The Future Past Tour 2024

matic22 said:
A fast upload once again...

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I like how Adrian can improvise with Time Machine solo as much as he wants. He used licks from his solos here. Good camerawork.
matic22 said:
Trooper's tempo is painfully inconsistent.
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Could a spot earlier in the set fix this? I guess so. Trooper's studio version is not that fast (like all POM songs), but I don't think it would sound better if played slower. Only for Bruce. Playing fast at 70 age is awesome. Bruce's vocals are currently amazing.
 
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Flaming Blimp Crash said:
Well, Maiden show #7 in the books. Dare I say it was the best one yet? Band sounded on it on it the whole night and whoever's on the board for this tour figured out to not turn everything up so loud that everything just sounds like a giant cement mixer (coughcough 2022.) Bruce was in great spirits the whole show (no Di'Anno mention tonight.) Nicko was as I expected where you don't notice the lack of fills as much, but the tempos were fantastic.

Won't be able to attend another Future Past date, so I'm glad SIT and Senjutsu got their due in a set. Bring on Run For Your Lives.
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Same! I was in the pit about 15 rows back and it was simply astounding. Second best show I've seen after LOTB 2019. Bruce was on fire, Adrian was incredible, Nicko kept the tempos great (even if he had some minor flubs and some simplifications)...just a great performance.
matic22 said:
They almost crashed slow part of SIASL solo. I think there were some monitoring issues last night.
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I did notice this. Seems like Nicko mis-counted, but luckily Adrian carried on and it wasn't super noticeable.
matic22 said:
25 second last note on Alex from Bruce.
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That was amazing. Bruce was in great spirits last night.
matic22 said:
Trooper's tempo is painfully inconsistent.
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Yeah, it was. But they made up for it with gusto.
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
Same! I was in the pit about 15 rows back and it was simply astounding. Second best show I've seen after LOTB 2019. Bruce was on fire, Adrian was incredible, Nicko kept the tempos great (even if he had some minor flubs and some simplifications)...just a great performance.

I did notice this. Seems like Nicko mis-counted, but luckily Adrian carried on and it wasn't super noticeable.

That was amazing. Bruce was in great spirits last night.

Yeah, it was. But they made up for it with gusto.
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So much so that Bruce barely sang it.
 
Ruflux said:
I would take whatever he's said on the subject with a grain of salt, since mysteriously he seemed to have learned to actually sing rather than just shouting in key sometime during the 90s, judging by how different his approach was in the early 90s and on, and how he suddenly permanently regained a lot of his range in that era after spending the latter half of the 80s mostly croaking his way through his higher register.
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That's true. I'd say the period between Balls To Picasso and Skunkworks is the key. The Somewhere In Time to No Prayer For The Dying era was particulary painful.

Could even be a talk with a professional singer about breathing. Or simply, he rested his voice for the first time in years.

Talking about that subject, was Balls To Picasso the turning point? As that album kinda features both kinds of singing from Bruce. For example Laughing In The Hiding Bush, 1000 Points Of Light and Shoot All The Clowns are kinda more FOTD shouty Bruce, while Tears Of The Dragon and things like Cyclops, Gods Of War are more "modern" Bruce.

Is it possible that he simply changed his singing style in the search of more comercial success and it went from there? If there was no vocal teacher, I'd say so.
 
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He was a lot better even on the No Prayer tour than he was on Seventh Tour. Like, not a year's rest better (especially given he had a whole solo record and tour in-between), he was "learned how to use his vocal cords" better simply judging by his performances in songs like Hallowed. It's night and day. That's why I've always assumed he had some serious professional help sometime in that period, presumably because he didn't want to permanently blow his voice out.
 
Ruflux said:
I would take whatever he's said on the subject with a grain of salt, since mysteriously he seemed to have learned to actually sing rather than just shouting in key sometime during the 90s, judging by how different his approach was in the early 90s and on, and how he suddenly permanently regained a lot of his range in that era after spending the latter half of the 80s mostly croaking his way through his higher register.
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Maybe one day, he’ll be an honest man…

His transition from shouter to fantastically consistent singer during the 90s makes me want to read whichever books about singing he might have been reading back then.
 
To be honest, I was only speculating that he had vocal lessons due to the massive improvement in his voice in the 1990s.

I wish more rock musicians would take lessons in their chosen craft. As someone who works in music education, nothing makes me roll my eyes more than when people brag about being ‘self taught’ and refuse to have lessons. Just get over yourself and accept someone can help you!
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
To be honest, I was only speculating that he had vocal lessons due to the massive improvement in his voice in the 1990s.

I wish more rock musicians would take lessons in their chosen craft. As someone who works in music education, nothing makes me roll my eyes more than when people brag about being ‘self taught’ and refuse to have lessons. Just get over yourself and accept someone can help you!
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Same as musicians (often seen with guitarists) who refuse to engage with music theory because it would "stifle the creativity".
 
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