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ashkent7 07:18 pm UTC 06/25/16 |
| In reply to: | re: Great fan review of Braver - rockfenris2005 06:59 am UTC 06/25/16 |
| Yes last time I checked it was me still, just about. Thanks...it started out as just me cobbling some bits of critique on each track which is what i posted on MLUKFC. I then added an introduction and overview with the intention of posting it places like Amazon,and a couple of music review and entertainment sites I've reviewed for in the past. In the meantime I thought i would send it to Jim after seeing a couple of comments on Meat's facebook criticising his voice, just as something to remind him that there are people who will really really like it and people who simply won't give it the time of day. i really didn't expect him to react to it in quite the way he did. I get the feeling he's either passed it onto or mentioned it to everyone involved in the recording (definitely Karla knew about it and Paul as well). I'll revise it again nearer the album's release because there's a couple of bits still to complete. One thing i did realise today, that i hadn't thought until today is that the album is like an audio theatre production...the more i think it puts me in mind of listening to the soundtrack of something like the movie version of Phantom or Les Miz, or Tanz. You're not listening to a singer singing a song in what is considered the conventional style - you're listening to Meat portraying the characters of the songs as he always does. I think the main comparison I make to the musicals are Hugh Jackman's final piece in Les Miz where he's dying, and the end of Phantom when his emotions take over his voice. That is how i see the album, so I guess that's the addition that i'll be making to it right there lol. > > Are YOU Stuart? I loved your review!!! Recognize your > username from the MeatLoaf forum too!! > > > I just found out that Jim had sent this over to be posted > > on here. It's been a while since I've been on so had to > > re-register. > > > > I knew Jim liked the piece because he sent an amazingly > > praising reply, also saying that the album turned out so > > much better than he ever could have hoped when he and Meat > > started out to make it. I'm really happy that after so > > long he has seen a album of his songs made how he > > envisioned it. > > > > Just on the "current music" line, I amended that line > > after sending it to JIm as i realised it was a bit > > far-reaching. The reference was to current chart music and > > music that is pushed to the front of the queue when it > > comes to attention. I have a massively diverse list of > > artists I like both past and present, but in general it is > > the same generic, soulless 3 minute stuff that is over > > promoted until it creates this wall of perfection that the > > unconventional has to struggle to break through. There are > > always the odd exception of course. > > > > > > > > I'm always on the lookout for emotional powerful music, > > > doesn't have to be bombastic or operatic. I love "Exit > > > music for a film". That is glorious, if you've ever heard > > > of that. (I love Wagner and I love Real McCoy "Runaway" > > > from the 90s, haha. Don't care when it was done, just that > > > I really FEEL.) Any help with that would be appreciated. > > > Single I co-produced is somewhere here on the forum, link > > > that is. I'm working on a number of projects now, > > > including one that gets performed here this August. > > > Nervous as ALL HELL, PETRIFIED, but excited. > > > > > > > I get most of my new music directly from the artists > > > > (shows, websites, kickstarters) or from bandcamp.com > > > > (which is almost from the artist). A lot of talented > > > > artists with non-mainstream music now have wide > > > > distribution through Bandcamp (and CD Baby, and to be > > > > fair, Amazon). Look up my account on Bandcamp to see what > > > > I've been listening to, and buy from those people. > > > > > > > > (Also, if we're going to shill for small labels, I get > > > > more stuff from Projekt than Nuclear Blast.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If he is missing those things from today's music, then he > > > > > > should stop listening to pop and venture elsewhere. There > > > > > > is plenty of good music around, well produced music, well > > > > > > sung music, varied, bombastic, grandious and soaring. But > > > > > > you will NOT find in on MTV, radio, casting shows or the > > > > > > major labels. > > > > > > When I look over the albums I bought in the last few > > > > > > years, most of them come from Nuclear Blast. > > > > > > > > > > Couldn't agree with this more! | |
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