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  1. the masked drummer
    Of course I'm a fan. There's a documentary on Netlix if you're interested. I forget the songs I learned on drums, but it's great music. I saw Rory open for Rush in around 1983 signals, joe Louis arena? anyway, very good music but he since died... RIP Rory!
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    On the images and words tour those cats were pretty conservative, just into drinkin beers. Nice to see Labrie GO GREEN in his later years...
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    I thought maybe they "deadened" the sound just for the streaming version to make you buy "the good mix" (official) but to me it sounds like Synsonics drums, the toy drum machine. That snare sounds like a loose and crappy tom drum as well... hmmm... It may be I'm too demanding, but it all sounds too smooth and non-human in feel...
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    I'm not trying to "school" you or anything but IAW snare sound was a plan B scenario, not at all their initial ultimate goal, because after mike did his takes, and the others did takes, they discovered they could not do anything to make the snare sound decent. So in an effort to avoid literally starting over (which I'm sure they could NOT afford then) they did what many engineers end up doing. You re-trigger the signal into a sound module and use a sampled sound. MP hated the final product but they simply didn't have the resources. Things would have been different using today's non-linear editing techniques, but not then. However, if you like the snare sound on images and words, that's your preference. For me, I interpret it as a step backwards. Sounds like some gated reverb bs stuff to me. Just my personal preference...
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    I listened to it again and I think the terrible snare drum sound ruins it. I mean for a band like DT and a drummer like Mangini, HOW does this snare sound make it in there I just don't get it? Yeah the keyboard solo isn't that great either. And it's the same sound / effect for the solo he used in Beneath the Surface too. Don't get me wrong, I'm a really big DT fan and I love almost everything they've ever put out, new stuff included. I'm in the same boat. How did the snare mix get approved? The full-bodied, robust flavor, with tonality, dynamics, bright crispness... Those are all traits of a snare sound I WOULD expect from a PROGRESSIVE ROCK band that doesn't bend down to stoop to lower levels of diminished quality even if it's in an attempt to sound current (the hot snare sound of the minute.) They smashed his snare flat as a pancake. Sad...
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    The chances he took, the power he harnessed, the hilarity he exubed... On a happy note Keith never died because there's a secret little keith in all of those who had the priveledge to enjoy his work whether on the radio as a fan or as a fellow musician studying his greatness in his short time here. Cheers to the real fuching thing! Rock On, Moony...
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    No michigan appearances. JW is a whale of epic proportions. Hopefully he survives these dates and comes back to the motor city...
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    That would rule... I was 14 in 1982 and Sabbath was my first concert and it was pretty incredible...
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    What happened to Fripp? OK, this was one of my saddest days, reading this: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-crimson-robert-fripp-quits-music-business/
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    The best live rock album is Keys to Ascension Yes. :D-13: Any questions? BTW, are you trying to include rush as part of the "Music of the spheres" scope??? Interesting... I suppose rush should be included even though the thread title precludes them?
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    Stop following guitar note for note = GRAND idea! Also, this is the first thing that I thought of when I saw James' new look: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j74/kenamay/JAMES_zps2cc3ab74.jpg
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    Kinda interesting, but I don't like the snare sound Petrucci keeps producing, plus drums are down in the mix again. I'm losing a bit of interest. The 2-man production team sounded much better.
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    I'd love to see what Jimi's fellow musician associates/friends would have to say about this. Just the fact he (kw) drove Robert Fripp out of the business when he stole (sampled) 21st century schizoid man makes me want to (BAD WORD HERE). The only thing Kanye has in common with Hendrix is they are humans. That's where the similarity ends in my book.
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    There's only one logical answer to this question. (NO) The only way to know you're at your peak would be to let time pass by and watch sales drop for subsequent albums. If a band has an album that has the highest sales of any record to date, they would be foolish to assume they can't make another equally good or even better next album. You didn't think this poll through before you posted...
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    They were amazing at The Fox in Detroit. A very treasured memory, I must say. They let what's left of their hair down. Amazing performance. Amazing band. Happy to catch that show... :codger:
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    I want to live in THAT neighborhood!! OK. I saw Angus run across the stage in 1983 playing the fastest riffs imaginable without any finger tapping at the same time. I'm talking running a 50 yard dash at 20 mph without missing a note. I've NEVER seen a guitarist do that before and it definitely took years of practice to pull it off. Please share with us a video of a kid playing for two years that can do that. I want to start a band with him.
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    As Guitarist I am assuming composition is part of their score. With that being said here's my list of players that don't suck im my opinion but are overrated: 1) Clapton 2) Motor City Madman (Nugent) 3) Jack "Insert Ex-Wife's last name here" (White Stripes Guitarist from SW Detroit) 4) Ritchie Blackwhore With honorable mention to fact the Ritchie wrote the most recognizable riff in guitar rock history. And SPECIAL Honorable mention to Jimmy Page. His execution on some live clips I've seen is weaker than most teenage youtube covers, but the cat wrote the best and most influential guitar riffs, that whether you recognize it or not, have gone on to influence and motivate guitarists and bands for the last 40 years. (like Rush, Kiss, Aerosmith, to name just a few) 85% of modern music has a jimmy page influence hidden in it somewhere, if you could dig down to its core and study the family tree from where it was derived imho....
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    I know the part where Al is talking about Long and McQuade... it's down the street from where I live and I go there all the time. Have quite a few instruments from there myself. That was interesting. My band in high school rented a bunch of stuff from long and mcquades in 1983, in windsor. I rented a bunch of extra cymbals and stands, and a pa system, and guitar amps... I always thought it was cool to rent from the same company Rush bought their first room full of tour equipment from...
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    Super kewl. Thanks for sharing!! :goodone: I like how they have many things in common yet play different instruments, so they really are worlds apart in that sense.That seems to make it more interesting and less technical an interview. Side note for Chad fans: Chad used to play in a band called "Toby Redd" who was pretty huge locally in Detroit in the late 70s/80"s. He just did a reunion show opening for chickenfoot (played for Toby Redd and Chickenfoot). He currently also jams with Jeff Kollman (Lead Guitar) and Kevin Chown (Bass Guitar) , two awesome players from Toledo, OH who had a band called "Edwin Dare" in the nineties. Kevin may have actually been from Detroit, but anyhoo also played on "Tiles", the Detroit Prog Rock band's, first album back in 1994 before he moved to Hollywood. Both Kevin and Jeff are now in Chad's "bombastic meat bats" lineup. Definitely a "musicians band"...
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    Do I stop at get it on the way home or what, Treeduck??? Do tell! I heard Ezrin earned his paycheck on this one. :D-13:
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    I always thought Glyn, his older brother engineered Bonham and Watts? I know Glyn's two-microphone isosceles triangle method for recording drums (first used with the Beatles) was supposedly implemented. Were the brothers co-engineers? All I know is their engineering has A LOT to do with zeppelin's awesome sound. People don't credit the engineers with the magic they create as much as their work impacts the overall sound of a band....
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    This is what I'm sayin'. Can't wait for Going for the One in it's entirety...
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    STP was great in 1994 at cobo hall, but its been downhill steadily for stp and scott since then. He's about one step above Layne Staley. I say he doesn't make it to 50. Who's wants a wager via Paypal? (sorry, scott) :D-13:
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    I hope his current band is better than the one I saw him with last time he toured solo, for his sake.
  25. the masked drummer
    No one's sticking with just one album so I'll pick a few favs in strict order of how I feel today: :D-13: 3 of a perfect pair Larks' tongues Discipline Red Lizard
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