The Insect World

Jim Bouchard

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Maurice, my 10 year old son, came up with the title and the beginning elements of this piece and I took over and ran with it. He recorded himself playing drums and singing using the MacBook's internal microphone. I added a bunch of synths, took parts of his recording and reversed parts and treated them with a bunch of wacky filters. Then add in some loops and voila!

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Hits: 558
Comments: 10
Fans: 6
Plays: 27
Downloads: 49
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Uploaded: Jun 15, 2008 - 10:09:35 AM
Last Updated: Jun 15, 2008 - 10:09:35 AM Last Played: Nov 07, 2009 - 08:44:57 PM

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HenriROGERsoloandbands	HenriROGERsoloandbands said 511 days ago (June 15th, 2008)
	Et voil� Very nice experimental track . Check out my latest song called HyperKineziK 1/1

Feter	Feter said 511 days ago (June 15th, 2008)
	The Insect World As it is an experimental but it can be use as a film score ...thnx for sharin !! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 510 days ago (June 16th, 2008)
	Brightly colored The Insect World is right... it really sounds like the experience of a foraging bumble bee, or wandering ant. Excellent use of wacky filters. The title caught my attention, because I went for something similar with my last posting ("Arthropod") but took a more frantic approach. Nice work, Jim and Maurice. Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Warren Smith	Warren Smith said 510 days ago (June 16th, 2008)
	scary fun Fun stuff! Or maybe I should say: scary stuff ... because it sounds like it's a bug-eat-bug world going on. It's nice to see a father and son working together on a science project. If you two need a name for your band ... you could always go with "The Beetles" Check out my latest song called Bells of St Augustine

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ledebutant said 510 days ago (June 16th, 2008)

Maurice
Sometimes the image of Maurice walking around your house singing "Oh Death," pops into my head randomly.

I like it that you guys are doing a song together. It's almost as though you're bringing him into the family business, although he's probably been doing this stuff for a while. What does he think of what you made out of his vocals and drums?

I love all the different textures and the backwards vocals at the end are a great endcap. For some reason the whole thing evokes Twin Peaks for me.

Check out my latest song called Black Star (MJ Live Aid w/jgurner)

K.I.S.KISMET	K.I.S.KISMET said 510 days ago (June 16th, 2008)
	very cool strangely and delightfully good! Check out my latest song called haud lux lucis

BossHook	BossHook said 510 days ago (June 17th, 2008)
	Freaky good - just as I would imagine the ants down on my basement floor were discussing how to get to the crumbs over there without my right foot getting in the way of their conquest. Check out my latest song called LAUGH OUT LOUD

jiguma	jiguma said 509 days ago (June 18th, 2008)
	Unexpected post .. .. but wonderful. Great to see you getting involved in Dad's "work" Maurice! Neil (from Australia) Check out my latest song called Under My Skin

dolby	dolby said 507 days ago (June 20th, 2008)
	Top sounds I love the quality of all the sounds you're getting here Jim. even though it's abstract and unusual there's a sonic richness that's very pleaseing to the ear (man, have I just written sonic richness? and it's only friday morning.....) time for a coffee... Check out my latest song called You Can't Win Them All

Estella	Estella said 489 days ago (July 8th, 2008)
	wow you must be very proud of your son. a great concept, well-initiated by him. i can imagine him completing his own projects not too long from now :) I like it! I like how it was bookended with his reversed vocals, and I like the drumming. Check out my latest song called Este Momento

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Name: Jim Bouchard

I have been playing music a long time. When I was growing up my brothers had a band called the Regal Tones which was quite popular in our little town in upstate New York State. They got bitten by the music bug and later went on to found the p... [see more]

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Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise.

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