TBN Show Review
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:13 pm
Well people. It was bitter sweet to say the least. I was glad to see everybody on stage again, but I felt dissapointed by several things:
1. Greg sang a mix of Lip-sinc vs. live vocals throught the evening. It was evident by the many times he missed to match the played audio, then in some few instances, mostly to finish songs concert style with fanfare, he would sing live a couple of lines. Again you guys decide.
2. Bob played live but straight to the PA system through his Boss multi-effects pedal board, nothing else. He had his Egnater amp behind the stage rig for backup, but he told me he did not use it.
3. The only part Bob did not play live was the Solo breaks on Too Big which were pre-recorded, which sucked. He continued to play the chords behind it though.
4. Mark Kelly played his Fender bass apparently straight to the PA too, there were no pedals, no Bass amp on stage.
5. The sound sounded very subdued, like they were only interested in capturing it for the recording. The audience had no feel of the sound like it was a loud Rock concert. We could not hear Louie's drums amplified, you could only hear them by themselves, although they were miked for the recording.
6. Again it sounded like a perfected, planned production, not a loud concert.
7. The background vocals also sounded pre-recorded.
Now to some details:
1. They played the whole new record in the same order as the CD.
2. They had 2 violin players with a conductor, but I think they lip-sinced too.
3. Bob played 4 guitars. The black BHG Les Paul of late, a new BHG Ibanez like model, a new BHG Tele style baritone, and His Black Ibanez Acoustic.
4. Louie brought his Reddish-Pink DW kit with a single bass drum. While Playing Too Big he broke the snare drum head and replaced it with a Natural maple DW snare, and then they re-recorded the last 3 songs again.
5. Greg ran all over the stage, and around the upper parts of the stage, did karate kicks, jumped from Louie's riser and performed some silly dances, like on CITAS.
6. Bob and Mark mostly stayed by their mics. I noticed Bob has a slight limp.
I don't know. I just hope they play everything live on the rest of the shows, or I think this will be Millie Vanillie again.
Next I am uploading pictures in the next 20 minutes.
1. Greg sang a mix of Lip-sinc vs. live vocals throught the evening. It was evident by the many times he missed to match the played audio, then in some few instances, mostly to finish songs concert style with fanfare, he would sing live a couple of lines. Again you guys decide.
2. Bob played live but straight to the PA system through his Boss multi-effects pedal board, nothing else. He had his Egnater amp behind the stage rig for backup, but he told me he did not use it.
3. The only part Bob did not play live was the Solo breaks on Too Big which were pre-recorded, which sucked. He continued to play the chords behind it though.
4. Mark Kelly played his Fender bass apparently straight to the PA too, there were no pedals, no Bass amp on stage.
5. The sound sounded very subdued, like they were only interested in capturing it for the recording. The audience had no feel of the sound like it was a loud Rock concert. We could not hear Louie's drums amplified, you could only hear them by themselves, although they were miked for the recording.
6. Again it sounded like a perfected, planned production, not a loud concert.
7. The background vocals also sounded pre-recorded.
Now to some details:
1. They played the whole new record in the same order as the CD.
2. They had 2 violin players with a conductor, but I think they lip-sinced too.
3. Bob played 4 guitars. The black BHG Les Paul of late, a new BHG Ibanez like model, a new BHG Tele style baritone, and His Black Ibanez Acoustic.
4. Louie brought his Reddish-Pink DW kit with a single bass drum. While Playing Too Big he broke the snare drum head and replaced it with a Natural maple DW snare, and then they re-recorded the last 3 songs again.
5. Greg ran all over the stage, and around the upper parts of the stage, did karate kicks, jumped from Louie's riser and performed some silly dances, like on CITAS.
6. Bob and Mark mostly stayed by their mics. I noticed Bob has a slight limp.
I don't know. I just hope they play everything live on the rest of the shows, or I think this will be Millie Vanillie again.
Next I am uploading pictures in the next 20 minutes.
