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Scott_Jones
First Lieutenant   Posts: 4 Registered: 10/1/2004 Status: Offline
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posted on 10/1/2004 at 18:54 |
Hey there, fellow musicians!
I'm really fortunate...music (playing, writing, recording, arranging) is
all I do for a living...
My instrument is guitar, but I compose at the keyboard, play drums and bass
(started as a drummer)......and arrange professionally for just about every
instrument......
My main musical styles are fusion, jazz, prog, blues...but I play just
about everything, not to limit myself...
My influences are very diverse, but fusion being the main thing:
Scott Henderson, Mike Landau, Pat Metheny being the main ones...
I taught guitar and theory privately for 4 years from 1992-1996, going to
students homes...
In 2002, I was very fortunate to have my CD ?released? on Allan
Holdsworth's label, Gnarly Geezer Records...
From that release, I received some great feedback from Steve Vai, Brett
Garsed, Derryl Gabel, Shane Theriot, Greg Koch, Rusty Cooley...
In 2003, I switched labels and was officially signed to Progressive Arts
Music, and re-released the C.D. in October 2003.
For this re-release, I went back into the studio and wrote 3 bonus tracks,
and beefed up the guitar parts and the overall mix, making it a much better
disc...(I also enhanced the C.D. with about 80 minutes of bonus mp3s in
CD-ROM format, and 3 live video clips)
There are some clips below, but here are some from my current C.D.:
ORIGINAL FUSION (from my C.D. ?Freedom?)
Give It Time Scott Jones ? 2003 Freedom PAM-1022
ORIGINAL FUSION (from my C.D. ?Freedom?)
Convergence Scott Jones ? 2003 Freedom PAM-1022
...I'm playing acoustic drums on this track, as well as guitar, I sequenced
the bass part.
I was very fortunate to have released this new version to some very
encouraging reviews...
Here are those reviews:
REVIEWS
I'm fortunate to have been in Keyboard magazines Discoveries column,
Recording magazine's Reader's tapes, Music and Computers magazine's
Spotlight column.
I have recently confirmed my line up for my next C.D. to be released late
summer 2005 :
...Dave Weckl's keyboardist Steve Weingart,
...Steve Vai's and Planet X drummer Virgil Donati,
...as well as Planet X bassist Rufus Philpot,
...and Tribal Tech bassist Gary Willis,
...OHM and Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland will be doing a guest
solo on one track,
...Bassist Gerald Veasley will be doing a duet with me on one
track.
...legendary Nashville Bassist Keith Horne will be playing one
track.
Producer/engineer Anton Pukshansky, is aboard also...Anton is a Grammy
award winner for his work on Santana's "Supernatural".
Carlos will soon be considering a tune of mine for an upcoming release.
Anyway, here are some other clips, not released, though I'd like to share
them with you; I like to play in a bunch of different styles and these
reflect that best:
STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ
Sjones-GIANT STEPS 2004 my take on the Coltrane
tune
SHRED
Sjones-44 Seconds with Virgil Donati (an
unreleased jam I did over one of Virgil's solos from his CD "Stretch")
GYPSY / DJANGO-STYLE
Sjones-All of Me My take of the jazz standard "All
Of Me", played from a Django-esque approach. I did the backing track also
and produced it to sound "old".
FUSION BALLAD
Sjones-Beck-like Ballad a bit of Beck, Henderson
and Holdsworth on this...
MODERN CLASSICAL
Sjones-Modern Classical
COUNTRY
Sjones-COUNTRY PICKIN' TUNE
SMOOTH JAZZ
Sjones-Sanborn Smooth Jazz Jam
MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ
Sjones-"Softly As in a Morning Sunrise" a C minor
blues-based standard with a cool set of turn-around changes. Fun to play
over.
TAPPING-GIANT STEPS (JAZZ)
Sjones-GIANT STEPS All completely tapped...no
picking...more of fusion, Holdsworth-ish approach than my other takes.
O COME EMMANUEL
Sjones O Come Emmanuel PERFORMED LIVE AT MY CHURCH
(my arrangement with a "Matrix" and "Evanescence" feel...this is totally
based on the soundtrack of "Revolutions" and an Evanesence song) I'm the
arranger/orchestrator/director/guitarist, electric sitar with choir,
orchestra (horns, strings), full contemporary rhythm section; - (there is a
tapping solo around 5:00)
KRANTZ-LIKE JAM
Sjones-Krantz-like jam A jam I did in the style of
Wayne Krantz.
BLUES
Sjones-BLUES
FUNK/FUSION
Sjones-Brecker Funk Jam
OLD SCHOOL HENDRIX-STYLE SOLO GUITAR
Sjones-Hendrix-ish Solo Piece
MORE TAPPING (ROCK)
Sjones-Legato Jam Rock based solo, mostly tapping
on this one, more like Hallebeek than Holdsworth.
JAZZ SOLOING FROM THE STYLISTIC APPROACHES OF SCOFIELD, METHENY AND
HENDERSON
Sjones-"Nardis" My take on the Miles Davis tune. I
played it as three different approaches, one solo after another in the same
track: as Scofield; as Metheny, and the last one as Henderson (with a bit
of Landau)...the reharmonization and chord voicings are in the Holdsworth
approach.
G3-ish BALLAD
Sjones-Satriani/Vai-ish Ballad
SOLO JAZZ GUITAR (JOE PASS-LIKE)
Sjones-arrangement of Jobim's "Wave" in the style
of Joe Pass
BRECKER FUSION (w-BASS SOLO)
Sjones-Brecker jam with guitar and bass solo
GUITAR: I recorded the guitar solo around 5 months ago; BASS: I just played
the bass solo (no pick, by the way), the rest of the part was
already part of the backing track...
MODERN ROCK
Sjones - "On the Way Down" Sjones? 2002 (an
original Modern Rock song written with my co-writer and vocalist Mindy back
in 2002)
SOLO JAZZ GUITAR (NYLON-STRING)
Sjones-arrangement of "Days of Wine and Roses"
-the jazz standard written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, on my nylon
string, no pick, no backing track.
PLANET X-LIKE TUNE w-VIRGIL DONATI
Sjones-Planet-X-like tune (an unreleased song I
wrote over three of Virgil's solos from his CD "Stretch"....I'm playing
guitar, bass and keys)
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Thanks for the opportunity to share.....glad to be a part of this
forum!!
Peace,
Scott ____________________
My Fusion C.D.
RANDOM STYLES
JAZZ PAGE
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brian
Moderator   Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/1/2004 at 22:05, Reply 1 |
Great stuff I like the chromatic lines, kinda like Coltrane/Miles/Byrd in
some parts. sycho sycho... I linky alot! 
Did you go to Berklee? Your style,arrangements takes me back there. That's
a good thing. I hear the same thing from time to time. keep up the good
work, glad we had the chance to hear your music and chat.
Berklee 94'
Keep in touch
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Scott_Jones
First Lieutenant Posts: 4 Registered: 10/1/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/1/2004 at 22:40, Reply 2 |
Thanks Brian!
I really appreciate the warm welcome.....!!
No, I didn't attend college, but learned all my theory on my own...
Berklee is a great school, though, and I just hired a Berklee grad to play
piano for me.....he moved his whole family from Providence just a few
months ago to take the gig in St. Louis.....
Anyway, glad you enjoyed my stuff, hope to hang out and get to know
everybody!
Peace,
Scott ____________________
My Fusion C.D.
RANDOM STYLES
JAZZ PAGE
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brian
Moderator Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/2/2004 at 10:41, Reply 3 |
I listened to all your songs late last night and really enjoyed them.
You can really hear your passion for the instrument.
Great stuff
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Agent2x4
First Lieutenant Posts: 6 Registered: 2/1/2006 Status: Offline |
 posted on 2/1/2006 at 13:08, Reply 4 |
I'm not a fusion guy, but your straight ahead stuff is as good as anything
I've heard anywhere.
It's the style of guitar playing I like the most, particularly Joe Pass
stuff (and the style I can play the least...) 
Look forward to future postings!
[Edited on 2/1/2006 by Agent2x4]
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Scott_Jones
First Lieutenant Posts: 4 Registered: 10/1/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 3/13/2006 at 01:11, Reply 5 |
Man, totally lost track of this place!
Thanks for the comments!!!
I'll try to stick around this time!!
____________________
My Fusion C.D.
RANDOM STYLES
JAZZ PAGE
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Firechild
First Lieutenant  Posts: 5 Registered: 3/16/2006 Status: Offline |
posted on 3/17/2006 at 16:02, Reply 6 |
i listened to all your songs today (when i was suppose to be doing
work..............MEH!) and i really like your songs!!!!!!!! 
Theyre really good they kind of suprised me! 
You can tell you really have passion for what you play!!!
ITS DEEP!!!!!!!! 
:applauding:
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Scott_Jones
First Lieutenant Posts: 4 Registered: 10/1/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 4/25/2006 at 14:37, Reply 7 |
Thanks man!!!
I appreciate your time!
____________________
My Fusion C.D.
RANDOM STYLES
JAZZ PAGE
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groovewithjamie
First Lieutenant Posts: 8 Registered: 11/6/2006 Status: Offline |
posted on 11/6/2006 at 22:05, Reply 8 |
I listened to all of the songs today too and thought they were awesome!
great job
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ricoboc
Moderator  Posts: 278 Registered: 4/27/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 11/7/2006 at 03:37, Reply 9 |
Tasteful, intelligent and inspiring.
I truly enjoyed 'Brecker Fusion'.
I hope you post often. ____________________
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