Plini

trolley

Went to see him at Satan's Hollow last night (what an 'interesting' venue).
David Maxim Micic was OK- can't say he did much for me.
Disperse - much more interesting. Especially their guitarist.
Plini was very good. I would have liked the guitar a bit higher in the mix - although my proximity to the bass & shot hearing might have had an effect.
The start of a Progtastic few weks - HRH Prog this weekend, followed by Haken, Frost & Dream Theater.
I mostly blame my son for this

sgosden

Saw him play with animals as leader a while back (when they toured with intervals and did a funny switcheroo of support slots). I was really impressed with how effortless his playing looked, despite the buckets of sweat due to a crazy hot venue!

had a chat with him on the merch stand afterwards, nice bloke.

DLM

Despite all the hype in Djentland, I never bothered listening to him much until he came up on a recent NGIS:

Fascinating story. Great player, but more importantly composer (and engineer), making do with the tools on hand to create original music. Inspirational. Living his dream, I think.

I shall have to listen further, and might try to catch him live next week.

ChrisRG

I really enjoyed the NGIS Plini episode.  He's clearly a phenomenal player and his album is great.  I was surprised by his comment that when he set up for the jam on the podcast it was literally the 3rd or so time he'd plugged into a real amp.  I guess some of the new crop of technical players are going full digital straight away without the traditional cheap guitar into an even cheaper amp right of passage!  

Sporky

trolley said:

David Maxim Micic was OK- can't say he did much for me.

There are a couple of tracks he's done that I really, really like, but a lot of overindulgent widdle too.

trolley

Sporky said:

trolley said:

David Maxim Micic was OK- can't say he did much for me.

There are a couple of tracks he's done that I really, really like, but a lot of overindulgent widdle too.

I just thought his playing sounded 'weak' against the other 2 guitarists. Nothing wrong you understand - just didn't do it for me. Or I didn't get it. Perhaps I'll have a listen to some more fo his stuff. Seeing Haken on Friday

Sporky

Ah, I getcha.

I probably like the ones with the least guitaring!

trolley

Sporky said:

Ah, I getcha.

I probably like the ones with the least guitaring!

In that case, what about this:

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