SR V: To boldly go where no room has gone before

Raff wrote: Wayside are based near here, in Silver Spring, MD, though I don't think they have a brick-and-mortar store... Pat, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm sure they will be at ProgDay though, and I can't wait to take advantage of the great stuff they had there - and at very good prices too!

Yes, I don't believe they have a "store", but I would love to visit their HQ one of these days.  I want to see if I've spent enough money for them to know who I am. 

Wayside are based near here, in Silver Spring, MD, though I don't think they have a brick-and-mortar store... Pat, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm sure they will be at ProgDay though, and I can't wait to take advantage of the great stuff they had there - and at very good prices too!

James wrote: And Pat, you should know that I didn't know that... if I visit Wayside, I cannot help myself and end up ordering CDs. I avoid the place until I feel up for spending money.

It is rather difficult to resist.

Padraic wrote: James, did you see the new VdGG - Live at the Paradiso at Wayside?  You can get it as a DVD or 2 CD set.

Woot!

Padraic wrote: James, did you see the new VdGG - Live at the Paradiso at Wayside?  You can get it as a DVD or 2 CD set.

No.

Stop teasing me.

I think an order from Wayside is in order soon.

I also need the new Hammill.


Edited by James - June 29 2009 at 09:21

James, did you see the new VdGG - Live at the Paradiso at Wayside?  You can get it as a DVD or 2 CD set.

And yes, even I think my reviews are too long 

Epignosis wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: One thought about Rudess, just came up as I was writing my Octavarium review. For such an accomplished and generally very fast keyboardist, he seems very prone to reverting to extremely simple piano parts whenever he wants to pull off an emotional effect or understated playing... seems odd to me. I rather like that about him, actually. By the way, I must admit that I have not mustered up the fortitude to read your behemoth of a review for that album...I feel like I could listen to it in the time it would take me to read it.

I don't mind it too much. He generally pulls it off. It just seems odd that he's clearly a very accomplished musician and arranger, and yet he seems to go into safe mode whenever 'emotion' is called for. One of the things I like a lot about players like Emerson, Brubeck, Jan Hammer, Banks and so forth is that they don't dumb down for the soft bits... it just seems a little odd to me that the generally supposed most technical keyboardist of his time is so conservative with pianos relative to his forebears.

Minimalistic pianos can be very good, that said, and hearing Wakeman playing Floyd's Nobody's Home was actually really impressive in that respect.

Yep and if Murray gets to play Fedex in the final, then he'll lose.

Oooh, now for once in my life, I'll support Hewitt if he's playing Fedex next round.

If he's not, then I'd rather he got knocked out.

Edit: he'll player either Verdasco or Karlovich.


Edited by James - June 29 2009 at 09:13