Emmy The Great
11/03/12 21:00 Filed in: Concerts
It was a real pleasure to hear Emmy the Great at the Queen Elizabeth Hall this evening. The band were in fine form.
John was playing drums. I worked on the drums with him in rehearsal and in the Red Bull studios in London when we tracked the basics of the album “Virtue”.
Grace also performed on the album, and she was playing keyboards this evening.
The guitarist (whose name, I am embarrassed to say, I have forgotten) made some wonderful huge warm organ like tones
The core band were supplemented by eight other women musicians called “Orchestrate”- 4 string players and 4 backing vocalists, so there was quite big sound from the stage.
Emmy was playing a lot of electric guitar - this is something we discussed when we were making the album, but at that time I don’t think she felt ready for the electric guitar. She is now!
They played quite a few songs from the album, all of which I enjoyed except “Exit Night” which seemed very fast and somehow throwaway! Emmy sung a new song “about” William Blake which was good.
Really enjoyed the gig, although I did have some problems with the sound where I was sitting. Okay, I was at the side of the auditorium, but the bass drum was ridiculously and disproportionately loud in my opinion. On the other hand Emmy sounded great. As she should.
I was a bit nervous about the concert to be honest, but the hall was full and everyone seemed to enjoy it, including the band, so a good time was had by all.
John was playing drums. I worked on the drums with him in rehearsal and in the Red Bull studios in London when we tracked the basics of the album “Virtue”.
Grace also performed on the album, and she was playing keyboards this evening.
The guitarist (whose name, I am embarrassed to say, I have forgotten) made some wonderful huge warm organ like tones
The core band were supplemented by eight other women musicians called “Orchestrate”- 4 string players and 4 backing vocalists, so there was quite big sound from the stage.
Emmy was playing a lot of electric guitar - this is something we discussed when we were making the album, but at that time I don’t think she felt ready for the electric guitar. She is now!
They played quite a few songs from the album, all of which I enjoyed except “Exit Night” which seemed very fast and somehow throwaway! Emmy sung a new song “about” William Blake which was good.
Really enjoyed the gig, although I did have some problems with the sound where I was sitting. Okay, I was at the side of the auditorium, but the bass drum was ridiculously and disproportionately loud in my opinion. On the other hand Emmy sounded great. As she should.
I was a bit nervous about the concert to be honest, but the hall was full and everyone seemed to enjoy it, including the band, so a good time was had by all.
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