[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
This is one of the main things we'll be doing in a company I'm into is exactly this type of thing. However, it won't be up and running for a while. Additionally, being an accountant, I'm not allowed to participate in any product development.

IQ records this way also. I find it a major deterrent to sparking unforgettable live performances.

I can see that as being valid. There are studio bands and then there are live bands. Many bands have written great music and record well in the studio, but on stage they seem static and don't really rouse the audience. An act without any real experience performing together just seems certain to have a more difficult time rousing an audience in a live performance.

I was very much looking forward to IQ at NEARfest and, while their songs were played well, they were lackluster in their stage presence. Even John Jowitt -- who I know both you and I have seen perform with Arena and Jadis -- seemed reserved in his IQ appearance. Perhaps he was just trying not to upstage Peter Nicholls. IQ, however, have played together many times in the past decade. So, trying to pin the live performance traits on the recording process doesn't weigh heavily with me.

FWIW, here is one of my fave pix of JJ with Arena.

http://www.tmesis.com/bands_2005/ROS.../IMG_0610M.JPG

He was in top form with Arena.