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Post by shaggaz on Jun 26, 2007 15:09:06 GMT 10
Unfortunately I only caught the 2nd set at Bennetts on Sunday night.
Masterful, engaging and totally inspiring.
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Post by alimcg on Jun 26, 2007 15:32:16 GMT 10
I only caught the first set - let's swap notes!
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Post by alimcg on Jun 26, 2007 15:33:58 GMT 10
Seriously though... FUCK! Muller writes some great tunes.
Interesting to hear Brett on electric too.
Tim, what's your view on ending sentences with prepositions? Pedant or can't be arsed?
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Post by aj on Jun 26, 2007 16:48:15 GMT 10
what's your view on ending sentences with prepositions? It's ungrammatical, to begin with........... |
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Post by bodgey on Jun 26, 2007 18:12:25 GMT 10
I'll step in for Tim - disgraceful, Alistair.
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Post by alimcg on Jun 26, 2007 20:58:27 GMT 10
At least spell my name right Joshua!
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Post by bodgey on Jun 26, 2007 23:06:09 GMT 10
Gotcha. ;D
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Post by shaggaz on Jun 27, 2007 10:29:00 GMT 10
Yeah alimcg, some awesome tunes. What I really dug was the relaxed vibe on stage.
Is it too often that we see people struggling with their own tunes, or dots or whatever?
It seems obvious, but all members of the trio knew the tunes inside out, which made their playing and manner seem totally chilled, but also put them in a position to amp it up when the wanted to :-)
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Post by gator on Jun 27, 2007 12:31:51 GMT 10
Yep - I agree Shagz - the music was deceptively simple - I mean , the band makes alot of it sound simpler than it is - . Beautiful attention to sound dynamic and space.
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Post by captain on Jun 27, 2007 13:00:18 GMT 10
Wow, the band knew the music? God forbid....  |
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Post by alimcg on Jun 27, 2007 14:59:30 GMT 10
I might be mistaken, but I kinda thought there were a few tunes where Tim's head was in the book a bit. I could be wrong. It just looked like on a few of the trickier tunes he was reading (just on the heads).
Either way, great band, great gig, and I'll second what gator said about dynamics and space. My only problem was the lower frequencies were a little muddy, but I think that was more to do with where I was sitting (the little pit on the far side of Bennetts). Always dodgy sound there.
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Post by shaggaz on Jun 27, 2007 15:50:59 GMT 10
ah well Al, I too was perched on the stairs of the abyss and I know what you mean about the sound there. Leigh, I think it's an all too rare occurrence actually! There's a plethora of great bands and original music coming out in Melbs (I live there so not qualified to talk about sydney, but i actually don't mind the place  but all too often it seems the bands have not had enough time to really get inside the tunes. The music is still of a high standard, but when you see someone like Muller or Andrea Keller's quartet or ironguts, to me, that's an entirely different level. |
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Post by captain on Jun 27, 2007 16:35:58 GMT 10
I agree with you - I was being sarcastic about running a band, not sarcastic about your comment! Sorry if I offended.
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Post by shaggaz on Jun 27, 2007 16:50:47 GMT 10
No no! You didn't offend! I just thought it an interesting subject. Be nice to hear what others think.
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Post by alimcg on Jun 27, 2007 16:59:05 GMT 10
It does seem that there are a lot of gigs (and I mean serious gigs), where guys are reading way too much. In just the last week or so I've been to a couple of gigs where the musicians were having to read too much for them to be able to really play the music. The worst was a band leader who didn't know his own tunes.
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but all too often it seems the bands have not had enough time to really get inside the tunes. The music is still of a high standard, but when you see someone like Muller or Andrea Keller's quartet or ironguts, to me, that's an entirely different level.