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Canadian singer/songwriter John Pippus has written songs in genres that span: rock, folk, blues, pop, and country. In addition to writing well over 150 of his own songs, he has co-written songs with both award-winning and up-and-coming writers.
Co-writers include: Trooper’s Ra McGuire (Vancouver), Angela Lauer (Nashville), Ivan Boudreau (Vancouver), Kacy Crowley (Austin), Aaron Joyce (Vancouver), Tim Shean (Nashville), Karina Morin (Montreal/Vancouver), Chris Aaron (Denver).
Air play on CBC Radio One, CBC Radio Three, CKDM, CFOX, CJSF, various BC-based radio stations and numerous internet radio stations internationally. AND right here on IAC over 100 stations have added my songs (thanks to all IAC station managers for that!)
Venues played include: The Bluebird Café (Nashville), Tractor Tavern (Seattle), The Yale Hotel (Vancouver), Canon’s Gait (Edinburgh) and Bruxelles Bar (Dublin).
NEW FULL LENGTH CD "THIS CITY" AVAILABLE FOR SALE. SEE BELOW, (JUST ABOVE COMMENTS) FOR TRACK LISTINGS AND ORDERING INFO.
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Oh Oh Oh (with Nat Jay)
A sweet little love song done as a duet.
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Le Cadre Photo
Chrystelle Nammour translated the lyrics of my song "Blurry Photograph" into her native French. And that's her vocal on it too. CURRENTLY #25 IN ITS GENRE. Thanks IAC!!
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French translation
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Mr. Undertaker
Harmonica and vocal. Recorded Wednesday June 24/09
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Harmonica and vocal
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Blurry Photograph
When I wrote it, I imagined the story taking place in Paris. Now Chrystelle Nammour, coincidentally living in Paris, has done a version in French (see above).
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tragedy in americana
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This City (Ain't No Friend Of Mine)
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Nothing Left To Say
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No Genre
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Lets Legalize It (Acoustic Version)
Guitar, bass, and vocals only.
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folk-pop
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Born A Genius
Recorded on a Saturday morning in March 2007. Guitar, vocal and harmonica 'live to tape'. Bass added later.
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Train In E
Playing with my Dr. Rhythm Boss DR-500 drum machine (circa 1990). Cranked up a funky beat, laid down a rhythm track, then added a lead guitar. Both played on my Larrivee mahogany top.
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Blues
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Going Away
About a guy who wakes up in the middle of the night and thinks about life on earth, particularly his own life.
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Love At First Sight
First verse: Boy sees girl walking towards him. Second verse: Boy talks to girl. They flirt. Third verse: Boy and girl walk on together and live happily ever after. Summer Pop - with a beat.
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Pop
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Run For Cover
Em - C G - D with some variations.
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Folk Rock
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I Didn't Know
An upbeat pop tune with a catchy chorus.
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Fun-ky Pop
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Loving By Design
Recorded May 22/07 at "The Bunker" in Yaletown (Vancouver) BC, Canada. Guitars and vocals: John Pippus. Production, ear candy, bg vocals: Ryan Hauschild.
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Contemporary A/C
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Wish I Was Here
A narrative song in the Nashville style. Co-written with Canadian rock legend, RA MCGUIRE of Trooper.
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Man of Constant Sorrow
Traditional in the public domain. Here's my version played on my old Washburn. Live to tape. Just voice and guitar.
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deep soul folk
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Complete Man
It's an angry song. Recorded in one take, fast. The guitar sound is not the best (it needed a set up or heavier strings) but the rawness is worth it.
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alternative folk pop
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Just Need A Friend
Available on my "Song Tourist" EP. Released 2006. Fine harmonica playing by Don Erhardt who also produced this track.
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acoustic blues
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Let's Legalize It
Recorded March 2007. It's not a pro-drug song it's an anti-needless-death-by- accidental-overdose song. Let's regulate it.
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Alternative Acoustic Rock
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Bryon Tosoff
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6/16/2009 2:10:39 PM
hey John
thanks for swinging by and letting me know the status on my instrumental tune
kinda nice being there! I should ask how your friend Ryan is doing with his CD and if he has a myspace site or a music site of some sort...anyways, thanks again for the CD
you sent my way, I like it a lot and hope the djs do too!
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Vincenzo Pandolfi
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4/11/2009 12:30:42 PM
Thank you John for stopping by my page and thinking of us and my family in Italy. i am just very grateful that they are physically unharmed, unfortunately the experience will leave some indelible scars in all of us, imagine for those who lost someone in the disaster...
Even though we only went back to my birth town once every two years or so, it was always there in the background, as they say, you can take a boy out of the town, but you can't take the town out of the boy...well the town is practically gone...I think that the people of Abbruzzo will have the resolve to rebuild and salvage whatever artifacts they can from what was such a historically rich area. I don't have any photos of L'Aquila but I have some of the surrounding areas, so I am putting together a short slide show for people to see what a beautiful part of the world it is...
Once again thank you for thinking of us, and have a nice easter with your family John,
Ciao,
Vincenzo
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Beth Fridinger
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4/6/2009 11:28:51 PM
Travel guides often mention this....whenever I travel this is the first thing I look up...the electricity situation....
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Beth Fridinger
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4/6/2009 11:26:28 PM
Travel shops sell converters for travelers....which you would need if you bring your own amplifier or any appliance that takes different electricity....you can buy sets of converters for different countries....so I hope you were OK in New Zealand!
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Vincenzo Pandolfi
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3/9/2009 10:30:41 AM
Hi John,
Have you been to NZ yet??
How did it go?? You should pop down to Sydney sometime...
Ciao,
Vincenzo
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Vincenzo Pandolfi
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2/5/2009 2:55:02 AM
Sorry John,
I just read your question again. If you are just plugging your guitar through a jack into a local amplifier it should not make any difference as any current would be supplied by the preamp section of the amplifier. if you are taking your own amp that would make a difference as your amp would be set for a different voltage and cycles.
I am of course assuming here that like a PC the input voltage would change on the power supply, but the output to the internal circuits etc would not.
Ciao again,
Vincenzo
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Vincenzo Pandolfi
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2/5/2009 2:48:09 AM
Hi John,
I think there are two issues. One is the voltage ( I know it's 125V in the USA) Is it the same in Canada? the cycles are also different 50 Hz in NZ and 60 Hz in USA. So you made need some converter. I know they are available, but you need to make sure it provides you with the Amperage you need. I am at a loss here as I don't fully understand all this. Just check the voltage also, because I think is 220 in Europe but 230 in AUS and NZ, but I don't think that 10V difference is going to matter much.
Hope this helps a little. Great to hear from you John, We had a fantastic trip to Antarctica, but unfortunately Elaine has picked up cold after cold and she is still coughing a lot!!
Ciao for now,
Vincenzo
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Freedom Lovers
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2/1/2009 12:47:27 PM
John, that is funny...yeah it was a great show...that ZAPPA one ..I actually was there cause of a suggestion by someone to go with them....radical;BTW the doors show was amazing
I was to the right of The stage on the 2nd row in in the balcony or something like thatand some one was tripping out and during the song JM was doing went NOOOOOand Morrison went YESSSSSS....it was too much the whole group went berserk and thought it was a riot........yeah those were the days when you could be almost with the artists. ....anyways ,,,carry on....will send you the college list if you want
btosoff@shaw.ca
bryon
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Bryon Tosoff
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1/30/2009 10:07:03 PM
John. thank you for the comment re the Who knows what lurks , I was not going to upload it..given the nature of the songs lyrics influence but thought what the hay , I actually got to see Zappa way back in I think in 66-67 at the old agri-dome (sp) ,and thanks for the insight on the tune...it actually was going to go somewhere else. I had other plans for the Who knows what lurks...but once I did the keys and stuff , I had this thing about laying down vocals, not singing obviously,,all improv, on the fly...rather out there. but fun.
hope people can see the value in it given the recent circumstances...anyways. thanks for liking it...bryon
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The CODE
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1/28/2009 6:25:00 AM
Hey John - Thanks for coming by and updating me
on Doug & The Slugs! Sad news re: Doug Bennet!
The bass player I knew was Steve Bosley - we met
in person in the UK in the early '90's. His folks and
mine were best friends in Vancouver in the 50's and
we were born around the same time, so grew up
together until I was 4, when we left for Ireland and the
UK!
Glad to see a thriving music scene in BC, had a listen
to some of your tunes - All GOOD Stuff!
Thanks for your comments regarding our stuff - YEAH
Keep it real!
All the Best
Colin
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The CODE
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1/27/2009 5:05:03 PM
Hi John - I was born in Vancouver, raised in Southern Ireland
and the UK, and would like to ask if you ever came across a
Vancouver band called 'Doug & The Slugs'? They were about
in the 80's I think!
Between the ages of 2 - 4 I spent time on the front porch with
their bass player Steve B!
Apologies if this request is 'Strange', I'm just curious?
All the best
Colin
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Jesse Adams
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1/27/2009 4:44:34 PM
I agree about age not making any difference... it's all music and it connects us all on the same level. I've played in bands with my dad and done a lot of jamming with him and even a couple of songs. It's always a lot of fun.
I like to collab quite a bit yes! The power of the net is amazing... it makes working with anyone in the world possible. I even have a new project formed with a guitar player form Slovenia. I was in a band once for a little while, and although there's no substitute for a live in room jam, it's always nice to collab with folks digitally... it can eliminate the some of the social politics and make it easier to just focus on the music. Plus I've learned so much and there's so many great players out there!
I was listening to some of your tunes. They sound really good! And you've had some nice success here I might add, as if you didn't know... haha :)
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Bryon Tosoff
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1/27/2009 2:47:56 PM
John, you are an animal dude, way to go....I have to stay balanced. My teaching is my bread and butter and gotta keep the money rolling in..although the gig thing is fun.
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Hugh Hamilton
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1/22/2009 9:58:58 AM
Ain't got time to make Train in D but just enjoyed my time with TRAIN IN E, John...a fun bluesy acoustic rollick, I can dig it...
:)
H
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Andy Broad
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1/22/2009 8:25:32 AM
Hi John,
Just enjoying your tune Train in E. Some nice guitar rhythms there.
Notice you say you play a Larrivee, a lot of people make comparisons between my hand build "Mathew Carter" and a Larrivee, but I've never had the chance to play one. It's sounds like a nice guitar.
Just started streaming "Just Need A Friend" sounds cool too.....
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