Hi, Well, that's pretty cool, do you know when and where? And, pass by the Kurzweil booth! I have not seen you since the Gods of 2003!!! Thanks, Regards, Fran
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Hello, NAMM is next week. This year I'll be going. I'll be at the Kurzweil booth for most of the time. Who else is going? and, any show interesting to see during that week? Thanks, Regards, Fran
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Hi, Just finished reading Heart's new book Kicking and Dreaming. Great book that tells not only the story of the band and the Wilson sisters, with their greatest and lowest moments both personally and as a band, but also another view about rock history in the last 40 years. Totally recommended. By the way, they tell things pretty crystal clear... drugs, alcohol, bad relationships, weight issu
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Hi, I love both Within Temptation and Capercaillie and I never imagined them to be in the same thread at mr.com :-) Regards, Fran p.s.- Last WT album is a monster. A lot fireworks, that's true, but a monster.
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Hello, This is pretty funny but not, I have not changed my sex... yet... probably my wife would not agree on that decision LOL! Back to that Gods... What a great festival!!! We were there mainly because Phil, Bruce and Kieran... and that show gave us our first record contract with Now and Then... "Colours" came after that... then Now and Then bankruptcy... then we ended up in t
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Hi, Not that I was expecting hundreds but... yep, our style is kind of small :-D Thanks! Regards, Fran twitter.com/hipogrito
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Hi, If anybody knows about any radio station (online or not) that plays AOR (or soft rock/westcoast) done by new artists... would you be able to send me their link/email, please? Thanks, Best regards, Fran
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Hi, It seems that Bramhall does not care about this anymore. It was his toy for a while until he got bored, now he is playing with a new toy and writing in the internet forums related to his new toy, in the same fashion he was writing here when he was all excited about his (second) record label. Here is the link, maybe you can try there: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/photo-diaries-re
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Hi, Yesterday we went to see Heart and Def Leppard at Mohegan Sun, Connecticut. Superb show by both bands... really, really nice. Good musicians, good songs, good sound, good lights, good crowd... awesome! And this is a tour where Heart is playing a good bunch of 80's songs, even with a reduced set list as they are the opening act. So, Aorsters... go to the show if you can... yesterday we h
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Hi, Cool story... Steve, there are stations around Boston that put old but still cool stuff... a couple of days ago I was driving home and my tuner happened to find a station where they played Europe, Ozzy, very very typical 80's songs, I know, but still enjoyable... but I have always wondered why they do not mix them with newer stuff in the style or just change the songs of the same artis
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Hi, Yep, the Colours situation is hard to understand. Now & Then sold it to Angelmilk, which means that Angelmilk actually paid for that. Then Angelmilk claims they have remastered it, with Pete Coleman, which means more money into that album... but not only they do not release it but when they say they are going to sell it to another label, they do not really do it and disappear from the
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Hi, Thanks for all your nice words. Sad to see part of your past thrown away that away but new projects will come (and are coming) and that's what it counts. And nice to hear about Alyson Avenue... great band. Take care, Fran
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Hi, Well, you might already know the story: Bramhall said in this website in December 2010 that he would release all his Angelmilk catalog, including all the Nexx albums, via melodicrock records. Since that announcement, he disappeared once again. Not answering any email from me or Andrew, which is funny... how could Andrew is going to release anything if the guy that owns the masters does
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Hi, Although sometimes it is complicated. One of the ways to detect autotune, when it is not properly done, is when the singers have a lot of vibrato. Vibrato models are way to fake for my taste in autotune systems... so, unless used very subtle, in some singers it is pretty noticeable. Another thing to focus is in the "chorusy-metallic" sound that it normally produces when ove
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Hi, The same here with Nexx releases. Bramhall hasn't answered a single email in half a year after saying here, once more, that he would release the albums... maybe he was building a studio in Bin Laden's home? (One of the few houses in the world without internet)... Regards, Fran
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Hi, It must be very sad. Sorry Andrew. Regards, Fran
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Hi, Ah, the classic we are few but we have an identity vs now we are too many and we do not have an identity anymore syndrome. I love it! And the thing that I love more of that syndrome is that many times it is just in the listener not in the artist. Not always though, as we well know that the number of fans also affect some artists. Anyway, the artist can remain invariant but the fact o
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Hi, Just to add that I went to see Stryper and Mass in Foxboro, MA. I had never heard anything from Mass before and I liked them... nothing new under the sun but solid hard rock with keyboards, catchy songs, nice stuff. First time I saw Stryper and I was impressed. Really heavy stuff and very well done... I was expecting the vocals to be not very good so many years after their hey day, but
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Hi Steven, Thanks for the notice... I might go to that one... Kind regards, Fran www.myspace.com/franrodriguez
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Hi, I am a big fan of 80's Heart... my fav album is Brigade... and yes they play most of the 70's stuff in today's shows although in recent years I have listened to some of their 80's hits live like Wild Child, Alone, These Dreams or Never... but one thing is sure to me, they rock big time live... they are one of the most solid rock bands live that you can see. You might like the tunes or not,
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Hi, Yup... I am here buried in snow in Rhode Island... what a crappy winter... Regards, Fran
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Hi, I have the Over and Underneath album and it is very good... really nice to listen to... and yes, my wife likes it a lot as well... Funny that this song is called "You are more", because they already have a "You are"... Good band that I personally found thanks to Amazon suggestions after I got a Needtobreathe album... Kind regards, Fran www.myspace.com/franrodriguez
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Hi, I am re-reading again the Daily Adventures of Mixerman, an extremely funny book about the recording of a major album by a young new band... really funny. Regards, Fran www.myspace.com/franrodriguez
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Hi, Back from sunny California to freezing New England... from walking in t-shirt avoiding the sun to literally dig out my car under a pile of snow... Just a quick note to say that finally I met Tommy "Multitask" Denander and it was a big pleasure to hear him play parts of Ceremony of Innocence to demonstrate his new Ever Tune guitar... it was very cool! Thank you Tommy. And damn! I m
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Hi, Amanda Marshall... her fourth album was announced for this year and never happened ??? Halestorm... hopefully they will be working on a new one by now. Within Temptation... let's see how's the new one. Journey... I liked the last one. House of Shakira... new singer, new album? Misty Lake :-) ok... they are far from recording but they'll do a heck of an album whenever that happens. Happ
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Hi, After reading the news about some big names at NAMM... I was wondering if any of the regulars from here is going to be there... I know that Mr. Denander normally goes but I was wondering if anybody else is going as well... I'll be at one of the Kurzweil booths... in the AM&S one at the lower floor or at the Young Chang in the pianos floor... Hope to see you there... Kind regards, Fran
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Hi, Well, I just got an email from Bramhall... he told me that there will be an announcement soon about those lost albums... Kind regards, Fran
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Hi, I haven't gotten any message from him since he, himself, posted in this very same forum this: http://forums.melodicrock.com/phorum33/read.php?f=1&i=402332&t=402332 Since then... nothing at all... he does not reply any single email.... Thanks to TonyM we know at least that he is still alive as he saw him once... but apart of that, nothing... Just a bunch of albums hidden somewher
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Hi, I agree with Marc... same song over and over again... to me since Always they have been repeating themselves too much. Now, on the positive side, I love the sound and tempo of the song... much more melodic and keyboard driven than other productions they've recently had... less harsh sounding and more AOR rounded sound... I'd love to see them going to that sound for a whole album... Regards
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Hi, Well, thanks for keep trying Andrew... Hi Tony, if you see the man having coffee again, please ask him about it... although maybe he will just vanish instantly... Regards, Fran
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