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Posted: July 03 2013, 13:45 |
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Have not been watching Mike's "stuff" for a few days, nice to find that clip. No big deal, but it was not the "highest fidelity" and deliberately so, it was a "teaser" of which I hope there will be no more provided. I either want to be pleased or disappointed by the final product. So far the tubenet(and mine) response is "it sounds like Earth Moving". I'm sure it will sound more "commercial" than FMO or etc. but since it should be in CD and other digital format(s), I bet MO will deliver a healthy 50 minutes or even an hour. Too little content to make an opinion yet. I was right on the money tho, months ago when I thought of Ray Wilson(he could have provided a real contribution as the only collaborator on this album-besides drummers etc.). I heard a tenor singing in that clip. When Earth Moving came out in the late 80's I asked a producer friend of mine, "why all these tenors?" Not just on EM but other bands like GTR or Mike+the Mechanics at the time. His reply, "because they are easier to record Jim". Then I thought about it and yes....less range to worry about and it's more "pop friendly". That was what the EM album was to me, a VERY weak attempt at fitting in with the MTV-friendly sound and even at that time, the "high-tech" sound which was becoming very high tech even by today's standards. Let's hope the other 49 minutes and 20 seconds yield something more spine tingling.
-------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind
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