Bruce Dickinson

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Hendrik said:
Did he perhaps mean that live videos of the shows will be released, perhaps with additional scenes, as Maiden did before (Steve playing soccer)?
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Makes sense, from the big Brazil show and we need a live teaser from the tour. Like Maiden now, btw.
Azas said:
I watched the Dallas show, and at the end Bruce once again mentioned that they’ll probably release a new album in 2027, which will also tie into a William Blake anniversary. I find it interesting that he keeps bringing up Blake. Obviously, Blake has always been a source of influence and inspiration, but maybe this also means the upcoming album will be in the vein of The Chemical Wedding—at least lyrically.
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He also mentioned that some songs will continue TMP theme lyrically, so let's see.

I really hope he will be inspired by Flash Of The Blade to write at least one solo song in that style.
matic22 said:
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I just clicked on some parts and heard some things:

He uses Trumpets as a warm-up because it covers so much of his style.
He think he sings Seventh Son better now because his voice is deeper (he imitates his 80's voice pretty well). He noticed the struggling with Aces, but said it was always like that with it, with the set position (who to blame, Bruce?), but he managed to make it acceptable as the tour goes one. Fear is an easy song for him to sing, especially in the encores. He enjoys being in the band more now than during the first time. He knows that Maiden are taking videos off from ytb. But why? Tony Platt helped him to push his range in the early years. He likes vocalists with unique voices. He modeled his vocals at first on his vocal heroes. He really likes Zeppelin's folk stuff.

He mentioned they cleaned up the digital distortion in BTP album (he hates compression) and made it much better, but I don't think the original is worse in terms of the vocals sound. The opposite? Maybe just the riffs and drums, but not in all songs. A lot of sounds and not a good mix can do this.
 
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Kalata said:
He mentioned they cleaned up the digital distortion in BTP album (he hates compression) and made it much better, but I don't think the original is worse in terms of the vocals sound. The opposite? Maybe just the riffs and drums, but not in all songs. A lot of sounds and not a good mix can do this.
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He talks about compression first and foremost on his vocal channel and the WL compression from his Shure mic live. So he is talking about specific instances of compression, not in general terms. (and then about how they cleaned up the BTP distortion as a separate matter).
 
DorotheaMe said:
That is almost the complete show in Fort Lauderdale:

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I was there. First Bruce solo show. I'm disappointed because I didn't expect Iron Maiden to sound so much better live than Bruce solo.
And I'm disappointed that Nicko wasn't there. It was confirmed that Nicko is still part of the Iron Maiden family. So it was quite clear to me that he would be there when a family member was performing just around the corner from him. But apparently it wasn't as obvious as I had thought. o_O
 
MikePaul19 said:
And I'm disappointed that Nicko wasn't there. It was confirmed that Nicko is still part of the Iron Maiden family. So it was quite clear to me that he would be there when a family member was performing just around the corner from him. But apparently it wasn't as obvious as I had thought
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I don't understand this. Like performing with Bruce or just in the crowd? Maybe Nicko didn't want to have a night out that day.
 
MikePaul19 said:
I was there. First Bruce solo show. I'm disappointed because I didn't expect Iron Maiden to sound so much better live than Bruce solo.
And I'm disappointed that Nicko wasn't there. It was confirmed that Nicko is still part of the Iron Maiden family. So it was quite clear to me that he would be there when a family member was performing just around the corner from him. But apparently it wasn't as obvious as I had thought. o_O
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Who knows, maybe they met for a pint.
 
MikePaul19 said:
I was there. First Bruce solo show. I'm disappointed because I didn't expect Iron Maiden to sound so much better live than Bruce solo.
And I'm disappointed that Nicko wasn't there. It was confirmed that Nicko is still part of the Iron Maiden family. So it was quite clear to me that he would be there when a family member was performing just around the corner from him. But apparently it wasn't as obvious as I had thought.
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Why are you comparing two quite different bands, one of which is legendary musicians? The general opinion is that the band sound great live, they have to prove themselves in the studio now. Big and not easy task. We weren't even sure if Nicko would be at a Maiden show this year, let alone a solo project show, in the crowd.
 
Interview with Mistheria from Brazil

It seems he has a big freedom to come up with keyboard parts for Bruce's solo stuff. Expected and right. For TMP even more so because of the experimental vibe. He called the tour with Bruce the best one for him.

Working on The Mandrake Project was fantastic because I was able to present all my ideas. For most of the songs, I had great freedom in recording the keyboards and orchestration, which allowed me to give the tracks my own personal touch. On both albums, I recorded the keyboards and did the orchestral arrangements. In The Mandrake Project, thanks to the greater freedom I had, there are elements that I added to the songs, such as the piano intro in Shadow of the Gods, the Arabic-influenced section in Fingers in the Wounds, etc.

He added piano the intro and the middle part of Shadow and Wounds! It's awesome to have such a great and enthusiastic musician.
unlike Roy for this album, his work was just a few riffs and solos here and there on like less than half of the songs, and 6 co-writes, two from 20 years ago.
 
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