The Outer Circle

https://soundcloud.com/mark_hayes/outer-circle

An old Concertware instrumental for Yamaha PSS-680 updated to take advantage of new technology, as well as the wisdom and bitterness of advancing age. I would be so so so so grateful for any listens and thinks.

The title is a vague allusion to Dante’s Inferno, and the music makes me think of the ghastly industrial view from the Tobin Bridge in Boston. It is a Hellscape of sorts.

I hear this happening, at times quite specifically:

A condemned prisoner is marched to his execution. As he walks, he is taunted on all sides. It gets very ugly, and there is much back and forth, but eventually he is taken to the quiet chamber. He is executed, at 01:51, by two pulses of electricity. What happens after that, God only knows.

Thanks to Blondie for the idea of briefly switching to 7 then back to reinforce the terminal power of 4.

Mark

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BIAB RealTrack stuff:

* Style _GYPSYJD.STY
~~1204:Bass, Acoustic, GypsyJazzBallad Sw 110
~~1209:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm GypsyJazzBalladGonzalo Sw 110
~~1210:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm GypsyJazzBalladJohn Sw 110
GypsyJazzSw: a: Brushes Light
* Style _YAZOO.STY
~2478:Bass, Acoustic, Held Ev 110
~522:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 120
~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120
2824:Pedal Steel, Soloist CountryEddy12-key Ev 085 (x3)
NashvilleEven8^1-a:Sidestick, HiHat
* Style _CORRUPT.STY
1849:Bass, Electric, ModernCountrySync Ev16 100
3728:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrungePopGritty2-note Ev 110
3727:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrungePopDist8ths Ev 110
3730:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrungeChuggingLow8ths Ev 100

Everything else was done in Logic:

Sugar Hill brass
EastWest gypsy violins
Wedding organ (festive, romantic, a little sexy!)
Cop-show clavinet
Wurlitzer electric piano
Composed and assisted drums

Last edited by Mark Hayes; 12/22/21 05:08 PM.