Haley headlining at Buffalo Grove Days (Illinois) on 8-31-13

[Himm2]

Haley had to be exhausted by the end of August. Not getting sleep until sunrise, a week of rehearsal for 20 songs, out in the parade sun for a couple hours breathing car exhaust, needing to have on her roskstar face non-stop...

I can't tell you how much I admire her graciousness and courage to allow her adrenalin to sustain her until the end of the party. After 3 hours she did seem like she was pushing through forces that weren't allowing her to be her totally effervescent self and may have been in the early stages of illness from a grueling month. That makes me love her personality all the more.

[My Alter Ego]

I'm actually pretty sure Led Zeppelin has eased up on their restrictions. (literally a few months after Haley performed it.) Which was why it wasn't a big deal when Elise sang it.

But I also think that the clearance is more of a "show" issue. Perhaps it would be more of an issue if Haley was more well known (although kelly clarkson and Taylor swift do random covers during their concerts all the time. And Kelly even lets fans request them.) but during a concert, I don't think it's a problem.

I think she sounds fine when the band comes in. I'm pretty sure the effect of a loud band was intended. But I will say, from these videos, it sure seemed like she was struggling with her head voice/upper register, this concert. I wonder if she was sick/had allergies or something of the sort.

Thanks, Mercfan. While I was thinking about/writing the clearance questions above it occurred to me that I didn't recall any mention of clearance when Elise sang "Whole Lotta Love" (and, in fact, tried finding YouTube recording of her singing it on the show). You've confirmed my that my recollection isn't completely gone.

I've listened to WIASNB again on a different computer (and with some good earbuds) and Haley comes through clearly in both verse and chorus. The balance issue (or lack thereof) resides in the tiny speakers of my home computer.

[lovinghaleyr]

What could have been...
They managed to not talk on this audio..

I played around with Peter Spero's audio to enhance it a bit, it was pretty quiet. Also, the best camera work of the night from THF. Love the close ups.

Perhaps Haley's most Rock and Roll performance



Bonus points for catching Haley playing the gong
(Also bonus points for not having the crowd yelling "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Angela", right at the beginning like in the other video of this song )

Very good job TUSK,that's sounded like a studio record

[Babbs234]

Tusk, I just wanted to thank you so much and THF for providing us with the first Haley concert "Haley Comes Alive". A lot of hard work went into this, and I love it! I tried to download it to a dvd and even downloaded "Youtube converter" to my computer, spent a bunch of time trying to make it right, but the dvd won't play. I don't know what I did wrong, but I know you spent a lot of time on each song, so thank you. I'm just not computer savvy like you.

[Tusk]

I could be wrong, but it might be because you're burning the vids as files onto your DVD from your computer, using your DVD disc as file storage like a cd r or flash drive.

To burn a DVD as a DVD, I think you need a program for that, its not the same process as "dragging and dropping" files onto a disc to burn, like you might songs to a cd.

If you've downloaded all the vids, you could just order them in a playlist in your media player. The result would be better than putting them on a DVD, which has limited space and is quickly becoming old technology because it's storage is too small to handle the kinds of file sizes people have now. So the vids on your DVD would be of a lower, more compressed quality.

[Tusk]

Something I thought is of interest.

"My Cake" got an initial boost in views by being placed on Haley's Facebook as well as being referred to on her Instagram resulting in about 1600 more views than "Better"

As of now, MC has slowed down in views while 'Better" has pulled within 1100 views behind MC as well as continuing to collect 'likes', Better with 100 and MC with 76.

In the last week, Better gained 25 likes to MC's 6.

I initially thought MC was favored more, but over time, in the last week, it appears Better is preferred by Haliens over MC, slowly eating at the lead in views that the FB exposure boost gave.

[Miguel]

I push "Better" in tweets like this one:

Miguel ‏@HaleyFansDotCom 54m

@EmilieHaskins @reachguest Have y'all heard this new song from @HaleyReinhart? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzuzVNxevzM …

I would promote both, but I keep it simple as only the last of two links will be displayed as a drop-down item to be played in the window. I chose "Better" because it's an entirely new song and the performance isn't interrupted by introductions, etc.

[Tusk]

Yeah, when I was contemplating a lyric video for My Cake, I almost did it using the CityWalk performance because of the introduction break in the middle of the BGDays performance.

Then I thought more on it then realized that this was the perfect opportunity to give Midnight and their musicians some exposure and publicity, they wouldn't otherwise have.

In my communication with Peter Spero, I became aware of how much exposure and recognition musicians have to work for, not having a platform like American Idol.

I also think the reason Haley and/or her team chose MC to highlight over Better was because of the intro break, a way to give props to Midnight, more exposure. So instead of lyrics, or the lack of lyrics, I used the time to show their names and roles in Midnight.

[rmd1064]

Hello Haliens….it has been a while since I posted, and so much has happened…here is my .02 on things…

• First, thanks as always to Tusk and the other Haliens for taking, editing and posting the videos from the Buffalo Grove concert. Wow, I agree with those that say it was probably her best ever live performance. So much confidence and she just owned the stage and the audience. And, this is from, what, a week of rehearsal? Just think if she ever toured with a band for months and months what her shows would be like!
• I posted the set list for the Buffalo Grove show at http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/haley-rein...648c8.html
• Speaking of that show…DAMN! I am a huge Steely Dan fan (just saw them last night near DC) and Harry just shredded Pretzel Logic. I had no idea he was THAT good on guitar. Damn…
• Her new songs…well, I love “Better” and I think it has all the makings of a hit song. Empowering message, great hooks, fun music and Haley can growl and rock out with it. I can imagine it would make a great video too. I also really like “My Cake” which is more of an R&B number but it allows her to again play with the song and its catchy hook. Reminds me of a Stevie Wonder song. Anyway, those two are definitely on the next CD, and I think a good title for the CD could be “Better”, simple, positive, and refers to the first and hopefully hit single.
• Regarding her web site, I am going to be positive about this. I am hopeful that she is in the midst of signing with a label and that the new site will be launched as part of the announcement. Maybe that is my rose-colored glasses on, but that is my hope.
• The concert with Irvin Mayfield…very, very cool. And as someone noted, she will be the featured vocalist, not one of several. And, I think she will be more confident in her performance than at Carnegie Hall. I think she had a little case of the nerves that night (Carnegie Hall!!), but in her home town, with her fans there, I am thinking she will just tear it up. It would be great if Irvin could work a few Haley songs into the mix, maybe a swinging “Oh My” or “Hit The Ground Running”. So wish I could go! You folks in Chicagoland area are so lucky!

So sorry for the long post. So looking forward to what is next for Haley!

[Himm2]

Never be sorry for a great post rmd! Thanks for your 2 cents that were worth 1000 times that!