Bonnaroooo Livestream

[johnnYYac]

What's that weird thing in his lap?  I got to get me 6 of those!

JY if you could acquire that thing around his neck during "victory dance" you'd be my hero.

Might be this

I was right!


                  ^  SP-404SX  ^

[ALady]

Scotty, you never read Where the Red Fern Grows as a kid?

[woodnymph]

Well well well!  So once I finally got the stream to work (Thank you Penny, if you see this!  I too had to upgrade the adobe bs for it to work, and I would've never known that, had you not posted your story of the same situation.... (parenthesis inside parenthesis: didn't these media programs used to TELL us when they needed upgraded?? Or is that just Flash....) ) Anywho-- once I got it to work, I put it on full-screen and didnt want to interrupt the stream by hangin' on the boards, but I made 2 little notes of things that really stood out to me that I enjoyed and made me smile :-)  Yes, notes.. I was hoping to share these eventually!  :P

1.  Apparently I heard some sort of guitar "trickle-in" before the end of Run Thru??  I don't recall hearing that before, and I'd have to listen to one of the recordings Sticky was so swell as to post to confirm that I did indeed hear it before Run Thru... but that was one of my notes I'd taken...

2.  I also smiled after "They are--- the imitayyyytoorrrsss" where he (as per my notes) shouted a hearty WOOO OOO OOOOOO afterward that must've tickled me...

So, um... I hope I wasn't dreaming that up, but I'm glad it finally worked, and I'm still thankful that I was able to get a nice solid sleep afterward  8)

Nice Sneetch vid too, blu... old school memories there  :)  Oh and JY good find on the...the SP-404SX Transmogrifier--- now you'll need to get one to go with the omnis!!! :-D

[woodnymph]

Oh yeeeahhhhhh... just downloaded the Bonnaroo III mp3 from sendspace (Thanks Sticky!)  and there is a sweet little choppy bit at about the 23 min. mark, guess I was really feelin' it while watchin last night heh

Kinda reminds me (randomly of course) of like, some Tool song or something.... good stuff, glad to be able to go back and check it out, thanks for sharing!!

[sundari]

I like how Jim gave Patrick the little "Dude, come on" flip with his hand while Patrick was getting pumped when he heard the horns. 

[el_chode]

Scotty, you never read Where the Red Fern Grows as a kid?

I'm about to cry just thinking about it

[el_chode]

You know what I love? Stating my opinion as fact:

Why change up a set list when you know how much time it takes? This is what I was saying was a reason NOT to go to 'roo, compared with the best reason to go: latenight. MMJ is not a headliner. They are a latenight event. When they're not a headliner, they're constrained. That's not the spirit of bonnaroo for a band like MMJ. It suits Death Cab or Arcade Fire since they're about as varied as a KISS set.

MMJ to me is latenite or nothing.

It's not the band' fault. It's not a decline of ability or talent.

[capt. scotty]

Scotty, you never read Where the Red Fern Grows as a kid?

Dont think so. I think as a kid, the only books I completed were Goosebumps

[kydiddle]

That was some good sleuthing, JY!!! 

[johnnYYac]

That was some good sleuthing, JY!!! 

Thanks, Ky.  I gotta admit I'm a tad pleased with myself. 

It was a stab in the dark, a search through Musician's Friend for some kind of sampling device.  Then the Bonnoaroo video of them pre-show afforded me the opportunity to see what it was. 

Not sure if I'll add it to my 'chord collection; need $$$ for shows.  Will you and I cross paths this summer?  I've got Montreal>Ottawa, Lollapalooza, and Boston lined up. 

More info on the gizmo here: Roland SP-404SX Portable Sampler with Effects

[headhunter]

You know what I love? Stating my opinion as fact:

Why change up a set list when you know how much time it takes? This is what I was saying was a reason NOT to go to 'roo, compared with the best reason to go: latenight. MMJ is not a headliner. They are a latenight event. When they're not a headliner, they're constrained. That's not the spirit of bonnaroo for a band like MMJ. It suits Death Cab or Arcade Fire since they're about as varied as a KISS set.

MMJ to me is latenite or nothing.

It's not the band' fault. It's not a decline of ability or talent.

I agree 100%

[tdb810]

thanks for the vid CT.  That was awesome!

[mjk73]

That was some good sleuthing, JY!!! 

Thanks, Ky.  I gotta admit I'm a tad pleased with myself. 

It was a stab in the dark, a search through Musician's Friend for some kind of sampling device.  Then the Bonnoaroo video of them pre-show afforded me the opportunity to see what it was. 

Not sure if I'll add it to my 'chord collection; need $$$ for shows.  Will you and I cross paths this summer?  I've got Montreal>Ottawa, Lollapalooza, and Boston lined up. 

More info on the gizmo here: Roland SP-404SX Portable Sampler with Effects

So essentially it's an amped up personal recording device on roids? Interesting.

[kydiddle]

That was some good sleuthing, JY!!! 

Thanks, Ky.  I gotta admit I'm a tad pleased with myself. 

It was a stab in the dark, a search through Musician's Friend for some kind of sampling device.  Then the Bonnoaroo video of them pre-show afforded me the opportunity to see what it was. 

Not sure if I'll add it to my 'chord collection; need $$$ for shows.  Will you and I cross paths this summer?  I've got Montreal>Ottawa, Lollapalooza, and Boston lined up. 

More info on the gizmo here: Roland SP-404SX Portable Sampler with Effects

I don't think so, JY...:( you have a full summer ahead of you, though. I'll be at Red Rocks and Merriweather!

[ericm]

That was some good sleuthing, JY!!! 

Thanks, Ky.  I gotta admit I'm a tad pleased with myself. 

It was a stab in the dark, a search through Musician's Friend for some kind of sampling device.  Then the Bonnoaroo video of them pre-show afforded me the opportunity to see what it was. 

Not sure if I'll add it to my 'chord collection; need $$$ for shows.  Will you and I cross paths this summer?  I've got Montreal>Ottawa, Lollapalooza, and Boston lined up. 

More info on the gizmo here: Roland SP-404SX Portable Sampler with Effects

So essentially it's an amped up personal recording device on roids? Interesting.

I'm not a big fan of this thing, or any sampling for that matter. If you're going to use backup singers and horns on an album, I'd prefer to see them bring them on tour when they do those tunes..If not, either drop the songs from the set, or changeup the arrangement live,jmho, and not a complaint.

This goes for any band, not just MMJ.

[darkglow]

i think they are just gearing up for a Circuital tour full of suprises, fellas..

they cant be pullin out all the stops for these festival slots.. they'll have neko case, amos lee, and phosphorescent supporting them.. and it's likely that the summer/early fall tour will end at ACL 2011..

[darkglow]

The only two times I saw him using this thing it seemed as if he was only adding those scratching warping sounds like how you hear at the end of "circuital"... i think most of the vocal/horn sampling comes from Bo Koster or the horn lines they've been bringing along for these festival sets

[ericm]

The only two times I saw him using this thing it seemed as if he was only adding those scratching warping sounds like how you hear at the end of "circuital"... i think most of the vocal/horn sampling comes from Bo Koster or the horn lines they've been bringing along for these festival sets

Thanks for clearing that up for me. Still don't like the sampling, but I agree with your previous post about not pulling out all the stops for fests.

[EasyRyder]

Just got back from Roo (I dayparked for Friday/Saturday), and I am SO surprised as I read the forum comments for this show.

I walked into the pit with no expectations (due to main stage show and the possibility of a "main stream" setlist, and the fact that Arcade Fire would inevitably put a stopper on good times). And having no expectations for any TF material or even a Lay Low of PWW really amped my experience, and I would encourage anyone else to do the same!!

The only case of sound trouble occurred during Victory Dance, and the rest of the show was crystal clear. Honestly, that was the best sounding (technically speaking) show I've ever seen by MMJ. Probably the loudest too. Maybe I was in a sweet spot, but all I know is it sounded incredible. I've never heard a guitar (jim's) sound so crystal clear and cutting. Bo was also once again high in the mix and wailing, which was great to hear.

To me, the new tunes seemed much smoother compared to the Palace show, and there definitely seemed to be a new grunginess or hard edge that I hadn't heard before. Really all of the tunes they played seemed charged and passionate....

I guess the stream was all janked up, but the crowd was very electric (speaking form a Pit point of view), and the band seemed to really be feeding off of it. I'm bummed that you folks had bad times streaming, but it was glorious in person!

With regard to the lack of variation in the set-list: fuck it. It's live Jacket, it rejuvenates me every time, and we don't know their reasoning for their decisions. I go for the feeling and the experience, not the names on the little white lists. It was truly an incredible show 

[johnnYYac]

MMJ Bonnaroo poster thread: http://www.mymorningjacket.com/forum/index.php?topic=14829.0#new