#PETER GABRIEL IN YOUR EYES BACK TO FRONT SERIES#
For those of you who love checking into wiring in series versus parallel, and The model is a two pickup "Reflex" but Music Man has a new technology that allows you to connect the bass by USB to your laptop, hook up to the web site, andĬhoose the pickup configurations you prefer, from the thousands that are possible. Wait a minute, it's called "The Game Changer"! It's certainly great having higher quality photos than I used to.) that's one of the features of my new camera - perhaps I'll be over-using them this week, but I'm trying to (Oh, the b&w picture with red color showing. (I still have no idea what songs Peter will choose for this tour!) This is the fretless I use most on albums nowadays,Īnd I'm thinking it'll be perfect for In Your Eyes as well as probably some other songs. and that was the end ofĪgain a Music Man StingRay - much newer, but a throwback model, using the same alnico pickup the Barbie has. This peach-like color seemed a good one for the basses - but then somebody noticed it looked a lot like the shade of Barbie flesh. I call this "Barbie Bass" - it's the bass I've played since I got it back in about 1989 - Music Man had just come out with their first 5 string Sting Ray model, and (But I'll admit you non-bass players might want to move on to the next page now!! Let me show you my basses for the tour, before the band get's here and starts rehearsing. I was sure to bring the broken pedals for him to fix!Īnd there are a number of synth parts for me to play in Peter's show - and lots of complex midi setup to trigger the right sounds If he looks puzzled, it's because for the last few years I've been taking care of my own bass gear, and making a mess of it! He's a super excellent technician, and on Peter's tours I'm lucky to have him
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The crew had arrived, and were setting up tons of gear. I guess I knew I wouldn't have many chances to stroll around town! I took a long walk when I arrived, Sunday, before the other band members, who are flying in from Europe. Here are a few shots, in case you haven't seen the city: so really we only have this week to get the music together.īut the first big thing, to me, about this rehearsal period, is that it's in Quebec City - one of my favorite places to be! Original SO tour in about 1986 - but we'll be performing some songs that some of the guys have never played before, so there's a lot to learn.Īlso, production rehearsals will start soon,Īnd they're all about sound and lights, and planning the physical aspects of the show. The band re-assembled for this outing is the same players who did the We have almost two weeks to rehearse for the upcoming tour - but that's not as much as it seems.
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Welcome to the new look of my tour pages - bigger font, bigger photos. BACK TO FRONT TOUR Fall, 2012 page 1 - first rehearsals