Childhood Memory from Bird Song (Ambience Series) ... Basicly every week we rate a different song. Rating is as follows: 5: Excellent 4: Very Good 3: Merely ok...
The album to rate this month is Fresh Aire V. Track listing: 1) Lumen 2) Escape From the Atmosphere 3) Dancin' In the Stars 4) Z-Row Gravity 5) Creatures of...
My favorite Christmas album was the first. They all go down hill after that. After Extraordinaire it is difficult for me to have any interest in anything new...
I mentioned last week I would listen to "A Christmas Companion" and report back to the group. Here goes: For the $4.99 price tag this is well worth the...
I was looking over the credits on the unpcoming album "Christmas Song" and noticed a few surprises. First a couple of additions. Some of you probably know Paul...
I think Jackson's absense hurts the band the most. The fact is, Chip isn't really a good piano player, so he ends up having to "write down" to a level that he...
I agree. Jackson's absence hurts the most. In my frustration I shouted out "What's going on!" But actually I know exactly what's happening. Jackson is...
I sometimes wonder if Chip's decision to use MIDI is a bit of a control issue, maybe even more than a financial one. MIDI won't argue with him or tell him...
I don't believe the use of midi was either a control issue or a financial one. At least in the context that you're implying. Chip has been using midi, of...
Certainly MIDI has its place-- you'll get no argument from me there. But when I listen to, say, the Ambience albums, some of that is music that could (and...
You will have no argument from me about midi's proper place. I suppose this is why those of us here look back so fondly at the early years of MS when Chip...
" When a rock band loses a guitarist, they don't just put the drummer in charge of playing ... Yeah, well...I would say Chip is a little more than just the...
There was an interview with Chip in a business magazine once, and he said one of the few mistakes he made from a business perspective was trying to distribute...
Just to clarify-- My point was not that Chip is "just the drummer." I know he certainly contributes a LOT more to the band than that. But he freely admits that...
Well...I certainly hope it's not health issues. I love these guys too much for that. And I think we all know that Chip is much more than just a drummer. I...
Jackson's absence isn't really anything new, though, is it? I don't think he was credited on either of the Halloween albums (though he did come here to NYC...
Does anybody know whether or not Steamroller ever released a set of albums called "Latin Christmas, Vol. 1 and 2"? According to AllMusic.com, these two albums...
Just a quick follow-up to my previous post on this topic... here's Wikipedia's entry about the mysterious Latin Christmas albums: -- Latin Christmas, Vol. 1 &...
So you've met both Chip and Jackson? That's great! Apparently I'm the only person here who has never met either of them..... I only have two of Jackson's...
yep...met them both many times....spent time having lessons with Jackson, sung under Almeda and sung on the "Red" Christmas CD. got paid all of $90 to fly up...
Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse ... Basicly every week we rate a different song. Rating is as follows: 5: Excellent 4: Very Good 3:...
(Since the board seems to be getting kind of dead lately....) TSO and Steamroller tend to get lumped together as a result of them both finding success through...
Apples and oranges?....It's more like apples and bicycles! I think the only comparison you can really make is tha fact that they both have had success with...
I actually DO like classical music (hence I enjoy TSO's takes on classical music), but I never really get the point in seeing classical music performed live...
... sources. You said it yourself. TSO draws from rock and jazz. MS draws from classical and renaissance. Forgot to mention in my previous reply-- TSO draw...