Gardening (with Lisa Purdy)

Jim Bouchard

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This is sort of a mix-up, I guess. I took some of the backing tracks for a song I've done with ledebutant, "In the Garden" . I've been working on a new version but I wanted to play something live. I decided to use some of my favorite stuff from the background, the stuff that gets lost. So I stripped away a lot of the more identifiable stuff like the bass and lead vocals and drums, and then reversed a couple of the remaining background vocal tracks and applied a dronemaker effect. Then I sat down with my banjo and a microphone and this ambient thing came out. I'm rather pleased with the result.
I sort of did this quickly...but not really. I hope it's okay.

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Song Stats

Hits: 480
Comments: 12
Fans: 10
Plays: 47
Downloads: 28
Votes: 4
Uploaded: Jan 29, 2009 - 11:23:59 PM
Last Updated: Jan 29, 2009 - 11:23:59 PM Last Played: Aug 22, 2009 - 09:23:27 AM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Keywords:

ledebutant (48), banjo (32)

Hardware:

Gibson long-neck banjo. Perception 200 mic. MOTU Ultralite mk3. iMac.

Software:

Logic Studio.

Comments

Feter	Feter said 282 days ago (January 29th, 2009)
	Gardening yeah I can see the scene and the foggy screening of the winter and its magic ...awesome theme the banjo playin here ...indeed the piano added more serving Lisa's ambient voice ...just so wonderful ...thank you so very much for sharing !!!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

Outtaorbit	Outtaorbit said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	Very strange I kept waiting for dixie to start.... had a whole movie in my head...about a fellow trying to get back home......hmmmm Check out my latest song called The Lunatics Salvation

Jim Bouchard

Jim Bouchard said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)

funny
the song art is sort of a joke too, since the picture is one I recently took while taking a long walk after another one of our many snowstorms here. It hasn't been gardening weather for a while And speaking of that walk, it ended up being a very long walk and in the end it seemed like forever I was trying to get home and it was quite dark by the time I made it. Maybe this should have been on the Cold Mountain soundtrack instead of the more faithfully and reverentially played old-time mountain music they ended up with.

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

Morning Light	Morning Light said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	ahhhh:) Especially lovely when Lisa's vocals blend with the flutes;) The banjo sounds great in ambient style....very beautiful!!! Check out my latest song called To the Children

Jim Bouchard	Jim Bouchard said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	ahh yes! I forgot to mention that Lisa's background vocals are indeed in there. Though they are reversed, frequently they are just doing some sort of ululation so they don't sound too funny backwards. I wanted to play the banjo delicately as that's my favorite style for the banjo and one that doesn't get really associated with banjo. Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

fabien0784	fabien0784 said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	Beautiful walk through the nature. I loved the whole rhythm. Thanks ! Check out my latest song called weird winds

Skean	Skean said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	Awesome Work, I love hove you use all instruments/sounds/Lisa, to paint this nice ambient piece of work. Bravo. Check out my latest song called Walking seeking & depressed

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	in the garden very cool. I dig the ambience. But adding the banjo gives it a interesting contrast. great idea! Check out my latest song called One Step Over The Line

particledots	particledots said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	Nice Almost sonicmagpie-like in its textures Fabulous Check out my latest song called Mt St Helen - (Cadence Corrected Mix)

Mystified	Mystified said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	ethereal echoes Really nice 'mix-up'... I love the surreal mood and the textures that you've blended in this. The nature sounds are especially a nice, grounding touch. Downloaded to be enjoyed again and again :) Thank you! Check out my latest song called Forever Voyaging (space race 2009)

Jim Bouchard	Jim Bouchard said 281 days ago (January 30th, 2009)
	nature sounds They're downloaded from Soundsnap, I think. I think I made a little loop of them but it's hard to figure out since this started a year or more ago. yeah, it is sonic magpie like. I am very inspired by you guys. very much...thanks! Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

Estella	Estella said 279 days ago (February 1st, 2009)
	Beautiful I like your ambient pieces. And I agree about the banjo. It has a beautiful resonant quality, but it has a bit of a reputation because of "dueling banjos" and what-not. Your banjo playing always appeals to me, though. *E Check out my latest song called Este Momento

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Artist Info

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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Genre Info

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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