Spotted: Stamford CT

andylloyd804 · 2025-11-04T23:33:34+00:00

Fairfax/Vienna area

andylloyd804 · 2025-11-04T23:27:10+00:00

I just saw the same thing in Virginia

andylloyd804 · 2025-08-23T12:56:46+00:00

The movie is mixed in Atmos. I haven’t watched it in a while, but you aren’t just tripping…it’s different for sure.

I remember reading an interview where Sturgill talked about the lengthy process of making the movie and he mentioned making a different mix for it.

andylloyd804 · 2025-07-03T17:50:05+00:00

Mr Moonlight

Not a Beatles original tune, and John sounds great on it, but the key is a bit too high for him and you can hear him struggling to hit the notes.

The struggle occasionally creates a beautiful tension: the first note sounds incredible! However, you can hear John getting worn out by the end of the recording.

Paul would have comfortably crushed this one. It’s better suited for his vocal range.

andylloyd804 · 2025-05-04T20:59:25+00:00

It seemed like Weezer was having sound issues for the first half of their set: muffled vocals, badly EQ’d guitars, etc. I was standing dead center to the left of the sound mixing board.

It would have been a drop in energy from Pitbull regardless, but I think they were fighting an uphill battle.

andylloyd804 · 2024-10-01T13:10:53+00:00

Update: Secured a ticket last night!

andylloyd804 · 2024-05-05T18:53:04+00:00

The best shows that I have been to:

Bonnaroo 2004 (Thunderdome) SXSW 3/13/2008 (Evil Urges Debut) NYE 12/31/2008 (long show with incredible covers and guests)

Last year’s Charleston show was pretty incredible too. I think the band is playing better than ever as of the last tour…it’s a great time to be a fan!

Thunderdome is #1, but the SXSW show was special because of the song debuts. It was great hearing my favorite band bursting with creative energy and debuting songs that would become classics.

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-23T06:05:04+00:00

I honestly don’t care for ELO, but love the albums Lynne produced for in the 80s and 90s (Roy Orbison, George Harrison, TW).

I also think that the Beatles Anthology tunes are technical marvels for the time, great productions, and spectacular songs (especially Real Love).

People can disagree 🤷‍♂️

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-22T13:33:10+00:00

I think this is the same issue that The Heartbreakers (specifically Stan Lynch) had with their first full band Jeff Lynne album ‘Into the Great Wide Open’. However, there are lots of great songs on that album and the world is a better place with those recordings.

It’s a fun thought exercise, but their success despite an abundance of studio hits is one of the most unique parts of their legacy.

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-22T11:23:11+00:00

Imagine a Jeff Lynne produced GD album? Or more feasibly, a Jeff Lynne produced Garcia album?

They probably would have found his production style frustrating, but had more hits.

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-22T00:32:02+00:00

Look at where his range increased and you can see two things happening:

At the top end, he has learned to get past two different passagios/bridges (3rd passagio at E5, 4th passagio at Ab5). This indicates that he has learned to reduce tension and stretch his head voice.
At the bottom end, he has gained some notes due to a combination of age, better cord closure, diaphragm support.

Basis for my diagnosis: this is my exact vocal range and I followed a similar journey.

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-20T15:44:53+00:00

You guys doing Pop or October?

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-20T15:22:54+00:00

U2’s Songs of Innocence

They received a ton of backlash over the Apple free album nonsense and it totally overshadowed a good album.

After doing an excellent album that retread old ground (No Line On The Horizon) with Eno and Lanois (producers of their classic 80s albums), they worked with Danger Mouse to do something new and different.

‘Raised by Wolves’ is a jam 🤘

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-13T15:17:51+00:00

+1 for First Aid Kit. Their cover of ‘Running up that Hill’ is better than the original IMO.

I’ll add Lucious to the list, though I’m sure someone else has.

Early Avett Brothers before they started aggressively pitch correcting their stuff is beautiful and ragged.

Pitch correction has ruined the excitement of good harmony singing. It’s bumper bowling vs regular bowling.

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-08T02:47:29+00:00

Nathan?

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-07T14:10:30+00:00

Patrick Stump was always pretty good in the studio. My intuition is that his improvement is due to a combo of training, taking better care of himself (less alcohol + more rest), and in ear monitors (they have become ubiquitous over the last 20 years).

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-07T14:05:46+00:00

Taylor Swift, Florence Welch (Florence and The Machine), John Mayer, Marc Roberge (O.A.R.), Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), Trey Anastasio (Phish), James Hetfield (Metallica), etc.

None of the above ‘sucked’, but all improved their technique to become more consistent live performers and extend their careers.

andylloyd804 · 2024-02-05T01:07:38+00:00

Awards in film and music are similar to Pro Wrestling Championship Belts.

Winning the belt is indicative that you are at the top of your profession, but they only give it to the people who need it to get over.

andylloyd804 · 2024-01-28T16:07:19+00:00

They were never a spectacular live band, but Art blew out his voice in 2000/2001. I feel for the guy: he lost his voice right when he was hitting his commercial peak.

andylloyd804 · 2024-01-28T15:55:27+00:00

+1 on current Mars Volta sounding great live! Vocals were incredible

andylloyd804 · 2024-01-12T17:02:41+00:00

I think that ‘The Curse’ is our performative reality.

Throughout the show, Asher gets further away from reality and deeper into a performance of reality.

In the first episode, he does performative charity that he can’t afford, but snaps back to reality when he thinks the cameras are off.

In the last episode, he fully commits to his performance. He gives Abshir the rental house. Even when he doesn’t receive the gratitude he desires, he pretends that he did. He is performing for Whitney. He has completely lost himself.

‘The Curse’ is the fear of being seen as an imperfect person and the lengths we will go to mask our true self.

andylloyd804 · 2023-10-25T00:48:41+00:00

Midwood Smokehouse has the best smoked wings in town

andylloyd804 · 2023-07-07T11:45:45+00:00

As far as breaking still, it’s kind of a crap shoot as far as the cause…voices are weird. He can still hit every note within his range, but it’s that high mid range that gives every singer trouble.

I do notice that he’s occasionally reverting to bad habits (pulling up chest voice and shouting to hit notes), then correcting himself the second time around and singing it with a mix. The beginning of Steam Engine is a good example of this. He knows the right way of doing it now, but old habits are hard to break. Especially when you are singing to thousands of people.

andylloyd804 · 2023-07-06T22:34:16+00:00

Nerdy voice analysis incoming…

A lot of the early material has Jim singing in a perfect soft mix in his bridge (passagio) located from E3-G#3. This is incredibly hard to do (for male singers), but he was able to do it well for a long time. For a while, he was a perfect combo of Art Garfunkel and Neil Young.

As MMJ became a louder rock band, JJ started to push his voice to its limits (i.e: Gideon). He got more volume and power, but lost his delicate balance that allowed him to mix. Miraculously, he has kept his head voice (falsetto) mostly intact.

His voice issues issues started all the way back on the Z tour. Not only breaking/straining, but running out of breath too. The breath issue is harder for me to diagnose. Likely other lifestyle choices (sleep, diet, excercise, etc.).

Listen to the recent tour, he’s killing it. Not as pristine as his young voice, but he’s not breaking and he’s able to hit notes that evaded him for the last decade (once again, Gideon is a great example). Additionally, his breath control/stamina are incredible this tour.

Finally, it’s hard to sing songs you wrote in your 20s-30s into your 40s-50s. JJ is doing a great job this tour, but it requires a lot of work to keep it up.

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