Moogfest
Re: Moogfest
yeah, work happened to drop me in NYC this week. me and my palcageswood wrote:Hi,anyone going/been?any reviews?
super sarah are headed down there in a couple of hours. she bought my etherwave a while back and i still have sufficient moogs, so we figure we count as proper moogians, decided we better get our moog butts down there to pay homage.
:)
...kind of wish there was more of a theremin presence this year, though. maybe i'm mistaken, but it looks like theres' going to be a lot of keyboard wizardry goin' on.
x
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JefferyWiniarz
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Well, since no one is stepping up first, I'll bite.
Moogfest was a well put-together tribute to the late Bob Moog and he would have been proud of what we saw. There were a series of performers, some of whom I'd never heard of before and of course there were those whose music was a staple in my cd library. Interspersed between the musical acts were video tributes to Bob Moog, featuring artists like Rick Wakeman (who couldn't be there) who went down memory lane to their first experiences with a Moog synthesizer.
The actual concert was nothing short of spectacular.
Kicking off the set was Frank Lucas from Chicago who won the Moogfest contest. While I'm biased myself (I voted for Spiraling) and not really into the many times self indulgent nature of instrumental prog music, I've really got to hand it to this guy. Great compositions and unbelieveable chops and the sounds he was getting out of only two boards - wow!!! It was very entertaining to see him go back and forth between two rotating stands. One had a meat and potatoes type of keys and the other had a Moog synth and was tilted downward at an angle so you could see his fingers (or in this case barely see his fingers). His band played a short (too short) set and left me wanting more. I later learned that those weren't even his regular guys. They learned the material in two days or something like that.
Jordan Rudess did what he does best I guess. He played 132nd notes all night and occasionally took a breather playing only 64th notes.
But seriously, I loved the many tambres he got out of the new Little Phatty.
At times I couldn't differentiate between what was synth or what could've sounded like an actual electric guitar lead. I don't remember the tune he played but it sounded very schizophrenic bolting back and forth between classical, funk, country and straight ahead jazz with big band horns. His meat and potatoes keyboard was that new Korg Keyboard with the computer monitor screen. I think he may been playing backing tracks off it. Probably the most perfect technical playing of the evening.
Jan Hammer? Outside of the Miami Vice stuff and his recent re-release of The First Seven Days, I am not really well versed with his stuff. But I gotta say he and Mahavishnu brought the house down that night with their funky fusion. Jan Hammer showed just how expressive and soulful lead synth can be on a Minimoog. The arrangements played by the Mahavishnu tribute band led by Adam Holzman were brilliant. This was the highlight of the show for me and I think many others agree.
Keith Emerson band was really rockin' and when they did Tarkus they pretty much brought the crowd to a frenzy. It was cool to hear tunes like Living Sin sung by their guitarist Marc Bonilla who just happed to sound at times like a young Greg Lake. When they did Lucky Man, the low end was soooooo deep that I felt like my chest was about to cave in. I gotta say thought that the late start (about 12:30 a.m.) for these guys may have hurt KE's performance as I heard a lot of sloppiness in his technique. You know, he's not a spring chicken anymore.
In between these sets School of Rock played Zappa (Keep it Greasy so it Goes Down Easy!!?!?!?!??). Where the hell were there parents?
Roger O'Donnell from the Cure played a slow, densely orchestrated, and most evocative/emotional set playing Moog Voyager to tracks from his latest album accompanying an angelic singer whose name escapes me. Very moving set!
DJ Logic and Bernie Worrell got down and funky during their set. Can't really go into more detail as I was trying to order food and beverage and didn't see most of this set.
Now-there it is. If there's anything I left out, you guys know what to do.
Jeff
UCONN
Moogfest was a well put-together tribute to the late Bob Moog and he would have been proud of what we saw. There were a series of performers, some of whom I'd never heard of before and of course there were those whose music was a staple in my cd library. Interspersed between the musical acts were video tributes to Bob Moog, featuring artists like Rick Wakeman (who couldn't be there) who went down memory lane to their first experiences with a Moog synthesizer.
The actual concert was nothing short of spectacular.
Kicking off the set was Frank Lucas from Chicago who won the Moogfest contest. While I'm biased myself (I voted for Spiraling) and not really into the many times self indulgent nature of instrumental prog music, I've really got to hand it to this guy. Great compositions and unbelieveable chops and the sounds he was getting out of only two boards - wow!!! It was very entertaining to see him go back and forth between two rotating stands. One had a meat and potatoes type of keys and the other had a Moog synth and was tilted downward at an angle so you could see his fingers (or in this case barely see his fingers). His band played a short (too short) set and left me wanting more. I later learned that those weren't even his regular guys. They learned the material in two days or something like that.
Jordan Rudess did what he does best I guess. He played 132nd notes all night and occasionally took a breather playing only 64th notes.
But seriously, I loved the many tambres he got out of the new Little Phatty.
At times I couldn't differentiate between what was synth or what could've sounded like an actual electric guitar lead. I don't remember the tune he played but it sounded very schizophrenic bolting back and forth between classical, funk, country and straight ahead jazz with big band horns. His meat and potatoes keyboard was that new Korg Keyboard with the computer monitor screen. I think he may been playing backing tracks off it. Probably the most perfect technical playing of the evening.
Jan Hammer? Outside of the Miami Vice stuff and his recent re-release of The First Seven Days, I am not really well versed with his stuff. But I gotta say he and Mahavishnu brought the house down that night with their funky fusion. Jan Hammer showed just how expressive and soulful lead synth can be on a Minimoog. The arrangements played by the Mahavishnu tribute band led by Adam Holzman were brilliant. This was the highlight of the show for me and I think many others agree.
Keith Emerson band was really rockin' and when they did Tarkus they pretty much brought the crowd to a frenzy. It was cool to hear tunes like Living Sin sung by their guitarist Marc Bonilla who just happed to sound at times like a young Greg Lake. When they did Lucky Man, the low end was soooooo deep that I felt like my chest was about to cave in. I gotta say thought that the late start (about 12:30 a.m.) for these guys may have hurt KE's performance as I heard a lot of sloppiness in his technique. You know, he's not a spring chicken anymore.
In between these sets School of Rock played Zappa (Keep it Greasy so it Goes Down Easy!!?!?!?!??). Where the hell were there parents?
Roger O'Donnell from the Cure played a slow, densely orchestrated, and most evocative/emotional set playing Moog Voyager to tracks from his latest album accompanying an angelic singer whose name escapes me. Very moving set!
DJ Logic and Bernie Worrell got down and funky during their set. Can't really go into more detail as I was trying to order food and beverage and didn't see most of this set.
Now-there it is. If there's anything I left out, you guys know what to do.
Jeff
UCONN
Moogfest 06
Hello, A quick reply to Jeffery Winiarz.
My name is Barry Kleiber, I played bass for Frank Lucas at Moogfest. Thank You for the kind words and positive feedback on the show. I was honored to a part of this great event. To have so many great performers in one place was a thrill!
I know I speak for Frank when I say we felt honored and very lucky to be a part of this event. You are correct, we are not Franks regular band. I played with Frank at winter NAMM in Anaheim this January, so I had a little bit of time with the material. Rick the drummer however had 4 rehersals and a 14 hour ride up in the truck from Chicago to get the material together. I must say, He Nailed it!
Things were run very smoothly but a bit late. Therefore, we did not have time for a sound check. We had a quick line check to make sure everything was working, and then Mike Adams came up to introduce the show. The mix was being adjusted as we played, and Rick did not have a working stage monitor for most of our set. We played mostly by feel and memory. A great vibe in the room and a very warm croud response pushed us along. In 20 plus years of playing I can't remember having that much fun playing a show!
Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement after the show. I hope to play more shows with Frank, and even if I don't play Moogfest next year I would love to be there just to see who shows up!
http://www.franklucas.net
http://www.barrythebassplayer.com
My name is Barry Kleiber, I played bass for Frank Lucas at Moogfest. Thank You for the kind words and positive feedback on the show. I was honored to a part of this great event. To have so many great performers in one place was a thrill!
I know I speak for Frank when I say we felt honored and very lucky to be a part of this event. You are correct, we are not Franks regular band. I played with Frank at winter NAMM in Anaheim this January, so I had a little bit of time with the material. Rick the drummer however had 4 rehersals and a 14 hour ride up in the truck from Chicago to get the material together. I must say, He Nailed it!
Things were run very smoothly but a bit late. Therefore, we did not have time for a sound check. We had a quick line check to make sure everything was working, and then Mike Adams came up to introduce the show. The mix was being adjusted as we played, and Rick did not have a working stage monitor for most of our set. We played mostly by feel and memory. A great vibe in the room and a very warm croud response pushed us along. In 20 plus years of playing I can't remember having that much fun playing a show!
Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement after the show. I hope to play more shows with Frank, and even if I don't play Moogfest next year I would love to be there just to see who shows up!
http://www.franklucas.net
http://www.barrythebassplayer.com
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spitznagel
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First let me say that Jeffery did a good job of summing up Moogfest.
Frank Lucas and his band were quite a surprise! They held their own on a tough stage. Frank and company were exciting, well prepared, tight and full of more energy then most of the other artists who followed. And....I voted for someone else!!! I'm glad Frank won the slot.
The two other highlights for me were the sets by DJ Logic and Roger O'Donnell. DJ Logic had funkmaster Bernie Worrell sitting in with him on what seemed to be a mostly improvised set of heavy-duty, scratchin' funk. They were upbeat and totally having fun....which translated to the audience. I could have listened to them all night long. The flip side of the coin was the delicate, inventive, modern progressiveness of Roger O'Donnell's set. Roger played a Voyager and an Apple laptop and was accompanied by vocalist Erin Lang. Their mood was deep ambient mixed with a touch of glitch-tech and a bit of acid-pop. Spellbinding is the word that comes to mind.
Although most of the night was heavy on the prog-rock side....come on people, synths can do more then that!....it was a very entertaining show from start to finish.
Also, I must comment on what a great job Trevor Pinch did as the evenings MC. If you haven't read his book, "Analog Days", get it now!!!
See ya,
James
Frank Lucas and his band were quite a surprise! They held their own on a tough stage. Frank and company were exciting, well prepared, tight and full of more energy then most of the other artists who followed. And....I voted for someone else!!! I'm glad Frank won the slot.
The two other highlights for me were the sets by DJ Logic and Roger O'Donnell. DJ Logic had funkmaster Bernie Worrell sitting in with him on what seemed to be a mostly improvised set of heavy-duty, scratchin' funk. They were upbeat and totally having fun....which translated to the audience. I could have listened to them all night long. The flip side of the coin was the delicate, inventive, modern progressiveness of Roger O'Donnell's set. Roger played a Voyager and an Apple laptop and was accompanied by vocalist Erin Lang. Their mood was deep ambient mixed with a touch of glitch-tech and a bit of acid-pop. Spellbinding is the word that comes to mind.
Although most of the night was heavy on the prog-rock side....come on people, synths can do more then that!....it was a very entertaining show from start to finish.
Also, I must comment on what a great job Trevor Pinch did as the evenings MC. If you haven't read his book, "Analog Days", get it now!!!
See ya,
James
Anyone recorded?
realy...
nobody recorded it?
Someone has to think sbout thids next time.
nobody recorded it?
Someone has to think sbout thids next time.
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Re: Anyone recorded?
I'm sure it's been considered, but I doubt that it's simple from a legal standpoint. Certainly all of the performers, their record companies and representatives would have to give their permission to allow it. There are probably other considerations as well (fees? royalties? other legal entanglements?). You can't just hire an audio-video crew to record the show.danyleo wrote:realy...
nobody recorded it?
Someone has to think sbout thids next time.
Actually, I wish it was as simple as hiring a recording crew. Since I couldn't get to Moogfest, I'd enjoy seeing a DVD of the event if it was available.
Greg
P.S. If they had videotaped all three years of MoogFest, imagine them taking the best bits and releasing a DVD called "The Best of MoogFest". Now that's a DVD I would buy for my collection!
it was in fact recorded, not sure if it was multi track or just the stereo feed off the desk . Come to think of it there was no mobile there so it must be just a stereo feed. It was filmed with at least 4 cameras. There have been preliminary approaches to the artists about a dvd release and I for one have agreed in principal ! Fingers crossed for a Christmas release ....
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