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Dreams from the Shore

Bruce H. McCosar

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instrumental progressive fusion synth ride brushes

Liner Notes:

You have to listen closely to hear the special feature of this song. The percussion on this track was a jazz brush set. I'm using a wire brush on a snare, as well as on the ride cymbal.

The other instruments:

Fretless bass (Fender J-bass).

Nord Rack 2X (best synth ever ).

Ibanez Artcore hollow body guitar. Yes, this is the one strung with the .015 - .056 gauge strings:

http://www.juststrings.com/lab-20ph.html

A lot of guitarists hear that and think, 'ouch'. But the action on this instrument is very low, and the fact that they are flatwound makes this a very easy instrument to play -- there is next door to no string noise, and a big, big sound.

The meaning of the title: it looks like I'm on an 'ocean' theme, for now. In a way this is an answer to the previous song (Sailing Into Night Time), except seen from the shore.

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This song was composed and performed using natural rhythm only -- without a metronome, click track, or drum machine. "No Robots Allowed" is my theme, and here are the rules I'm following:

http://bmccosar.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/the-robot-rules/

Lyrics:

(instrumental)

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Vom Vorton 11 hours ago

the synth pad thing on this one is ace. I need to get me a snare, I've got the brushes but I'm terrible at planning. I'll probably wait until a drummer friend throws one away, and desperately try to get a workable sound from it
Psy-T 1 week ago

Lovely chilling improvisational vibe.
third time lucy 1 week ago

Love this guitar tone
Candle 4 weeks ago

I like heavy gauge strings. I just wish my guitars could bear the strain!

Lovely. I like the interplay between the Guitar, Bass & Synth. Very nice.
Audita Sum 1 month ago

Interesting info about the guitar. I really like that jazzy percussion.
James DeVries 1 month ago

I find this piece really interesting. I'm hooked on the bass line and the synth fits in nicely. The parts are well balanced.
G Slade 1 month ago

this track is for the win...
QU 1 month ago

Dude! I enjoy your stuff lots.