Out-out on the edge

Jim Bouchard

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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.

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Hits: 874
Comments: 16
Fans: 10
Plays: 61
Downloads: 42
Votes: 3
Uploaded: Jun 20, 2008 - 07:32:50 PM
Last Updated: Jun 20, 2008 - 07:32:50 PM Last Played: Oct 28, 2009 - 07:44:45 AM

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Hardware:

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

Software:

Logic Pro 8

Comments

Feter	Feter said 519 days ago (June 20th, 2008)
	Out-out on the edge 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 !!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

	said 519 days ago (June 20th, 2008)
	Waiting... to find out... what happens to our hero, Out-out. David Lynch like sound bed.... spooky and country funk like... D

HenriROGERsoloandbands	HenriROGERsoloandbands said 519 days ago (June 21st, 2008)
	Free tempo Very nice, bluesy feel . Check out my latest song called HyperKineziK 1/1

aclarke	aclarke said 519 days ago (June 21st, 2008)
	Interesting 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.... Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

	said 519 days ago (June 21st, 2008)
	Out-on the edge I enjoyed listening- short but very sweet. Peace Dee.

michael2	michael2 said 519 days ago (June 21st, 2008)
	JIm 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. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

magnatone	magnatone said 519 days ago (June 21st, 2008)
	out on the edge 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! Check out my latest song called Symphonic Smackdown

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 518 days ago (June 21st, 2008)
	Mister Ry goes deep 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. Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 518 days ago (June 21st, 2008)
	excellent man, this really put my in the middle of a down south swamp. mission accomplished!! Check out my latest song called November

jiguma	jiguma said 518 days ago (June 22nd, 2008)
	Too scary .. .. for ambient. Maybe "swampy" might be the genre, or "swamp cinema soundtrack"? Cool one Jim. Slide bass eh .......... Neil Check out my latest song called Lost In Translation (w Mike Watkins)

Jim Bouchard

Jim Bouchard said 518 days ago (June 22nd, 2008)

not that scary, I think.
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.

Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

paddler	paddler said 518 days ago (June 22nd, 2008)
	. brilliant atmospherics - takes me outside and dips my head in a pool at sunset whike smokin a cigarette.very cool - Rich Check out my latest song called Tiger Flame (Halloween Challenge)

Ed Hannifin	Ed Hannifin said 517 days ago (June 22nd, 2008)
	Yeah... I can sort of imagine wounded members of the James Gang riding in slow motion back from Northboro to this... Ed Check out my latest song called Next Time Around (w/jiguma)

Ed Hannifin	Ed Hannifin said 517 days ago (June 22nd, 2008)
	Oh heck... Make that Northfield... Check out my latest song called Next Time Around (w/jiguma)

thetiler	thetiler said 517 days ago (June 22nd, 2008)
	The power of description liked those steps how he seems to walk back. Thanks for sharing your imagination with us MJers! Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Estella

Estella said 502 days ago (July 8th, 2008)

Like it...
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.

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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