Don't Give Up Jipes Band new album

[Jipes]

Hi Fret Members,

I want to share with you the good news a new baby born it's name is Don't Give Up a brand new album to celebrate our 20th Jubilee as Blues Band. We recorde it on a time span of 2 years due to time constrains and disponibility of our guest. Indeed it's a piece of history since we invited guest which were part of our Band or collaborated with us over this long period of twenty years.

11 tracks mainly covers of songs which were part of our repertoire for years and some new songs. we have also two originals: one blues song "Southbound" of me and "Spleenitude" a tribute to Claude Demet our deceased friend which recorded our first album in 2011.

Hope you'll like it 3 songs are free to listen on our web site boutique. I hope to soon offer a digital version on our Bandcamp account

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Below is a teaser of the recording sessions


https://youtu.be/muKZM70lau4

[marnold]

I'll definitely be checking this out.

[Jipes]

I'll definitely be checking this out.

Thanks Marnold :thumbsup

[Jimi75]

C'est super, vraiment! Really This Sounds so professional and true, it's great that guys like you keep the blues alive! You know I'm still hoping for a meet and a nice gig together :-)
I will buy your album!!!

[Jipes]

C'est super, vraiment! Really This Sounds so professional and true, it's great that guys like you keep the blues alive! You know I'm still hoping for a meet and a nice gig together :-)
I will buy your album!!!

Thanks a lot jimi, coming from an excellent musician like you it's really touching ! I would be very happy if we could hook together and share the stage for a gig ! Thanks again for the support !

[marnold]

I watched the teaser video. My French is absolutely hopeless so I had to rely on Google's mishmash of a translation of your site. It seemed like the only way to order was in Euros. Should I just wait for the digital version for ordering from this side of the pond?

[helliott]

Sounds great Jipes. Looking forward to the album.

[Jipes]

I watched the teaser video. My French is absolutely hopeless so I had to rely on Google's mishmash of a translation of your site. It seemed like the only way to order was in Euros. Should I just wait for the digital version for ordering from this side of the pond?

Hello Marnold, sorry for the lack of english instructions :thwap We don't really have an international destination. I thought that you could pay by credit card in this cas you'll pay in euros and your bank will do the conversion isn't it ? Same if you have a Paypal account ! When I set up teh boutique they didn't allow me to ask for different currencies

[Jipes]

Sounds great Jipes. Looking forward to the album.

Thanks Helliot ! The album is now available and soon as well as a digital download on our Bandcamp account

[tjcurtin1]

Wow! Sounds terrific, Jipes! Congratulations! And you covered one of my favorite Ry Cooder songs...!

[Jipes]

Thanks a lot TJ Curtin, I would love to do more Ry Cooder stuff, we also play on stage "Smack Dab in the Middle"

[piebaldpython]

Nice job Jipes.....really enjoyed the compilation on YouTube. Sounds great.

[Robert]

Love the sound and playing! Well done, you have a great thing going there.

[Jipes]

Nice job Jipes.....really enjoyed the compilation on YouTube. Sounds great.

Thanks a lot, we are really happy by the feedback of this new album. Everyones seems to have a blast with our new CD :thumbsup


Love the sound and playing! Well done, you have a great thing going there.

Thanks Robert, the set-up was pretty simpla two telecasters, one Fender like boutique amp from a friend of mine and a tube screamer with a touch of tremolo from the amp and a slice of delay from teh pedal and here we go. It's pretty basic but that's the way it sound the best for me :AOK

[Jipes]

By teh way the digital album is present there if you want to support us

https://mojotrio.bandcamp.com/album/dont-give-up

If you buy the download the album and want the graphics I'll be happy to give them freely

[Tig]

By teh way the digital album is present there if you want to support us

https://mojotrio.bandcamp.com/album/dont-give-up


Cool! I'll download it from home later today. :thumbsup

[Jipes]

You're welcome TIG :AOK

[tjcurtin1]

Oh ho! And who is playing slide on the Danelectro U3?! I bought one in a pawn shop a few months ago and really love it! I have just ordered the CD and look forward to getting it, Jipes - really nice playing on that teaser!

Ted

[Jipes]

Oh ho! And who is playing slide on the Danelectro U3?! I bought one in a pawn shop a few months ago and really love it! I have just ordered the CD and look forward to getting it, Jipes - really nice playing on that teaser!

Ted
It's a friend of us Florent Kirchmeyer a real talented guy which is mainly now playing Gipsy Jazz but he is good at whatever style he plays (Rock, Blues Reggae, Gipsy etc...). We had a ball trying to emulate each other on "One Way Out", this was a blast ! Thanks for the good words, we have been keeping it simple one or two takes and down to the bone, I guess that's the way we sound more real to what we are as a trio

[Katastrophe]

"Down in Hollywood" has some serious funky groove going on! Well done, Jipes.

[Jipes]

"Down in Hollywood" has some serious funky groove going on! Well done, Jipes.

Thanks a lot Man, Ry Cooder's music is such a hapiness to cover, his 1976 album Bop T'ill Drop is a must have !

[headstack]

I'll definitely be checking this out.+1 on that...
Smokin' stuff man!

Am I seeing things, or are those AKG 451-ck1 on the overheads as well as the hat?

Saw the 214s later on which are too new for me to have had a chance to try, but I imagine they were fairly airy and quiet, yes?

Keep me posted when a high res PCM is available?

Thanks,

John

[tjcurtin1]

Hey Jipes – the cd came two days ago – record time! I don’t get anything from the states that fast... The cd is great, and I am really enjoying listening to it. The band is really tight with great playing and singing all around, and the production is really nice, open and well balanced. Congratulations! It would be fun to hear you play live.

[Jipes]

Hey Jipes – the cd came two days ago – record time! I don’t get anything from the states that fast... The cd is great, and I am really enjoying listening to it. The band is really tight with great playing and singing all around, and the production is really nice, open and well balanced. Congratulations! It would be fun to hear you play live.

Many Thanks Ted you're our first International order :applause :happy I'm really glad the CD came on decent time and that you enjoy it ! Do you have so far a favorite tune ? Thanks for the support we really deeply appreciate :thumbsup

[headstack]

Pardon my boneheadednes Jipes,
I only see links for the studio teaser and streaming/download link.

Is there a link to pick up the CD?

This is what I'm hoping to get a hold of, or the same quality or better if download is the only option for USA buyers.

Thanks

[Robert]

Just curious - how do you handle the licensing of cover tunes? How much does it cost?

[Jipes]

Pardon my boneheadednes Jipes,
I only see links for the studio teaser and streaming/download link.

Is there a link to pick up the CD?

This is what I'm hoping to get a hold of, or the same quality or better if download is the only option for USA buyers.

Thanks
Hello Headstack, you go this link
http://www.mojo.fr/boutique.html and choose the Paypal option. For the USA the postage cost 5,15€ so if you could just add 3€ by paypal to ùy account it would cover perfectly the cost:)

[Jipes]

Just curious - how do you handle the licensing of cover tunes? How much does it cost?

The CD is declared at SACEM SDRM which is the french organism to pay the copyright it has cost us around 480€ for the 500CD

[Robert]

So you have to sell quite a few CDs to break even.

[Jipes]

So you have to sell quite a few CDs to break even.

Oh Yes but it's not the reason for making this record you know if I wanted to make profit out of music specially in France I would rather choose another style of music :happy The most important s to celebrate our 20years together as a band that's not so common those days

we wil of course be very happy if many people would buy the album and enjoy our blues :AOK

[Robert]

Understand completely.


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[Jimi75]

Jipes my friend,

Onl today I had the chance to listen to the entire album. To be honest - it's world class! The mix is superb and I totally dig the room on the record (reverb). It sounds very natural. Let me guess - you recorded most of the stuff "live" not one by one. Your guitar sounds extremely direct. The only little little thing (please excuse me ;-)) is that I find that the solo sound could be a tiny bit beefier in the bass/mid spectrum (it still sounds great, you know what I mean Jipes) - did you use a TS circuit to boost the solos? The vocals - oh man - very entertaining and classic - that timbre is awesome. Your band has that layed back groove that can only be produced by feeling the music and exploring the boundries of a song. I love all of your interpretations, especially Cold Shot. It features this great groove that differs from the original, but it fits as perfect as a glove! You did not overdose the brass parts, which I really find a clever move! It's the right dosis of brass here and there and it finds perfection in Down In Hollywood.
Thumbs Up - you did everything perfect with that jubilee album!

[Jipes]

Jipes my friend,

Onl today I had the chance to listen to the entire album. To be honest - it's world class! The mix is superb and I totally dig the room on the record (reverb). It sounds very natural. Let me guess - you recorded most of the stuff "live" not one by one. Your guitar sounds extremely direct. The only little little thing (please excuse me ;-)) is that I find that the solo sound could be a tiny bit beefier in the bass/mid spectrum (it still sounds great, you know what I mean Jipes) - did you use a TS circuit to boost the solos? The vocals - oh man - very entertaining and classic - that timbre is awesome. Your band has that layed back groove that can only be produced by feeling the music and exploring the boundries of a song. I love all of your interpretations, especially Cold Shot. It features this great groove that differs from the original, but it fits as perfect as a glove! You did not overdose the brass parts, which I really find a clever move! It's the right dosis of brass here and there and it finds perfection in Down In Hollywood.
Thumbs Up - you did everything perfect with that jubilee album!

Thanks thousand times Jimi, yes indeed it was mostly recorded as a live trio, we did only one or two takes to keep it as natural as possible. As for the guitar sound, yes that's the way I play on stage I cut off most of the medium and I use a custom Ts 808 pedal designed by the guy who build my Tweed Vibrolux amp.

As for the groove I guess we re just getting old :) thanks a lot for your nice praise coming from an excellent musician it really touch me deeply :AOK

[tjcurtin1]

I agree with Jimi - the more I listen the more I like it. Today I was listening in the house for the first time (as opposed to in the car). As I said before, , the production is great and the sound so well balanced, and as Jimi said the room sound is perfect. I was also impressed with the way that you put your own very unique take on each tune and make it your own.

As I was listening, my sister came in. She stopped and listened and said, "I like this, it's really good. Who is it?". I told her she wouldn't know the band, and asked her if she noticed anything (I didn't know how else to say it). She said, "What do you mean? The guitar is good, the band is good and the singer is really good. Am I supposed to know or hear something else?" So I explained how I came by the cd through knowing Jipes on a forum. She paused a moment and then said, 'So, do you mean that the band is French?!" When I said yes, she looked really surprised, and then suspicious, and said, "No way! They're French? The singer is French? I can't tell!" I should say also that my sister has studied some French on her own, so she is not deaf to the sound of the language.

Now for the funny part. After that conversation, as I was listening I was saying to myself, "I wonder who the singer is - I should check the liner notes". So I look, but I can't find him... there is Jipes on guitar, Ben on bass and Mitch on drums, with all the other musicians - no singer. So I go get my glasses and look again, and then I see it 'Jipes - vocal and guitar'! I had read right past that, assuming that it just said 'guitar'. Wow! Now I am really impressed, Jipes!

[Jipes]

I agree with Jimi - the more I listen the more I like it. Today I was listening in the house for the first time (as opposed to in the car). As I said before, , the production is great and the sound so well balanced, and as Jimi said the room sound is perfect. I was also impressed with the way that you put your own very unique take on each tune and make it your own.

As I was listening, my sister came in. She stopped and listened and said, "I like this, it's really good. Who is it?". I told her she wouldn't know the band, and asked her if she noticed anything (I didn't know how else to say it). She said, "What do you mean? The guitar is good, the band is good and the singer is really good. Am I supposed to know or hear something else?" So I explained how I came by the cd through knowing Jipes on a forum. She paused a moment and then said, 'So, do you mean that the band is French?!" When I said yes, she looked really surprised, and then suspicious, and said, "No way! They're French? The singer is French? I can't tell!" I should say also that my sister has studied some French on her own, so she is not deaf to the sound of the language.

Now for the funny part. After that conversation, as I was listening I was saying to myself, "I wonder who the singer is - I should check the liner notes". So I look, but I can't find him... there is Jipes on guitar, Ben on bass and Mitch on drums, with all the other musicians - no singer. So I go get my glasses and look again, and then I see it 'Jipes - vocal and guitar'! I had read right past that, assuming that it just said 'guitar'. Wow! Now I am really impressed, Jipes!

Thanks a lot for this very nice quote coming from your sister, I take it thousand times :AOK Most of the people who know me and are used to hear me speaking are usually surprised when they hear me perfoming the first time. They all say that I have somehow a totally different voice ???? As for myself after 30 years singing I still have a tough time to listen to myself singing but I guess it's the same for every singer :rotflmao:

I really appreciated what you pointed out concerning the way of getting the songs done in our own way that's a very nice compliment ! I've been looking for years to be a kind of myself despite my big influences which are B.B King and Buddy Guy and more recently the great Tab Benoit (reason why I mostly play Thinline Telecasters)

[Jipes]

Dear Jimi and Ted I have to ask you for a favor, would you give me your permission to use your kind words of appreciation to advertise our album ?

[Jimi75]

Hi Jipes,

Of course!! Feel free to use my feedback!

[Jipes]

Thanks a lot Jimi :thumbsup

[tjcurtin1]

Sure, Jipes, I'd be happy to do anything to help encourage people to get this music! I know they'll be glad that they did...
Ted

[Jipes]

That's really cool Ted thanks a lot ��

[Jipes]

we had the great opportunity to open the show for a great french Bluesman Fred Chapellier which is playing Peter Green music's as a tribute . We played a 1 hour show and got lots of praise about our performance it was cool to play with the Horn section which is present on our album.

here is two links of videos


https://www.facebook.com/lucette.finck/videos/10206746835527708/


https://www.facebook.com/nicolas.marty.16/videos/943872292374202/

[Jimi75]

Wow! That sounds great!! Seemed to have been a rather big location. The horn section is cool - did they know all the songs since they aren't fix part of your band and did you rehearse with the entire line up before the gig?

[Jipes]

Wow! That sounds great!! Seemed to have been a rather big location. The horn section is cool - did they know all the songs since they aren't fix part of your band and did you rehearse with the entire line up before the gig?

Thanks a lot Jimi, yes venue is quite big made for 250 people and it was almost full, we had only one rehearsal with the horns three days before the show. JC the trumpet player transcribed the charts from the originals when it was available and we try to adapt them to our own version. we had lot's of fun. We plan to incorporate them more regularly in our concerts from now on (if the cash allowance is sufficient)

[Robert]

Very nice!