news for SSMD

Finished Steve Jansen's latest album, Fifty Ain't What It's Cracked Up To Be. It's a collection of country tunes and we've sent it off to CDBaby to make its way in the world. I'm getting more into poetry as a creative outlet. The website has a new, less cluttered, splash page and I hope it doesn't confuse anyone. ~ Johnny
July 6, 2010

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Gear to all you wonderfully creative song slingers! ~ Johnny
December 25, 2009

Steve Jansen's album Anything You Want To Be has caught fire at CD Baby so I've been busy making copies to restock his supply there. Wayne Judson has also had some sales of his acapella album Acapella Moods in Calif. Trying to figure out a way to rearrange the studio to enable more live playing (with a limited amount of room). HAPPY HALLOWEEN ~ Johnny
October 23, 2009

Working on fine tuning the "google site search" for this site and the Zonic Zoup site. It's almost doing what I want it to...if I can just get the planets aligned right. Enjoy summer! ~ Johnny
July 15, 2009

Still fine tuning the Zonic Zoup website and working on a couple of new tunes with a dance feel. We are on CD Baby and their distribution sites! ~ Johnny
March 15, 2009

Happy New Year everyone! May your successes match your dreams in the coming year. I stole that quote from Bob Leduc - a great friend and bass player.
January 1, 2009

Johnny is busy creating a website for his band - ZONICZOUP. It will be a focal point for his songwriting. He is also making new business cards for the same reason. Jokerz Wild is soon to be featured on CD Baby! Yes...he is also working on 2 new songs and a narration.
December 1, 2008

Johnny just bought a laptop (so he can accomplish more!?) and guess what...the silly thing has a learning curve! Going from XP to Vista (his software doesn't play well with others) plus a different keyboard layout may be just what Johnny needs to finally send him over the edge.
August 3, 2008

Johnny is creating and revising a minidisk sampler for the Jokerz Wild album that will play on a computer. He is also doing battle with 3 (yes 3) computer viruses that his anti-virus software says has been taken care of...
Jan 23, 2008

Wendell Radke is going back into the prostudio arena to get a band sound sound for his latest songs. He has also been promoting the Jokerz Wild album every chance he gets (he has several collaborations on it).
Oct 23, 2007

Johnny and his album are now also on Facebook.com. He seems to be everywhere...
Sept 24, 2007

Johnny is working to fine-tune the myspace.com page for Sonic Soup Music. We hope to attract some extra traffic to our website. Try it out at myspace.com/johnnysonique. Steve Jansen has won some more awards (as usual) for his great lyrics. Check out the listing on his bio page.
June 10, 2007

This month we welcome a new bi-weekly column by Everyman; a drummer, singer, and Life Coach from MA. He provides valuable insight into the human condition , creativity, and getting along in a world where, so many times, only lip service is given to helping your fellow man, and woman sort out their talents and dreams and do something uniquely their own.
May 1, 2007

Convenient Music has moved to a concession in Rivers Edge Studio in Haverhill. The store won't be selling independent CD's. Many thanks to Ben Stewart for selling Jokerz Wild the last 3 years.
Jan 29, 2007

Can you believe it!? Johnny is still fine tuning the website. It has turned into a monster that is growing and surrounding his life like an amoeba in a 50's science fiction movie. He'll get back to his music lab one of these days (daze).
Oct 14, 2006

George McKinney, our primier poet, has added some of his work to our website. He created the lyrics for "Not Enough Time" on the Jokerz Wild album. Click samples on the songwriters page under George.
Jun 28, 2006

Well...Johnny finally got the lightning directed, the confabulator adjusted, and the electricity generated in his underground cave laboratory so the website is back up and he is fine tuning it. Feel free to send him any updated info or photos. Thanks for your patience!
Jun 18, 2006

Bonnie Rhodes of Missouri has emailed us and shown an interest in joining the website. She has worked with Steve Jansen over the years and has contributed several songs for his demo albums.
Jan 10, 2005

Happy New Year to all you wild and crazy songwriters whose raging hormones, clever minds, and twisted psyches have brought us pleasure time and time again. May the new year be exceptionally inspirational!
Jan 5, 2005

Johnny now has his Graphics Design certificate and is working on several new songs with which to transport your heart and mind. The Joker's wild about you...give us a listen!
Nov 7, 2004

Songwriter Wendell Radke has been doing an exceptional job of promoting the Jokerz Wild album in the New York area.
Sep 10, 2004

Yes...Johnny Sonique is still alive! Now he's going to school for Graphic Design to improve on those catchy CD covers for his music. Being somewhat warped he's also trying some new things on the synth and in the computer. Fighting for the Indie way of life, he marches onward.
Aug 14, 2003

Johnny is running around like crazy rebuilding websites, promoting music, getting together with songwriters, coaxing his computers to do the right thing, and getting deep into his next album.The music cave is awash with strange lights and sounds, and the electricity of creation!
Oct 26, 2002

Johnny Sonique is a carbon-based human music machine. He has been making strange sounds and singable music since the middle 70's. Johnny's studio cave, located deep "underground"- and under tons of ideas, has ancient and modern Frankenstein gear which he abuses to morph pop songs into his many sonic creations.
Oct 25, 2002

Johnny has a long-standing relationship with lyricists and songwriters such as Steve Jansen, Des Gahan, Wendell Radke, and George McKinney and uses a combination of computers, synths and acoustic instruments, stirring them into the soup of traditional music.
Oct 25, 2002

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