From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V2 #838 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Wednesday, October 29 2003 Volume 02 : Number 838 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:56:25 +0000 From: "Peter Burnand" Subject: RE: seven-seas iCame iSaw iPod Raj wrote: "I've been converting my whole collection to .mp3 for a while now, with a long pause at the moment. Done all my CD LPs which came to about 40Gb and I'm recording at 128Kbps. You can do the vinyl/tapes on your PC quite easily but it's time consuming (Give me or Stu, who told me how, a shout if you want more info)..." - --- Tapes to pc as well, that's interesting. Ta, Raj. _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:02:22 -0600 (CST) From: amyr@jump.net (Amy Moseley Rupp) Subject: seven-seas "play it safe" setlist This is something I've been thinking about for a while..... People have been hinting strongly that someone is keeping the set list predictable and safe ..... and given that there are really two Bunnymen, I'd guess it's Mac. Are the other members on stage considered session players, or members of the band? If they are session players, they ought to be able to replicate just about anything in a short period of time. Of course, it won't have the same nuances as did the parts played by Les and Pete. But if that were *my* job? I'd've learnt the entire back catalogue (including Efix and MkII) a long time ago, because Mac and Will would effectively be my bosses. If, OTOH, they are members of the band, and not expected to practise any more often than getting together with Mac and Will, and focussed on the newer material, ought not they be given the status of Bunnymen? I don't even know the name of the fellow who drummed for REM when I saw them, but I'll say this: there were only a few moments when I missed Bill Berry, and most of it was for familiarity's sake rather than a mistake on the drummer's part. You can change up a setlist as often as you like if you're willing to put in the practise on off days or during soundchecks. Two-hour soundchecks are not uncommon for some bands, and they use the time to write new material as well as rehearse an addition to a setlist. I think Mac is playing it safe, doing songs that he knows his voice will do very well on, or are mega hits that casual fans are expecting. I'd also imagine he doesn't spend much time in rehearsal; I can see that coming more from Will, working with the other instrumentalists. ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:29:17 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?stevie=20g?= Subject: seven-seas RE: Tapes to pc as well, that's interesting. you just connect from an output on your tape player to an audio in on your soundcard - taking care to use correct output/input to avoid didtortion and [can happen] damage to sound card. steve g. - --------------------------------- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:30:24 -0800 From: "Ivan Smith" Subject: Re: seven-seas "play it safe" setlist The way it works - Will comes up with a list of songs he wants do to Mac comes up with his They whittle it down a bit Will rehearses the band on that list Mac comes in at that point, and they work it out from there... At some point, between the beginning of rehearsals and the tour, the setlist becomes what we've seen. I do agree with Chris' comment yesterday that perhaps we all have just too many shows - the majority of ticketbuyers, who are the thousands of people NOT active in the web community - EXPECT to hear a lot of the songs in the setlist that we're getting tired of... Funny, I was listening to the 1988 BBC Radio One CD yesterday, and was surprised at the huge cheers when Mac said "this one is Bedbugs and Ballyhoo"... Unfortunately, THAT is the typical concert-goer - they know the popsongs, not the b-sides and album cuts. - -I - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Moseley Rupp" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:02 AM Subject: seven-seas "play it safe" setlist > This is something I've been thinking about for a while..... > > People have been hinting strongly that someone is keeping > the set list predictable and safe ..... and given that > there are really two Bunnymen, I'd guess it's Mac. > > Are the other members on stage considered session players, > or members of the band? > > If they are session players, they ought to be able to > replicate just about anything in a short period of time. > Of course, it won't have the same nuances as did the > parts played by Les and Pete. But if that were *my* > job? I'd've learnt the entire back catalogue (including > Efix and MkII) a long time ago, because Mac and Will > would effectively be my bosses. > > If, OTOH, they are members of the band, and not expected > to practise any more often than getting together with > Mac and Will, and focussed on the newer material, ought > not they be given the status of Bunnymen? > > I don't even know the name of the fellow who drummed for > REM when I saw them, but I'll say this: there were only > a few moments when I missed Bill Berry, and most of > it was for familiarity's sake rather than a mistake on > the drummer's part. > > You can change up a setlist as often as you like if you're > willing to put in the practise on off days or during soundchecks. > Two-hour soundchecks are not uncommon for some bands, and they > use the time to write new material as well as rehearse an > addition to a setlist. > > I think Mac is playing it safe, doing songs that he knows his > voice will do very well on, or are mega hits that casual fans > are expecting. I'd also imagine he doesn't spend much time in > rehearsal; I can see that coming more from Will, working with > the other instrumentalists. > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== > - --- It isn't my fault! All outgoing mail from this computer is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/2003 ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V2 #838 ********************************