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The Wally has a good article about TSO out. Good general facts and some about the transition from Savatage to TSO. Some great pics and a little video of the rehearsal this year.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-trans-siberian-orchestra-became-a-holiday-hit-machine-1449170491
I've been going for years, always to the West crew so I could see Al Pitrelli and Angus Clark, who are both great musicians and very fun to watch. I actually missed a few years for the Christmas show and caught it this year and noticed they were using AxeFX's now. There's a couple pics at the WSJ article showing the MFC's backstage.
The show was incredible as always, but - for the first time- I was disappointed in the mix where we sat. The keys were constantly drowning out the guitars, which is what I came to hear. Maybe it's just where we were sitting, but I was bummed about not being able to pick out the solos as well.
Also, this was the first time (I think) that I noticed they ran stereo and had each guitarist panned hard to each side. I'm a novice at live sound, but I can't figure out how they'd get good coverage of say a guitar solo if it was only coming from one side. I was center row 11. They had the big side arrays, but I didnt notice any front fills. Maybe they were hidden. ANyway, I'll see them again for sure, just either get row 1-3 or back much further.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-trans-siberian-orchestra-became-a-holiday-hit-machine-1449170491
I've been going for years, always to the West crew so I could see Al Pitrelli and Angus Clark, who are both great musicians and very fun to watch. I actually missed a few years for the Christmas show and caught it this year and noticed they were using AxeFX's now. There's a couple pics at the WSJ article showing the MFC's backstage.
The show was incredible as always, but - for the first time- I was disappointed in the mix where we sat. The keys were constantly drowning out the guitars, which is what I came to hear. Maybe it's just where we were sitting, but I was bummed about not being able to pick out the solos as well.
Also, this was the first time (I think) that I noticed they ran stereo and had each guitarist panned hard to each side. I'm a novice at live sound, but I can't figure out how they'd get good coverage of say a guitar solo if it was only coming from one side. I was center row 11. They had the big side arrays, but I didnt notice any front fills. Maybe they were hidden. ANyway, I'll see them again for sure, just either get row 1-3 or back much further.
