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Another trip in Mr. Peabody's wayback machine.

This is yet another improvisational piece performed with my friend Michael Chorney back in 1985. I was going to add some additional instrumentals to this...but then, after listening to it a dozen times in a row, I just couldn't see how I was going to make it any better. So here you have the piece in it's original state "Unaltered" in any way, just as it was played and recorded in my living room 20 years ago.
Michael is playing his acoustic Martin and I am playing the E Bow on my Custom Strat. This was recorded live, just as it happened, no dubs, no edits.

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Song Stats

Hits: 3526
Comments: 15
Fans: 2
Plays: 133
Downloads: 162
Votes: 9
Uploaded: Aug 02, 2005 - 12:50:18 PM
Last Updated: Aug 02, 2005 - 12:15:57 PM Last Played: Nov 12, 2018 - 02:57:17 PM

Song License

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Song Actions

Hardware:

Martin D18, Strat & E Bow. The original cassette was transferred to digital using SoundEdit Pro and converted to MP3 in iTunes.

Software:

SoundEdit Pro, iTunes

Comments

drakonis	drakonis said 4877 days ago (August 2nd, 2005)
	Extremely listen-to-able! This just flows... beautifully performed! Reminds me somewhat of Michael Hedges. I agree that it still stands wonderfully on its own, no modern GB enhancements necessary. DLed & Faved. ttfn, -Drakonis Check out my latest song called Miwok

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btransue said 4877 days ago (August 2nd, 2005)

Extremely listen-to-able!
Thanks Drakonis! I set out to bring back some of this music from my history
thinking I could surely do something to improve it...but then you listen...and
listen again, and realize, it is just as it should be, perfectly preserved in a
moment of time. More istenable? no...I don;t think I could have made it any
more "listenable" than it is.

Thanks much for your comment.

Check out my latest song called Guitar & Piano, Minus the Piano

	Las Bragas said 4877 days ago (August 2nd, 2005)
	Fine playing A gentle piece with an edge -reminded me of an Autumnal twilight over a river where birds are preparing to migrate. Loved the scratchiness at the end!

btransue	btransue said 4877 days ago (August 2nd, 2005)
	Fine playing Thanks very much. Beautiful description. And the scratchyness at the end...that is cool huh...made my e bow sound like old vinyl. Check out my latest song called Guitar & Piano, Minus the Piano

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cjorgensen said 4876 days ago (August 3rd, 2005)

Cool
I thought about posting some of my really old stuff. I used
Sound Edit Pro as well. Or Sound Edit 16, whichever was
older. My app quit working once they came out with the
PPCs, and I kind of got away from recording. I was having
to do too many tricks to hide hiss and the idea of
destructionless editing was far in the future.

Surprised yours sounds so clean. You must have been
using something better than a button mic.

Nice piece. Sleepy now.

Did think it was going to end at a couple of the slow
points (and it kept on going). No issue there, just my
prejudices.

Check out my latest song called Gardens

btransue	btransue said 4876 days ago (August 3rd, 2005)
	Cool Funny, the only mic I owned back then was this really cheap thing that came with my Tascam Porta One, but I was really into pre processing back then, so I worked hard to get decent recordings with really crappy stuff. Thansk for the listen and comment. Check out my latest song called Guitar & Piano, Minus the Piano

Tadashi Togawa	Tadashi Togawa said 4874 days ago (August 6th, 2005)
	add anything, not pull anything. Duetting musical instruments. It conflicts, and a to tell the truth good combinations. Meditation and making for trial purposes. Flow when it is quiet. You may not add anything. and,You may not pull anything. It is good in this. Check out my latest song called Mexican taste

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btransue said 4872 days ago (August 7th, 2005)

add anything, not pull anything.
Tadashi. It amazes me how beautifully written your remarks are. I know from our
correspondance that English does not come easily for you, yet, you write some
of the most beautiful english I have ever read. How do you do it? Succinct, to the
point, poetic...perfect.

Thank you for listening and commenting on my music.

Check out my latest song called Guitar & Piano, Minus the Piano

Attim	Attim said 4872 days ago (August 7th, 2005)
	Yes It's good to hear some improv, and I always enjoy good acoustic guitar playing. This is very zen, which I appreciate. Check out my latest song called Those Sounds

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 4866 days ago (August 14th, 2005)
	More excellent jamming Sounds great to me. Fantastic music for a lazy afternoon in the breeze. Check out my latest song called Mercury (RPM 6)

	said 4837 days ago (September 12th, 2005)
	Love the e-bow mixed with the tasty acoustic playing, this is an excellent piece and I am glad that you kept it for all those years. It is really full of emotions and they playing is great. I love this tune. Cheers

btransue	btransue said 4837 days ago (September 12th, 2005)
	Love the e-bow Thanks Katchoolik. Some great music came out of our acquaintance, Michael and I. Check out my latest song called Guitar & Piano, Minus the Piano

thetiler	thetiler said 4786 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	very nice My fav, I've heard you post Blaine! Check out my latest song called They Went Underground

Demeter7	Demeter7 said 2848 days ago (February 22nd, 2011)
	26 years later So relaxing. Just what I need. Conversation between cloud and sky while caressing mountain and tree. I was picturing the vast, unspoiled landscape... once home to native americans who had a story to explain everything they saw and felt. Thanks. Check out my latest song called Boogieman Boogie Halloween 2012

btransue	btransue said 2844 days ago (February 25th, 2011)
	Beautiful Your sescriptions are just beautiful, thanks so much for all of the great comments. Amazes me that this music is still being heard so many years later. Check out my latest song called Guitar & Piano, Minus the Piano

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