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Are the members of Trans Siberian Orchestra actually playing live on stage or is their music pre-recorded?
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∙ 12y ago
I am a studio musician - I saw TSO this past Dec. at Nassau Colliseum in LI NY> I was furtunate to have seating directly under the stage. I could have easily jumped on stage, that's how close I was. I was so close that when one of the guitar players cam to my side I could hear the picking of his guitar strings. I found this unusual since I have played live many, many times and I know from the way he was picking and the sound that was coming out of the PA could not possibly be what he was playing. Then I began to observe closer - I checked out the oriental violinist - I also play the violin....once I tiook a closer look and watched him bow against the strings while he just took a leaping jump from one part of the stage to my side (I was only maybe 4 ft away from him) his bow bounced up and down the strings - yet the audio from the violin was a contstant straight smooth no flutter . How can this be? I then started to serioulsy check out all of them on stage - The drummer was definitely playing, the bass player - not sure - the audio of his bass was very rounded and compressed yet he plays with a pick which (I also play bass) would resonate some high end clickingon the strings - his bass sound from the pa sounded more like a Taurus pedal than a bass - no way the bass played on stage was what I was earing out of the PA. The only guitar that may have been live was the lead - I know this because he made a mistakeon one ofthe songs and it was clear - ANother thing that baffled me - was - there were no guitar or bass amps anywhere in sight. I an see uner the stage as well - Nothing !?? It may well be that they are going DI (direct input tothe board) but even so - the feedback and audio would never translate as what I heard in PA if they were playing direct. I have to say that TSO does NOT entirely play all their instruments live - They are all playing to a click as well as an audio track. The vocalists (some) do sing live - some of the girls that do the magic Flute Mozart leads - do NOT - Running up and down the aisles and not hearing any pop in the mics or any breath - tell me that they are lip syncing - The keyboards - I could not tell - did not have a view of their hands -
Even with what I am revealing here - I still give them credit - because their compositions are still very original and unique - Bottom line - I will go to see them again - just because I like their mix of classical and metal - and I will not lookso close next time -
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Todd Buckland
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∙ 14y agoI went last night and think it must be fake. It sounds like listening to a cd, no imperfections what so ever. Furthermore, is it really possible to play the violin while head banging? I can't be certain... does anyone else with more musical knowledge know?
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∙ 12y agoYes, they are actually playing live. There are many members of TSO which lets them split into two main groups. They play the same songs but travel in different places. This allows them to be at more places for concerts around the world.
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How did trans Siberian orchestra get their name?
Here is why TSO has the name they do as explined by Paul O'neill himself during an intervierw. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is neither from Siberia nor an orchestra. So how did the entourage get its name? "We had just turned in the first album and Atlantic Records was pressuring us for a name," group co-founder Paul O'Neill says. "I got a phone call from Atlantic saying the album was going to print the following morning and that if we did not come up with a band name they were going to call it Billy and the Boingers and we would have to live with it. "In the 1980s, I was fortunate enough to have been in Russia. If anyone has ever seen Siberia, it's incredibly beautiful but incredibly harsh and unforgiving. And the one thing everybody has in common there is the Trans-Siberian Railroad that moves across it in relative safety. "Life, too, can be incredibly beautiful but also incredibly harsh and unforgiving. Music is the one thing we all have in common that moves across it in relative safety. So we decided to call the band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was a little philosophical but we liked the initials, TSO, and the fact that it was different. And it still sounded good in the morning."
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