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

I am a singer songwriter producer from the North West in the  UK.....I love Jazz and Soul...in fact  all music brings me joy!, My music has had mainstream play on The BBC music app  on The Sun Lounge  show with Adam Dunning and BBC introducing  in Manchester with “ Roesh”  Jazz FM Curved Radio in Australia  and  KJazz radio UK . Please go over and  listen to my music on  Spotify.    I have been very lucky to have collaborated with some very talented musicians and singers, and a special thanks to all of them because I have learnt so much and I am still learning.Please check out my recent interviews with Meryana Tamera on Radiosparx!

Iam interested in music, mainly for yoga,massage and meditation.  Iam lucky enough to have collaborated with several musicians, setting my voice and words to amazing sounds.

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.

I am not a musician but music plays a very important role in my creative life! I am an artist/designer and music is my companion and my muse in the long hours I spend working in my studio! 
I am immensely impressed and grateful for all the talented and inspiring musicians whose work graces this Cloud, and I will always re-post sounds that I love (and will listen to again) - knowing that others will enjoy them!
I feel slightly embarrassed and quite humbled when I receive such graceful messages of thanks from artists whose work I have re-posted - after-all, I am the one who is so inspired by the discovery of your brilliant music!!!
So thank YOU!!!
Jools :)
P.S. If you want to see where the music takes me there is a link to my Portfolio site on Behance below!!! 
NEW!! - Thanks for all the great feed-back on my work! I shall be re-launching with a website (shop & archive) ‘KULT-JE’ in the not too distant future! Meanwhile, examples of past and current work are featured on my Instagram (@joolselphick)
Since my heart op in Jan2021, I have had to deal with taking quite a lot of meds which have interrupted my design work - that and moving to Germany in 2020 - and back in 2021 (due to Covid my business plans stalled!) - SO, slowly getting it together…. hang tight!😊

I have an archive of my work to date on Instagram - @joolselphick

I've been creating music since March 2014.  Check out my https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/milestones playlist for key moments for me along the way since then.

Thank you for visiting my page - I hope you find a track or two that you like. Check out my playlists for different genres. 

I do enjoy musical collaborations, and here are my collaborations playlists:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2015
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2016
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2017
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/open-all-hours-open playlist 
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If you'd like to listen to my early "hits" try listening to my One Year On playlist from March 2015:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/hits

Or you can try my 50,000 plays Playlist from early Sept 2015:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/50-000-plays-this-week

80,000 plays as I approach two years creating music and sharing on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/soundcloud-toddler

Or try this "one stop shop" for a dacca marathon 124 track playlist of the most popular tracks on my stream in 2016 (shuffle play recommended) to celebrate my 100,000 plays:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/best-of-dacca-100-000-plays

And when I reached 200,000 plays I celebrated with this playlist which focusses on my collaborations over the years:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/dacca-and-friends-200-000
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When I got to 250k plays I created a 4 "Personal Best" albums for different genres (Rock/metal, space ambient/dark ambient, electronica). You can find them if search for them.

I'm a rocker, always will be. 

I'm also one half of Poleaxed:

https://soundcloud.com/poleaxed-1

My younger brother Pete was in a few punk-goth bands in the 90s, check out them on Strange Tall Songs on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/strangetallsongs

My older brother Gordon's son is also on SoundCloud under the name Idle John, and even has an album out on iTunes.

https://soundcloud.com/idle_john