The Official Flying Colors Thread

[Elite]

Thursday the 20th

[Onno]

Thursday the 20th

Maybe I'll be there too, depends on whether I'll have enough money at that time...

[antigoon]

Considering how he’s grown into the professional musician he has over the years evolving from a lowly Chinese delivery boy, how does Mike feel about being one of the most influential drummers in the world? faq id: 24

Oh my goodness

[rumborak]

I just remembered: didn't Portnoy once say he has "perfect pitch" or something to that effect? I never really questioned it, because he always sounds right on the money with the live DVDs. But that performance was not what I'd expect "perfect pitch" to sound like.

Then I'm not sure perfect pitch means what you think it means. It's to do with the ear/brain, not the voice. You can have perfect pitch, and still sing completely pitchy.
And singing is usually more difficult when you're also playing an instrument, especially drums I would imagine. MP should be used to it with his backup vocals in DT, but lead vocals are probably a bit more demanding.

Actually, singing while drumming is, of the instruments in a band, the easiest of them all (IMHO). The reason being that the two activities don't interfere with each other much. Drums is a purely rhythmic activity, whereas singing is (mostly) a pitch thing. Try to play a guitar melody and then sing over it a very different line, and that's where it becomes a total brainfuck.

[BlobVanDam]

I just remembered: didn't Portnoy once say he has "perfect pitch" or something to that effect? I never really questioned it, because he always sounds right on the money with the live DVDs. But that performance was not what I'd expect "perfect pitch" to sound like.

Then I'm not sure perfect pitch means what you think it means. It's to do with the ear/brain, not the voice. You can have perfect pitch, and still sing completely pitchy.
And singing is usually more difficult when you're also playing an instrument, especially drums I would imagine. MP should be used to it with his backup vocals in DT, but lead vocals are probably a bit more demanding.

Actually, singing while drumming is, of the instruments in a band, the easiest of them all (IMHO). The reason being that the two activities don't interfere with each other much. Drums is a purely rhythmic activity, whereas singing is (mostly) a pitch thing. Try to play a guitar melody and then sing over it a very different line, and that's where it becomes a total brainfuck.

In the case of drums, I'm not talking about musical coordination-wise (and I know exactly what you're talking about having done it myself), I'm talking about drumming being relatively more of a physical activity, making it harder for sustaining notes and holding a pitch without wavering.
Not that Repentance is a taxing song to play on drums, but it's still a full body activity, and not something I'd try to dismiss.

[Nick]

I'm not a singer, and I hold pitch horribly to begin with, but as I'm playing drums if I try to sing along the movements I'm making make it extremely difficult to hold notes and such.

[YtseJamittaja]

I'm not a singer, and I hold pitch horribly to begin with, but as I'm playing drums if I try to sing along the movements I'm making make it extremely difficult to hold notes and such.

This is so true.

[rumborak]

To that I  say:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czuRE6W4LS8

[Mladen]

To that I  say:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czuRE6W4LS8

[ronrule]

And make sure to stand up to get full use of your diaphragm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePfNRm7Jr4s

[Elite]

Thursday the 20th

Maybe I'll be there too, depends on whether I'll have enough money at that time...

Cool.

[Rattlehead]

To that I  say:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czuRE6W4LS8

That guy is awesome 

[Tick]

And make sure to stand up to get full use of your diaphragm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePfNRm7Jr4s

Nice avatar, Ron!

[ich bin besser]

Damn, I fear I won't make it to the gig on Sunday. My girls play a volleyball game in the afternoon (I'm the coach) and depending on how long the game lasts, I think I'd miss Beardfish - and in that case, I'd rather miss the whole gig.

[rumborak]

Beardfish has higher priority than Flying Colors?

[Nick]

Beardfish has higher priority than Flying Colors?

While the Flying Colors album is excellent, frankly Beardfish have a much longer record of fantastic releases.

[darkshade]

Honestly, Flying Colors should be opening for Beardfish, if I had my way.

[pain of occupation]

it is kinda weird with the established band opening for a new band (which might not even be more than a one-off project).

[Nick]

Weird if the potential one-off didn't feature various members who have probably sold more albums in a single year than Beardfish have in their entire career.

[countoftuscany42]

kind of my rationale when people are surprised queensryche opened for chickenfoot on their first tour, you have van halen members, a guitar god, and a member or RHCP against a band like queensryche, even though theyre the more established band.  i dont see anything wrong with it

[Elite]

Well, to be honest, my main reason for going next Thursday is to see Beardfish and Neal Morse. Getting Flying Colors along with the package is a nice extra, but Beardfish is the real deal for me.

[Perpetual Change]

Weird if the potential one-off didn't feature various members who have probably sold more albums in a single year than Beardfish have in their entire career.

Yeah, but that's not Flying Colors.

If MP's post-DT career has made any argument about that , it's "being able to play crowds of 5-6,000 people in your main band doesn't translate into being able to sell-out even a fifth of that in your new side-project"

[unklejman]

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=4994.0

[Nick]

I think you're trying to tell us something, but I'm not sure what...

[ich bin besser]

Well, I love Beardfish. Got to hang around with the guys a couple of times, too. Very nice guys. So it will be great to meet them again.
Flying Colors: of course I wanna see them, too! But Beardfish is the icing on the cake. Don't wanna miss them.
So I decided to make a 3.5 hour drive on Saturday, instead of the 2 hour drive on Sunday. Who cares for gas prices? 

[pain of occupation]

Weird if the potential one-off didn't feature various members who have probably sold more albums in a single year than Beardfish have in their entire career.

trueche.

[snapple]

the youtube videos of the performance in NYC is pretty weak. which is what I figured would be the case.

[Ben_Jamin]

the youtube videos of the performance in NYC is pretty weak. which is what I figured would be the case.

Yup, I'm waiting for a good quality vids

[Cyclopssss]

I've watched a relatively good vid last night...couldn't make it all the way through... a bit painful to listen to...

[wasteland]

Bootleg

https://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=420629&hit=1

[Onno]

WOOHOO!! According to MP on Facebook, they're gonna record a DVD/Blu-ray of the Tilburg show on Thursday! And I and Elite are going to be there 

[The Letter M]

WOOHOO!! According to MP on Facebook, they're gonna record a DVD/Blu-ray of the Tilburg show on Thursday! And I and Elite are going to be there 

 

WOOHOO! Another Tilburg show to add to my collection (TFK, TA, PT, and now FC!). Can't wait to get this live album next year!

Have fun at the show! Let us know how it turns out!

-Marc.

[bosk1]

I'm really glad they're doing this--especially since the U.S. tour is so minimal.  This at least gives more of us an opportunity to experience the band in a live setting. 

[unklejman]

Yep.

I'm hoping it has better video production than the Testimony 2 live DVD. It was a few steps backward from the Testimony 1 DVD.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

To that I  say:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czuRE6W4LS8

This, and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBzqoT6ytMs