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Offline johnny-boy

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"Edge"
on: May 10, 2007, 08:56:15 PM
Not really, I just thought it was better advertising.

Here's a dark, moody piano/string track. It was composed as background music for a dark, moody film. Thanks for listening.

"Edge"
https://www.artistcollaboration.com/~johnny-boy/Edge-Piano-Strings.mp3

John 8)
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Re: "Edge"
Reply #1 on: May 15, 2007, 07:00:08 PM
It wasn't "dark" enough for the film listing. I knew I should have sent my "Vampire" track. ;D

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Re: "Edge"
Reply #2 on: May 18, 2007, 08:55:53 AM
It is always a treat to hear something new from you and I am surprised this splendid miniature has drawn no comment. As with all your posted work, it is a unified and succinct expansion of one mood through one or two simple ideas. It is much more difficult for a naturally fertile imagination to exclude, to master artistic brevity, than to indiscriminately include all and sundry which comes to mind, and you are very good at the former process. 
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Re: "Edge"
Reply #3 on: May 18, 2007, 09:13:21 PM
Thanks Ted! I appreciate that.

Maybe I should have posted "Edge-Improv". It would have gotten more attention. No, it was all written out on manuscript.

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Re: Improv
Reply #4 on: May 20, 2007, 07:00:06 AM
Okay, I tried it. ;D
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Re: Improv
Reply #5 on: May 20, 2007, 12:06:09 PM
I always like to listen to your compositions. I don't even think that if you call something improv it gets more attention, I think it differs. As always, good job, it sounds very professional, and evokes a sort of dark movie mood perfectly.  :) Not too dark, yes, is your vampire track anywhere around here? ;D

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Re: Improv
Reply #6 on: May 20, 2007, 06:41:46 PM
melancholy, romantic, and ocassionally jazz like piece. very cool.
almost like a one man band piano concerto, huh? I really enjoyed it.

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Re: "Edge"
Reply #7 on: May 21, 2007, 03:20:42 PM
Thanks PW and Derek. I appreciate your comments.

You're right PW, I changed the "subject" back to its original.

Best, John
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