It's a good time to be celebrating your love for Genesis with the tour going on right now. I recently saw the show in New Jersey and was completely blown away! I went with Simon Collins who some of you may know we did a tribute to Genesis recently with a cover of the song "Keep It Dark" (still available as a free download from http://www.keepitdark.net - get it while you can! That site will not be there forever).
I met Simon during Genesis rehearsals in New York and we became instant pals. Now the same time the following year we're watching the Genesis live show they were preparing for and having our own private celebration over new deals in the US for his album that we're working on together. It's a cool story! It's also one that has some pictures and now video to check out for those that are interested. It's been fun sharing a rare glimpse and unusual stories relating to your favorite band and the feedback on these kinds of posts has been great. So, for your enjoyment, here is some footage shot on a little camera featuring Simon watching his dad play the Drum Duet/Los Endos both in rehearsal and then from the side of the stage behind Phil's kit live at Giants Stadium. Simon said that this is a tradition for him to be sitting behind his dad while he's played Drum Duets on tour and since I was there with him at rehearsal to see it myself from this point of view he wanted me to come with him to see it live at the show in NJ as well. It was a big event for us and so much fun I cannot even fully represent it in words... but I am sure as Genesis fans you can imagine the excitement being that close and hearing the drums acoustically as they play on stage. You can also see Tony from Phil's perspective. Hey, I know there's professional footage out there. It's not like we've never seen these guys up close but... if you like the reality of shakey hand held camera work then you're gonna LOVE this! Haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R26lVjWjdgM
There's also another video clip of Los Endos where you can see the smoke coming from behind the stage. It was so bizarre to be right there and smoke filling up underneath you.
Lastly, if you want to see pictures from the show I did a review on the forum here: http://www.genesis-music.com/members/community/mboard/index.php?topic=10735.0
Even more than lastly, if you check back at https://www.youtube.com/sonicreality we'll be posting some behind the scenes at The Farm with Nick Davis mixing Mama in 5.1 for a sec and we've already posted a bunch of videos behind the scenes at Ocean Way Studios, The Who concert and we'll be doing more so if you like this kind of stuff visit there too! Don't forget there's also blogs and pics on our myspace page which is in my sig. Pics of Tears for Fears, Rush and other bands rehearsing or playing live... fun stuff!
