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Jones began his musical career in the 1970s, with his first notable recording session taking place at Toronto Sound Studio, under the mentorship of producer Terry Brown. During this time, Jones honed his skills, not only in music production but also in the art of making a perfect cup of tea.[citation needed] His talent soon caught the attention of major music publishers, leading to signing contracts as a singer-songwriter with CBS Songs and ATV Music.
1978 marked a pivotal year for Jones as he joined CBS Canada's pop group, Bond.[citation needed] As a versatile musician handling keyboards, guitar, and vocals, he contributed to Bond's final recording, "I Can't Help It." Following this, he embarked on tours with several bands, including the rock cover band FUNN—featuring Dee Long and Terry Draper of Klaatu—the show band Canada, and Gary O's Kid Rainbow.
In 1979, Jones formed a notable partnership with Dee Long of Klaatu, beginning a 15-year musical and business collaboration. This partnership would shape much of his future endeavors in the music industry.
Jones performed on piano at the LSO Summer Pops '87 at Barbican Hall, with Martin and he wrote the MIDI chapter in Martin's book; Making Music, and appeared in a segment of BBC's Science In Action, filmed at AIR Studios, in Studio 5. [citation needed]
Jones and Long also worked on the development of the Akai S1000 sampler, producing one of the first Sample CD's, The AIR Sessions, which developed into the original sound library for the S1000 sampler.[citation needed]
Jones began working with Duran Duran at AIR Studios,[1] where he produced the B side single, "This Is How A Road Gets Made", and programmed sampled sounds for their Big Thing tour. Soon after, he was working full time on their Liberty album, with producer Chris Kimsey, at Olympic Studio in Barnes.[citation needed]
During the Liberty sessions, Jones co-produced the promotional single, "Burning the Ground", which was made up of samples of Duran Duran songs, from their Decade: Greatest Hits album release.[2]
1990s
In 1990, Jones created samples for John Cale for the album Songs for Drella. He worked again with Chris Kimsey on Paul Rodgers's Laying Down the Law, and on the Rolling Stones' Flashpoint (album), where he edited live tracks and created the intro piece, "Continental Drift." [citation needed]
Jones' next co-production with Duran Duran was their Thank You album of cover songs, released in 1995, which was voted #1 of the 50 Worst Albums Ever! by Q magazine in 2006.[4]
In 1996, Jones wrote and produced tracks for Dan Hill's I'm Doing Fine, spawning the top 10 song Wrapped and "These Strange Times" on Fleetwood Mac's Time, featuring Mick Fleetwood on lead vocal, as well as producing, engineering and performing on Dan Hill's song, Seduces Me, for Celine Dion.
John Jones was awarded the 1997 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year (Producer)[citation needed], Album Of The Year (Engineer) and Pop Album Of The Year (Producer), 'Pop Album Of The Year (Engineer) for producing Celine Dion's Seduces Me, from the multi-platinum CD, Falling Into You.
During 1998, Jones composed scores for the award winning film [citation needed], Stuart Bliss, as well as Lucky Lawson and Ipola (composed with Steve Ferrone).
Jones released his first solo album of his own material called One Moment in Time in 1998. The album garnered three MP3.com Pop Chart number ones for the singles State Of Mind and Turning Me inside Out.[citation needed]
2000s
Jones' solo album: One Moment in Time, was re-released by Victor Entertainment in Japan in late 2001, to coincide with a Kirin Beer advertising campaign, for which Jones sang the lead vocal on the song, I'll Be There, recorded for Simon Le Bon's Japanese music company, Syn Entertainment. [citation needed]
In 2003, Jones and drummer, Steve Ferrone, founded Drumroll Musicians Workshop studio in Burbank, California. They were joined by guitarist and producer, Steve Postell, working on productions and sessions including Ferrone's Farm Fur, Keb' Mo', Emily Richards, Edgar Winter, Jeff Golub, Sabian, Dean & Robert Deleo, Alex Ligertwood, and Brian Auger. During this time, Ferrone and Jones composed the score for the film, Puzzle. [citation needed]
2007 was the start of Jones' collaboration with Richard Martinez and Meninos do Morumbi, the Brazilian school and social program for favela children, founded by Flavio Pimenta, for the Music is Hope Foundation. [citation needed]
In November 2009, Jones released his second solo album, Black N White, with drums by Steve Ferrone. [citation needed]
Jones produced the 2015 album Meninos Do Morumbi & Friends. In 2018, Jones co-produced the Joey Niceforo orchestral pop album: Priceless, with Steve Sidwell and Sam Reid. This album was recorded in London at Abbey Road Studios by the engineer Steve Price and conducted by Sidwell. Jones also produced Terry McDermott's U.K. single "Lost Again" and album, Beautiful Destruction. [citation needed]
Klaatu was a Canadian rock group formed in 1973 by the duo of John Woloschuk and Dee Long. They named themselves after an ambassador, Klaatu, from an extraterrestrial confederation who visits Earth with his companion robot Gort in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still. After recording two non-charting singles, the band added drummer Terry Draper to the line-up; this trio constituted Klaatu throughout the rest of the band's recording career.
Stephen A. Ferrone is an English drummer. He is known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Average White Band in the 1970s. Ferrone has recorded and performed with Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Duran Duran, Stevie Nicks, Laura Pausini, Christine McVie, Rick James, Slash, Chaka Khan, Bee Gees, Scritti Politti, Aerosmith, Al Jarreau, Mick Jagger, Johnny Cash, Todd Rundgren and Pat Metheny. Ferrone also hosts The New Guy radio show on Sirius XM's Tom Petty Radio.
Hearts and Bones is the sixth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was released in 1983 by Warner Bros. Records.
Duran Duran is the seventh studio album and the second self-titled album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 15 February 1993 through Parlophone and Capitol Records.
Heredity is a 1985 album by Rational Youth, now down to singer Tracy Howe with numerous studio musicians. In retrospect, Howe was less than happy with the album, especially with the fact that it looked like he was using the Rational Youth name as a flag of convenience for a solo album. The use of the Rational Youth name was suggested by Capitol Records, to which Howe acquiesced. The album, while successful, appealed to a different audience than earlier Rational Youth fans, confusing the latter. To date, the album has never seen a CD release.
"Notorious" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released internationally by EMI on 20 October 1986 as the first single from their fourth studio album of the same name. It showcased a new direction for Duran Duran with a funk rock sound.
"Skin Trade" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released in January 1987 as the second single from their fourth studio album, Notorious (1986). It showcased a drastic change from their previous singles, with R&B influences, brass solos and funk guitar riffs, in addition to a Prince-style falsetto from lead vocalist Simon Le Bon.
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Falling into You is the fourteenth studio album and fourth English-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 11 March 1996 by Sony Music. The follow-up to her blockbuster album The Colour of My Love (1993) and French-language D'eux (1995), Falling into You showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project she collaborated with Jim Steinman, who wrote and produced "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", among others. Several songs were produced by David Foster, including Diane Warren's "Because You Loved Me". In total, Dion worked on the album with fourteen producers and a variety of songwriters and musicians.
Celine Dion is the eleventh studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion and her second English-language album. It was released by Columbia Records and Epic Records on 30 March 1992 and features the Grammy and Academy Award-winning song "Beauty and the Beast" and other hits, such as "If You Asked Me To" and "Love Can Move Mountains". The album was produced by Walter Afanasieff, Ric Wake, Guy Roche, and Humberto Gatica. It reached numbers one in Quebec and three in Canada, where it was certified Diamond for shipments of over one million copies. At the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, Celine Dion was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The album has sold over five million copies worldwide.
Time is the sixteenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 10 October 1995. This album features a unique line-up for the band, featuring the addition of country vocalist Bekka Bramlett and former Traffic guitarist Dave Mason. It was the second album released after the departure of Lindsey Buckingham in 1987, and the only Fleetwood Mac album since 1974's Heroes Are Hard to Find to not feature any contribution from Stevie Nicks. Additionally, it is the final Fleetwood Mac studio album to feature Christine McVie as an official member.
"Too Much Information" is a song by English rock band Duran Duran, released in August 1993 by Parlophone and Capitol as the third single from their seventh studio album, Duran Duran (1993). In the United Kingdom, it became the band's third top-40 single from the album, while in North America, it peaked at numbers 45 and 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and number 26 in Canada. The accompanying music video for "Too Much Information" was filmed by British director Julien Temple in Santa Monica on 27 August and featured the elaborate stage setup designed for the band's 1993 Dilate Your Mind tour.
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Black n White is the second studio album by John Jones, released on 4 November 2009 by John Jones Music and Artis Tech Media. The recording sessions began in Jones's Hollywood Dell studio. Overdubs continued at Drumroll studios in Burbank with drum legend Steve Ferrone, with mixes completed in Rodeo studio, and mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. Black N White was the last recording carried out in the Hollywood Dell tree house that previously recorded tracks for Duran Duran, Steve Ferrone, Fleetwood Mac, Dan Hill, Alan Frew, Celine Dion, and was the temporary home of Alanis Morissette during her Jagged Little Pill sessions.
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