(09-07-2013, 10:36 PM)john Wrote: As someone said earlier, even from afar it seemed to be more of a concert, a real show, rather than just a collection of songs.

Set List

Beautiful
Wasted Tears
Free
Hit the Ground Running
I Hear You Knocking
BATJ
Keep Coming Back
Spiderweb
Pretzel Logic
Rock & Roll
Can't Find My Way Home
Let's Run away
Oh My
HOTRS
Better
Piece of My Heart
Oh Darlin'
My Cake
Barracuda
WIAWSNB

Borrowing from an Icon of the '70's, "Haley Comes Alive"

Do you feel like we do?

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Midnight
Rock and Roll

Tusk, you do yeoman's work. Freakin' fantastic. Thanks, man!

here's the updated playlist in set order:

Haley Comes Alive!

Almost 1 1/2 hours

Care to join me in a Haley Reinhart concert?

A month or two ago I was suggesting that Haley should work on some of her songs a little more before recording them. This, as opposed to meeting a couple new writers, crafting a song together, and recording it immediately – as seemed to be the typical scenario with LU songs. While perhaps long on spontaneity, such an approach potentially sacrifices much. We’ve seen Haley change up her interpretation of a song in creative ways after singing it a number of times, with delightful results. As a routine, the one day, one song approach seems a formula with a risk of cranking out McSongs.

I read about a comment recent from Haley to the effect that some of the new material wasn’t ready for prime time yet, and found this heartening. I’m delighted to see her performing some new stuff before she has an album out. Perhaps these songs are recorded and ready for release when it is deemed time, but my hope is that she continues try out some of her new material and let it evolve or ripen a little before any final studio sessions.

As part of the recent discussion, I mentioned that the Beatles spent a lot of time in the studio developing many (of Haley’s favorite) songs before they recorded them. YouTube is full of recordings of Take #25 or Take #38 of various classic Beatles songs. MAE asked whether they did this early in their career, and I would have to say no. Only a superstar group (particularly one that gave up touring) can afford the costs and time necessary to spend large amounts of time in a studio. However, the studio part is not necessary to polish songs. The Beatles lived on the stage during the early part of their career, especially while in Hamburg, which provided the time and practice to develop songs as well as performance skills.

Quote:Lennon said: "We had to play for hours and hours on end. Every song lasted twenty minutes and had twenty solos in it. That's what improved the playing. There was nobody to copy from. We played what we liked best and the Germans liked it as long as it was loud."[23] The Beatles had been used to simply standing still when they had performed in Liverpool, but Koschmider would come to the front of the stage and loudly shout “Mach schau, mach schau!” (Make a show for the customers). Harrison explained that this prompted Lennon to “dance around like a gorilla, and we’d all knock our heads together. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_in_Hamburg

In his book, Outliers, Malcolm Galdwell examined characteristics of highly successful, talented and impactful people (e.g Bill Gates, Mozart). One of his themes is the “10,000 hour rule” which proposes that it takes about that much time in an activity to become a master of it.

Quote: A common theme that appears throughout Outliers is the "10,000-Hour Rule", based on a study by Anders Ericsson. Gladwell claims that greatness requires enormous time, using the source of The Beatles' musical talents and Gates' computer savvy as examples.[3] The Beatles performed live in Hamburg, Germany over 1,200 times from 1960 to 1964, amassing more than 10,000 hours of playing time, therefore meeting the 10,000-Hour Rule. Gladwell asserts that all of the time The Beatles spent performing shaped their talent, and quotes Beatles' biographer Philip Norman as saying, "So by the time they returned to England from Hamburg, Germany, 'they sounded like no one else. It was the making of them.'"[3] Gates met the 10,000-Hour Rule when he gained access to a high school computer in 1968 at the age of 13, and spent 10,000 hours programming on it.

I’m meandering, but trying to express my hope that Haley does spend some time performing – with a band, whether Midnight or another – honing her skills and developing her sound and style. While Haley has talent that can take her in many directions, she is writing songs that are bluesy and rocky. I think the way she can fully “find” herself musically is to sing with a strong band backing her in venues where the audience is appreciative and close. And improve the songs she ultimately records as part of the process. Haley's recent journey to her musical home was eye opening for me, and it would make me happy if it was for her too.

(09-07-2013, 11:53 PM)john Wrote: While Haley has talent that can take her in many directions, she is writing songs that are bluesy and rocky. I think the way she can fully “find” herself musically is to sing with a strong band backing her in venues where the audience is appreciative and close. And improve the songs she ultimately records as part of the process. Haley's recent journey to her musical home was eye opening for me, and it would make me happy if it was for her too.

I knew if I were patient enough she'd come back to the blues/rock

sooner or later musicians have to come back to there roots to remain true to themselves Hales is no different. As Randy would say Welcome back back. She can put soul into her tunes. I love the blues.

Quote:Buffalo Grove Days ‏@BGDays 22h

We will begin planning next years entertainment in just a couple months! If you have suggestions, tweet us!

Those of us who have a twitter account should tweet BGDays and suggest Haley for a triumphant return next year to the main stage!! That would be so great! Then, Himm can have another shindig too!!

Come on guys, let's do it! I dont have a twitter account, but I did email BG Days, and let them know what a great show Haley and Midnight put on, and asked for a repeat next year.

^ Excellent post John...reminds me of the advice Tony Bennett gave her..."you've got to keep on singing, no matter what".

Tusk...love the new Haley Comes Alive concert...you did it! An awesome amount of Haley love went into that. If Haley needs to meet the 10,000 hour rule, I think you supplied 5000 of those hours...

I'm excited to watch the whole concert when I get off work today. Thank you, Tusk, for all your hard work in bringing this to us. It's funny, the show didn't feel anything like an hour and a half for me at the time. It flew by in the way great concerts do.

OK Guys,may be some one can help me,I have a trouble because can't
decide if "MY CAKE" it's better or "BETTER" it's my cake