JGJ has written many songs in this genre throughout his life.
Below you can find some demo versions of these songs.
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
Houvast - Shanou
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Shanou-Houvast.mp3
Unfortunately, the original version of this song was found on an old cassette after more than 35 years, which didn't benefit the quality of the recording.
Only the vocals could be reasonably saved with A.I.
JGJ has therefore created a completely new arrangement 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 original recording, but not after being polished up as much as possible.
Only the vocals during the intro of the song were no longer usable, so this part no longer appears in the new version.
But this has been neatly resolved in the new version and is not even noticable anymore.
Shanou-Houvast.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
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
Ik wil leven - Shanou
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Shanou-IkWilLeven.mp3
This track was also on the 35-year-old cassette mentioned above.
Work is still underway to improve this track as well. For the time being, only the old version can be listened to here.
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-IkWilLeven.mp3
Vluchten (waar wil je heen) - Shanou
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Shanou-Vluchten.mp3
This track was also on the 35-year-old demo cassette from the eighties, which was already mentioned above.
The quality of this specific track was still reasonable in most places, but has been improved here and there,
so that this version can now be listened to here.
JGJ and Fer Peters recorded the original version together back then with just one synthesizer/keyboard (Roland Juno 60)
and a simple KORG drum machine in the then-current (analog) AMR 8-track studio in Venlo-Blerick.
In 2025, this song was split (as far as possible) into vocals and various musical instruments using A.I..
Afterwards, JGJ slightly improved the different musical parts and vocals separately and remixed them.
Although the track still doesn't sound optimal, it can be listened to here as it should have sounded somewhat like it did 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 by 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 HLM Winter, Venlo (NL)
