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Robert Leroy Johnson, 1911 - 1938. The master of the the Delta Blues. He inspired all the great bands and musicians of the 20th century. He's an absolute legend. I watched a movie called "Cross Roads" about the life of Robert Johnson and had to write a song. Them Rattling Bones. Myth goes, that he sold his sold to the devil to be able to play the guitar. This was a live recording done in Coffee...

Zenn Viljoen performing as Almost A Sin. This was a field recording done on the banks of the Berg Rivier just outside Stellenbosch. This was a live recording done with a ZoomH5. The looping was done on a RC-300. Zenn used a Mouth bow, Kalimba, talking drum and cas-cas to build the base loop. It's a little groove you often get to experience during the recording. All material was written and perf...

Percussion in the snow. Monday morning 10 July 2023. Snow in Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Playing my Asalatos just for fun.

Almost a Sin - Off grid video production - There's Hell on the way. This will be my first video that I have created while living 100% off grid. All the power I needed for recording, editing, posting and everything else, was harvested from the sun. Very exciting. Lyrics: There's a ghost train running, out on a single track The driver, he's now rocking the conductors hat So there's Hell on the wa...

I love being a street performer. To pull people out of their stressful realities and to make them forget about life for a couple of minutes, really satisfies my soul. I’m so grateful to be able to perform on the street again. I feel very blessed. During lockdown, I felt the need to escape my reality, as well as society. So I took my 2-man tent and the belongings I still had left and went campin...

Night time field recording in Hogsback, South Africa. Ghosted, written and performed by Zenn, is a new song about choosing silence because almost everything you say to some people gets so twisted to suit their own shortfalls. Lyrics: Ghosted - Zenn Viljoen I sleep inside a room….. Full of people I have ghosted Mainly brides without a groom Faces from the past…. All the ones that I have hosted A...

An acoustic take on love-sick-cola, by Zenn Viljoen. This was a field recording done in a derelict building in Hogsback South Africa. Lyrics: Love-Sick-Cola by Zenn Drinking, love-sick-cola You're friends all use to phone But there is trouble in your heart It's been there from the start, oh what to do? Drinking, Love-Sick-Cola By now your friends disowned you Cause there's trouble in your heart...

The Graveyard field recording by Zenn is a recording I did for a video I made called, The brave they'll meet their soul. You can find this video on my channel, or just click on the link th-cam.com/video/q8KIeWz_RLo/w-d-xo.html It's a much longer video where I share some of my lockdown 2020 experiences, combined with this recording. It's well worth watching, but if you feel like creating a music...

The brave they'll meet their soul was recorded in an old graveyard that I found that was totally overgrown. So I cleaned it up, added some flowers and recorded this song. The lyrics was perfect for the scene. The brave they'll meet their soul, written and performed by Zenn Viljoen Dust to dust we fall, The brave they'll meet their soul alone.... Dust to dust we roam, With thoughts that's not ou...

Can you walk alone? - Field recording in old chapel, was a live looping recording I did for my previous video, The transformation - before and after lockdown. It's an old chapel in Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The chapel is old and run down, but I set up the benches, added some flowers and a cross I made out of old bones, to bring it back to life. In the transformation video, you can w...

THE TRANSFORMATION - before and after lockdown 00:00 Conversations with God 00:59 The transformation 07:16 Can you walk alone 432mhz Field recording in old chapel. Live looping. Zenn It’s been 2.5 years since lockdown started in March 2020. Trying to fit my experience and transformation as a soul into a couple of words, was a huge challenge. I spent most of lockdown as a labourer. The first 7 m...

Busking In Saudi Arabia. My experience as a street musician at the Abha Summer festival(Aseer Seasons) in Saudi Arabia. I was booked for 10 day and did 20 shows and hosted 5 rhythm workshops. Sunday afternoons is a song I wrote 3 years ago, but it has never been recorded until now. This was my first booking since lockdown 2020, so long overdue.This was a live recording. Enjoy!!! Almost a Sin, i...

Brick by Brick, by Zenn Viljoen, Almost a Sin. Acoustic Autumn afternoon field recording in 432mhz. This was a live recording done in Hogsback South Africa by Zenn. Brick by Brick is a new song I was trying out with some new recording gear, a Boss BR-800. Find my music on Bandcamp: zenn.bandcamp.com Lyrics: Brick by Brick - Zenn Viljoen (Almost a Sin) Felt your flame, in the summer hall But the...

Almost a Sin EP - LIVE, Available on Bandcamp: zenn.bandcamp.com/album/almost-a-sin-ep-live For the past year, Zenn has been working on a very special album. It's a project that will take at least another year before he gets into the studio. For now, he is releasing some acoustic videos of songs he is working on, on this channel "Almost a Sin". To give the public a taste of what is to come, has...

Burning your guitar with fire - Puddle of Blood by Zenn. Chapel recording, alternative tuning 432mhz

Some Hillbilly Blues - In the Devil's head by Zenn. 432mhz field recording, alternative tuning

Acoustic Night by the fire - Playing God by Zenn Viljoen. Alternative guitar tuning, 432 mhz.

Busking in the hart of the forest - 50 Stallions by Zenn. 432mhz, altrnative guitar tuning.

#1 Finders Keepers by Zenn. Combining Original Music, Art & Poetry. 432mhz Alternative guitar tuning