Wow, people are actually finding out about Nickel Creek...COOL!
Saw them in No.Hampton MA about a month or so ago. AWESOME!
If the spot where you see them is small enough (The Calvin Theatre was a little big, but they did it anyway) they will unplug and walk to the front of the stage.
It was a very strange thing, to have the ENTIRE theatre go silent, while hearing the instruments do exactly what they are supposed to. First time I have ever heard music of that caliber with no amps or speakers. The memory is making those goosebumps rise as I am typing
If you like Nickel Creek, I encourage you to check out Chris Thile's solo stuff. AWESOME! Sean Watkins solo, "Let it Fall" is pretty good too.
But, I would have to say the icing on the cake, was Eddie From Ohio, the opening act. These guys were FANTASTIC! (Better performers than Nickel Creek in my not so humble op.) They even have their own website. CD's are very very well done. It is like someone who had a simple minimalist style went into a good studio and kept out all of the crap. I strongly suggest these CD's.
Oh yeah, we were talking about music, now weren't we?
With all of the rap crap hip-hop my 18 year old listens to, there is Alan Parsons, Fresh Aire 1-5, Jeff Waynes "war of the worlds", Stan Rogers, Steve Miller...hell, even Kraftwerk in her collection! You are right to say that music connects generations. I second that motion :>)
Having a college student come home for a weekend insisting on making CD recordings of your old original Tuff Gong 1/2 inch thick Jamaican vinyl.....to give the girls on her floor something else to play besides "Legend"..well, its a good feeling!
(Being met by a classmate of hers on move-out day recently and being introduced by her room-mate as the "guy with the radio station in his living room I told you about" was kind of strange though.....)
I have been able to buy better music than ever before thanks to my cable modem and mp3 sharing online.
When used as they were designed, mp3's have a place. I think of them as "tapes".....I burn a CD of some samples from the net then listen in the car. If I like it, I buy it.
I welcome the net's impact on music. Never before have so many talented artists out there had a way to get to the public.
Log in to Audiogalaxy and look at the front page. Listen to a few tunes by a featured artist. I surely would never have found Danny Barnes any other way. Yet he is a "punk-rock bluegrass-country cross" that would most likely never have been considered by a record company. You want something that was done with a couple of good mikes and will make a country/bluegrass/folk nut get goosebumps in front of your system? Danny Barnes. Live as it gets.
I have also loaded some pretty serious live performances. (All legal) When done at 320, live shows can be very nice. The best live Dead I have comes from the net. Better than anything live they have ever put out on vinyl pies......
I don't think it will ever be enough. I have begun to sell some of the stuff I never play anymore. In a recent sort, I almost parted with my Learning to Crawl album by the Pretenders, then played it. What a good way to discover what is in your own collection...
Saw them in No.Hampton MA about a month or so ago. AWESOME!
If the spot where you see them is small enough (The Calvin Theatre was a little big, but they did it anyway) they will unplug and walk to the front of the stage.
It was a very strange thing, to have the ENTIRE theatre go silent, while hearing the instruments do exactly what they are supposed to. First time I have ever heard music of that caliber with no amps or speakers. The memory is making those goosebumps rise as I am typing
If you like Nickel Creek, I encourage you to check out Chris Thile's solo stuff. AWESOME! Sean Watkins solo, "Let it Fall" is pretty good too.
But, I would have to say the icing on the cake, was Eddie From Ohio, the opening act. These guys were FANTASTIC! (Better performers than Nickel Creek in my not so humble op.) They even have their own website. CD's are very very well done. It is like someone who had a simple minimalist style went into a good studio and kept out all of the crap. I strongly suggest these CD's.
Oh yeah, we were talking about music, now weren't we?
With all of the rap crap hip-hop
Having a college student come home for a weekend insisting on making CD recordings of your old original Tuff Gong 1/2 inch thick Jamaican vinyl.....to give the girls on her floor something else to play besides "Legend"..well, its a good feeling!
(Being met by a classmate of hers on move-out day recently and being introduced by her room-mate as the "guy with the radio station in his living room I told you about" was kind of strange though.....)
I have been able to buy better music than ever before thanks to my cable modem and mp3 sharing online.
When used as they were designed, mp3's have a place. I think of them as "tapes".....I burn a CD of some samples from the net then listen in the car. If I like it, I buy it.
I welcome the net's impact on music. Never before have so many talented artists out there had a way to get to the public.
Log in to Audiogalaxy and look at the front page. Listen to a few tunes by a featured artist. I surely would never have found Danny Barnes any other way. Yet he is a "punk-rock bluegrass-country cross" that would most likely never have been considered by a record company. You want something that was done with a couple of good mikes and will make a country/bluegrass/folk nut get goosebumps in front of your system? Danny Barnes. Live as it gets.
I have also loaded some pretty serious live performances. (All legal) When done at 320, live shows can be very nice. The best live Dead I have comes from the net. Better than anything live they have ever put out on vinyl pies......
I don't think it will ever be enough. I have begun to sell some of the stuff I never play anymore. In a recent sort, I almost parted with my Learning to Crawl album by the Pretenders, then played it. What a good way to discover what is in your own collection...