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Douglas Blair and Platform West LLC present the second single and video from the innovative power duo 'signal2noise'. 'out' is a metaphor for many aspects of loss, disconnection, exit, moving on, reflection. Stemming from typical failed relationships, these feelings can be applied to any desirable present that has fallen into the past tense, into the rearview mirror. With Blair further yielding his self-invented GuitarCross hybrid bass/guitar and delivering the lead vocals -- and Toxy London on drums and vocals -- out also features an instrumental breakdown that is extended and variably explored when performed live. In this video, Blair employs an early-80s Hamer 8-string bass custom-built for the bass player of the iconic 'J Giles Band' of Boston, MA. Originally painted in a rather ugly 'salmon pink', the short-scale(30“) instrument was acquired at a legendary Cambridge, MA music store in the late 90s, and converted to its present GuitarCross state in
