So, I finally got the Testimony Two live DVD -
special thanks to bobs23 for hooking me up!! - and I gotta say, it is quite enjoyable. I still need to watch all of the first DVD, but the second one was great. I loved seeing how great Crossing Over/Mercy Street Reprise was live, and The Truth Will Set You Free is even more of a beast live than in the studio.
Them nailing the Time Changer multi-part harmonies was great and got them a big applause from the crowd, which was well-deserved!
I thought the editing was good overall given what they had to work with; it looked very professional and a good job was done of showing every musician a lot, instead of always showing the same guys. The split screen shots didn't really bother me at all, but I do think that the stage lighting was a bit iffy at times. It was too dark in the background at times. The one frequent shot of Neal from the right (at an angle), for one, was not centered enough. Numerous times, it was like Neal was way to the right on the screen and then it was so dark behind him that the rest of the shot was mostly really dark (except for when that annoying green shirt stood out
). Not a great job by the cameraman when it came to centering Neal, but given the small venue, he/she might not have had a lot to work with, so it is what it is. It was a bit of a bummer to see Neal playing to such a small crowd - couldn't have been more than a few hundred people there - but it didn't matter to Neal, who brought it and gave a great performance regardless.
Gonna try to get to all of the first DVD today or tomorrow.