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Burning it Up With SoundCloud Friends

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

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

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

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

Footprints is one of the most famous jazz tunes of all time.  Written by the incomparable Wayne Shorter, perhaps the greatest jazz composer of the 20th Century, Footprints is simply a classic and right of passage for jazz players.  The tune was written in the mid-60s, when Wayne was huge part of Miles' seminal quintet, and already one of the top Tenor Sax players in the world, and before he left to help form the fusion band Weather Report with Zawinul and Jaco.

Footprints' form is a modal blues, and graciously joining me here are two of the very finest modal players and instrumentalists on SoundCloud - Canada's Michel Martineau on Clarinet https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau  and Norway's Ronny Heimdal on guitar  https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal  

Michel's most important musical mentor has been Wayne Shorter, so it was only fitting that he be an important part of this recording.  Michel has created a beautiful harmony line to complement the head, when doubled with clarinet and a synth trumpet patch, bringing a warm color and his elegant phrasing to the recording.  His soloing evokes Wayne's searching, and is simply marvelous.

Ronny's superb guitar playing and musicianship has stood out to me since I first found him here on SoundCloud and asked him to play on my fusion composition Busting Out, which he just tears up.  He has impeccable rhythm, an appetite for improvisation and musical excellence, and a complete understanding of jazz-fusion.  His music here on SoundCloud is quite electric:), so he toned it down a little here to mix in with the acoustic clarinet, trumpet and piano lines.

I've been looking forward to recording this classic, and we are so very pleased with the music we have here.  Please check out both Ronny and Michel's galleries, including Michel's gorgeous 13 compositions he wrote and collaborated with during his previous bout with Colon cancer, one for each of his chemo sessions.   They are very sensitive pieces given the difficult to impossible road ahead that Michel was facing at the time, and stand as perhaps the finest collection of pieces and collaboration I have found here.  

Michel just learned less than two weeks ago that this most serious Cancer is back, and will have to aggressively fight it again, but has recorded Footprints because of his love of jazz, of Wayne Shorter, and because of how much your positive comments and words of feedback mean to his healing process.   While not one of his original 13 compositions, I will always think of this collaboration in a similar fashion, where you hear the beautiful voice and spirit of Michel's clarinet and Ronny's guitar as they reflect on some of the music that has been his most important over time to us.  

A true honor for me to perform with these professionals.  Enjoy Footprints.

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

Michel Martineau - clarinet
Ronny Heimdal - guitar
Jamie Rhind - keyboards (piano, trumpet, bass and drums)

Footprints - with Michel Martineau (clarinet) and Ronny Heimdal (guitar)

How great it is here on SoundCloud to have the chance to perform and record with pros, and when I first heard Daniel https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani I knew immediately that I wanted to play with him.  Daniele's superb musicianship and creativity is featured here on In The Mode, a modal fusion tune we did together that comes to life with the aggressive back and forth soloing we both love made famous by John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer, and others back in the 70s and since.  Modal tunes hold on a tonic, allowing the musicians to create lines over the single chord, instead of moving between chords.  Check out where Daniele takes this one - it is a perfect complement to my synthesizer playing.  We are really thrilled to be releasing our In The Mode as our last tune of 2014 - and to start the new year for many listeners as well.  Hoping you enjoy our sound here.  

Please check out Daniele's beautiful work on his SC gallery https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani - he is one of the very finest guitar players I have had the opportunity to perform with.  Grazi Daniele.

We thank you, as always, for your time listening, your comments and your shares, which continue to keep your favorite music alive to new listeners.

Happy 2015.  It has been a wonderful 2014 here on SC.



In The Mode - with Daniele Turani / guitar

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

Gotta love the open invitation from Scotland's finest SC guitarist, fuzzmaster and executive chef Ian Tait https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait to join him on this heavy funk rocker.  Ian's signature funky sound and outstanding Wah playing were just what the doctor ordered for me, so I jumped in with some heavy synth guitar patch to try and match Ian's electricity on my keyboard.  On this track I take the first and third solos.  Damn this was fun Ian!!!  You are back with a vengeance.

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

Funky Strat Strut - with Ian Tait / 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

Here's one For Miles.  For so many Miles Davis has been the ultimate influence on music.  From the 1940s through his death in 1991, Miles changed music no fewer than 5 times, moving it into new and unchartered territories, and bringing along with him some of the most influential players of each generation and ultimately, the 20th Century.  

For this tribute to Miles I have rounded up the very finest fusion players I know on SoundCloud to participate.  These are highly creative musicians, who understand what Miles has meant, the merging of electricity and jazz, and who are all superb improvisers.  

The trumpet is played by Vivek Patel, who brings with him the lonely Harmon muted sound for which Miles was so well known.  Vivek opens and closes the piece with elegance and with a harmonic and rhythmic edge that Miles was known so well for.  What a treat to have him join us.

Mirko Borach (Stringburner) anchors the essential modal bass line here, helping set and keep that funk groove.  During the 80s, the period from which this draws, Miles was playing with the great Marcus Miller and Darryl Munch Jones.  Think you'll love what German's Mirko brings as always.

The ordering of solos is as follows:

LA's Derek Cornet is a consumate musician, recording so many styles and composing significant pieces as well.  After hearing a fusion tune he recorded that reminded me of Mike Stern's playing (Mike was Miles' guitarist from '81 to '83), I wanted to have his playing on this tribute.  What a great start to the tune!

Australia's CHeeZ tackles the second solo and brings the fire and explosive playing he is know for on SoundCloud.  Anthony hasn't done things with other musicians here on SC and I wanted to give him the change to fly with these other heavyweights.  Wow.

New Jersey's Pinner - Stephen Lipinski - sits in for Miles' other famous early '80s guitarist John Scofield.  And does Pinner bust this out or what?  Bringing the same approach to rhythm and angular soloing that Sco pioneers, this solo is a masterpiece.  

Dan van den Berg follows Pinner with exceptional playing and virtuosity.  Listen how he weaves in and out with the moving chromaticism of my backing horn comping, nailing the movement perfectly.  Wouldn't have don't this tune without Dan, one of the true virtuosos on SC.  

New York based Alto sax pro Matt Criscuolo brings his Kenny Garret sound to For Miles, taking it in and out the way that Miles and Kenny did on stage together for so many years.   

Dutch fusion guitarist Rients Draaisma follows, with what is simply a remarkable display of sound and virtuosity.  This powerful solo showcases why Rients for me is at the very pinnacle of progressive fusion anywhere, pushing the very limits of concept and execution.

Spain's fine multi-instramentalist Santi-Caballero is our second horn, showcasing his tenor playing here.  Santi-Caballero takes it out all over the place here, moving in and out of the mode as Miles and his great '80s tenor player Bob Berg did together.

French keyboard player Julien Apelien is the perfect choice to join the team, and brings a great electric keyboard solo and sound in the style of Miles' Adam Holtzman, using fourths to create tension and ambiguity.

Mirko's fine solo technique is featured after Julien, and he just kills it on this one with his slap bass technique.

Italy's Daniele Turani has the concluding guitar solo and in his playing you will again hear a  superb sense of structure and organization, along with his virtuoso playing.  Such a treat to have him joining this Miles tribute.

For Miles concludes with Vitek's beautiful searching trumpet solo, which showcases his deep understanding and appreciation for Miles, as well as a modern jazz conception that also includes weaving patterns in and out chromatically similar to the great trumpeter Woody Shaw.  What a finish to this special tribute For Miles.

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


For Miles: Patel/Borach/Cornet/CHeeZ/Pinner/vd Berg/Draaisma/Apelian/Mendez/Criscuolo/Turani

Rock Me Baby is one of the classic blues standards and we've gathered my favorite blues players here for a huge SoundCloud Blues Explosion. Thanks to everyone for your contributions on this tune and on the many others we have done together.

You will recognize each of their distinct sounds, and I love how each has interpreted the music differently, bringing their own unique voice to the jam. I'm excited also to have our son Tyler joining Johnny and sitting in on Tenor. Check out everyone's galleries here - and follow each of their great sounds:

Vocals - bigmamaDee and Martin Jones (Netherlands and US)
Tenor Sax - Johnny Pugh and Tyler Rhind (Spain and US)
Harp - Johnny Pugh (Spain)
Piano - Julien Apelian (France)
Organ - Jamie Rhind (US)
Guitar - Alan Schulman, Tom Adams, Mike Orzek, Joe Bongiovanni, Justin Valente, Kev Steier (all US except for Kev - Australia)

This tune was made famous by BB King in 1964, and was recorded by so many greats including Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Robin Trower, Frank Marino and Johnny Winter.

And as always, thanks for your time listening, your comments and your shares.

Rock Me Baby - The Global Soundcloud Blues Explosion

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)

If you are looking for a great groove, check out Uptown Groove by Boston's serious funkmaster Master Tony D https://soundcloud.com/mastertonyd . Tony has his funk down solid, and I've been loving his vibe ever since I found SoundCloud last year.  Tony asked me to join him on this great groove, and I of course jumped in with a few synth tracks, doing my Herbie thing.  
Check out the groove Tony lays down here - outstanding for sure.  And check out his large collection of funk originals  https://soundcloud.com/mastertonyd

Thanks for the invite Tony - LOVE what you are doing....

We thank you for your time listening, for your comments and for your great shares.



Uptown Groove - with Master Tony D / keyboards

This wild and slightly cinematic track listens like a soundtrack to a seventies Kung Fu infused action packed movie scene with wild synths and out of control guitars being carried by exiting funk drums and a racing bass line and monster riffs. 
To kick off this action packed scene I have asked Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind to play his multi faceted synth and Rhodes sounds and boy did he deliver the goods! I had the luxury of choosing a wide variety of sound settings Jamie had prepared and I chose to feature all of them in his solo: Blends of Rhodes/Unity Synth/Analog Poly Synth/Picked bass/Mysterious Synth Lead.
After that a guitar solo starts that weaves together diminished modes to slightly jazz infused progressions and chromatic lines. 
I have used an old track that I recorded years ago and for the occasion I have added an intro and outro section with strings and violins to create a bit more suspense.

We had fun and sincerely hope you'll enjoy this one too! 

A fun detail:
A jumping evasive sidekick is an outrageously high jump kick to the side as a surprise effect to the opponent since it is set up from an evasive move. I learned this move in the gym and it just fits the feel and mood of the track.

All music, guitars, drum programming, bass lines and arrangements by Dan van den Berg
All keyboards and synths, and synth arrangements by Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Guitar: Ibanez JS100, Joe Satriani model
Bass: Ibanez JS100, using Octave FX in Amplitube
Recorded and mixed using Amplitube and Auria for iPad
Drum programming using Amplitube
Violin samples using Sampletank
Mastered in FinalTouch
October 1, 2015

Jumping Evasive Sidekick | by Dan van den Berg, feat. Jamie Rhind

It is with great excitement that we release this early version of Hendrix's famous Who Knows, which he recorded in the last year of his life in 1970 with his Band of Gypsies soul band.  We will be releasing the full version in a little bit with Tony Bluestone's strong vocals added, so this is just a tease for all the guitar and Jimi lovers out there.  Hendrix left the groundbreaking Experience band in 1969 and created a soul power trio with his buddies Buddy Miles and Billy Cox.  One album was released - a live album from NY's Madison Square Garden.  This is one of the great tracks from that monumental New Year's Eve night.

This recording features two of my favorite guitarists - Marco Oversteegen and Rients Draasima.  Coincidently both are from the Netherlands.  For me, Marco has the closest sound on SC to where Jimi was, and since Jimi and Miles are my two greatest musical inspirations (of many)it is something very very close to my heart.  No one plays Jimi as Marco does so he was the natural and first choice to join this.  Rients comes from a different harmonic musical world, as you will hear in his soloing and approach.  Extraordinary is a slight understatement.  We've been fortunate to have him join this, as he has been completing what will be a remarkable fusion album that is about to be released.

For this recording Rients was gracious to do the drum programming, I have recorded the bass lines (same as Billy Cox used in the original recordings), and we all solo.  You will hear me with a brief synth solo here while the rest of the playing is Marco and Rients'.  

Follow these guys here on SoundCloud:  
https://soundcloud.com/marco-oversteegen : rhythm and guitar solos
https://soundcloud.com/rients-draaisma : guitar solos and drums
Jamie Rhind : synth solo and bass


Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.  The photo here I took at Big Sur, California, about an hour and a half South from where Jimi played the legendary Monterey Festival with his Experience band

Who Knows - with Marco Oversteegen and Rients Draaisma

This track was set up by Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind for a collaboration with me, as a high energy, wild funk infused jazz rock track. A duel between synth and guitar. A chase that resembles some typical action movie soundtracks from the seventies. So here goes! The Groovin' Gearhead Getaway!

This one is part of a series of Jazz Rock tracks that I was fortunate to write and record with Jamie Rhind through the last year or more. Together they will soon add up to a full album of typical seventies instrumentals honoring our love for the era and it's wild genres.

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

All original music, synths, original drum and bass programming by Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Rearrangement, additional drum programming, bass guitar, rhythm and lead guitars, mixing and mastering by Dan van den Berg.
October 2015


The Groovin' Gearhead Getaway | Jamie Rhind & Dan van den Berg

Bass, fretless bass, music and composition: Mirko Borach @stringburner 
Rhythm and lead guitars, co-production: Daniel van den Berg @DanArchX 
Synthesizer, co-production: Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind  
Drums: A man called Martin @amancalledmartin  
Electric piano, synthesizer, mixing and production: Julien Apelian @jules-keys-1

A message from Mirko:

"The journey continues!

After releasing "Redemption" on SoundCloud which was a full success, we were thinking of a part II to continue the journey into great spheres of fusion and progressive rock. 
This time it should be more intense, more heavy and more mind-blowing than the first part. 
Like a spaceship flight through other dimensions.

With the same line-up as on “Redemption” but now supported by Martin of the British metal band Winterfire on drums we want to enter some parallel worlds of sound.

The title Parallel Worlds should explain our hopes and feelings when we fall asleep.
Falling into a dream our mind is drifting into a parallel universe of different moods and atmospheres.

This track takes us back to instrumental prog rock bands like Planet X with such great musicians like Derek Sherinian, Tony MacAlpine, Virgil Donati and Tom Kennedy.

Again Julien Apelian gives us outstanding key and piano lines and a magic synth solo from outer space.
Dan van den Berg’s splendid rhythm and lead guitar work took us beyond the bounds of universe. 
Jamie Rhind discovers new space at the speed of light with an awesome synth solo.
A man called Martin’s great drums are pure gravity holding it all perfectly together and finally Mirko Borach’s deep bass grooves took us to undiscovered planets and back.

As always we really appreciate your comments, likes and shares!"

December 2015

Parallel Worlds - Mirko Borach, Dan van den Berg, Jamie Rhind, A man called Martin & Julien Apelian

Bass and bass solo: Mirko Borach @stringburner
First guitar solo: Dan van den Berg @danarchx
First synth solo: Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind
Second guitar solo, brass and brass arrangements: Calaminus @calaminus
Second synth solo and clavinet: Simon Reich @simon-reich
Composition, third synth solo, electric piano, drum programming, additional trombone and trumpet: Julien Apelian @jules-keys-1

Following the recent track "Mr Big Stuff" that includes the awesome vocals of NayJ, here's a follow up funky jam on the same track with more fine musicians and friends.

We wish you a lot of happiness for this New Year!
Thanks for your listening!

Your Happiness with Mirko, Dan, Jamie, Calaminus, Simon & Julien

Thought I'd ask the great Justin Valente https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente, my favorite blues rock guitarist on SoundCloud, to join me on this modal blues rock original. I'm such a huge fan of fine guitarists, and ever since I heard Justin's sound here I quickly fell in love with what he is doing.  Was going to create space to join him on the soloing, but in the end wanted to share his full playing.  Justin's laid back blues orientation works so well with this groove, which was written for him in mind.  Reminds me of the opportunities so many of us have had in rehearsal and recording rooms, in basements and (I guess) in garages to stretch out.  The name stands for Justin and Jamie...we both love a great jam.  And if you love the blues and blues rock, be sure to jump onto Justin's page and follow him.  Always a great tune coming your way.  We have now done over 25 tunes together here and each one is a thrill.  Thanks Justin!

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 so much for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.

J & J Jam - with Justin Valente / guitar

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.