Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. May 13, 2024, 03:19:51 AM
Hmmm im on the 2nd time thru the cd and im still on the fence I love that it's mostly new music but im thinking it's a little on the slower side compared to the past and im not sure if all the songs are the right pick for the singer I know David would have used the girls voices and showed there strengths and I can't say this is true with the picks here Mairead is such a powerful singer and it's not being showed here and Megan show us her strengths and what she can do and it's not here. Im working in the house today so I have the cd in my surround sound system and it's at 30 out of 45 so it's about 750 watts right now so im listening to this louder then at a show so I can here everything This Pioneer system is great. Don't get me wrong I love the songs and how the girls did on them they are great but do I think they could have done a better job picking the songs Yes and I know most of the songs were written for them by Gavin and im glad one of the girls own music is making the show way to go Eabha. There are times also that the background sings are over powering and drowned out the girls this should never happen. I wonder if this digital release was done to get some ideas as to what people liked and disliked and maybe fix before it gets mastered and sent to cd.. But again this is my opinion so don't hang me out to dry
Yes, it's [exhausted] a bad word. I guess what I mean is that... everything is as good as before, in matters of quality. The voices are beautiful, so are the instruments, the songs chosen, everything. Gavin Murphy is a very skilled musician. And yet, ever since David Downes left and he took his place, something sounds different, and I can't say "this or that is wrong" because nothing of that sort really is. It's not even that they are plain - some of David's songs are arranged in an almost minimalistic way, and some of Gavin Murphy's have a big orchestra and some really unusual sounds and ideas in between. They are amazingly good, there are some of his arrangements that I even prefer over David's. And yet, something very often feels somehow "off." As though some kind of special energy and intensity was lacking, but not in how fast or loud of full the music is. It's like David Downes always put a melody beneath the one we actually hear, some sound of hidden power that makes them what they are, while Gavin Murphy's music simply is the music it is. Ancient Land is the first album to somehow break out of this, with Long Journey Home, for example. But it's only now touching the surface. Destiny had very good songs and arrangements, but it was at the same time underwhelmingly flat and jolty. Voices of Angels (and Homecoming) was very polished and elegant, and mature, every sound matching the one before. Some of the new arrangements of older songs - like Mo Ghile Mear or Dúlaman - are good example of what I mean: they are even faster and louder, and more complex than the original arrangements, absolutely gorgeous, too, and fitting the songs very well, but at the same time they feel somehow less energized, less lively. It doesn't make sense, but that's what I feel. Another thing I feel is that David Downes basically "tailored" the songs to fit the singers (and the fiddler) while Gavin Murphy does the opposite, making the performers - who are doing their best - adjust to the arrangements he makes. Of course, that's only speculation, based on my impression, since I don't know what's going on inside their heads and really don't want to make any sort of insinuation.
The crisp, loud sound of the four drummers from the pipe band during the DVD recording was really awesome, but unfortunately that sound isn't really there in the album (those notes are softer and maybe made by a synthesizer).
thanks to Tom for telling us the individual names of Tara's three tunes. (Did you just know those tunes, or did you use your special line to Tara, or what?)