Haley touring with PMJ -- Feb 2015 - March 2016 (& March 2017)

[Ronzoni]

thetapfactor
3 hours ago · Lido Berlin
#Berlin, Germany - #pmjtour #lido #tapdance by @braverijah

morganajames
53 minutes ago
#pmjtour mirror prep with my tour hubby, @mykalwitha_y #smize (@braverijah never lets us down behind that lens)

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Casey Abrams ‏@CaseyBassy 12s13 seconds ago
More bike riding in Luxembourg. ☺️ https://instagram.com/p/0C2hiJtvFR/

That's an interesting picture. I find myself inferring several things from it.

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The ride

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It blows my mind how Bradlee & company can make any money after flight costs, rooms, food, tour bus, paying all the musicians and not charging much for concerts. I'll never understand the economics of it all.

[lovinghaleyr]

XATLANTIC: May be I'm belated but your report are too much impressive,after read
all it I feel the"Hey,I'm there with him" sensation,your skill to describe the show
is amazing.
A little tought:"See Haley's live it's worth to fighting for"

[john]

The venue has standing room for about 500 and was still pretty empty, except for one particular couple who had positioned themselves right in front, right in the middle, and would stay there for the entire show. So I planted myself next to them, only to be joined by two young ladies. I asked them if they were PMJ fans and they squirmed just for two seconds before admitting with a smile that actually they were Casey fans and through that has discovered Haley and were now also Haley fans. At least one of the two, I mainly talked to her. Later it turned out they were fans of all of them, I guess, and they were busy – and successful – in collecting autographs. But she didn’t know Haley had recorded an EP just now, and said that she so much hoped she’d do something jazzy. They had come from the other end of Germany to see the show. So there we were, three German Haliens, as it started filling up, expecting and waiting.

Did you see evidence that any other Halien types were at the show? If not, it is just as well that new people be exposed to her. "Get out" seems to have gained a lot of popularity in Germany and central Europe. I wonder those young women discovered Casey through that song?

Mykal Kilgore was the MC who guided through it all. And was he good! That man is a born entertainer in every good way there is. He’s funny, smart, quick, spontaneous, looks good, sings well. He has tremendous energy. He was noticeably celebrated by the crowd and I think he enjoyed that.

Loved his routine about Scott letting him sing a song if the audience wanted it. LOt of energy and audience involvement when he did sing.

Ariana Savalas was the secret star of it all, in my opinion. She did the full sexy femme fatale performance in an absolutely superb manner. That can get nasty quickly, or silly, or out of bounds, if you do not do it with absolute authority, blow-you-away sex appeal and perfect moves to go with it, which is exactly what she did, plus great singing. It turns out she speaks pretty good German with only a slight groping for words and with a lovely little accent. So she teased Scott with “now you have no idea what I’m saying, do you!??” … to which Scott replied “nein”, and got everybody to laugh. She eventually even made a poor guy in the first row a bit further down finally after much hesitation to pucker his lips and just when he thought she might actually kiss him she simply put her lips closer to his and whistled the whole next section of the melody and then dismissed him. It was superb and the poor guy a total victim. That’s what you get from femme fatales!

She does that femme fatale thing very well, and the fact she speaks some German seemed to add a lot in Berlin. She connected with the audience while singling out a "victim" -- and everyone's in on the joke. Also starting her routine offstage with Mikal was a brilliant touch. I thought the video of her performance was very funny and expertly done, and I'm sure it was great for the audience. Overall it was very polished and impressive. Perhaps Berlin inspired her to channel Lola-Lola.

Christina Gatti was a revelation, too, totally different style, that full voice is amazing and her moves are, too. Also a full-blown performer! I wouldn’t mind seeing more of her.

I don't care for the PMJ videos she has done, but in the little bits of live video I have seen she has sounded good. I noticed in the Vegas videos that she seems very friendly and enthusiastic, and I could see her a someone that Haley would naturally connect with.

Well, and then Von Smith, he was the only one I kinda didn’t get. Of course he sings very well, a talent for sure, but I felt he never really rose above the music … which surely is just me because the crowd were really into him, heck, maybe it was just the girls.

That makes sense and fits with MAEs impressions, I think.

Casey came out third and it was unbelievable to have him there live – says me, not a real Casey fan, though very much and fully appreciating all he is. I think he looks much younger in reality, more vibrant, more open and easy than I thought. Just on video he is this one-of-a-kind great guy, in reality he is just that: real. And of course he did his thing every step of the way, always inventing something, always being funny, while producing great music as only he does. Playing, joking, drinking a beer from Berlin, dancing, pranking, throwing hair. He did not seem tired the slightest bit after all that travel and performing. The best part was a whole group of young girls right behind me, who were totally into Casey, and when he was on they sang every word, every line full tilt with him, and it sounded beautiful because they had good voices, too, and it all blended really well. There must have been more in that room – there was quite a bit of singing along, particularly in the later parts of the concert, but never as much as with Casey. He clearly commands the admiration of a part of the fans that came! The two girls in front of me were shooting selfies with Casey in the background, later also with other singers!

Casey looks like the life of the party in the Berlin videos. High energy and it is evident that he loves what he does. He is polishing his performance, too.

Well, and so at number 7 there suddenly she was, Haley, live and real and there. Just walked out like that! It was totally awesome. And while I had thought I’d just take her in and move my body to the music, here I was rather standing totally still, holding the camera, and just soaking it in all in awe and it was the exact right thing to do. You saw the video, so you know how it went. To hear her live: there is a whole other dimension to her singing, even compared to those really good other ladies like Christina or Morgan. Velvet, silk, rich and buttery, those are words that come to mind. It is so much better than on any recording to hear it live, that is was I thought. And she looked beautiful, and had the straight hair style that I really like on her.

Haley looks radiant in the video you took and was getting into the positive energy in the theater. I expect she will quickly take on a larger role. The PMJ performers are looking comfortable and more polished, and I think Haley can benefit from being part of this cast of performers. The give and take between them on stage, and with the audience seems to work quite well.

And thanks again, XAtlantic, for acting as the Berlin correspondent for HF!

[john]

morgan james ‏@morganajames 15m15 minutes ago
Here we go! #Luxembourg with @HaleyReinhart & @ArianaSavalas #PMJtour

Haley Reinhart ‏@HaleyReinhart 3m3 minutes ago
PMJ chicks! Bout ta take the stage in #Luxembourg https://instagram.com/p/0D03QQguoU/

morgan james ‏@morganajames 13m13 minutes ago
Half the band is wearing vests and suspenders. Are we in Brooklyn?? No. #Luxembourg #pmjtour #pickles

[Miguel]

scottbradlee
21 minutes ago
PMJ ladies doing some time period-correct texting. Hashtag vintage! Let's go Luxembourg @arianasavalas @morganajames @haleyreinhart #pmjtour

https://instagram.com/p/0D0qxtkw5t/

[john]

scottbradlee
21 minutes ago
PMJ ladies doing some time period-correct texting. Hashtag vintage! Let's go Luxembourg @arianasavalas @morganajames @haleyreinhart #pmjtour

https://instagram.com/p/0D0qxtkw5t/

Haley's RITD dress

[Tusk]

Hmmm... the broken links in my post where I uploaded XAtlantic's photos to Photobucket bore out my concern about surpassing my storage links... already. They've all gone blank. HF must have had a decent amount of traffic since I posted it last night for the storage limit to already be reached in those handful of pics (6-7?)

http://haleyfans.com/showthread.php?tid=...4#pid45244

And that's why I don't use Photobucket any more as a way to post images. You'd never run into this using Twitter (unless you delete the tweet the img is attached to) ugh

I know I'm biased, but in Scott's pics of the Ladies, Haley reaaaally amps up the pizzazz of the ensemble of ladies (Morgan has star power too, but Haley adds the sparkle )

[XAtlantic]

Thank you everybody so much for all the comments and thoughts, and for very kind words!

Himm2, you're asking if that is me in the picture. #exactcomputations? #keepguessing!

Tusk, awesome what happened! Thanks again, it was and is a thrill I will remember. I am glad you posted that photo of the tour bus, too, it was a real slick bus indeed! I am also puzzled by the economics, maybe Scott is figuring he's building into an international thing and the money will be in the views - gotta get the snowball rolling, maybe it is all in the multiplication? I've told friends of where I'm going, for example, and they checked it out, and thought PMJ is terrific.

John, asking whether other Haliens were in evidence: I am pretty sure there must have been more, seeing that quite a few people knew exactly who was performing. I guess YT will do that. As I mentioned, she talked to a number of fans who seemed to have things to chat with her, but I can't tell, and would also die to know, whether they were just thrilled to talk to any of the singers, were drawn to Haley's queenly presence, or indeed were Haliens in some form! With comments on things coming in from all over there must be a number of Haliens out there. She convinces those who encounter her - at least those that have ears and some musical brains in between!

Miguel - thanks to you, too. You are like Scott, the master of it all, and never one to take much of the spotlight. But without you, no show. Thanks for your encouraging comments!

Last comment on Berlin maybe, since now it is time for Luxembourg and France and all the rest of it. It was an absolute thrill to see Haley and meeting her, and having things twittered by Tusk and picked up (a first for me), and also contributing something back to HF. Having said that, there is a real need for her to come back: I did not hear her sing her own music yet! So there is something next to look forward to! Yeah!

[Tusk]

Tusk, awesome what happened! Thanks again, it was and is a thrill I will remember. I am glad you posted that photo of the tour bus, too, it was a real slick bus indeed! I am also puzzled by the economics, maybe Scott is figuring he's building into an international thing and the money will be in the views - gotta get the snowball rolling, it is all in the multiplication. I've told friends of where I'm going, for example, and they checked it out, and thought PMJ is terrific.

...It was an absolute thrill to see Haley and meeting her, and having things twittered by Tusk and picked up (a first for me), and also contributing something back to HF.

Hmm... looks like the pictures are back from Photobucket...either it's my computer (I doubt) or my storage limit stabilized....

Did you see you got a retweet, favorite AND a reply that she LOVED the pic from Morgan? *Bonus Points*..... You shoulda picked up a lottery ticket on your way to the show

I think I picked up a few Morgan followers from it

*BTW I guess it must be about how you couch your tweet that get's it noticed, I think.... or maybe it's just blind luck

(Morgan had tweeted #Hair lyrics when PMJ arrived in Manchester, as Hair is one of my favorite movie/musicals, and Morgan has a background in Theater.... I had a feeling she might notice the tweet and it was appropriate to your picture )

I suspect that Scott has set up many revenue streams, the touring is probably more about getting his act out to stimulate interest which in turn helps sustain his YouTube views and future touring potential than as an immediate money maker (especially considering how many people are in his troupe and the size venues in which the perform). He's probably much more savvy than what has been evident from our point of view

[XAtlantic]

Did you see you got a retweet, favorite AND a reply that she LOVED the pic from Morgan? *Bonus Points*..... You shoulda picked up a lottery ticket on your way to the show

Yes, I saw that! (Reading on my phone while acting as if I was sooo intently following my meeting, I'm in Vienna right now.) It was your idea to go the hairy route, I didn't even notice that as a great topic in that pic! Really very cool!

I now put the pics on photobucket, too, which has nothing else on and which I'm sure to be using just for here. Should we rewire to that? Is that possible? Though you have postprocessed versions.

Also, if anyone wants originals of one or the other, for a potential calendar or something, PM me.