Jon Anderson with Jean-Luc Ponty

Well, I'm not sure what I was expecting it to sound like, but it wasn't this- not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but I'll have to wait for more than demos. Didn't expect the electronic influences, or the massive orchestral feel to parts of it.

For this project, I would rather see non-Yes musicians involved, to put a different perspective into the music.

Thanks, Charles.  I just contributed.

cstack3 wrote: If Jordan Rudess were truly involved, I think he would be like the orchestra's conductor.  It could be absolutely brilliant!  ...

It's happening, but it needs your help!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1711196158/jon-anderson-and-jean-luc-ponty-project

Too bad indeed, it would have been really interesting to have Jordan Rudess involved, somehow it sounds as if he were a perfect fit. I would have thought Jordan might have tried harder to make some space in order to be able to work with such legends... though in the end he is over half the road to become a legend himself... or perhaps we could already consider him such. However, if it were up to Jon Anderson, I would think the easiest way to go, and the one that would be more easy to convince, would be Wakeman, and in a way I guess you could hardly go wrong with him, given his chops... but somehow I feel this project would need something jazzier. For me, the perfect replacement would be Patrick Moraz, the perfect bridge between Anderson's stile and Ponty's.

Dellinger wrote: I just read in FB someone making a comment about Jordan Rudess getting out of this project because of lack of time. Still, no source and I have no idea if it might be just misinformation, anyone has read something about this?

Edited by cstack3 - May 12 2014 at 23:18

N-sz wrote: Oh I hope, I hope, I HOPE this really goes through! That would be really cool.

Edited by cstack3 - March 28 2014 at 16:49

cstack3 wrote: Dellinger wrote:  I'm not sure what you mean by like an orchestra conductor. What I understand is that he would do all those symphonic textures with keyboards, much like he does on Dream Theater (or Wakeman himself does with Yes). However, as I said before, I believe with this project he would fit better taking an aproach similar to what he did with Steven Wilson on "Grace for Drowining", kind of more jazzy. And really, I hope he does that, it was really nice (actually, he might try a bit of that with DT themselves, give them a bit of a different sound so they may try and come out with something fresh). In many bands, it seems that one musician or another takes a lead role in conducting/coordinating the music when all hell breaks loose!  Zappa used to formally conduct his band with a baton.  Many times, I've noticed that the keyboard players in bands seem to be the one to direct changes, keep tempo etc.   Chick Corea, John Evan, and Joe Zawinul come to mind (I've seen each of them, live).  Keyboardists are often the most technical players in an ensemble setting.

Dellinger wrote: Wonderful, I'm really looking forward for this. I wonder if it will come up better than the new Yes... I guess it depends on which mood of songwriting Jon is.

Edited by cstack3 - March 25 2014 at 00:24