mahinty
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I am not involved with this cover at all, but JC brooks and the Uptown sound do an incredible cover of "I am trying to break your heart"
Now with full-blown video clip:
Anyone seen these guys live?
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Then you could switch to Pot Kettle Black for winter:
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A little clip about the premiere of the 7WC doco ("The Sun Came Out") at a Santa Barbara Film Festival:
http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/unique-insight-finns-film-3428159/video
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I haven't seen this much love for The Straits since 1986!
They were a fairly influential band for me - the first that I really obsessed about. Although they could do no wrong when I was getting into them and discovering their back-catalogue in the 80s, the only albums that have stood the test of time for me are the first three. Don't get me wrong - there are some great moments on Love over Gold ("Oh but it's a sad reminder, when your organ grinder has to come to you for rent") and Brothers in Arms, too. Twisting Pool the Pool is also great fun. The second live album (On the night) and On Every Street were both rather pointless. I had moved on, anyway.
Some truly great songs, and there are few guitarists with as distinctive a style as Knopfler.
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i will say, i really love their cover of Neil Young's 'Don't Let It Bring You Down'
Sweet clip
I'm liking the album - particularly the first half.
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I got real bored one day and threw all five of my finished songs (rest of them go unrecorded to this day) onto bandcamp, here's the link: hither
I like
Nice work
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JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound MUST open for Wilco. I don't care where it happens, I'm there.
I second that.
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Justin Townes Earle announced as support act for Wellington and Auckland. Not sure where that leaves Don McGlashan, who I thought was originally down to open. Perhaps both?
I heard that JTE was great when he played here last year.
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I'm currently in a Let it Be (an often under-rated album, IMO) phase, and can totally imagine Wilco covering "Across the Universe" or "Don't Let Me Down"
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I've heard some not-so-good reports about things mackie has been putting out recently- reliability and workmanship issues, namely, as a result of production being taken to China(?). Is yours new/ recent?
I bought my Mackie in September ’07 for, I think, NZD500 at the time – around 300-350 of your US dollars, I guess.
It would be pretty hard to imagine an electronic product like this not being built in China - and sure enough mine was made in China. I’ve had no problems in the 2+ years that I’ve had it. The things that you can touch and see are solidly constructed – from the extruded aluminium housing of the pod, through to the quality of the knobs, buttons and connectors. From the outside, at least, it gives the appearance of being a high quality piece of gear.
I don’t claim to be a home-recording expert and I don’t have a lot to compare this with (except my old SoundBlaster card), so here’s a review to add some credibility:
http://emusician.com...onyx_satellite/
The talkback mic is a fairly over the top feature on a unit like this, but it has provided much entertainment, as I insist on using it whenever I’m recording another musician – even though they’re sitting in the same room with me.
In a thinly veiled act of shameless self-promotion, you can listen to some example recordings made with the Mackie here:
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well thanks for clearing some stuff up. any recommendations for a better unit than the ux1? i think i'm stuck with it for a while, which is fine. at this point i'm just wanting to learn how to make it all work.
I've got no complaints with my Mackie Onyx Satellite. It's solid, reliable, easy to use, and has got top-notch mic pre-amps built-in.
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Very cool, I was not aware of a clavinet before your post. Do you know if Jay used it on other songs?
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other Wilco songs that have clavinet on them, but for some classic funky wah-wah-clav action check out:
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With
- a Mackie Onyx Satellite
- R0de NT-1A Condenser microphone
- Cubase SX software
...and a touch of Mastering in a studio, I've managed to record a few songs that I thought worthy of putting on CD.
Have a listen:
http://www.myspace.com/meechbrothers
I'm pretty happy with it, considering I was pretty much learning on the job.
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I saw this at GC yesterday and thought seriously about getting a job so I could buy it:
Mmmm... 76 weighted keys... superfluous tube... oversized switch... decent sounding piano... me wantee!
That is one funky keyboard. You couldn't not be funky with that.
Thank goodness for the return of knobs and switches on keyboards. It was looking pretty bland there for about two decades (80s and 90s), but someone realised that keyboard players are people too.
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My brother and I decided that the best way finish some songs that we’ve been tinkering away on in the home studio over the last year or so, was to get some of them Mastered and put them out there on one of those old-fashioned CD things.
It’s a good feeling to know they are “finished” and that we can now move onto something else.
Have a listen:
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Sorry for the freak out. I must be reading the venue map wrong. You are probably ok up there.
Yeah, I think the stage is at the left-hand end of that floor plan.
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Tickets sorted (row D, 6 rows back) so pretty happy.
I'm excited about seeing them at a lovely old theatre like the Civic. Check out link below to see it in all it's totally over-the-top glory!
Is it just me or is this a fairly big venue (2500 capacity) for a band like Wilco to play in Auckland?
Could this mean there might be further developments re supporting artists?
They'll fill it - Wilco's audience grows every year, and you can't under-estimate the 7WC effect. A lot of people heard them for the first time at that Neil Finn gig - and I think they won a lot of new fans that night.
The Wellington Town Hall is a great venue, it's capacity of 1600 is only a little bit bigger than The Opera House (1400) which they packed-out in 2008. Given the number of people I've talked to who have kicked themselves for not going to that gig a couple of years ago, getting a couple of hundred extra people along next year should be a piece of cake.
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Who did you hear this from? What is the point of having GA if it is going to be seated?
Yeah, seems a bit ridiculous. The Ticketek dude told me that GA would be seated.
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Got 'em!
Went for the gallery in the end (A reserve) - central, 3 rows back - might be a bit far away for my liking, but hey, I'm in and that's what counts.
I was surprised to hear that the GA area on the floor (stalls) will be seated!!
Crazy.
Help, I haven't been to the Wellington Town Hall before, the seating plan is confusing, is the GA on the floor in front of the stage? and whereabouts are the A reserve tickets?
Yes, GA is on the floor in front of the stage - but crazily is seated for this gig.
A and B reserve are allocated seats upstairs (the "Circle").
It's not a massive venue, so views are pretty good no matter where you are.
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Just got a message from my Auckland mate:
"Unbelievably they actually called me back, I have my tickets...6 rows back and pretty much centre stage...awesome"
Looks like it's all go for AK now.............
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Just got through to an operator at Ticketek who said there had been a delay in loading that one, and they will now go on sale at 10am.
I spoke to a friend in Auckland who was told that the "promoter had withdrawn the listing" - whatever that means.
Checked in with Ticketek at 10am, and now they're using the same line as in Auckland - the Promoter has changed some details and it should be all ready to go later today - time unknown.
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Tickets apparently go on sale today but I can't get through to Ticketek, and there is nothing on their website. Anyone else struggling to buy tix for the Wellie show?
Just got through to an operator at Ticketek who said there had been a delay in loading that one, and they will now go on sale at 10am.
I spoke to a friend in Auckland who was told that the "promoter had withdrawn the listing" - whatever that means.
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Tickets apparently go on sale today but I can't get through to Ticketek, and there is nothing on their website. Anyone else struggling to buy tix for the Wellie show?
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Happy days
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Attn Kiwis: Nick Bollinger interviews "Wilco" (not sure who exactly - possibly John as seems to be doing most of the press for this leg of the tour) on National Radio between 2 and 3pm today (Saturday 24 May). Might be available as a podcast later on.
Also, is anyone planning on documenting the setlist at next week's Wellington show? I did the last one and would be keen to have the night off this time around (but I'd have to know that someone else had it covered).
4 sleeps!!!