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Saturday afternoon in Paris

2012-01-14T14:50:00.000-08:00

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Option Knob

2012-01-09T10:50:00.000-08:00

Hi there!

I've just received from the US magic knobs that'll set my tone free!

No more hassle with parameters to change on the fly, no more trouble finding the right tone. Limitless possibilities are now coming to my feet.

This is exactly what I dig the most in gear, when constraints lead to creative opportunities.

Congrats Option Knob!

Jean-François

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Goodbye Pod Pie Hat

2012-01-08T08:33:00.000-08:00

Au revoir à la Ferme, au Haricot et au Singe,
merci pour vos bons et loyaux services,
grâce auxquels j'ai pu enregistrer mon album "Seven Seeds of Life".
Bon produit (carte son + plug-in sons modélisés) mais j'aime trop mon Marshall JVM410H.
La modélisation c'est pratique, mais pour le son d'un ampli rien ne vaut... un ampli.

Place à la Torpille et au Duo-multiplié-par-lui-même.
Très belle carte son Apogee Duet2, clarté, brillance, transparence. Ma Godin Multiac Duet Nylon branchée en direct et hop, c'est dans la boîte.
Plug-in Two-Notes Engineeering PI-101 Wall of Sound absolument incroyable dans la simulation de prise de son. Réaliste, ludique, intuitif.

Mon trio gagnant de début 2012:
Torpedo PI-101 WoS,
Apogee Duet2,
Ableton Live 8.

Une Valley Arts Custom Pro, 2 ou 3 réglages... un son ENORME au rendez-vous.

Plusieurs videos en cours de préparation.

Stay tuned!

xx
Jean-François

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Konny Steding

2012-01-07T10:04:00.000-08:00

Shot in Paris today. Work by Konny Steding.
Damn, I LOVE streetart.
xx

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Film scoring workshop

2012-01-07T09:59:00.000-08:00

New videos coming up.

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Column by French webzine musicwaves.fr on "Seven Seeds of Life"

2012-01-04T08:10:00.001-08:00

Hi there!
Please find hereafter the column (in French) on my album "Seven Seeds of Life" by the Rock/Heavy Metal webzine musicwaves.fr.

Click here:
http://www.musicwaves.fr/frmchronique.aspx?pro_id=7838

xoxo
Jean-François

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Practice

2012-01-02T23:24:00.000-08:00

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CHRISTMAS WALK - video clip

2011-12-18T11:06:00.000-08:00

Believe it or not, I composed the core of this song in 15 min on Christmas night in 2011.
That night I had a long and pleasant walk in Paris to clear my head and enjoy the lovely parisian Christmas atmosphere.

I went out for just a couple of hours, ...this turned out to be a 5-hour walk. The lights, the smooth and dry air, everything was just perfect.

Once in my home studio I came up with a simple and swaying groove that would express the meditative state I experimented in that walk. The keyboards melody just adds a little touch of melancholy.

The guitar solo is the longest I've ever recorded (so far...). I deliberately chose a Fender Telecaser on that tune for the rawness of its woods. When overdriven, its single coils deliver a screaming bitterness that is nicely balanced by the obsessive, low-end background rythms.

This composition is also the first time I've ever considered music and video so closely intertwined. Before I recorded the first note of the guitar solo I had in mind exactly how the video would look like in the end.

Hope you'll enjoy.
xxx
JF

CHRISTMAS WALK - Making Of (Part 2/2)

2011-12-16T02:26:00.000-08:00

This is the second and final installment of the preparationsessions for a new tune, "Christmas Walk".

Same guitar effects (OCD Fulltone + xotic RC Booster S. Henderson), same DAW (Ableton Live), same need for experimentation, same instruments... except the balalaika is replaced by a classical guitar.

The electric guitars are a Valley Arts Custom Pro and a Fender Telecaster (w/Hepcat pickups). The classical guitar was built by Pascal Quinson, a French luthier.

Enjoy
xxx
JF

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CHRISTMAS WALK - Making Of (Part 1/2)

2011-12-13T01:19:00.000-08:00

This is just me, stretching my horizon on a new composition called "Christmas Walk".

Whenever I consider composing and recording a new guitar solo, I always go through numerous improvisation sessions. Just grab a guitar, push REC and let music do the talking...

Hour after hour, this allows me to experience several moods and to visualize the atmosphere I'll put in the final version. Not to mention I also have opportunities to come up with crazy ideas, to make mistakes, to surprise or scare myself.

When you don't know how the next five seconds will be, when you let music flow through you without any judgement, that's what makes music REALLY exciting to me.

In this video I've tried several electric guitar combinations with single coils and humbuckers, and wandered a little bit with acoustic stuff. Well anyway... I enjoyed myself A LOT doing this video. :)))

I hope you'll enjoy it too!
xxx
JF

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Cordoba

2011-11-11T16:06:00.000-08:00

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Peace and quiet - Improvisation with tc electronic Flashback Delay

2011-10-19T00:47:00.000-07:00

Hi there,

Here's an informal tune I wrote on the fly with the tc electronic Flashback Delay.

This is the TAPE mode, an emulation of the old-style tape delays. Combined with the Lovepedal Babyface Tremolo, it creates a vintage atmosphere where the sounds swells nicely back and forth like waves or unpredictable patterns.

Enjoy it
JF

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Blues - Improvisation with tc electronic Flashback Delay

2011-10-17T12:43:00.000-07:00

Aupa!

Here's an informal improvisation with the tc electronic Flashback Delay, in the (just cooooool, baby) DYN mode of the pedal.

While playing, the dynamic delay allows you to play without being overwhelmed by the effect as the level is attenuated.
Moreover the effect's output is directly triggered by the attack of the input signal, which enables limitless damn crazy ideas between phrases!

The rawness of the sound is what I dig the most in the Telecaster. The nervousness of the ash body and the brightness of the maple neck are the perfect match to an overdriven Marshall amp. The RC Booster just ads more low-end balls to the sound.

Enjoy it
Jean-François

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In the Temple - Improvisation with tc electronic Flashback Delay

2011-10-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

Hi folks,

I've just purchased the tc electronic Flashback delay pedal. This new gear is simply amazing to play, its versatility led me to improvise for hours this morning.

This video is an informal improvisation in the "2290 mode" of the pedal, the digital delay section.

Enjoy it!
Jean-François

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New track coming soon... (part 2)

2011-10-01T23:38:00.000-07:00

Track's three-minute guitar-solo nailed... now let's hit the comp!

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New track coming out soon...

2011-09-04T06:11:00.000-07:00

Interview "Le Son du Bout des Pieds" (08/2011)

2011-08-28T15:25:00.000-07:00

Hi folks,

French guitar-gear website LeSonDuBoutDesPieds.fr contacted me lately to make an interview about effects.

Sirka asked me to describe my rigs, to share a few experiences and to explain my connection to guitar-effects through the years.

I hope my answers are as interesting as the questions.

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Enjoy it!

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Alternative 2011 pedalboard

2011-08-28T07:36:00.000-07:00

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On a desert island

2011-08-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

Every 2 weeks I update my iPod library. Picking 30 or 40 albums out of 400 is always a wrenching experience since I don't really know how my musical needs will be several days later. Not to mention I'm very good at wanting to listen to THAT specific song which happens to be out of the iPod, argghh...
This moment of selection is a frequent opportunity to look at my tastes and how they evolve as months pass by.

I always noticed that whatever the trends, I always come back to the music I loved when I was a teenager. Actually this is true for all people who really care for music. No wonder Jeff Beck is a huge rockabilly fan, Lemmy Kilmister and Ozzy Osbourne have always looked up to the Beatles.

Have you ever felt tattooed by some songs or albums? I'm quite sure you dug these songs when you were twenty-something or before.

To be honest, if I were to stay for a looooong, long time on a desert island I'd rather stay in touch with myself with a bunch of CDs instead of a TV set.

My sanity kit would be made of 10 albums :

Ozzy Osbourne "Just say Ozzy"
Ennio Morricone "Once upon a time in America/the West"
Jeff Beck "Guitar Shop"
Kanye West "Late Registration"
Paco de Lucia "Sirocco"
Van Halen "1984"
Kenny Garrett "Pursuance"
Aerosmith "Pump"
Michael Jackson "Dangerous"
Pablo Casals "JS Bach's cello Suites"

What about yours? :)

Peace
JF

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"Seven Seeds of Life" now available on GuitarEuroShop !!

2011-08-15T15:58:00.000-07:00

Hi folks,

I'm thrilled to announce that my album "Seven Seeds of Life" is now available on the famous guitar-oriented web distribution GuitarEuroShop !!

Click here

Enjoy it!

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