Below are some songs that JGJ has written in this genre.
Winnen of Verliezen - JGJ
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JGJ-WinnenOfVerliezen.mp3
This song, written by JGJ in the mid-80s, starts out as pure rock but gradually evolves into a so-called "wall of sound."
It's clearly symphonic rock, one of JGJ's favorite genres.
Several people tried to make the song their own, but JGJ felt that none of them did justice to his song.
JGJ therefore adapted and re-recorded the arrangement of this song at the beginning of this century,
playing all the instruments himself.
He even did the vocals, although it took a lot of effort to get them truly in tune.
JGJ-WinnenOfVerliezen.mp3
Fijn bij jou - JGJ
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JGJ-FijnBijJou.mp3
Somewhat inspired by the increasingly popular reggae music in the Netherlands in the eighties, JGJ started working on this song at that time.
Unfortunately (or should we say 'fortunately') the song became more and more immersed in his own style over time.
Twenty years later (at the beginning of this century), JGJ wrote the piano arrangement for it.
Because the song was recorded with the music program 'Logic', which unfortunately no longer works on later PCs, it remained in this state for a very long time.
Again, twenty years later (in the mid-2020s), JGJ switched to the 'Cubase Pro' program and picked up this song again, which can be heard here now.
As usual, he played all the instruments himself and sang the vocals as well.
JGJ-FijnBijJou.mp3
Allein staon - JGJ
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JGJ-AlleinStaon.mp3
This is perhaps one of the few songs from those early days that has survived, because JGJ continued to play the song later on.
He wrote this song in the mid-seventies, but this recording is from the beginning of this century.
It is the very first song ever that he sang himself.
The song was originally written for guitar, but in this production JGJ only used keyboard instruments and a drum machine.
The entire recording was done with the latest PC version of the 'Logic' program from the German company Emagic, before Emagic was bought by Apple.
JGJ-AlleinStaon.mp3
Houvast - Shanou
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Shanou-Houvast.mp3
This rock song also comes from the same session as the two below and was also on that found cassette with demo songs.
However, the song on the cassette was so damaged that only the vocals could be reasonably saved with A.I.
JGJ has therefore created a completely new arrangement (with elements from the original recording) and recently re-recorded it on his own.
He then remixed this with Shanou's (original) vocals, so that the song can still be heard here, albeit in a new version.
So, the song's vocals still date from the aforementioned session, but not after being polished up as much as possible.
However, the song became a bit shorter, as the vocals were unusable in some places and impossible to retouch.
Fortunately, this isn't audible, as it's been neatly resolved in this new recording.
Shanou-Houvast.mp3
Ik wil leven - Shanou
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Shanou-IkWilLeven.mp3
In the second half of the 1980s, JGJ, together with Fer Peters, recorded some demo songs of JGJ's with the vocal duo Shanou.
Unfortunately, a copy of this was found on an old cassette more than 35 years later, what didn't improve its quality.
Unfortunately, there were only two songs on that cassette that were still reasonably good, although even these two needed to be polished up here and there.
JGJ and Fer recorded the original songs together with only one synthesizer/keyboard (Roland Juno 60)
and a simple drum machine in the then AMR 8-track studio in Venlo-Blerick.
The vocal duo Shanou then sang the lyrics, after which JGJ made the final mix.
Shanou-IkWilLeven.mp3
Vluchten (waar wil je heen) - Shanou
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Shanou-Vluchten.mp3
This song is from the same session as 'Ik wil leven' above. It was also on the found cassette with demo songs.
Thanks to A.I., some parts of the song could be split off and polished separately.
After this, JGJ will remix the polished parts with the original whole.
As a result, this song can then be listened to as it should have sounded back then.
Shanou-Vluchten.mp3
Vrij - Ray Drossaert
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RayDrossaert-Vrij.mp3
This song by JGJ has had different lyrics and titles, but never got beyond some rehearsals.
Only after Ray recorded this song as an instrumental version with a southern twist, it became a fresh and cheerful song.
It has also regained its original and first title here.
RayDrossaert-Vrij.mp3
Niet schieten - JGJ
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JGJ-NietSchieten.mp3
JGJ wrote this song in 20 minutes while he was traveling home on the train from Eindhoven.
It may have been adjusted slightly afterwards, but the big picture has never changed.
JGJ always wanted to add the vocals to it, but it has not happened in recent years,
mainly because his 'Logic' software no longer worked on his later PCs.
That's why this song is only available here as an instrumental version for the time being.
Hopefully, a full version (including vocals) will be released someday, which will then be available here.
JGJ-NietSchieten.mp3
The songs above have all been officially registered with the copyright authority BUMA/STEMRA in the Netherlands.
Below are the registered authors of these songs.
'Allein staon', 'Winnen of verliezen', 'Ik wil leven', 'Houvast', 'Vrij', 'Niet schieten', and 'Fijn bij jou'
Written by JGHM Janssen (JGJ), Venlo (NL)
'Vluchten'
Written by JGHM Janssen (JGJ) and H Winter, Venlo (NL)