silverwing

Great finding

Band had released THP First single title is: HEAVY Then it had Kiiara on it. Could've been better with just Chester. Wouldn't make it good, but less bad i guess. I remember vividly in this album cycle Mike posting on instagram that he wanted to make lots of plot twists with this release. We wanted the fans with the surprised pikachu face. He specifically made an analogy to the expectation of opening a pokeball on pokemon go. So i guess all those "surprises" of not being heavy and going for a pop side were very very very intentional, but backfired. They thought Sorry For Now was going to be THE GREATEST LINKIN PARK SONG EVER, because it's supposed to be so unique. But the production choices were already outdated by the time the song was released.

Exactly, it's all about the hi-hat dynamics. https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/linkin-park-easier-to-run-drum-tab-s11850

LP drums are not hard. But they never intended to be (maybe in The Hunting Party). Rob knew how to play for the song, or "in the pocket". He didn't have much finesse, or volume/speed dynamics. He's more of a "locked on" player, straightforward. But that's what LP songs are... straightforward. Many LP songs have the same groove/beat through the whole song, just differing on the bridge, the chorus being just the verse with hit-hat open or something like that. Many LP songs from HT/MT era have a 16th hi-hat sample beat, but Rob is really playing 8ths under it. This is one of the "Linkin Park tricks to sound like Linkin Park". About my top 5, not in order: Papercut has a great beat. It's hip hopish, it's metalish, it's punkish... it's pure "hybrid theory". Somewhere i Belong has a very nice groove and some cool licks. GATS was the first time we heard "all his potential". The Little Things Give You Away is weird, i like that a lot. The Catalyst is a little hard to play, the beat seems offtime. The kickdrum pattern if fucked up over that punk beat on the hands. Not gonna mention Easier To Run cause this is the one everyone mentions.

The way the music industry works right now, bands need to keep releasing stuff every 6 months or so. More frequently even. Generally speaking, smaller and frequent releases beat full length albums every 2 years on this industry.

Can't wait for the documentary of this recording cycle! Uncovering how those songs started and built into the final pieces.

The production level in this band is an absurd. Everything is pristine.

Damn, that white paint spilled on the socks wasn't a good idea... there are other things socks are famous four having white stains among teenagers.

Emily forgetting lyrics and having to look at the prompter all the time hahhaha Show note, believe it or not: Emily played turntables in Two Faced intro.

Am i crazy or they refer to the crowd as "Tokyo" a few times? In the intro, right before SIB starts, Mike says it. Dave after the birthday wishes too. At the beginning of Numb Mike does it again.

It's very natural for them to get tired of playing some songs and wanting to change a little bit. Probably the second semester will see a few changes.

AFI is a good opening act. I remember Chester saying he loved AFI's BURIALS album. I guess we might see some changes on the "acoustic" part of the set, which seems easier to rehearsal things and "improvise". The rest of the show is all connected with lights, intros, and lots of engineering stuff that it must be so hard to keep changing. Just hope they do another starting song, SIB doesn't feel like a good first song to me. And the apex of this tour could be OVERFLOW. Anxious for that.

@LeonardoMF93 what a nice collection, man! you're so lucky to be able to go in all those concerts, being a brazillian. I would say you're missing the special edition tanktop made with WASports. It's fucking beautiful.

Honest question: how do you guys acquire those setlists in a concert?

What a dead crowd, damn. Thanks for sharing!

Weirdest part about Alex is that he tagged a Mexico City rehearsal studio. Why would he be there already?

I didn't interpret him not liking Hybrid Theory cover band... you guys read what you wanted there. He simply said the guy is almost like a Chester's doppelganger. Feels even more like a compliment even, cause that's the goal of a cover band.

That's a huge meeting. Congrats guys. Did you listen to any of those secret songs he has?

Yeah, i'm also not sure they'll be able to fill up all those venues in Brazil. Only if they manage somehow to keep the hype up with some new release or something.

People claim Alex and Em for not sounding perfect live, but they forget Brad and Chester wouldn't too all the time. Alex style on the stage is cool, great presence. The downstroking only gives it a more dramatic feel.

Show ended. Given up is back, maybe the only surprise. A few songs cut off, obviously. Nothing big happening.

All tracks, minus IGYEIH, were already written in programmed drums. He did some fills here and there. The one he could really create something on the spot was IGYEIH. The first time he heard Two Faced he said "i love it, it's nu metal" and Mike said "NEVER SAY IT AGAIN" In many interviews till now he talked on how he doesn't need double pedal. he can do a lot fast stuff with one.

It will be cool That's what i want to see! Making of before Emily and then after Emily. Comparisons of the demos and such. I bet they'll release a complete making of material. Like the MTM/ATS ones.

Ohhhh that's interesting! Looking forward to it

No, at least there's no Brazillian news about it.