcloud.com/daniele-petrocchi
Al Schuman  https://soundcloud.com/digschulman
Benny Sutton @bennysutton
Ian Tait  https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait
Daniele Turani  https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani
Justin Valente  https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente
Dan van den Berg  https://soundcloud.com/danarchx

Thanks as always for your listens, comments and shares.

Great SC Guitarists

Has been such a great experience playing music here on SoundCloud with accomplished creative musicians from all over the world.  Thanks to the many musicians who have agreed to play and record with me here.  It is been a very rewarding experience to blend so many influences into our tunes together.  Here is a playlist of tunes I've recorded over the past two months with others.  If you don't know these fine players, get to know them better through their own galleries here:

https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait - guitar
https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau - clarinet
https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente - guitar
https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal - guitar / keyboards
https://soundcloud.com/danarchx - guitar
https://soundcloud.com/bit-s - keyboards
https://soundcloud.com/dabluroom - guitar / bass
https://soundcloud.com/mean_old_fireman - slide guitar
https://soundcloud.com/search/people?q=gernot%20baur - harmonica
https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand = guitar
https://soundcloud.com/bronzed-god - vocals / guitar

Thanks as always for your time listening, your comments and your shares.

BY JAMIE'S MUSIC

Fall Collabs - Recordings with SoundCloud Friends

LILLITHE TOP 45 - SC Support

Has been a very musical and creative 2015 with so many friends here on SoundCloud.  A huge thanks to all the players who continue to contribute to the wonderful tracks and music that we regularly create.  

Thanks as always for everyone's support!


2015 Collaborations

Everything is possible, if there is constancy and determination. 
We are the only ones who can guide our destiny. 
There is a force, a chain reaction in everything we make. 

Music, arrangement and production: Massimo Ghianda
Lyrics: Susana C. Marquez - @susanacmarquezofficial
Vocals: Susana C. Marquez & Massimo Ghianda 

Chain Reaction (feat. Susana C. Marquez)

Layer upon layer of syncopated funk and fusion


Flip Out

Funked Up

Created this tune in the style of a favorite guitarist Jeff Beck, whose music with Jan Hammer has been a leading influence on my synth and keyboard playing.  All done with keyboards here....

Beck Home Again

A traditional 12 bar blues with an aggressive solo through a favorite electric guitar patch.  Photo of the The Whailer's drummer from a concert last weekend.  He was terrific!

Electric Blues

We had a blast pulling this together.  Its a simple blues/gospel riff on organ in F, that sets up some wonderful opportunities for heavy jams over the top by Justin and Tom, two of the finest blues players I have ever recorded with.  Tom has the solos with a more treble sound, and Justin boosts his midrange and bass.  Check out their SoundCloud pages if you are not familiar.  They are bad ass, just like this tune.  Let us know what you think!

Bad Ass Blues - with Justin Valente and Tom Adams / guitars

What fun pulling this together with three serious musicians.  You probably know Joe Bongiovanni and Justin Valente's awesome blues oriented guitars, and they stretch out here on this funk / soul / fusion groove.  Burning it up they are.  And joining us on Alto Sax is recording artist Matt Criscuolo.  Look for him at mattcriscuolo.com.  These guys just play their ass off here.  Started with an internet fusion loop, I added many keyboard lines to funk it up to the max, and we added these pros.  Joe takes the opening solos for the first four minutes, Justin follows, and we finish with all the guys trading off.  So much energy.  Positive energy here.  Put this on and relax.  Hope you enjoy the entire tune - an extended play jam.  Damn this is burning.... Thanks for listening.  The guys would love your thoughts....

Funk And Burn - With Joe Bongiovanni and Justin Valente guitars and Matt Criscuolo alto sax

Created this tune to combine elements of rock and fusion, and was looking to set up soloing similar to what John McLaughlin and Jeff Beck did with Jan Hammer.   Norway's superb fusion guitarist, composer and recording artist Ronny Heimdal is featured, and just tears it up.  Into pieces.  Little pieces.  Check out his gallery here on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal

Hope you enjoy our music.  Thanks so much Ronny:)

Busting Out - with Ronny Heimdal / guitar

How special for me to have been a part of this collaboration with the young and extraordinary Dutch composer/guitarist/keyboard player Rients Draaisma.  While my hope was to create a forum for a call and response type solo between my synth and Rients' soaring creative guitar ala John McLaughlin and Jan Hammer in the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rients immediately turned it up several levels to create what we have here.   The head came from a synth solo line of mine that was then adjusted by Rients to meet the intricate and changing meter.  Everything else Rients did - the composition, the most intricate drum tracks, and his very deep soloing.  All  Overnight.  Wow.

We both hope you enjoy The End of The Circle, and would love your feedback.  Please check out Rients' Soundcloud compositions and performances, his website and his wonderful videos on YouTube...his playing and writing is going to change music....

The End of The Circle - with Rients Draaisma / guitar

In addition to being a fine guitar player with a tremendous sense of humor, Ian Tait cooks.  Both on his Strat and in the kitchen.  He's a very fine professional chef from Scotland whose specialty is pastries.   Not blowing anything up your Kilt when I say fine.  So when we put this together, Cooking with Ian seemed to be the perfect title.  Loved working together with him....you'll really enjoy his funky and tight playing.   Thanks so much Ian...great fun

https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait

Cooking With Ian - with Ian Tait / guitar

Another fun one with Scotland's outstanding guitarist and master chef Ian Tait.  Ian once again brings it home with his signature funky solo and rhythm playing that matches so well with my jazz fusion roots.  Sure you'll enjoy this groove and tune I wrote, and be sure to check out Ian's gallery here too.  He cooks!  

https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait

Goin' Home - with Ian Tait / guitar

Bringing a soulful sound to SoundCloud with this one.  Lifetime recording artist, soul vocalist, saxophone and harmonica player Johnny Pugh sits in with blues guitarist extraordinaire Justin Valente and me on an emotional Ray Charles type slow jam.  What a wonderful surprise to hear Johnny's beautiful harp lines, which fit perfectly with Justin's raw electric blues energy.  Real proud of this one, as it captures the heart and spirit of why we all love SoundCloud.   Check out Johnny and Justin's music here - you will love their playing.  Thanks for listening.

Soul Brothers - with Justin Valente guitar and Johnny Pugh blues harp and horns

Can't take too much credit for this one, but loved the funky backing track and added an extended organ solo over the top.  Has a great groove and thought I'd have some fun with it.  Enjoy!

Fresh Funk

So much fun to have musicians all over the world play together, and this jam includes three of my very favorite guitarists and musicians here on SoundCloud...Tom Adams, Ian Tait and Justin Valente.  These guys can all light up a stage, and graciously came together for this funky collaboration.  If you aren't following them all you should be - you'll be getting fresh tracks almost every day from each.  Tom and Justin are both from the US (Austin and NYC), and Ian hails from Edinburgh, Scotland.   For our Summer Funk Jam here, we started with a very funky internet backing track, allowing everyone to dig in and do their thing.  You'll recognize each of the guys' styles if you've been listening to their galleries, and together it makes for some serious Summer Funk.  Thanks guys for all the ongoing support - each of you help bring out the best in SoundCloud.  Make that SoundCloud FUNk.  Let us know what you think - it is always inspiring to get feedback on our playing:

guitar: Tom Adams @tom-adams
guitar:  Ian Tait @ian-tait
guitar:  Justin Valente @justin-valente
organ:  Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind


Summer Fun(k) Jam - collab with Tom Adams, Ian Tait and Justin Valente / guitars

One might think that at midnight, Scotland's top chef and SC guitarist Ian Tait is done cooking.  But no - a note to me says lets do a late night jam.  So we gather the ingredients - keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and vibes - and get to work.  A little later we have some dessert to share with you - Smooth Move - a simply I-IV jam that modulates a few times.  Hope you enjoy the track - let us know what you think:)))  Thanks as always for listening

https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait

Smooth Move - with Ian Tait / guitar

Ever since I found SoundCloud I have wanted to record with Italy's Daniele Turani https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani one of the finest guitarists I have heard here.  Daniele is a true master of progressive rock and has recorded and produced several ambitious albums of superb music which I have - and you should too.   Surprised Daniele with this smoother fusion composition, and he graciously approved.  Check out his sweet sweet playing here on the guitar solos and rhythm.  And also his fine photography on Instagram:)  A pleasure Daniele.  Grazi!!  

Enjoy and thanks as always for listening.

https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani


That Feeling - with Daniele Turani / guitar

Justin https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente and I wanted to throw out a guitar/organ jam to thank Tom Adams https://soundcloud.com/tytlblues for his incredible support of the Blues here on SoundCloud.  Inspirational and a mentor he has been to so many around the world.  So many countries.  Yesterday Tom surprised us all with a Soundcloud farewell jam and so we thought it would be best to get right back to him to let him know we digged his efforts for us all here.  On Payday,  Justin just takes this one home for Tom, as only Justin can.  He's picking up the organ and drum groove and spinning it around silly.  Heavy blues rock sound from New Jersey!!  Gotta love it.  Sweet sweet electricity.  We're missing you already here Tom.  You know it.  The stage is always open.....Let's hear some Soundcloud love for Tom and Justin.  And thanks as always for your listening, comments and shares!


https://soundcloud.com/tytlblues
https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente



Payday - Tribute to Tom Adams - with Justin Valente / guitar

This was something special! This track is a collaboration between Daniel van den Berg aka Danarchx on guitars and Jamie Rhind on Organ, strings synth and bass Synth. We aimed for a kind of Deep Durple meets Al Di Meola meets Yngwie kind of thing. It was cool and courageous of Jamie trying on a loud rock/metal piece but the result is... Well you judge! 
Music and instrumentalists: Jamie Rhind and Danarchx, 2014

Drag Racers on the Spanish Highway - Part 1 - Featuring Jamie Rhind

Scotland's finest SC guitar player and gourmet chef Ian Tait https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait and I have whipped up some fall chill for you.  Wouldn't be Ian without a little funk too, so we've kept a funky groove for the chill.  Summer is leaving us, our leaves are turning, so why not throw out some Fall Chill.  If you haven't yet checked out Ian's outstanding gallery, you will find him here at https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait

Thanks as always for your time listening, commenting and sharing among the SoundCloud and social media communities.  

Fall Chill  -  with Ian Tait / guitar

Dan van den Berg steals the show here on a Miles type modal groove, while breaking a high E string in the process.  See if you can find where:)  A special tune for us to toast Miles like this.  From the late 60s on Miles always had one or two super serious fusion guitar players on stage with him - John McLaughlin, Pete Cosey, Mike Stern, Barry Finnerty, John Scofield, Robin Ford and Foley.  He would have dug Dan's wonderful playing.  Thanks for you listens, likes, comments and shares.  The stunning photo was taken by our son Cameron at Machu Pichu, Peru

Check out Dan's extraordinary playing at https://soundcloud.com/danarchx

And here's a playlist of the 20+ tunes that Dan and I have recorded together.  Wonderful music:) https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/dazzling-em-dan-van-den-berg

Taking It Up - Dan van den Berg / Jamie Rhind

Created this tune to shed some reflection on the most difficult ongoing and escalating situations that exist in the Middle East.  The extraordinary Canadian Clarinetist Michel Martineau graciously accepted the challenge to join the music and has created a wonderful line that weaves in and out to complement the pulsating rhythms and modal melodies.  Thanks so much for joining this piece Michel!  You have again added brilliance to music here on SoundCloud.  Please check out Michel's creativity and superb tone and sound at https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau  Thanks as always for your listening, your likes, comments and shares.

Sunrise Over Baghdad -  with Michel Martineau / clarinet

Always exciting for me to have an opportunity to perform and record with Norway's brilliant fusion guitarist, composer and recording engineer Ronny Heimdal https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal .  I started working on this tune late this summer when one of other favorite guitarists Justin Valente https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente sent me a funk track to collaborate on.  6 weeks went by and I was waiting for Justin to add his solos to it.  But I forgot the original track had come from Justin and then asked Ronny to do his thing with the opening and solos, and posted, without giving credit to Justin for setting the groove - or even the original idea.  SO SORRY JUSTIN!  Memory lapse!

With the new tune, Ronnie kicks it into high gear immediately on this funk fusion jam, and just doesn't let up.  Not only is he bringing his A game to make this come alive, but he's also brought his knowledge and ear to create the right sound and balance.  If you are fan of superb guitar, of jazz rock fusion, and of modal pieces, this one's for you   -  Go Ahead Ronny...named after a classic tune Miles Davis did on Big Fun, with John McLaughlin stretching it out over a modal groove....  Perhaps I should rename it So Sorry Justin:)

Thanks as always for your time listening, you comments and your shares.  And take a couple of minutes to check out both Ronny and Justin's brilliant music at their galleries...



Go Ahead Ronny - with Ronny Heimdal

Use Me

Song "MUMBAI VIEW“
Producer Lillithe
Collaboration Lillithe and Paploviante
Idea and arrangement - Lillithe
Mix / Music - Paploviante
Styles - African, Indian, Reggae, Jazzy and Country.
Thank you for the nice collaboration Paul!

Mumbai View - Collaboration / Lillithe - Paploviante

Such a pleasure to have Norway's brilliant guitarist Ronny Heimdal  https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal join me again, this time on Purple Mountain.  Ronny's playing and creativity is world class, and he makes this heavy modal fusion original come to life with his listening, note selection and phrasing, interaction with my synth lines, and finally his engineering abilities.  My deepest appreciation goes out to him for jumping in to help us climb the Purple Mountain together.   

This photo is of the stunning Norwegian fjords, a magical place that I am looking forward to exploring someday.

Thanks as always for your listening, for your comments and for your sharing among your friends.  Please go to Ronny's gallery to check out more of the superb music he has created and recorded.  A very fine keyboard player as well as guitarist, Ronny should be followed by any musician interested in fusion, jazz rock and progressive rock.

https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal

Purple Mountain - with Ronny Heimdal / Electric Guitar

Fallen Kingdom

watch the video here x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LDbmcnsXHg
From the album Moon Songs by RosesAreBlue
Available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon and Bandcamp
Get the album Moon Songs by RosesAreBlue, including Moonlight Girl
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/moonlight-girl/1061458526?i=1061458529

Itunes

Moonlight Girl | RosesAreBlue

Busting out some heavy funk fusion for you with this one.  We've got three of my very favorite electric guitarists featured here  - all from up North in Europe -- Anders Moberg from Sweden https://soundcloud.com/anders-moberg-1 , Ian Tait from Scotland https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait , and Marco Oversteegen from The Netherlands https://soundcloud.com/marco-oversteegen .  I had invited them all to perform on the previously released Together world jam, and we've brought them back again for this extended jam.   Extra credit here goes to Marco, who helped create the backing track with his fine rhythm playing and comping.  You'll hear it behind all of the solos.  Anders opens this up, followed by Ian and then Marco to close.  I'm doing my thing on synth between the guitar soloing.  

Thanks as always for your time listening, for your comments and for your shares.  Please check out each of these fine players on their own galleries. 

Funking Around With The Boys  - with Anders Moberg, Ian Tait and Marco Oversteegen - guitars

Here's an original Latin Jazz groove that includes the very fine Spanish flutist Santi-Caballero Mendez https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero and German bassist Mirko Borach (Stringburner) https://soundcloud.com/stringburner.  Wrote this tune with kind of a Santana groove, and think you will love what Santi-Caballero does with his gorgeous flute playing.  I have the trombone patch solos.  Route 251 is named after the classic II-V-I chord changes around which the tune is built.  Please check out and follow both Santi-Caballero and Stringburner's galleries - you will love their musicianship.

As always, thanks for your time listening, your comments, and your shares.



Route 251 - with Santi-Caballero Mendez flute and Stringburner (Mirko Borach) bass

Blues For Charlie is a dedication to the lives that were lost recently in Paris and now Copenhagen.  Our hope is that the emotion of the playing here touches people to remind them of the sadness of these horrible acts.  

Three very fine guitarists have joined me in this tribute - Tom Adams, Ian Tait and Kevin McCuistion.   Kevin leads us off and is followed by Tom and then Ian.  Check out and follow their great playing:

https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-mccuistion-1

We Are Charlie

Blues For Charlie - with Tom Adams, Ian Tait and Kevin McCuistion guitars

The brilliant Dan van den Berg https://soundcloud.com/danarchx and I are thrilled to share a tribute to two of our favorite bands, The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever.  These seminal bands and their musicians were so important to the merging of rock and jazz, many having come out of Miles Davis' fusion band, and featured virtuoso soloists and creativity that had not been seen before with electric music.  Dan here plays both electric and acoustic guitars, and has added so very much of himself to this modal tune.  The tune features a repeating simple lick, with dueling aggressive synth and guitar solos that these bands pioneered and took to a very high level, with John McLaughlin and Al DiMiola on guitars and Jan Hammer and Chick Corea on keyboards.     Please check out more of Dan's extraordinary music at https://soundcloud.com/danarchx .  

As always, we thank you for your time listening, your comments and your shares.  Enjoy Mahafusionu....

Mahafusionu - with Dan van den Berg / guitars

Excited to release Spring Blossom, an original jazz tune with three of the very finest true jazz players on SC.   I have known Alan for a decade, having worked and played with him here in New York.  He's a world class digital marketing professional, superb and highly educated musician, collector of extraordinary guitars, and created the melody here for Spring Blossom.  Santi-Caballero Mendez is a wonderful multi-instrumentalist from Barcelona, and plays saxophones and flute with both ease and taste.  Santi opens the tune up on alto saxophone.   This is my first collaboration with Manuel, who is from the island of Sardinia, Italy.  Manuel is a superb bass player, and performs here on his fretless 6 string - an instrument I am certain Alan would love to get his hands on:).  Despite being born with a handicap to his right hand, Manuel has overcome this hurdle to create and play remarkable jazz and fusion bass lines and music, in addition to drums.  I'm looking forward to doing some very electric fusion tunes with him too, as his understanding of bass and rhythm is simply stunning.  Straordinario.

Grazi Manuel, gracias Santi-Caballero and thank you Alan.  Proud of what we have created here.  

Please check out and follow these wonderfully creative musicians:
https://soundcloud.com/alanschulman
https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu

As always, we thank you for your time listening, your comments and your shares, which go so far to spread the word and vision of these wonderful players.


Spring Blossom - with Alan Schulman guitar, Santi-Caballero sax, and Manuel Muzzu bass

Here's a tasty blues shuffle with New York's outstanding guitarist Alan Schulman laying it down.  Thanks for joining me on this one Al.  Alan used to tour and record with Charles Earland, one of the top B3 players in the world.  Hopefully I didn't pull him down too much with this swinger.  And don't forget to check out Al's wonderful playing at https://soundcloud.com/alanschulman 

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



Big Al's Blues - with Alan Schulman / Guitar

This one is quite a crazy funky fusion track! A great bass player Mirko Borach aka Stringburner(https://soundcloud.com/stringburner )came up with the idea to cover this track by Los Lobotomys, a fusion group that was formed by Steve Lukather in 1989 with some of his friends and talented players, like David Garfield.
Mirko asked Jamie Rhind (https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind) and me to join on this one to complete the blend. Jamie brought his Miles' oriented synths, I brought my loud and funk rhythm guitars. We reworked the original, added different sounds and flavours to it, turning it into "Entanglement".  All of us have one solo spot around the main theme. Quite interesting is the turn of events with a more quiet interlude after the guitar solo, something we just had to keep in from the original.

Anyways! We hope to entertain you with this cover of a great fusion track and band. Do check them out if you don't know them already! Los Lobotomys...

Bass and bass arrangements, initial drum programming by Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

Keyboards, synths and synth arrangements by Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind

Guitars and guitar arrangements, drum programming, mixing and mastering by Dan van den Berg

Drum samples from Amplitube
April 2015




Entanglement (cover) - feat. Mirko Borach | Jamie Rhind | Dan van den Berg

I watched a Slash doc on tv and ian and i had been talkin about doing another collab... i suggested this one and he fuckin nailed it! Ol' karl Golden sure played a mean bass and drum on here!!!!!!!! it's the backbone for Ian and myself to do this SHIT, right?!?!?! woooo!!!!!!! 

I MIXED THIS!!!!!!!!! also, ..on a side note when i was 3rd grade i would Axl Rose impersionations for milk money cause we were poor as fuck and could do it! haha cheers fuckers!

Ian.. All Guitars
Karl.. bass and drums
Me ( BG ) all vocs!

I remember hearing this at 8 yrs old..i had the tape!!! i listened to this song on the debut album by Guns n' Roses...i would balst it from a bedroom in a cabin i lived in in the mountains for 2 weeks with a coke dealin' whore when i was a kid and this song would make it go away! i loooved them for it! still do! more than any other song i ever heard from them!

Lyrics:

Been hidin' out and layin' low
It's nothin' new to me
Well you can always find a place to go
If you can keep your sanity

They break down the doors
They rape my rights but
They won't touch me

They scream and yell
And fight all night
You can tell me

I lose my head
I close my eyes
They won't touch me

'Cause I got somethin'
I been buildin' up inside
So fuckin' long

They're out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm fuckin' innocent
They won't break me

Sometimes it's easy to forget where you're goin'
Sometimes it's harder to leave
And everytime you think you know just what you are doin'
That's when your troubles exceed

They push me in a corner
Just to get me to fight but
They won't touch me

They preach and yell
And fight all night
You can't tell me

I lose my head
I close my eyes
They won't touch me

'Cause I got somethin'
I been buildin' up inside
I'm already gone

They're out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm fuckin' innocent
They won't break me

Some people got a chip on their shoulder
An' some would say it was me
But I didn't buy that fifth of whiskey that you gave me
So I'd be quick to disagree

They out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm fuckin' innocent
They won't break me

They out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm fuckin' innocent
So you can suck me
Take that one to heart

Out Ta Get Me ( cover & Collab W/ IAN TAIT!! ....and karl Golden)

Ian contacted me about doing another collaboration.  As I have always liked Ian's music I immediately jumped on the opportunity to collaborate again.  I listened to his music (as I do when I collaborate with someone) and wrote the basics of this song.  Ian provided some great guitar parts and provided the feel of the Showdown at Dawn.  I then added a little guitar melody to top it off.  This is the result.  Perhaps a little too full but it is what it is.  Listen to Ian's music here:  https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait

Showdown At Dawn (with Ian Tait)

Featuring special guests, Jamie Rhind on keyboard and Jesse Teague on guitar. 

Jamie Rhind keyboard solo @ 
2:22 - 2:36
2:52 - 3:06
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind

Jesse Teague guitar solo @  
3:07-3:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqhc_pWIKfM

4:26 am (Featuring Jamie Rhind on keys / Jesse Teague on guitar)

When Scotland's finest SoundCloud guitarist Ian Tait asked me if I'd Fancy It?, I had to turn him down. But then I realized he was asking me only to join him on this original blues rocker of his.  Here's some serious boogie'n blues rock...

Check out Ian's outstanding SC gallery at @ian-tait - he's got something in there for everyone - a lot of really great playing - and all with a sense of humor.

We've already recorded 14 tunes together over the past year and a half - some of my very favorites: soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/cooking-with-ian-tait-1

And for those interested, I have just released Barcelona and I Believe, 2 CDs of my own music and a few jazz standards. SoundCloud's Dan van den Berg and Al Schulman wrote the liner notes for them. Here's a link if you are interested in checking them out - itunes.apple.com/us/album/barcelona/id1071251143

Thank you as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.




Fancy It?  - with Ian Tait / guitar

It's time for another fun one with Scotland's finest executive chef and SC funk master, Ian Tait https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait.  Ian sent me a track and asked me to do my thing with keyboards.  The tune includes a combination of grooves, with funk, funk rock, a little latin, some disco and a little touch of what I will call Pink Floyd.  All packaged together neatly.    We are sure you will enjoy it...

And for those interested, I have just released Barcelona and I Believe, 2 CDs of my own music and a few jazz standards. SoundCloud's Dan van den Berg and Al Schulman wrote the liner notes for them. Here's a link if you are interested in checking them out - itunes.apple.com/us/album/barcelona/id1071251143

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

Dancing Fool - with Ian Tait / guitar

Sometimes the extraordinary overcomes the senses.   

This photo of the Aurora Borealis was taken in Lofoten, Norway

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

Aurora Borealis

Time for some more funk.  A special thanks to the very kind and knowledgable G-Deed, who jumped in with final sound editing and compression, creating a better overall sound and balance:).  He loves great funk and soul and groove, so check out his gallery here....https://soundcloud.com/g-deed

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

I Don't Funk On The First Date

Killah feat. Ian Tait & Maka

The funkiest guitar player on SoundCloud is BACK, with this grooving original, Can't Get Enough Of You.  Scotland's finest has teamed up with Germany's super funky slap bass marvel Mirko "Stringburner" Borach, creating what I can only say reminds me of one of the all time greatest tunes, Mountain's Mississippi Queen.  But Mountain never had a rhythm section playing with this much funk!  Ian's letting me do my thing on keyboards, and you can hear me soloing in the right channel, trying to hold my own over this nasty rocking blues.

Follow these guys for some of the best music going: 
https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait
https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

And for our many tracks together:
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/cooking-with-ian-tait-1
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/stretching-it-out-with

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Can't Get Enough Of You - with Ian Tait / guitar and Mirko "Stringburner" Borach / bass

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.