JOHN-PAUL JONES GROUP NEWS

THIS WEEKS TIP DEALS WITH COVER TUNES The John-Paul Jones Group is about to release a series of tribute EP's  over 2018.   May 1st is our first release will be of songs by an inspirational artist, yet to be revealed.   However one of the most important thing that all artists should learn is that paying for the use of songs is important.    This is an easy process and is done through the HARRY FOX AGENCY.   You see all of you who play in cover bands, feel like they are "entitled" to use the songs in your music career.  And although no one is chasing you down at your gig at the Crusty's Crab Shack...  if you record those songs, for any purpose,   you might want to check into LICENSING those songs.  Which then allows you to utilize the songs for commercial purposes. Here at the John-Paul Jones Group, we have a publishing company, a record label, a recording studio, and of course the live band entities.  It is important to protect these income generating organ

THE JOHN-PAUL JONES GROUP EP IS MIXED! I spent the better part of 7pm to 2am mixing this upcoming EP then of course I had to burn to a CD drive for a 1/2 hour to listen to the tracks. I cant tell you the songs yet.  Its a surprise.  But I have to thank Sally Henry, Don Brown and my manager Heather for their grear support.  I can wait to hear it after its mastered.   I will have a sampler CD at the Southeast Iowa Blues Society Member Appreciation that I am giving away, in exchange for joining our mailing list. Or you can get this CD on our website. Its been a long road to get to this point.  But I believe this EP will be ready on schedule by May 1st 2018. Thanks to all our fans on and offline for your support.

TIP OF THE WEEK: For those of you who are out there mixing your own records.  I have found a great tutorial written by a guy named.  Björgvin Benediktsson   He wrote a tutorial called the Ultimate Mix Translate Cheet Sheet, and the Ultimate EQ Cheat Sheet. Needless to say, its helping with the mixing of the next John-Paul Jones Group EP.  Also I want to recommend a product for helping you mix.  Even if you have a perfect set of Studio Monitors.  You need to be able to LISTEN to your mix on different systems.  Here are some things I have in my studio to make a matrix of different speakers in the recording studio. Main Studio Monitors Behringer Truth B2030A These speakers are my main active monitoring speakers they are connected directly to my Behringer  X32 CORE Mixer/Interface. Now everything sounds GREAT through these flat response perfectly placed monitors.  But what we found is we are not always translating our mix so they sound good in ear buds, on cell phones, i

We are pleased to announce that we are releasing our first EP of 2018 on May 1st.  The EP is a tribute to great Irish Blues Rocker Rory Gallagher.  Rory was and is a big influence on Jp Jones and also has a lot to do with the John-Paul Jones Group's dedication to preserving the blues-rock heritage. "I remember the first time I heard Rory play,  the song was Messing with the Kid from some televised TV special rerun on public television.  His playing style was just amazing.   I already knew the song, but to hear Rory play it with such raw power, was amazing, I couldn't get enough" - Jp Jones.    Having followed Rory's Career until he died in 1995 Jp also is a big fan of collecting anything Rory has on video.   Especially the documentary Ghost Blues. "With this EP, I wanted to record my version of Rory's songs, this EP is by no means a way for me to try and copy note for note what Rory created.  Because that's impossible.  Rory was

Today was a great day mixing songs for the upcoming EP.    stay tuned for the TIP OF THE WEEK on Monday.  Where Jp explains his control room speaker system and how you can get this done on a budget.    Taking a break from mixing.

Hello ALL This will be my new blog to share information I learn, keep you informed about the band and also get feedback from anyone. Have you got a venue suggestion let us know? Have you got a song request? Let us Know Want to know how a band member gets a certain sound? ask us. Want a picture or how to get merchandise?  ask us. Stay tuned and sign the guest book and we will add you to the blog. Thanks for all your Support John-Paul "Jp" Jones