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btransue

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In 1984, a friend of mine and I recorded this piece in my living room. Michael was an acoustic purist...I, of course, was an acoustic impurist...invading every aspect of our music with electricity. This was the first such recording we did together...the tape later became known as "First Chance at Strange".

Michael is playing his acoustic Martin and I am on the Strat using an E Bow. I resurected this piece...but didn't alter the original in any way. It is, just as it was recorded that day, transferred from casette tape to digital and converted to MP3.

Michael and I continued to play music for several years, recording dozens of hours of improvisational music live before he returned to the mountains of Vermont.
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Hits: 1196
Comments: 18
Fans: 3
Plays: 141
Downloads: 70
Votes: 14
Uploaded: Jun 29, 2005 - 12:43:50 PM
Last Updated: Feb 20, 2009 - 02:35:27 AM Last Played: Jul 27, 2009 - 01:26:06 PM
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Hardware:
Martin D18, Custom Made Fender Strat with E Bow. Tascam 4 track.
Software:
SoundEdit Pro
Comments
fairy beth said 1611 days ago (June 29th, 2005)
very
cool unique sound. as i said a second ago, vintage
crossed with electronica type thingy. yeah baby! im
invisioning a husky, gravelly..and, well - good vocalist
singing on this.
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fairy beth said 1611 days ago (June 29th, 2005)
wow
a year before i was born. cool!
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said 1611 days ago (June 29th, 2005)
Sad solilquy...
...now that you cannot play again with him. Interesting
sound field you have created here. There is a sadness to
this piece, sending me to ponder. Nice sound for being
from 1984.
said 1611 days ago (June 29th, 2005)
Liquid Space Music
Love that ethereal, squirmy, popping violin sound. Sounds
like a track from Hearts of Space radio show. Awesome.
Nothing wrong with this music. Try that in
GarageBand... not sure you can get the same liquid legato.
JOAN said 1611 days ago (June 29th, 2005)
orwellian
dark and foreboding. something is about to happen in the barnyard.
nice guitars. always a sucker for the e bow.

wj
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btransue said 1611 days ago (June 29th, 2005)
orwellian
Say hi to George for me when you see him "Joan". Sucker for the ebow...I got
mine in 1980...still works great! Love that damn thing. You should here it on my
brothers electric hammer dulcimer (with dual humbuckers no less).

Thanks Joan!
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_nderscore said 1611 days ago (June 29th, 2005)
great sound
sorta reminds me of a sad, rainy interlude in a moody old
'70's movie.. or something. very cool feel, neat
experimentation. it would be interesting to play with some of
your older stuff mixed into something current. me likes
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jimid said 1610 days ago (June 30th, 2005)
Chilly and lonely
What a great sunday morning vibe this has. I love it.
What a contrast the two sounds make. Very hypnotic and lonely sounding instruments
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TobinMueller said 1610 days ago (June 30th, 2005)
1984, a good vintage
I remember when 1984 was so bizarrely futuristic
sounding, just the name, becuz of the book, and it came a
went without world changing confrontations, except for
the invention of the Mac, something Orwell didn't forsee.
My second son was born; I heard Yes' 90125 and loved it;
I was living in a solar home in the middle of Wisconsin; life
was good. I think it was that year my eldest son (MJ
member twonicus) saw the other MJ (Michael Jackson) on
TV for the first time and was absolutely mesmerized (MTV
used to be mostly concert footage and I watch it late at
night while rocking my kids to sleep.) Your music
captures moments of solitude, open internal spaces, a
superb improvisation. Ever air this on Hearts of Space?
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btransue said 1605 days ago (July 5th, 2005)
1984, a good vintage
as it was for me as well. Musically a very creative time in my life. It was amazing
having the opportunity to play with Michael for a few years. We often played 3 or
4 times a week. Man, what I wouldn't give to have that opportunity again these
days. Looking forward to hearing the music with you and your son Tobin.
Appreciate the comments.
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thetiler said 1607 days ago (July 3rd, 2005)
The cordal changes on the guitar is terrific ..
plus the ebow sounds unique, very creative. This is very
interesting stuff indeed.

Really love that new age dreamy acoustic guitar
fingerpicking!!!

Good job Blaine and Michael!
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Tadashi Togawa said 1605 days ago (July 5th, 2005)
Nostalgic those days.
Nostalgic those days.
Music of recollection.
Guitar and synthesizer.
The duet is simple and beautiful.
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Ed Hannifin said 1578 days ago (August 1st, 2005)
This one...
...goes to to my How The Heck Did I Miss THAT? List...

I am heartfeltly sorry I did. THis is just what I like.

I, too, used to have a friend in the Seventies that I played
improv duets with....nothing as nice as this, mind
you...but the feel of playing music by feel is resonant...

AND Tascam four tracks...Boy...AND WHERE IS MY
EBOW?...

You really capture here what the inventors SAID they were
about, which was to capture a violin-like sustain on an
electric guitar...

This is a gorgeous tone, remarkable for where the
recording started out...Really nice....

Into the iTunes it goes, with my gratitude...

Ed
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btransue said 1578 days ago (August 1st, 2005)
This one...
Thanks Ed! I love the e bow. I bought this one in 1980...and it's still going
strong. Funny, I just brole it out the other day and showed it to my 16 year old.
His comment "what the hell is that?".

I have some other recordings where I was using it on various amped
acoustics...and a Chapman Stick. Very cool, wonder if I can find them?
Well...theres a few dozen more hours where this one came from and if I ever get
around to transferring it I'll let you know.

Thanks for the comments.
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said 1537 days ago (September 12th, 2005)
Amazing stuff
Woo, just listened to your other piece "UnAltered"
and now this, this is really fantastic stuff that
speaks to me man. Now I need a CD with all
the songs that you did with Michael.
Great music.

Cheers
btransue said 1537 days ago (September 12th, 2005)
Amazing stuff
Dang man...that's a very nice thing to read. I don't think compliments get much
better than that. If I can dig up some more, you're happy to it.
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Feter said 159 days ago (June 21st, 2009)
Left2Chance
Hmmm this is very nice and soulful track ...the sound is so pretty
and haunting ...along with the guitar pickin and strummin ...this is
so progressive and deep ...very nice ....thnx alot for sharin !!!!
btransue said 157 days ago (June 22nd, 2009)
Getting back to it now...
Thanks Feter and all others for dropping by and listening to these old tracks. Even though I continue to keep playing, there is just so much of this old stuff out in the shed, your comments inspire me to continue to dig some of it up and post.
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On again off again host of Virtual Garage on KSVY 91.3fm. Self proclaimed music addict, no clinics, just more storage. Hack musician...actually I'm a good musician, with limited skills. The music posted here runs the gamut from solo projects recorded... [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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