jester1470 Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 I'd just heard that Marillion's keyboard player is playing keyboards for Travis at their Isle of Wight Festival gig, a strange one. I was even more surprised to discover the reason why was because Travis' keyboard player Adam Wakeman (yep the son of prog God Rick) is off on tour with Black Sabbath... Isnt it incredible how good musicians are interchangeable into just about any genre. Also Marillion's drummer once stood in for Kula Shaker's drummer too... or was it vice versa...Anyway struck me as interesting...CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zeenat Aman Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 The Marillion connection thus renders all the aformentioned bands as officially poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifta23 Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Ach everything will be pre-programmed for him on the keyboards...he'll just have to turn up and press a button like Fletch in Depeche Mode... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted June 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 The Marillion connection thus renders all the aformentioned bands as officially poo. See i thought you might have like Kula Shaker CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted June 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Ach everything will be pre-programmed for him on the keyboards...he'll just have to turn up and press a button like Fletch in Depeche Mode...I doubt it's quite that simple or they wouldnt have to pay for someone like him to do it, just take some bloke with slight knowledge give him 100 quid and the biggest gig he'll ever play and plonk him down. CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zeenat Aman Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 See i thought you might have like Kula Shaker CheersStuartNot really, ok if it comes on the radio type of band to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 prog God RickAww Stu' date=' that's the nicest thing you've ever said edit: and truest. But this is truer:The Marillion connection thus renders all the aformentioned bands as officially poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 the keyboard player from Kula Shaker now plays with Oasis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Funniest one I heard was that Emma Forman once tried out for vocalist of Element 106! (serious) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty-words Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Isnt it incredible how good musicians are interchangeable into just about any genre. StuartNot realy, Anyone who can play a musical instument to a medium degree can play any genre they want. Being able to play every genre of music dosent make you good, being able to WRITE music in ever genre makes you a talented musician. Any fool can play something that another person has wrote and given them to play.I can see what you mean in some ways, but the bands you mentioned ie. travis, are not difficult to perform... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Have you heard Marillion?check out script for a jesters tear and tell me the keyboard player aint a musician Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty-words Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Have you heard Marillion?check out script for a jesters tear and tell me the keyboard player aint a musicianI didnt say he wasnt a good musiciam, i said it donsnt make you good just coz you can play different genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 yeah i can understand what your saying well not unless the guitarist from travis went to do play live for cannibal corpse not that talent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifta23 Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Have you heard Marillion?check out script for a jesters tear and tell me the keyboard player aint a musicianaye but he only had to play it once and leave it programmed on the keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty-words Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 ye corpse stuff is crazy difficult to play. But i can garunte travis couldnt write a corpse style death metal track, and i can garunte corpse (when they had jack) could write a travis type track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 aye but he only had to play it once and leave it programmed on the keyboardAhhhh fuck that shitecheating bastardsjust as bad as triggers on kick pedals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty-words Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Ahhhh fuck that shitecheating bastardsjust as bad as triggers on kick pedalsThe Berzerker use triggered drums and theyr drummer is crazy.I dont know too much bout triggered drums so i could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted June 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 aye but he only had to play it once and leave it programmed on the keyboardIt would have been quite impressive if his keyboard in 1983 had the kind of capabilities you're talking of when Script was released to store a full 2 hour set. Mark Kelly does use samples and triggers ocassionally but not that often, he leaves that to Steve Hogarth's midi cricket bat. For anyone interested in gadgets see Stoke Row to Ipanema DVD about the gloves.We have a keyboard player in Baby Karma and damn good he is too and he plays everything, not a sample or a trigger, just because the technology's there doent mean everyone uses it. CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 ye corpse stuff is crazy difficult to play. But i can garunte travis couldnt write a corpse style death metal track' date=' and i can garunte corpse (when they had jack) could write a travis type track.[/quote']shite do you know the Travis guys personaly?Do you know what all of their fav bands are or even how good musicions they are, just cause they are a pop band dont mean thats all they can do. Plus, whos to say this band could write a travis song? you cant really say that until youve heard them do it surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifta23 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 It would have been quite impressive if his keyboard in 1983 had the kind of capabilities you're talking of when Script was released to store a full 2 hour set. Mark Kelly does use samples and triggers ocassionally but not that often' date=' he leaves that to Steve Hogarth's midi cricket bat. For anyone interested in gadgets see Stoke Row to Ipanema DVD about the gloves.We have a keyboard player in Baby Karma and damn good he is too and he plays everything, not a sample or a trigger, just because the technology's there doent mean everyone uses it. CheersStuart[/quote']Ahh the rest of it was prolly on C60 tapes!Forgot all about the gloves they were ace...Is Marbles worth hearing then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Ahh the rest of it was prolly on C60 tapes!Forgot all about the gloves they were ace...Is Marbles worth hearing then?Personally i dont really rate Marbles that much, but i think Hogarth mumbles too much vocally on it although there are some pretty good songs, and it's their best since 1997's 'This Strange Engine'. I prefer Fish's Field of Crows. CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 shite do you know the Travis guys personaly?Do you know what all of their fav bands are or even how good musicions they are' date=' just cause they are a pop band dont mean thats all they can do. Plus, whos to say this band could write a travis song? you cant really say that until youve heard them do it surely.[/quote']Most musicians I've met have stated it's more difficult to write a commercial 3 minute pop song than a big epic song, primarily as you have to try and put certain elements etc into the song, and encompass it all in a short period of time, as well as making it something to appeal to the masses. CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifta23 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Personally i dont really rate Marbles that much' date=' but i think Hogarth mumbles too much vocally on it although there are some pretty good songs, and it's their best since 1997's 'This Strange Engine'. I prefer Fish's Field of Crows. CheersStuart[/quote']Cheers, just saw it being advertised again and wondered. Field of Crows is ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Funniest one I heard was that Emma Forman once tried out for vocalist of Element 106! (serious)The R&D boffins at Beyer Dynamic would have to be working round the clock to come up with some sort of super-mic to allow Emma to be heard over Element. Plus' date=' whos to say this band could write a travis song? [/quote']Having heard Travis' singles over the last few years it seems that even Travis can't write a Travis song anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Field of Crows is very surprisingly good, especially Exit Wound! We even had Cloud liking that when we played it in the Moorings!Mark Kelly ain't bad but he's jot exactly the best keyboard player ever. his solos are piss-easy but he has a way of making them sound tough, especially on Script and Fugazi, after that his keyboard playing lost any virtusoity until Brave appeared, which I think is the record he plays best on, with some gorgeous piano sounds especially. (Qualities like that are as telling of talent as speed of your playing.)If its a discussion of best keyboard players, its Tony Banks, end of story. No-one plays with such expression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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