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Out-out on the edge by Jim Bouchard [Email]
Genre: Ambient

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Last Played: Oct 14, 2008 - 12:24:00 PM
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Uploaded: Jun 20, 2008 - 07:32:50 PM
Last Updated: Jun 20, 2008 - 07:32:50 PM
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I had this idea I would say that this is the story of our hero, Out-out, and how gets depressed and wanders to the edge of the rooftop contemplating the jump. But that would be nonsense.

I play guitar and slide bass guitar and there's some funky stuff going on, samples and stuff courtesy of soundsnap.com. I wanted to do something with a free tempo.
I guess this is another of my tributes to Ry Cooder's film soundtrack style, evidently, since that's what I hear.

Hardware:
Sterling Audio SE-66 Tube microphone, Apogee Duet, iMac, Guild G37 acoustic guitar, Epiphone Thunderbird bass

Software:
Logic Pro 8
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Out-out on the edge &mdash 06/20/08 - 07:51:52 PM
Man ..I just loved your arrangmnent here ...so great
so great as always ...true folkie heart with alot of
imagenary ...short but just cool ..thnx for sharin !!!

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Waiting... &mdash 06/20/08 - 11:56:22 PM
to find out... what happens to our hero, Out-out. David Lynch like sound bed.... spooky and country funk like...

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Free tempo &mdash 06/21/08 - 02:54:27 AM

Very nice, bluesy feel .

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Interesting &mdash 06/21/08 - 07:47:01 AM
Pretty expressive I thought. Felt the slide part was darker and more dangerous as our hero approaches, then contemplates the edge and then becomes lighter and freer sounding at the point he realizes how crazy that would be and backs away slowly. At least that's the visual I get with the info from your notes....

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Out-on the edge &mdash 06/21/08 - 10:06:45 AM
I enjoyed listening- short but very sweet.

Peace Dee.

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JIm &mdash 06/21/08 - 12:03:32 PM
love this, it's really drawing me in. that slide bass is soooo good. my only complaint is that i would liked this to go on for about 10 minutes (seriously). what a mood, great job.

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out on the edge &mdash 06/21/08 - 01:11:37 PM
this is so cool Jim. I have to agree with previous comments - too short - my ear wants it to go on at LEAST 10 minutes (lol). And I'm also with Dadai - waiting to hear what happens with our hero next. Please keep us posted. Very cool idea, arrangements - I always love your stuff!

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Mister Ry goes deep &mdash 06/21/08 - 08:25:36 PM
Slide bass? That's a new one to me, but I like it. It really enhances the down mood of this piece. Nice work. Short, though.



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excellent &mdash 06/21/08 - 09:28:20 PM
man, this really put my in the middle of a down south swamp. mission accomplished!!

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Too scary .. &mdash 06/22/08 - 04:52:08 AM
.. for ambient. Maybe "swampy" might be the genre, or "swamp cinema soundtrack"?
Cool one Jim. Slide bass eh ..........
Neil

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not that scary, I think. &mdash 06/22/08 - 08:57:31 AM
Before I added the bass it was sort of wistful with just the guitar. The bass ended up making it sound a little like something off the "Trespass" soundtrack. I'd just gotten a new tapered brass slide to replace the one that disappeared a year or so ago in the practice space of my old band, and it just sounded pretty good with on the bass. The Epi Thunderbird has such a long neck and it's a great bass for recording, very quiet and responsive.

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. &mdash 06/22/08 - 11:51:18 AM
brilliant atmospherics - takes me outside and dips my head in a pool at sunset whike smokin a cigarette.very cool -

Rich

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Yeah... &mdash 06/22/08 - 08:19:03 PM
I can sort of imagine wounded members of the James Gang riding in slow motion back from Northboro to this...

Ed

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Oh heck... &mdash 06/22/08 - 08:25:56 PM
Make that Northfield...

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The power of description &mdash 06/22/08 - 10:38:48 PM
liked those steps how he seems to walk back.

Thanks for sharing your imagination with us MJers!




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Like it... &mdash 07/08/08 - 08:31:46 AM
as is, as a short-short sketch. I don't feel I need to know what happens next, but I do think if you so chose, you could develop the arch of what's happening and expand a little.

Thanks for this. I'm also intrigued at how there seems to be water on this rooftop, but I just took rooftop to be a metaphor for any of life's edges. Really cool concept...

I like the twangy strings, not having much to say in that dept. except that it adds desperation to the song, which is appropriate.

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