Other Collaborations

"Dance Monkey" was a global smash hit for this Australian artist in 2019, and since then the music video has had well over one billion views on YouTube!  It is perhaps most remembered for Tones and I dressing up as an old man, complete with beard and prosthetics!  For this collab, I enlisted the services of an American vocalist I encountered as part of an online music club called dnldr.  Danielle Hollobaugh is an accomplished singer, having built a solid fanbase on social media over the years!  She is also a professional actress, so that's another handy string to her bow!

The arrangement was a lot of fun for me to put together.  I remember I had the vast majority of it done within one continuous four-hour session.  I came home from work one day and then started on it, then just kept pushing through without a break.  All that was left to do from there was to add Danielle's vocals, and then I was able to achieve a very nice mix.  A lot of the sounds were taken from my Roland FA-06 music workstation, with the bass coming from my Technics SX-KN930 keyboard.  I ended up using the drums from a different unfinished project, and they work fine here.  This collab was actually completed in early 2020, but I'm only getting around to uploading it just now.  Original song by Tones and I.  Cover collab by Protis & Danielle Hollobaugh.

Tones and I - Dance Monkey (collab With Danielle Hollobaugh)

I am breaking my rule of "originals only" on SoundCloud with this one.  I plan to do this just the one time, at the request of my BandHub friend Suzi Uzi.  I mixed this one in FL Studio, and as such was able to make it sound so much better than what's on BandHub.

It's My Life [BandHub Collab](No Doubt cover)

10 TO 2 ~ Cover

I am breaking my rule of "originals only" on SoundCloud with this one.  This is now the second time I have done this, at the request of my BandHub friend Suzi Uzi. I mixed this one in FL Studio, and as such was able to make it sound so much better than what's on BandHub.

Echo Beach [BandHub Collab](Martha & The Muffins cover)

Here's another one for you Suzi, mixed by yours truly.  You did a really great job on this one, and as I said before it was one of my favourites for a long time.


Ho Hey (BandHub Collab)

Thanks so much to these awesome musicians :)
keys - Alan
guitar & vocals - Daniel
bass - Alex
drums - marcosgc
vocals, lyrics - kristen

They Ain't Gonna Change (original) - Bandhub Collab

Created as collaboration on BandHub and performed by:
boxjarv - Bass
icymbal - Drums
turbodogfish - Guitars
Vocals - CarolGrand
keyboards - Protis

remixed using Audacity by me


Some Like It Hot (cover)

Created as a collaboration on BandHub and performed by:
boxjarv - Bass, drum machine
gtrmn - Guitar
vocals / percussion - doncortier, VanGuy2015, SuziUzi, BeerGrowler, GuidoHill, CarolGrand, Protis

We Will Rock You (cover)

Thanks to a group of friends from around the world, we were able to put together a cover of this inspiring song!

Featuring Kitty Rine, brookeyberta, Anastasija Ozueh, marcosgc, Marjolein Groot, Kristen Wilson, Daniel Massey, Amber Gunn, Rhod1um, Alan Atkinson, and camillesobud 

Wavin' Flag - Young Artists for Haiti (Bandhub Artists Version)

We Are The World - One Of The Largest Collaborative Bandhub

An awesome mix by Protis (Alan)
keys - Alan
guitar & vocals - Daniel
bass - Alex
drums - marcosgc
vocals, lyrics - kristen

They Ain't Gonna Change (Protis Mix)

A Good Sign - Emilia Cover

The "Long Time Sun" is a classical Mantra which is chosen sometimes to finish each session of  kundalini yoga.
Music in this multilingual version is original and has been recorded in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Romanian by some friends using the music collaborative portal bandhub.com.

"May the long time sun Shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide your way on..."

Long Time Sun Mantra (Original Multilingual Version)

Ice Ice Baby ~ Vanilla Ice Cover

Always awesome to work on fun stuff like this!!!! 

Green Jelly ~ 3 Little Pigs ~ BANDHUB COVER

While My Guitar Gently Weeps Cover

I sing lead vocal on this song. Please go to this link to see our Video recording of our song. MAKE SURE TO PRESS "RED" Button that says                              
"OPEN IN STUDIO"           https://bandhub.com/s/56f4bbbacf60677c0ed0cb9a

You Baby/The Turtles (Cover)

I sing all of the vocal parts on this song. Please go to this link to see our Video recording of our song. MAKE SURE TO PRESS "RED" Button that says        
"OPEN IN STUDIO"     https://bandhub.com/s/58644275d51f28b30a08a027

Anytime At all/The Beatles (Cover)

Major Lazer Lean On Bandhub Cover

Protis has been writing music since 1998, when he was still in high school. The name Protis came about from watching the TV show Pokemon; his original name was Piggy, and just how Pikachu evolves into Raichu, well he decided that Piggy would evolve into Protis. The name has stuck ever since then.

Protis is a big fan of computer-based music.  The first computer program he used for music purposes was Cubase Lite on good ol' Windows 3.1 operating system.  Over the years he moved on to Cubast VST, where he further developed his skills as a songwriter.  Most of his early recordings were instrumental works, as at the time he was unable to compose decent lyrics.

After a while, Protis decided to leave the realm of General MIDI and progress into the world of loops and samples.  He accomplished this by using the ACID range of products.  Countless hours were spent with this brilliant piece of software, coming up with lots of cool beats.

Protis has also dabbled in the FruityLoops software, now called FL Studio.  He utilised FL Studio to write songs which contained his first self-penned lyrics.  He was surprised at just how well his lyrics came across in each song, fitting in well with the music.  And all this from someone who could never write words to his songs!