Jos van Hout

The songs I made in 2025, with various subjects and styles.

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Note: for some songs I have used Sound ID Voice AI: my voice is transformed with a filter. Sounds better that way... When so, the ‘singer’ is mentioned in the italics.

 

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Wonder of a woman I find myself wondering about my wife and how the little things in life often mean more than the big ones. This track is also added on the album for her: Songs for M. Uplift pop (with triple layered guitars) 

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Be who you are Sometimes, a relationship goes sideways because you did something wrong - though you don’t know whát. But your intentions were pure and still you want to get your message through. Pop ballad

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This Southern boy (at Graceland) About Elvis... we visited Graceland and I read his biography. Fame comes with a price. From the day he became a world star, he was surrounded by so called friends and family. Country / rock ‘n‘ roll - feat Simon AI  and various backing vocals - for the Paul Simon parts :-)

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Not used to it yet Recently, a close friend died. Reaching a certain age, dying gets more ordinary. But before that, we lost some around us way too early. And their loss still hurts harder. Ballad feat. Benjamin AI​

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Wet ’n’ wild is (or was?) a chain of water parks in the US. We visited one in 1988 in Las Vegas. Combined with the pool I built in our garden this summer, it was the  inspiration for this song. Pop-rock feat. Simon (and Patrick as backing vocal).

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Above Mazlow’s piramid When Mazlow published his piramid in 1943, he couldn’t know there would be a next level above it: one can nowadays even alter oneself to another gender - leading to new kinds of problems for the ones at lower levels. Pop ballad feat. Diana AI​

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We may go again Satirical song, from the point of view of a mid-west American family, that swears by God and Trump values. Some people shouldn’t have been born... Bluegrass feat. Tyler, Charlotte and Simon AI - first track on which I used my new banjo :-)​

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Oceans of gold Someone to guide, to lead, to help, can turn into a burden - like a weight that’s needed to dive for pearls, that has to be cut loose to get to the surface again. Pop/blues feat. Simon AI​​​

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Rockin’ chair About getting older, leaving abilities behind, that force you from a rockin’ life style to a rockin’ chair. Rock ’n’ roll feat. Simon AI - and the solo is sung and then filtered to a trumpet :-)

 

​Life flipped the script About a class mate who saw her path changed by life... Pop ballad feat. Simon and Aisha AI​

 

Slaapliedje Click to the NL-album for a description - and more songs in Dutch.