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by Mountain Man
Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:28 pm
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: Ownership of the Newsboys
Replies: 5
Views: 833

Re: Ownership of the Newsboys

Dan wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:33 pm
Maybe Kevin Max could step in...
He's not the pretty boy he used to be, is he?
by Mountain Man
Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:30 pm
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: Ownership of the Newsboys
Replies: 5
Views: 833

Re: Ownership of the Newsboys

Newsboys are an odd one. According to Wikipedia, they didn't have a stable lineup from 1985 when they started until 2008 when Michael Tait joined, but by then, every original member had left and the music style completely changed, so they were basically Newboys in name only at that point.
by Mountain Man
Sun Jan 26, 2025 7:10 pm
Forum: The Petra Zone
Topic: Xavier - Greg X. Volz
Replies: 13
Views: 4470

Re: Xavier - Greg X. Volz

A while ago, one fellow who maintained a Petra fan site got permission from the producer to post a digital copy of the album to his website. I think it was guidetopetra.com, but the site is currently down with an undated notice saying it will be back soon. I got permission back in the day from the ...
by Mountain Man
Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:48 pm
Forum: The Petra Zone
Topic: Xavier - Greg X. Volz
Replies: 13
Views: 4470

Re: Xavier - Greg X. Volz

A while ago, one fellow who maintained a Petra fan site got permission from the producer to post a digital copy of the album to his website. I think it was guidetopetra.com, but the site is currently down with an undated notice saying it will be back soon.
by Mountain Man
Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:24 am
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: Petra facebook page censors
Replies: 7
Views: 3679

Re: Petra facebook page censors

When a band has had as many members as Petra, it's hard to say which is the "real" band, but I will say the current touring lineup doesn't resonate with me emotionally like "Classic Petra" or "The Dream Team". Greg Bailey and Christian Bonero are fine musicians, and Bailey has been an official touri...
by Mountain Man
Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:50 am
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: Petra facebook page censors
Replies: 7
Views: 3679

Re: Petra facebook page censors

I wonder who's doing the censoring?
by Mountain Man
Tue Jan 14, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: The Petra Zone
Topic: Remastered albums
Replies: 88
Views: 1278814

Re: Remastered albums

I own every Petra album minus the compilations, which I have no use for. Petra never had any unreleased songs or "deep cuts", so there was never any reason to buy the compilations if you already had the albums. Someone once asked Bob Hartman about unreleased material that might be hidden away, and h...
by Mountain Man
Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: Ken Tamplin isn't who we thought
Replies: 8
Views: 8794

Re: Ken Tamplin isn't who we thought

Ken's not lying, though. He was still singing, just not the lead part. I listened on a JBL soundbar and could easily tell when he sang harmony. His neck bulges differently when he is going to head voice. He has been using the same backing tracks forever. The other guys may be singing but aren't far...
by Mountain Man
Sun Dec 22, 2024 10:28 pm
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: Ken Tamplin isn't who we thought
Replies: 8
Views: 8794

Re: Ken Tamplin isn't who we thought

I'm not sure you understand the technique Fil uses to compare audio tracks. It's pitch detection software, and in the case of Ken's live performance versus the studio track, it's a perfect match to the thousandth of a second which proves it's the same audio: Ken was lip syncing to a studio track dur...
by Mountain Man
Thu Dec 19, 2024 8:12 am
Forum: The Petra Zone
Topic: Remastered albums
Replies: 88
Views: 1278814

Re: Remastered albums

Using AI to "demix" a song so it can be remixed is one thing, but using it to create an artificial minickry of a human performance, I don't like that at all. Autotune, pitch correction, and quantizing are bad enough.
by Mountain Man
Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: The Petra Zone
Topic: Remastered albums
Replies: 88
Views: 1278814

Re: Remastered albums

AI "demixing" is becoming more accessible all the time. For instance, there's the website moises.ai where you can upload any music file you want, and AI algorithms will separate vocals and instruments into separate tracks. The results aren't perfect, certainly not as clean as the work Abby Road can ...
by Mountain Man
Thu Oct 17, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: New Stryper album (2024)
Replies: 3
Views: 14064

Re: New Stryper album (2024)

There was another Stryper album released this year that flew under my radar until recently: To Hell With The Amps . It's an acoustic cover album that is more traditional than Petra's (unfairly) maligned Double Take , where the songs are just straightforward acoustic covers. Many of the them work qui...
by Mountain Man
Sun Oct 06, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: The Petra Zone
Topic: Jekyll & Hyde vinyl
Replies: 6
Views: 6806

Re: Jekyll & Hyde vinyl

I actually like Double Take. I appreciate the new arrangements and consider it one of the better acoustic cover albums, but I recognize that this is not a popular opinion among Petra fans.
by Mountain Man
Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: The Petra Zone
Topic: Jekyll & Hyde vinyl
Replies: 6
Views: 6806

Re: Jekyll & Hyde vinyl

A remaster? Why? The original CD sounds fantastic.
by Mountain Man
Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Other Topics
Topic: Ken Tamplin isn't who we thought
Replies: 8
Views: 8794

Re: Ken Tamplin isn't who we thought

Fil just posted a follow-up video in response to Ken's: https://youtu.be/FhM-wrP9PpQ?si=vcOYeG3y7VQbiZoY He doesn't have much new to say about Ken's lip syncing which was definitively covered in the first two videos, but he does point out that Ken has been deleting comments and videos from his own c...