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    Scott Jones
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    Hey there!

    Just joining the forum, saying hello…..here’s a bit about me:

    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 guitar influences are very diverse, but fusion being the main thing:
    Scott Henderson, *Mike Landau, Pat Metheny being the main ones…

    My fusion composition influences range from Russell Ferrante, Billy Childs, Chick Corea, Scott Henderson and Gary Willis, Weather Report, Brecker Brothers…

    My progressive rock composition influences are Planet X, Dream Theater, Virgil Donati, Vai…

    Anyway….other stuff…

    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)

    My C.D. “Freedom”, was on the official finalist’s list of potential nominees for a Grammy this year for Best Contemporary Jazz Album: .pdf LIST HERE (I’m #29)

    Didn’t make the final, but hey there’s always next year!

    Something in which I did make the finalist list was Guitar Player Magazine’s “Discover the Next Guitar Hero Competition 2005”. A playing contest whereby 10 finalists were chosen by the editors of GP magazine, out of 3000 submissions. The finals were held at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with judges Steve Lukather, Joe Satriani and others. So, didn’t win, but I’ll take top ten out of 3000. In addition, the final 10 are in the Oct. 2005 Guitar Player magazine (with Yngwie on the cover). .pdf article HERE

    There are some clips below, but here are some from my current C.D.:

    ORIGINAL FUSION (from my C.D. “Freedom”)
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/fusionCD/Track05.mp3]Give It Time[/URL] Scott Jones © 2003 Freedom PAM-1022

    ORIGINAL FUSION (from my C.D. “Freedom”)
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/randomstyles/sjones-convergence-alt-2.mp3]Convergence[/URL] Scott Jones © 2003 Freedom PAM-1022 …I’m playing acoustic drums on this track, as well as guitar, I sequenced the bass part. This is an ALTERNATE TAKE from the actual release.

    I was very fortunate to have released this new version to some very encouraging reviews…

    Here are those reviews:

    [URL=http://www.progressiveartsmusic.com/scottjones_reviews.htm]REVIEWS[/URL]

    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. “Convergence”, to be released in 2006 :

    …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,

    As well as:

    Scott Henderson, Scott Lerner, Guthrie Govan, Ron Thal, Greg Howe, Joel Hoekstra

    …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”.

    Here’s a Flash Intro I’m having developed for the new release:

    FLASH INTRO

    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
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/strtaheadjazz/Track01.mp3]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
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/strtaheadjazz/Track17.mp3]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
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/newstuff/Track09.mp3]Sjones-Modern Classical[/URL]

    COUNTRY
    Sjones-COUNTRY PICKIN’ TUNE

    SMOOTH JAZZ
    Sjones-Sanborn Smooth Jazz Jam

    MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/strtaheadjazz/Track09.mp3]Sjones-“Softly As in a Morning Sunrise”[/URL] a C minor blues-based standard with a cool set of turn-around changes. Fun to play over.

    TAPPING-GIANT STEPS (JAZZ)
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/strtaheadjazz/Track18.mp3]Sjones-GIANT STEPS[/URL] All completely tapped…no picking…more of fusion, Holdsworth-ish approach than my other takes.

    O COME EMMANUEL
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/randomstyles/Track12.mp3]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
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/randomstyles/Track17.mp3]Sjones-Krantz-like jam A jam I did in the style of Wayne Krantz.

    BLUES
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/randomstyles/Track20.mp3]Sjones-BLUES[/URL]

    FUNK/FUSION
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/newstuff/Track01.mp3]Sjones-Brecker Funk Jam

    OLD SCHOOL HENDRIX-STYLE SOLO GUITAR
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/newstuff/Track11.mp3]Sjones-Hendrix-ish Solo Piece

    MORE TAPPING (ROCK)
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/randomstyles/Track05.mp3]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
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/strtaheadjazz/Track15.mp3]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 first; BASS: I recorded the bass solo second; (no pick, by the way), the rest of the part was already part of the backing track…

    MODERN ROCK
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/mp3/origsongs/on-the-way-down.mp3]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)
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/strtaheadjazz/Track16.mp3]Sjones-arrangement of “Days of Wine and Roses”[/URL] -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
    [URL=http://www.scottjonesmusic.com/aufiles/randomstyles/Track18.mp3]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)

    ———

    Thanks for the opportunity to share…..glad to be a part of this forum!!

    I’d love to hear from you guys!

    Peace,

    Scott

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    • #65991
      Rocklogicxxxxx
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      [quote=”1bassleft”]According to Geldof’s autob, The Jam supported the Rats and he also thought they were humourless ****s.[/quote]

      Many years ago when I were ne’but lad, I was touring in a rock musical as the guitarist. The company manager one K.R. (who had the dubious honour of being the voice of the Rowntrees Fruit Gums ad. who said the immortal line….“Don’t forget the Fruit Gums, mum!”) toured with The Jam as stage manager. He told me that they were a boring bunch of er… chaps and that he’d take a theatre tour any day.

      And while we’re about it… on my 18th birthday I sat in the front room of one Robert Fripp and he showed me loads of stuff, then we diddled the “Moto Perpetuo from Fracture” together. Two things stuck in my mind about this day.. one was that HE tripped up and made the mistakes in said epic… and the second was that he was wearing green nylon Marks & Spencer’s carpet slippers. Hardly rock-god attire, now is it?!

      And while we’re about it.. Alison Mack is worth inviting to your local Whist Drive. She’d definately “enhance the visual amenity”!

    • #65962
      KJP
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      Scott, your Faith Testimony almost made me cry…

      Rock on, your music needs no comments!
      And what an excellent personnel you’ve gathered for your album!

    • #65981
      1bassleft
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      The one my sprog was in. She thought he was cute; kept delivering his lines direct to her chest. Isn’t it annoying that it’s “cute” when 7-year-olds do it?

      Anyhoo, perhaps we ought to steer back to safer ground rather than ogling girls? I can think of bass players I’d happily have a drink with. Vanessa auf der Mar, Kim Deal, that blonde one from the band with the rubbish “Be My Rock ‘n’ Roll Queen” song…

    • #66000
      Tim
      Participant

      What Panto? and don’t say Peter Pan, I got that far.

      I should have gone down the whole Kate Winslet route….Erm…I’d like to meet Kate Winslet. Lots.

    • #65963
      1bassleft
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      According to Geldof’s autob, The Jam supported the Rats and he also thought they were humourless ****s.

      I’d like a drink with Victoria, who played “tinkerbelle” in the panto 😛 . Jarvis Cocker is interesting. I mean, he really is like that. If it’s a show put on for interviewers, he ought to be getting tired of it by now. I found him pretty fascinating.

    • #65972
      Tim
      Participant

      Most of them are dead sadly, but Duff and Slash would be good and I’d like to go for a drink with Shane MacGowan.

    • #65955
      lee_UK
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      Envy, the old ‘Green eyed monster’ , Mr Ashcroft was probably going to ask me to join his latest band, but he obviously thought Chav got in their first.
      Paul Weller is the person i want to meet, our Bassman Gary in the originals band i play in, his sister is married to a drummer in a well known band, and went to see weller on the last tour, and of course was invited backstage to talk paradiddles with Steve White.
      Spoke to Weller and Craddock and Minchelo too.
      Gary is gonna have a chat with him to try and get a pass for me for the next tour, i know it’s sad, im 40 years old and have idolised him since i was 13 (Weller that is, not Gary) and OK i want to shake hands with him, i’ll admit it to my shame.
      Our drummer in the same originals band, was a roadie for quite a few years in 70’s and 80’s, he says Weller is a %$&%, but who cares, i just want to shake his hand.
      Am i sad?
      How about you guys? who would you like to meet?

    • #65990
      1bassleft
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      [quote]as i set about playing the intro to a well known Paul Weller song, i stopped and gave hime the ‘alright’ he nodded and closed the door,[/quote]

      Sound-proofed door, by any chance? 😆

    • #65976
      Tim
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      Well they do tend to need a lot of staff, roadies etc…

    • #65970
      lee_UK
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      [quote=”1bassleft”]Knew you’d be impressed 😛

      (and it’s “Chad” fercryinoutloud)[/quote]

      Well he shook hands like a Chav, and he was wearing a Burberry baseball cap with Jimmy Savile jewelry.
      I also saw Richard Ashcroft at the rehearsal room where Chav was showing off the amp, he looked in as i set about playing the intro to a well known Paul Weller song, i stopped and gave hime the ‘alright’ he nodded and closed the door, oh i do love to be amongst celebs, i feel so at home. 😆

    • #65952
      1bassleft
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      Knew you’d be impressed 😛

      (and it’s “Chad” fercryinoutloud)

    • #65996
      lee_UK
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      Bass Bass Bass, They dont come any bigger than 911, and then to drop a name like Lee Brennan is just showing off , i thought we could start this thread with a few minors like my Noel Redding (still late and still great) and Chav from Mansun, Tim comes in with a Paul Carrick and then replies after much ridicule with a ‘Jason Orange’ which slightly raised the bar, and then you come straight in with a 911 – Brennan, completly killed the thread… where do we go from here? there is nowhere, i was going to give my story of the day i met Elvis Presley, but whats the point? your first dart as usual has hit the double top, and its goodnight Vienna.

    • #66002
      1bassleft
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      Curiously enough (as you know, I’m in love with the idea of the THD amps) our guitarist in “The Difference Engine” is also called Andy Marshall. I vaguely remember James Marshall Hendrix being Jimi’s full name, but wait for the name-drop topper.

      My boy’s just finished panto now, where he’s spent the past month attempting head spins behind Lee Brennan of 911 while he sings “Bodyshakin” in Peter Pan. A 7 year-old untrained breakdancer; hysterical to watch.

    • #65954
      lee_UK
      Participant

      Andy Marshall is the new kid on the block
      http://www.emeraldcityguitars.com/andy.htm
      he’s the one on the right.

    • #65968
      Tim
      Participant

      He jokes somewhere about a Jim Marshall making his amps, a Jim Marshall doing his sound and a Jim Marshall on guitar…or something like that?!

    • #65985
      Scott Jones
      Participant

      [quote=”lee_UK”]I bet Scott did’nt know about Hendrix…. and i didnt know, til someone told me. :lol:[/quote]

    • #65977
      lee_UK
      Participant

      I bet Scott did’nt know about Hendrix…. and i didnt know, til someone told me. 😆

    • #65980
      Scott Jones
      Participant

      Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!

    • #65971
      Tim
      Participant

      Hendrix jokes about the Jim Marshall thing on a DVD I’ve got somewhere, or maybe I read it in a book, but yeah, EVERYONE knows that! 😆

      Tim.

    • #65960
      Tim
      Participant

      My Cousin used to breakdance with Jason Orange…

    • #65966
      lee_UK
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      Tim, Paul Carrick cuts no ice with me my friend, i am the person who has hob-nobbed with the stars such as Victor Davies check him out:
      http://www.afrogigolo.co.uk/victordavies.htm
      has his own record label and we were best mates all through school, i shook hands with the late great Noel Redding and have his much treasured and looked after autographed photo, it say ‘Cheers Lee, all the best Noel Redding’ nobody quite said it like Noel, the photo actualy fell off the wall behind my computer desk a couple of years ago and i cant be arsed looking for it. I stood next to that Dameon Mincello chap from OCS at a Paul Weller gig, he tried to push in front of me but my elbows were out.
      Ive shook hands with Jim Marshall – we all know him, and Andy Marshall – from THD amps, and did you know Marshall is Hendrix’s middle name?
      and also The Brotherhood of Man, ive had lunch with them, the list goes on and on.. so please dont talk to me about your Paul Carricks… 😆

    • #65948
      1bassleft
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      It’d be Chad, Lee. As in “The Chad Who Loved Me” from their debut album “Attack of the Grey Lanterns”. One of the better debut albums, all the better for having been produced by them. Mansun are a fave of mine; I remember “Stove’s” Jazz bass selling on eBay. The high-bid sniper went by the excellent username of “egg-shaped-Fred”.

      FWIW, “The Chas who loved me” is possibly from the “Stars over 45” single from the crafty-Cockneys, and “The Chav who loved me” may become a single from the post-pregnancy Britney. But would we care?

    • #65957
      Tim
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      I realise my post may have sounded sarcastic, wasn’t supposed to!
      I’ve got so far as listening to your Blues and Hendrixesque tracks, all very cool.

      Lee, I think Paul Carrack might have been on the same bill, does that improve it any? (He may have been on the next year when I played the beer tent!)

      Tim.

    • #65953
      lee_UK
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      Heres my top claim to fame..
      Couple of years back i bought an AC30 off the guitarist for Mansun – Chad or Chav or Chas?? cant quite remember his name, anyway they did Stripper vicar, Taxloss etc, and he told me the amp had been on the main stage at the Reading festival!, so beat that one Tim !! , Marillion tuh, who are they anyway, 3 hit wonders.

    • #65951
      1bassleft
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      Scott, Welcome to the forum.

      That is indeed some discography. I’m waiting for a chance to listen to it. I tend to look after this site in the dead hours, and Mrs Bass wakes up if I click on a wav. I hope to get some listening in shortly after the new year.

    • #65959
      Tim
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      Wow, thats a lot of stuff. 😯 Well done you!

      We should have a claim(s) to fame thread, I was once fourth on the bill to Marillion at a festival (I know I’ve posted that before but it is my one claim to fame!)

      Tim.

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