Interesting thought

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:15 pm

Anyone think that maybe with the australian tour immediatly followed by promo for stand up that the rehersal time for this tour was shorter and they were working hard on the stand up songs and a few others, that when we got to the tour they only had a handfull of songs to play? now that we are getting into the tour more they are bustin out old stuff and mixing it up after some time to get back into things... anyone think this might be true?

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:21 pm

yeah i think that is certainly a possible/probably reason for them not playing as much old stuff, good thinking

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:59 pm

yeah cause i think we can all agree the stand up songs are very polished this tour

czech · Post by **czech** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:07 pm

how long have they been playing ants, satellite, stjl, warehouse, billies, two step, osw, recently, etc...?

I really dont think they need that much rehearsal to get on point. And even so, if they didnt have time to practice the songs before the tour, how are they going to find time in the midst of a tour to practice them?

I dunno, maybe I missed the point but it just didnt make sense to me.

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:37 pm

checkii wrote:how long have they been playing ants, satellite, stjl, warehouse, billies, two step, osw, recently, etc...?

I really dont think they need that much rehearsal to get on point. And even so, if they didnt have time to practice the songs before the tour, how are they going to find time in the midst of a tour to practice them?

I dunno, maybe I missed the point but it just didnt make sense to me.

soundcheck...

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:27 pm

i am sam2 wrote:
checkii wrote:how long have they been playing ants, satellite, stjl, warehouse, billies, two step, osw, recently, etc...?

I really dont think they need that much rehearsal to get on point. And even so, if they didnt have time to practice the songs before the tour, how are they going to find time in the midst of a tour to practice them?

I dunno, maybe I missed the point but it just didnt make sense to me.
soundcheck...

you're joking right? The name soundcheck refers to the musicians playing their instruments and the sound guys adjusting levels to make sure everything sounds spot on. Its not a practice of any sort...maybe a warm up.

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:41 pm

BigSpeen3436 wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:
checkii wrote:how long have they been playing ants, satellite, stjl, warehouse, billies, two step, osw, recently, etc...?

I really dont think they need that much rehearsal to get on point. And even so, if they didnt have time to practice the songs before the tour, how are they going to find time in the midst of a tour to practice them?

I dunno, maybe I missed the point but it just didnt make sense to me.
soundcheck...
you're joking right? The name soundcheck refers to the musicians playing their instruments and the sound guys adjusting levels to make sure everything sounds spot on. Its not a practice of any sort...maybe a warm up.

how is it not practice? would you not say playing a song, yet not in front of the audience, is practice? they played what you are at soundcheck two shows before they debuted the song. im pretty sure there is a reason for that: they practiced the song.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:59 pm

i am sam2 wrote:
BigSpeen3436 wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:
checkii wrote:how long have they been playing ants, satellite, stjl, warehouse, billies, two step, osw, recently, etc...?

I really dont think they need that much rehearsal to get on point. And even so, if they didnt have time to practice the songs before the tour, how are they going to find time in the midst of a tour to practice them?

I dunno, maybe I missed the point but it just didnt make sense to me.
soundcheck...
you're joking right? The name soundcheck refers to the musicians playing their instruments and the sound guys adjusting levels to make sure everything sounds spot on. Its not a practice of any sort...maybe a warm up.
how is it not practice? would you not say playing a song, yet not in front of the audience, is practice? they played what you are at soundcheck two shows before they debuted the song. im pretty sure there is a reason for that: they practiced the song.

I take it you've never been to/seen a soundcheck. They're not at all a practice - the sound engineers will tell you to stop every 10 seconds for the first 20 minutes or so as they tweak every setting, and only then will you be allowed to play full songs, although they're usually truncated, and never more than one or two, and they're for the sole purpose of ensuring that the sound is consistent across a wide variety of songs.

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:06 pm

bbatsell wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:
BigSpeen3436 wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:
checkii wrote:how long have they been playing ants, satellite, stjl, warehouse, billies, two step, osw, recently, etc...?

I really dont think they need that much rehearsal to get on point. And even so, if they didnt have time to practice the songs before the tour, how are they going to find time in the midst of a tour to practice them?

I dunno, maybe I missed the point but it just didnt make sense to me.
soundcheck...
you're joking right? The name soundcheck refers to the musicians playing their instruments and the sound guys adjusting levels to make sure everything sounds spot on. Its not a practice of any sort...maybe a warm up.
how is it not practice? would you not say playing a song, yet not in front of the audience, is practice? they played what you are at soundcheck two shows before they debuted the song. im pretty sure there is a reason for that: they practiced the song.
I take it you've never been to/seen a soundcheck. They're not at all a practice - the sound engineers will tell you to stop every 10 seconds for the first 20 minutes or so as they tweak every setting, and only then will you be allowed to play full songs, although they're usually truncated, and never more than one or two, and they're for the sole purpose of ensuring that the sound is consistent across a wide variety of songs.

i stand corrected. i thought they played through songs/jams and the technicians just tried to work stuff out as it went along, finally checking it to make sure.

but if they dont practice songs at soundcheck, then when do they practice a song they havent played all tour? do you think they just go out there and play ants marching cold turkey, without having played it in however long it was from the start of the tour until they debuted it?

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:14 pm

Well, for the 2003 tour I believe, they rented out a stadium in Virginia Beach right by where Danny lives and practiced there daily for several weeks before the tour started if I remember correctly. I'd assume that they do something similar before every tour.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:03 am

bbatsell wrote:Well, for the 2003 tour I believe, they rented out a stadium in Virginia Beach right by where Danny lives and practiced there daily for several weeks before the tour started if I remember correctly. I'd assume that they do something similar before every tour.

yeah but when did that have the time for several weeks for rehersal?

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:06 am

filmdude100cms wrote:
bbatsell wrote:Well, for the 2003 tour I believe, they rented out a stadium in Virginia Beach right by where Danny lives and practiced there daily for several weeks before the tour started if I remember correctly. I'd assume that they do something similar before every tour.
yeah but when did that have the time for several weeks for rehersal?

I was answering the question from above me. Please read.

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:13 am

bbatsell wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:
bbatsell wrote:Well, for the 2003 tour I believe, they rented out a stadium in Virginia Beach right by where Danny lives and practiced there daily for several weeks before the tour started if I remember correctly. I'd assume that they do something similar before every tour.
yeah but when did that have the time for several weeks for rehersal?
I was answering the question from above me. Please read.

yeah but still...do you know if they had time like that before this tour? if not...wouldnt it have to be true that they are either playin the songs cold turkey or are practicing them at soundcheck ?

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:21 am

im just thinking, record stand up, holiday season, australian tour, stand up promo, stand up release, tour... now that had to practice for two tours, but i dont see tooooo much time for that... oh well

shess22 · Post by **shess22** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:50 am

This is slightly off topic, but I was thinking about it yesterday...Do you think the record company has any say in what songs they play? For example, do you think they said that they have to play X number of Stand Up songs throughout the whole tour??