Album Title:  Rixile Elixir
Artist:  John Kline  (BMI)
Distributor:  Sound Cloud
All songs and entire sound recording Copyright© 2023, John Patrick Kline (all rights reserved).

Cover Art by Kashif Majeed (KM Designz)

Record Label
Wet Present

UPC
198015306290

Recorded between 1/1/2022 and 4/18/2023
Release Date	 4/20/2023
All tracks engineered, produced, and mastered by John Kline
All guitars, bass, woodwind, and keyboards performed by John Kline
All Drums performed by Magnus Brandell / Oddgrooves (recorded in MIDI format) with the exception of “Agent of Change”   (Track 6).   Drums for “Agent of Change” were sequenced by John Kline from a Core Jazz 4:4 groove  from the free version of Steven Slate Drums 5.5.    
All tracks mixed and mastered by John Kline using Presonus Studio One 6.0.

Guitars included an Ibanez Jem 7VWH, a JEM7V SBL, a JEM7EAFX, an Ibanez JS1000, and a Paul Reed Smith Hollowbody II with piezo.    The PRS is also fitted with a wireless Fishman Triple Play MIDI controller.   Some guitar tracks were processed with a Mesa Boogie FormulaPre direct into line inputs, others with a Mesa Boogie FormulaPre through a Mesa 50/50 amplifier through Reyes Tube Tamers and Eminence Delta Pro 12A speakers and a Seismic Audio cabinet.    Finally, some guitar tones were accomplished with the UAD-2 ENGL Savage 120 emulation with Presonus and UAD-2 plugins.

Keyboards were performed on an M-Audio Hammer 88 Controller.   Sound engines include UVI Orchestral Suite, UVI Falcon, Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand, KV331 Audio Synthmaster 1,  and Presonus Mai Tai.

Bass guitar was recorded with a Fender Jazz Bass with Bartolini Pickups through a Tech21 Sans Amp and an Origin Cali 76.

Track list


Artist(s)/Group Name	John Kline  
Album/Track/Single Title	Rixile Elixir / 3 /  Happy Little Echoes
Track listing (Album)	Neurogenesis, Made It Home, Happy Little Echoes, Rixile Elixir, 
Friday Song, Agent of Change, Drive to Mobile, Water Song,
To the Sky, Illusion (Life's Dance)
Track Length	04:10
Recording Date(s)	between 1/1/2022 and 4/18/2023
Release Date	4/20/2023
Group Member Names (if applicable)	N/A
Producer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Engineer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Mixer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Mastering Engineer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Songwriter(s) 	John Patrick Kline 100%  / Best Alternative Jazz Album
Language of Lyrics  	N/A
Record Label	Wet Present
Publisher(s)	CD Baby
ISRC.	USDY42398349

03 - John Kline - Happy Little Echoes

Album Title:  Rixile Elixir
Artist:  John Kline  (BMI), CD Baby Publishing.
Distributor:  CD Baby 
All songs and entire sound recording Copyright© 2023, John Patrick Kline (all rights reserved).

Cover Art by Kashif Majeed (KM Designz)

Record Label
Wet Present

UPC
198015306290

Recorded between 1/1/2022 and 4/18/2023
Release Date	 4/20/2023
All tracks engineered, produced, and mastered by John Kline
All guitars, bass, woodwind, and keyboards performed by John Kline
All Drums performed by Magnus Brandell / Oddgrooves (recorded in MIDI format) with the exception of “Agent of Change”   (Track 6).   Drums for “Agent of Change” were sequenced by John Kline from a Core Jazz 4:4 groove  from the free version of Steven Slate Drums 5.5.    
All tracks mixed and mastered by John Kline using Presonus Studio One 6.0.

Guitars included an Ibanez Jem 7VWH, a JEM7V SBL, a JEM7EAFX, an Ibanez JS1000, and a Paul Reed Smith Hollowbody II with piezo.    The PRS is also fitted with a wireless Fishman Triple Play MIDI controller.   Some guitar tracks were processed with a Mesa Boogie FormulaPre direct into line inputs, others with a Mesa Boogie FormulaPre through a Mesa 50/50 amplifier through Reyes Tube Tamers and Eminence Delta Pro 12A speakers and a Seismic Audio cabinet.    Finally, some guitar tones were accomplished with the UAD-2 ENGL Savage 120 emulation with Presonus and UAD-2 plugins.

Keyboards were performed on an M-Audio Hammer 88 Controller.   Sound engines include UVI Orchestral Suite, UVI Falcon, Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand, KV331 Audio Synthmaster 1,  and Presonus Mai Tai.

Bass guitar was recorded with a Fender Jazz Bass with Bartolini Pickups through a Tech21 Sans Amp and an Origin Cali 76.

Track list

Artist(s)/Group Name	John Kline  
Album/Track/Single Title	Rixile Elixir / 2 /  Made It Home
Track listing (Album)	Neurogenesis, Made It Home, Happy Little Echoes, Rixile Elixir, 
Friday Song, Agent of Change, Drive to Mobile, Water Song,
To the Sky, Illusion (Life's Dance)
Track Length	03:29
Recording Date(s)	between 1/1/2022 and 4/18/2023
Release Date	4/20/2023
Group Member Names (if applicable)	N/A
Producer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Engineer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Mixer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Mastering Engineer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Songwriter(s) 	John Patrick Kline 100%  / Best Alternative Jazz Album
Language of Lyrics  	N/A
Record Label	Wet Present
Publisher(s)	CD Baby
ISRC.	USDY42398348

Rixile Elixir

Made it Home

02 - John Kline - Made It Home

Album Title:  Rixile Elixir
Artist:  John Kline  (BMI).
Distributor:  Sound Cloud
All songs and entire sound recording Copyright© 2023, John Patrick Kline (all rights reserved).

Cover Art by Kashif Majeed (KM Designz)

Record Label
Wet Present

UPC
198015306290

Recorded between 1/1/2022 and 4/18/2023
Release Date	 4/20/2023
All tracks engineered, produced, and mastered by John Kline
All guitars, bass, woodwind, and keyboards performed by John Kline
All Drums performed by Magnus Brandell / Oddgrooves (recorded in MIDI format) with the exception of “Agent of Change”   (Track 6).   Drums for “Agent of Change” were sequenced by John Kline from a Core Jazz 4:4 groove  from the free version of Steven Slate Drums 5.5.    
All tracks mixed and mastered by John Kline using Presonus Studio One 6.0.

Guitars included an Ibanez Jem 7VWH, a JEM7V SBL, a JEM7EAFX, an Ibanez JS1000, and a Paul Reed Smith Hollowbody II with piezo.    The PRS is also fitted with a wireless Fishman Triple Play MIDI controller.   Some guitar tracks were processed with a Mesa Boogie FormulaPre direct into line inputs, others with a Mesa Boogie FormulaPre through a Mesa 50/50 amplifier through Reyes Tube Tamers and Eminence Delta Pro 12A speakers and a Seismic Audio cabinet.    Finally, some guitar tones were accomplished with the UAD-2 ENGL Savage 120 emulation with Presonus and UAD-2 plugins.

Keyboards were performed on an M-Audio Hammer 88 Controller.   Sound engines include UVI Orchestral Suite, UVI Falcon, Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand, KV331 Audio Synthmaster 1,  and Presonus Mai Tai.

Bass guitar was recorded with a Fender Jazz Bass with Bartolini Pickups through a Tech21 Sans Amp and an Origin Cali 76.

Track list

Artist(s)/Group Name	 John Kline  
Album/Track/Single Title	Rixile Elixir / 1 /  Neurogenesis
Track listing (Album)	Neurogenesis, Made It Home, Happy Little Echoes, Rixile Elixir, 
Friday Song, Agent of Change, Drive to Mobile, Water Song,
To the Sky, Illusion (Life's Dance)
Track Length	04:51
Recording Date(s)	between 1/1/2022 and 4/18/2023
Release Date	4/20/2023
Group Member Names (if applicable)	N/A
Producer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Engineer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Mixer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Mastering Engineer(s)	John Patrick Kline 100%
Songwriter(s) 	John Patrick Kline 100%  / Best Alternative Jazz Album
Language of Lyrics  	N/A
Record Label	Wet Present
Publisher(s)	CD Baby
ISRC.	USDY42398347

01 - John Kline - Neurogenesis

In memory of Jeff Beck.   Drums by Magnus Brandell / Oddgrooves

John Kline - Luminescence

A mental vacation of playfully interlaced  instrumental motifs/

John Kline (guitars, bass, keyboards)
Magnus Brandell / Oddgrooves (drums)

Roundtrip Ticket

My first comprovisation of 2024, featuring drums by  Magnus Brandell / OddGrooves.  The ECM package was just what the doctor ordered for this piece.  

I think I would classify this as Jazz.  What do you think?
I wrote this and played guitars, guitar synth, keyboards, and bass.   The PRS Hollowbody II got all of the love this time.     Still favoring the Fender Jazz bass for bass parts.     I love how accurately the Fishman Triple Play tracks.   Layering synth textures with guitar parts brings an interesting dimension to the soundscape.   

The chord motion popped into my head on Christmas.   Other parts sort of just happened.   I suppose that this was my Christmas present from the universe.  I am happy to share it with you.  I hope that you have an opportunity to give it a spin.

Serene Melancholy

John Kline - Guitars, bass, keyboards, composition, arranging, mixing, production, mastering

Magnus Brandell / Oddgrooves - drums

The energy of spring, with rhythmic bilateral musical stimulation to help promote calm, happy, relaxation.  This piece relaxes me and makes me smile.   How about you?

"Grass" is an upbeat happy tune with a definite ECM vibe thanks to the drum stylings of Magnus Brandell.     I played guitars, guitar synth, bass, piano, and other keyboards as well as doing all of the engineering, production, and mastering. 

grass (n.)
"Old English græs, gærs "herb, plant, grass," from Proto-Germanic *grasan (source also of Old Frisian gers "grass, turf, kind of grass," Old Norse, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German, German, Gothic gras, Swedish gräs "grass"), which, according to Watkins, is from PIE *ghros- "young shoot, sprout," from root *ghre- "to grow, become green," thus related to grow and green, but not to Latin grāmen "grass, plant, herb." But Boutkan considers grāmen the only reliable cognate and proposes a substrate origin.
As a color name (especially grass-green, Old English græsgrene) by c. 1300. Sense of "marijuana" is recorded by 1932, American English. The grass skirt worn by people native to tropical regions is mentioned by 1874; the warning to keep off the grass by 1843 (in New York City's Central Park). Grass-fed of cattle, etc., (opposed to stall-fed) is from 1774."



Meta AI
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Overall, "Grass" is a lovely instrumental piece that showcases John Kline's ability to craft calming and atmospheric music that resonates with listeners.

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Grass

More whimsical comprovisation with Magnus Brandell.   I began with a diatonic seventh sequence in C major alternating with some major / minor motion on the piano.  Then, I added some bass. Finally, I improvised over this until I was comfortable, composing a head of sorts, then used some scales that Tom Thomas would call "diseased" with the electric guitar, a hard-tailed Ibanez Jem through a BK Butler Tube Driver and a Mesa Boogie amp rig.  It's 100% Analog goodness, and man does it sound like a cello!   I broke out the JV-1010 for the synth patches.   Piano is Synthogy Ivory.   

Entelechy

Portmanteau, anyone?

A journey of sound a spirit, beginning with minor chord motion exploration on the piano, some contrapunctal bass, and some improvisation on guitar.  For some reason, I also like the Oddgrooves ECM package on this one too.  It imparts a frenetic energy to a classic lament.   PRS Hollowbody II and UAD2 plugins along with the synth tracks simultaneously triggered with a Fishman Triple Play MIDI PUP. 

The chord progression has appeared in a few of my tracks over the years, including "Lament" and "Liars Lament."  




Lamentropy

I think that the fact that I performed the lead guitar track on an Ibanez PM1000 says a lot about Pat Metheny's influence shining through in this piece.   Magnus Brandell performed some tracks that Paul Wertico himself would admire.  For some reason, I really vibed with these drum performances, so thanks to Magnus and Per for making these jewels of creative inspiration available.

I performed acoustic and electric guitars, bass, guitar synth, and keyboard tracks.   Magnus Brandell performed the drums.   Bob's your uncle.  Why did I just say that?  I don't have any idea whether or not you have an uncle Bob.

Psychtelos derives from Greek, and from what I understand roughly translates into "The Soul's Purpose."   For some reason, over and over again, I keep finding it in me to produce unexpected music like this.  I began recording Psychtelos a couple of years ago when I interacted for the first time with fellow NARAS members.  I was inspired by the drum tracks and some work from new artists that I had just met, but wasn't able to finish it until a few weeks ago.  

Feel free to comment.  I enjoy it when real listeners stop by with intelligent things to say.

Kind Regards,

John Kline

Psychtelos

Wet Present is a record label, wholly owned by John Kline, for "The Music Therapy Experiment." and "John Kline.." 

John P. Kline, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and multi-instrumentalist whose music spans classical, rock, jazz, and New Age. A lifelong admirer of classical composers and performers, Kline brings that sensibility into a catalogue that moves easily between heavy guitar work, improvisational passages, and ambient soundscapes.

He composes, performs, engineers, mixes, and masters his own recordings, shaping music that is eclectic yet deeply personal. His solo releases sit alongside his work under the name The Music Therapy Experiment (TMTE), a project built on collaborations with guest musicians while always centered on Kline’s compositions and recordings. A handful of tracks feature him alone, while others highlight the voices of collaborators, including Mark Christianson. The project’s name came from Kline’s own candid description of himself during a difficult time: “a music therapy experiment.”

Across all of his work, the common thread is curiosity. Whether listeners connect with reflective textures, jazz-inflected improvisation, or the drive of rock guitar, Kline’s music treats sound as an open-ended experiment — sometimes calm, sometimes restless, always human.

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