Anyone else go to the Tower theater show?
It was awesome
Yes I was there, it was amazing!
First off, let me just saw how damn good James sounds, in terms of his singing ability and hitting all of the notes. I had made a post a little while back asking what people thought about James using some kind of live auto tune. This was idiotic of me to even ask. Some people responded that he sounds amazing every time they see him live, and after last night, I get it now. I was going off of YouTube clips where he sounded bad, and this doesn’t do justice to seeing him. I haven’t seen them since the Chaos In Motion tour, so this is my first time seeing James at this stage of his life. He was even better this time.
That said, a little bit of negative. I read before hand that the show was VERY loud, and I found this to be true. Unless I’m just getting old, or should have brought ear plugs, I feel like everything would have sounded so much better and cleaner if it was all brought down a notch.
Also, the live mix in general wasn’t the best. It was very hard to hear Jordan, and when I could hear him, the EQ of many of his keyboard patches were very treble-y. The same goes with James’ mix - it was killing our ears when he would go to the high register. I feel like some kind of filter on the highs would have done wonders, though I don’t know much about live mixing. It just sounded shrill.
Anyway though, the mixing and sound is literally my only complaint.
MM IS AN ABSOLUTE POWERHOUSE AND SEEING HIM LIVE IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS JUSTICE!!
JP was incredible as always. His lead tones were the one standout about the mix IMO. One of my favorite parts of the show was his solo section in Barstool Warrior.
JM sounded awesome! Lots of lows in his bass, really added a ton of energy. Especially during the palm muted parts (Pull Me Under for example). Such a thick sound.
Anyway, it was awesome overall. Standouts to me were ANTR, BW, ITPOE, TSCO, and FF. It’s crazy because SFAM is and will always be my favorite album ever, but I actually enjoyed the first half of the show more.