Blue Me - new music from samples arranged using a sequencer

This is another of the tracks from my experimental CD, all tracks available as a free download from SoundCloud.

This one has a bluesy feel, hence the title. Looking forward to playing with this type of set-up again but would love to hear what you think about this track.



I have played around with guitars and keyboards for years but this seems to open completely new dimensions in creating music. What do you think?

An Experiment with Samples and Sequencing

OK, this is another post which doesn't concern guitars, but it's my blog and I make the rules!

A few years ago (2005/6) I got excited by a program which my son purchased and I really enjoyed creating some "music" using samples from a huge collection of all sorts of genres, and putting them together using a sequencer. I think it was Acid/Sound Forge but I am not sure. I need to check with my son and see if there is anything that is on the web and comes free which will do the same job.

The songs I created by this technique were burned to a CD and it somehow got forgotten over the intervening years. Recently I have found it again and have now uploaded all nine tracks (47 minutes of playtime) onto SoundCloud. You can hear the playlist of all the tracks on the CD at

This is Me / John Dyhouse

I intend to upload more music from my early days, although the quality may be a little rough and maybe re-record some of my favourite songs. A lot of music I have available is on cassette tape and in the end the quality maay determine if it is worth uploading. This seems a better bet than the videos which I have been posting onto You Tube.

I would love it if you could find a little time to listen to some of the tracks on SoundCloud anad maybe even make a short comment. Please feel free to criticise, I am not looking for meaningless comments. But do remember this is the result of several days playing around and nothing more. I feel that the technique has a lot of potential though.