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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

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I bought in at the $75 level to get the DVD and name in the sleeve.  Hopefully it goes forward anyway.
I'm not sure if I should go forward and do the same. I usually pledge to different albums/events, under my wife's name (if she liked the artist) if I see that they are close to their stated goal and the project will definitely go forward. I hope these one pulls through out the eleventh hour.

that's very touching Steve.  Did she like Renaissance?
Yes, but she was an English folkie and liked songs more like On The Frontier and Spare Some Love, as opposed to the classical/orchestral epics, but she liked them well enough. Thanks for asking Ken. Smile

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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

I bought in at the $75 level to get the DVD and name in the sleeve.  Hopefully it goes forward anyway.
I'm not sure if I should go forward and do the same. I usually pledge to different albums/events, under my wife's name (if she liked the artist) if I see that they are close to their stated goal and the project will definitely go forward. I hope these one pulls through out the eleventh hour.

that's very touching Steve.  Did she like Renaissance?
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

I bought in at the $75 level to get the DVD and name in the sleeve.  Hopefully it goes forward anyway.
I'm not sure if I should go forward and do the same. I usually pledge to different albums/events, under my wife's name (if she liked the artist) if I see that they are close to their stated goal and the project will definitely go forward. I hope this one pulls through on the eleventh hour.

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I heard this piece in a movie last night, I was expecting the drums and bass to make an entrance Tongue
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I bought in at the $75 level to get the DVD and name in the sleeve.  Hopefully it goes forward anyway.
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^No concerts, I should think. Very sad but these are some tough times when it comes to money for prog.
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Funding campaign for the chamber orchestra concert series still well short of the target with only 10 days or so to go.  Cry  Wonder what's gonna happen...
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Yeah, I would have to go with the audience connection theory. Just listen to Live Under Brazilian Skies, some of the songs are just stunning.

Yup.  It is also very well recorded, which sadly many of the live albums from the 70s of the band weren't.  Probably the tech didn't exist.
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Yeah, I would have to go with the audience connection theory. Just listen to Live Under Brazilian Skies, some of the songs are just stunning.
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there's a connection to the audience that raises the level of some artists, and I think Annie would be one of those

Yeah, that too.
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there's a connection to the audience that raises the level of some artists, and I think Annie would be one of those
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

No Ken, but my wife and I caught a couple of Annie's solo shows in two very tiny clubs in Eastern PA in the early 2000's. Wonderfully intimate shows and Annie was fantastic as usual. Some of her solo material really came across better live than on her CD's, which has always puzzled me as I'm a retired recording engineer! 

Annie just sings better live, for whatever reason.  And maybe it also rubs off on the musicians and lifts their level in turn.  Some singers just need to be unshackled from the confines of the studio to fully express themselves.  I found this to be the case with a singer who has recorded many songs for Hindi film music.  She sounded good, even great, on the recordings but live she was simply fabulous. I found myself enjoying the same songs which I would have skipped had they come up on the radio.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

^Alas, it was the last time I saw the band live in a very small venue. I must say that about half of audience was unfamiliar with the Camera Camera material. They liked it but I think they were shocked by it too.

have you been able to see them in any of their recent Northeast tours?  Definitely worth it, but I'm not sure what part of the country you are in
No Ken, but my wife and I caught a couple of Annie's solo shows in two very tiny clubs in Eastern PA in the early 2000's. Wonderfully intimate shows and Annie was fantastic as usual. Some of her solo material really came across better live than on her CD's, which has always puzzled me as I'm a retired recording engineer! 
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I saw them twice in 1983 with a very young Gavin Harrison ( Porcupine Tree, King Crimson) on drums.
Really amazing show. Jon Camp took the bass solo on Ashes are Burning to a whole new level. I had never seen anyone play bass like that before.The opened the show with the piano intro from Can you Understand right in to The Vultures Fly High. Just blew my mind!

They used to do that on the Azure D'Or tour.  This is the first time I am hearing that they did it on the Timeline tour as well.  On the Timeline tour, they often played a medley of Can You Understand (piano intro) and Touching Once (abbreviated interlude and last verse).
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

^Alas, it was the last time I saw the band live in a very small venue. I must say that about half of audience was unfamiliar with the Camera Camera material. They liked it but I think they were shocked by it too.

have you been able to see them in any of their recent Northeast tours?  Definitely worth it, but I'm not sure what part of the country you are in


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^Alas, it was the last time I saw the band live in a very small venue. I must say that about half of audience was unfamiliar with the Camera Camera material. They liked it but I think they were shocked by it too.
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^Very Cool! I saw them in 1982 with Peter Barron on drums, who was no slouch either, and Peter Gosling on keys. Great show that featured the album Camera Camera.

I saw them on that tour too and they were great.  I was in college in Ottawa and dragged a bunch of dorm mates out to see them and a good time was had by all.  The next year they returned at the time of Time Line.  For whatever reason, I let it pass without attending.  Possibly just the student budget!
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^Very Cool! I saw them in 1982 with Peter Barron on drums, who was no slouch either, and Peter Gosling on keys. Great show that featured the album Camera Camera.

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I saw them twice in 1983 with a very young Gavin Harrison ( Porcupine Tree, King Crimson) on drums.
Really amazing show. Jon Camp took the bass solo on Ashes are Burning to a whole new level. I had never seen anyone play bass like that before.The opened the show with the piano intro from Can you Understand right in to The Vultures Fly High. Just blew my mind!
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for those so inclined, Renaissance is doing a campaign to raise funds for the tour and DVD vis Indiegogo, as hiring a chamber orchestra doesn't come cheap.  I am probably going to do the $75 level where you get your name on the website, the booklet of the DVD, and an autographed copy.  It will be worth it just to (finally, and hopefully) get a proper video version of "A Song for All Seasons", which they played in US but not in UK where the previous DVD was recorded.  I hope they do a number of tracks that were not on the Union Chapel DVD, though of course seeing the old classics with an orchestra would be different anyway





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