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46 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

In a mash up of the  "Gaps between Songs" and "Live albums" threads............

What are your best bits between the songs on live albums - stage banter, audience interjection etc?

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Two years ago I stored guitars and basses in a rented storage facility for 6 months. The temperature is constant, secure CCTV etc. Cost a bit but a smaller room may he cheaper.

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52 minutes ago, dudewheresmybass said:

And on Steve’s laptop 😉😂

Well he may have changed a few things

12 hours ago, dudewheresmybass said:

The Nicko thing is the same as the others. 
None of them really heard after the recording for quite some time. Bruce has a vid on YouTube where he tells the story 

The album was apparently locked in the vault

6 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

He was being interviewed by Planet Rock before they played the song.

Ok so he made a joke...like he does

7 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

Not sure. Apparently it was recorded 2 years ago, but Nicko only heard it for the first time a couple of months ago.

The whole album was recorded 2 years ago in Paris ....I don't get the Nicko part

1 hour ago, MacDaddy said:

I heard one of the longer tracks on Planet Rock. The first few minutes sounded a bit folky.

Bruce's first solo album was also a bit folky. Was that Writing on the Wall you're referring to?

36 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

Opinion from my feed on the Facebook is that this is their best album since Seventh Son.

Question is, is it as good as anything before Seventh Son?

The answer is no IMHO. But I grew up on the old   80s style. 

14 hours ago, bartelby said:

I’ve listened to the album 3 times today. 
For me The Writing on the Wall is the weakest song. 

I know what you mean.....but now listening to it on a set of speakers rather than on my portable DAB radio it's not that bad.

13 hours ago, Triumph_Rock said:

There are some absolute cracking songs on the new album. I will have to listens loads before I can make my mind up with is best.

Listening to it again. Some great songs and mixture of styles from various Maiden albums.

One song in particular, had about 4  different Maiden album riffs/sound spanning over 20 years in. I will post which one later. The acoustic bass sound is just killer. I even hear guitar tone from Seventh Son album. The overall sound and production is one of the best Maiden material. The drums and cymbals in particular sound is amazing. The acoustic guitars is very subtle. I don't know if it's my headphones or speakers or meant to be sitting in the certain song parts/mix, but the bass in some parts jumps out at you and the keys sound a bit too high pitched every now and again. Could be my ears.

On 19/08/2021 at 16:44, ADAM ROBERTS said:

Was a HUGE Maiden fan, remember seeing them at Reading Rock Festival MANY years ago, when Bruce was on earlier in the day with Samson....Dual stage days, luckily, I was on the left hand side as were Maiden!!!

 

For me, Maiden will always be about Paul and that line-up.

 

Happy days

 

 

So Bruce sang in Samsons before Maiden opened for UFO. Steve had visions

7 hours ago, bartelby said:

 

It's much better that I'd expected! 

Unfortunately at work but listened to planet rock at 6 with Bruce. Can't wait to go home and listen to the album with headphones on.

Waiting for the Senjutsu CD to arrive, hopefully before I'm off to work.

Today , I cut a 4 inch port hole in bass reso head. A new tin of paint was a perfect size with a heavy vice on top of it. I followed it around with a sharp Stanley knife and the cut was perfect. Time to experiment with recording...

4 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Who is this?

I thought it sounded rather simple. 😁

4 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

How do you know he isn't the original? 

 

Spot the difference...

Very poor impression or attempt of crazy drummer. Has been done....next...

I have the same difficulties, join a band. There was one before the lock down, but the guitarist/founder was over aspirational. He arranged a rehearsal then pulled out the joining his old band.

So... fast forward two years...nothing

On 23/06/2021 at 18:46, MacDaddy said:

Helloween opened Donnington in 1988 😈

I presume for Maiden? Seventh son.....tour

Voted , good job everyone again! 👍

I thought the first was the original then I noticed the text between. First one is definitely better sounding with more clarity. Although to my ears it sounds in a mid range frequency.

I use camera mic then sync it with the mix as my camera is now 15 year old. I'd keep it simple.

I've picked up a 90's  Korean build Epiphone Gold top for a good price. I cannot fault it. The quality and playability is superb.

8 minutes ago, scalpy said:

True, but he’s still ahead of his drummer in places. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but if he’d have been playing for the MD I had this week he’d have got the stink stare (having had it myself for similar misdemeanours! 🤦😉🤟)

I agree with you and maybe that's the same reason I couldn't play in a band because I'm a human being not a metronome. Next time I enter composition challenge on BC I'll post the bass track separately to get less brownie points.

In my teens and early 20s all I needed was long hair, loud amp, cool bass and being able to play galloping finger style and I was in.

Unless a pub punter is one of us, general public goes to watch live band to have fun.

I went to see Testament 3 years ago or so, the bass wasn't very impressive, he had technical issues and made it so obvious. Did anyone else noticed, maybe...but maybe 99% of the audience was head banging and moshing.