Sorry, delayed post.
Wonderful show at the American debut of The Astonishing Live.
I was about 15 rows back in the right center - right in front of JP.
Agree that JP's solo in ANB was the highlight of the night for me. In fact, that should have ended the first CD/half of the show; A Road to Revolution felt oddly tacked on at the end.
During the intro to The Astonishing (the song), the members all introduced themselves to the audience (for cheers) by pointing to each other. Very cool how they did it.
Also, JLB's intro to the crowd was "Good evening Albany... It's Mike Mangini's birthday!" That was very cool.
The videos are very cool - sometimes a bit distracting, but help add to the story.
The light show is among the best I have ever seen at any live show. Simply amazing.
JLB was down in the mix as well for me - the woman next to me (dragged there by husband, LOL) said she could not make out a word he was singing. The tape track of all of the other instruments and vocals was louder than the band at times, which was a drawback. I also could not hear much of JM, but I was on JP's side, and in the center you could hear JM just fine. (In fact my brother-in-law, who I went to the show with, stated, "in the bathroom [downstairs from seats], the bass sounds like an earthquake...")
MM was fanstastic.
The night, for me, belonged to Jordan. His playing is simply incredible, and this album, really plays to his strengths as a writer and player. Almost everything was on the keyboard, although he had one MorphWiz solo and one on the other keyboard-like thingy (it's behind him) - I think it was the SeaBoard, but I couldn't tell. Didn't look like the Continuum.
Favorite songs for me were The Gift of Music, A Moment of Betrayal, Three Days, A New Beginning, and Brother Can You Hear Me.
Great show!
Topic: Albany 4/18 (Read 2139 times)
