ai_Droid Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Not really a huge Jazz fan, but you'd have to be dead inside to not enjoy Jool's performances this week. 20 musicians, a bunch of singers, all having a load of fun on stage in front of you, bloody good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingRaider Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Absolutely agree ... that Ruby Turner woman was fantastic ... hell of a voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Girl Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 What a fantastic night - every member of the band gave it 110% and made the whole experience a joy. Great supporting set from the band's guitarist as well. Hope they come back next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman27 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I agree it wasn't my type of music, and I didn't know many of the songs but the show was fantastic. Here are a few photos I took at the Tuesday night gig. Jools Holland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I would have loved to see him but after the last few gigs at the Villa where the sound has been absolutely shite I've refused to waste any more money there. They've never managed to get the sound right in the Villa IMHO. I'm not pointing the finger at the guys in the FOH desk but more at the sound design in the place. Far too bassy downstairs while upstairs in front of the stage the sound just washes into a mess so that you can't hear the vocals clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 I would have loved to see him but after the last few gigs at the Villa where the sound has been absolutely shite I've refused to waste any more money there. They've never managed to get the sound right in the Villa IMHO. I'm not pointing the finger at the guys in the FOH desk but more at the sound design in the place. Far too bassy downstairs while upstairs in front of the stage the sound just washes into a mess so that you can't hear the vocals clearly. Yep, the sound was shite, but there you go. It's the best venue we have for a large audience, so I'd rather put up with it than miss out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Why do we have to put up with crap sound? People don't have to put up with crap anywhere else but here it is all ok - you do a shit job sound engineer, they probably bought the sound system in somewhere well gay. Its nonsense we have a quite good venue run by muppets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semolina pilchard Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 we have a quite good venue run by muppets. Surely this applies not just to the Villa, but to the Island in General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 The sound was all done on Jools' own desk and stuff with his own engineer - you could see them set up in fron t of the in-house system. Even so the sound was ok but not great..... the room is designed to amplify acoustic voices and orchestras, not cope with several thousand watts of PA. The sound has occasionaly been great in there though - it was for Robert Plant and it was for Brian Wilson so it can be done.... Great night - i don't really go for that big band boogie woogie stuff myself but it was so well done and with great humour - well apart from Marc Almond who was c**p IMHO!!! Watch this space for the return of the support act i hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10poundslater Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I think that it is unfair to say that the front of house engineers are being rubbished, simply because whenever a major artist is on at the villa, both the FOH & Monitor techs are brought over by the band, therefore it very unlikely for you to have herd a major artist in the villa mixed by a in house engineer. Also there has to date been no complaints form any artist about the quality of both the sound system that is in place, that is currently the same system toured and used at the likes of both the Manchester Arena & Birmingham NEC. Personally, i think that both the sound system in place at the villa marina, and the engineers are doing a adaquate job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 We went last night - fantastic! Marc Almond was excellent IMHO. When I saw that he was in the line up, I was quite surprised as the 'Tainted Love' bit seemed a bit of a relic from the distant past and I hoped he wouldn't be trading on that. But he was brilliant, a strong voice and he really worked the numbers he sang. A good night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I think that it is unfair to say that the front of house engineers are being rubbished, simply because whenever a major artist is on at the villa, both the FOH & Monitor techs are brought over by the band, therefore it very unlikely for you to have herd a major artist in the villa mixed by a in house engineer. Also there has to date been no complaints form any artist about the quality of both the sound system that is in place, that is currently the same system toured and used at the likes of both the Manchester Arena & Birmingham NEC. Personally, i think that both the sound system in place at the villa marina, and the engineers are doing a adaquate job. I seem to remember the coral wernt to impressed on there first visit although it sounded ok to me. maybe the people complaining about the sound are just audio snobs, you know the type! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Skies Are Grey Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 maybe the people complaining about the sound are just audio snobs, you know the type! Paying money to see a music event and expecting decent sound....the cheek of it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I am an audio snob and proud of it. When you have the taste in music I do (highly produced tunage) it would be rude to hear it through a bad stereo - you'd miss half of the music. This is a bit of a ploblem some times because I moan about the sound systems at most of the places I go to. Semolina Pilchard you are right, I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 I am an audio snob and proud of it. When you have the taste in music I do (highly produced tunage) it would be rude to hear it through a bad stereo - you'd miss half of the music. This is a bit of a ploblem some times because I moan about the sound systems at most of the places I go to. Quality does seem to vary quite a bit depending on where you stood. For the jools thing, the sound quality was really bad, particularly noticable when the trumpets were playing. The speech was pretty much inaudiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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