Cincy Show
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:22 pm
Just got back (more or less) from the show in Cincinatti. I'll try to post a somewhat more detailed review at some point (the pictures are probably more fun), but I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed.
I think this was mostly due to two things: they used the same set list as in South Bend (expected) and the sound man was pretty awful (not expected). I went with my sister, who had never seen Petra live, so the set list really wasn't that big of a deal. I knew they'd probably recycle the one from South Bend, but it would've been nice to have a bit more variety. Doing some of the editing work on the one from World Pulse Festival has made me somewhat more intimately acquainted with the set list than I'd prefer for a live show, I think.
We arrived early enough to get decent seats, and I think my shots turned out significantly better than the show in PA September of 2002. Of course, it would be hard for them to be worse. My sister is something of a photographer and got some better shots than I.
The soundman tweaked the sound often throughout the show, and Bob had to stop playing his guitar for the last part of Jekyll and Hyde (the last song in the set). Throughout the set, Paul and Bob let the sound man know things weren't quite going as needed. John and Greg had a word, too, I think, during a couple off-points. It was a thoroughly disrupting experience and made it extremely difficult to enjoy the concert. The sound check lasted so long that the opening band (the "WAKW worship band"?) was offed entirely, and Nicole C Mullen did the initial work. All in all, I think someone fell asleep at the switch on this one.
The good part? It was loud. It rocked. And John, despite the sound problems, sounded good. (At least his monitor was up high enough he didn't blow anything today!) In fact, I'd say he sounds better than he has in a long time. I noticed in the WPF concert that he sounded markedly better with the older material--I presume this is because it's more his "style" and better tuned to his vocal ability.
There were lots of people there. In the thousands. It's a fairly large festival. Some were more into it than others, and there seemed to be a fairly large contingent of petheads. (I was the one in the green Pethead shirt, if any of you were there.) Greg stopped to have his picture taken with a couple folks and answered several questions before the show started. I didn't much have the inclination to intrude, so I didn't ask anyone about a new record, or if John and Greg V. were ever going to appear together on stage, or if he really was that tall or just used stilts most of the time.
The band had a lot of fun, and it was good to see. They've gelled, and it shows. They enjoy what they're doing, and they're all smiles on stage. (Okay, Bob was a little upset about the sound, I think, but so was everyone else.)
I really hope their show in MD tonight has a better sound tech. They deserve it.
I think this was mostly due to two things: they used the same set list as in South Bend (expected) and the sound man was pretty awful (not expected). I went with my sister, who had never seen Petra live, so the set list really wasn't that big of a deal. I knew they'd probably recycle the one from South Bend, but it would've been nice to have a bit more variety. Doing some of the editing work on the one from World Pulse Festival has made me somewhat more intimately acquainted with the set list than I'd prefer for a live show, I think.
We arrived early enough to get decent seats, and I think my shots turned out significantly better than the show in PA September of 2002. Of course, it would be hard for them to be worse. My sister is something of a photographer and got some better shots than I.
The soundman tweaked the sound often throughout the show, and Bob had to stop playing his guitar for the last part of Jekyll and Hyde (the last song in the set). Throughout the set, Paul and Bob let the sound man know things weren't quite going as needed. John and Greg had a word, too, I think, during a couple off-points. It was a thoroughly disrupting experience and made it extremely difficult to enjoy the concert. The sound check lasted so long that the opening band (the "WAKW worship band"?) was offed entirely, and Nicole C Mullen did the initial work. All in all, I think someone fell asleep at the switch on this one.
The good part? It was loud. It rocked. And John, despite the sound problems, sounded good. (At least his monitor was up high enough he didn't blow anything today!) In fact, I'd say he sounds better than he has in a long time. I noticed in the WPF concert that he sounded markedly better with the older material--I presume this is because it's more his "style" and better tuned to his vocal ability.
There were lots of people there. In the thousands. It's a fairly large festival. Some were more into it than others, and there seemed to be a fairly large contingent of petheads. (I was the one in the green Pethead shirt, if any of you were there.) Greg stopped to have his picture taken with a couple folks and answered several questions before the show started. I didn't much have the inclination to intrude, so I didn't ask anyone about a new record, or if John and Greg V. were ever going to appear together on stage, or if he really was that tall or just used stilts most of the time.
The band had a lot of fun, and it was good to see. They've gelled, and it shows. They enjoy what they're doing, and they're all smiles on stage. (Okay, Bob was a little upset about the sound, I think, but so was everyone else.)
I really hope their show in MD tonight has a better sound tech. They deserve it.
A full PDF is up with a song-by-song blow, though it's a little overdone, probably.