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Title: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on August 05, 2016, 04:50:23 PM
Such were the words from Guy today in the Forum. So, maybe we can start to salivate and anticipate over the next few months. Good to look forward to something fresh.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on August 05, 2016, 06:36:51 PM
YES! 8)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 06, 2016, 11:18:14 PM
It might be just to mix sound for the Henrik Hansen documentary...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on August 07, 2016, 12:45:48 PM
What is the documentary about? I have completly Missed this.  :-X
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Jarle on August 07, 2016, 01:33:59 PM
What is the documentary about? I have completly Missed this.  :-X

2015 tour

Among other things, I think. Henrik has been filming on different occasions. He did some shots at the Chalke Valley History Festival in July too :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 07, 2016, 04:08:08 PM
I would go for bonus content, for te next Deluxe Box or a possible Live (Blu-Ray) release. How much I would prefer a proper  Wembley 1985 BD over any Tracker 2015 (edited wrong year) show...  I do not think the Hansen movie is made for a separated release.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 07, 2016, 05:04:41 PM
I think that the Hansen documentary was meant to be an individual release, but who knows...

Tracker tour 2013, lol, it's other way yo say Privatracker tour  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 07, 2016, 06:33:20 PM
Sorry my mistake. I corrected that.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 07, 2016, 09:24:37 PM
What is the documentary about? I have completly Missed this.  :-X

2015 tour

Among other things, I think. Henrik has been filming on different occasions. He did some shots at the Chalke Valley History Festival in July too :)

Then this is certainly about Hansen's project. Not what I'm not happy for, but it's not a new album though, could be false alarm for many.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on August 07, 2016, 11:28:24 PM
What is the documentary about? I have completly Missed this.  :-X

2015 tour

Among other things, I think. Henrik has been filming on different occasions. He did some shots at the Chalke Valley History Festival in July too :)

Then this is certainly about Hansen's project. Not what I'm not happy for, but it's not a new album though, could be false alarm for many.
Why "certainly", quizzaciously?  Is it not just a possibility?
I don't think anything has been confirmed, except that Guy and Mark are going back into the studio very soon.   
...Which doesn't rule out that they were there a month or even a week ago.   (Wishful thinking, but as far as I know, this may also be possible.)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on August 07, 2016, 11:50:19 PM
 :smack Hey quizzaciously, I just read the question asked of Guy...   Now I understand your comment. 

Hmmm.  Still hopeful an album is starting to come to life...  :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 08, 2016, 01:34:35 AM
:smack Hey quizzaciously, I just read the question asked of Guy...   Now I understand your comment. 

Hmmm.  Still hopeful an album is starting to come to life...  :D

It was Jarle's info about filming of the festival in July which made it clear to me, that it's 'going into studio for Hansen's project'.

And you know what? I'm over-exited about this. As much as I love this 5 minute Hansen's documentary from Tracker, as much it cuts abruptly making you think 'And that's it?'. I love the clarity, I love his cinematography and editing, they seems to be a great team with MK.

I would want to see a cool film about Captain Mark, not about him blowing the family radio or asking his father about buying an amp.

Also, since chances for a live album diminish every day, any documentary will be like a breathe of fresh air. I vote for MK in at least 1080p!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 08, 2016, 08:52:03 AM
We don´t know...

Maybe MK and Guy are back to the studio to work on the documentary sound, and when finished, start cutting songs... the only way to know is asking Guy to be more specific, if he can...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 08, 2016, 09:49:30 AM
We don´t know...

Maybe MK and Guy are back to the studio to work on the documentary sound, and when finished, start cutting songs... the only way to know is asking Guy to be more specific, if he can...

Not so long ago, on 29th of July he said:
— Can you say something about a new MK album?
— Not really

Since he gives more trolling answers in case for 'Yes' substitute (my lips are sealed, etc.) seems like there's no news, but film IS the big news.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 08, 2016, 10:07:17 AM
Ok, I asked Guy myself, let´s see what happens...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on August 08, 2016, 10:09:16 PM
If Guy and Mark are back into studio I don't think it is for Hansen's project.

I bet early stage production for the next solo effort :

- let test to find the best mike in the hundred ones that can be used
- what best guitar to use on that track ?
- did you try this brand of guitar strings? Or that one?
- which room to record in? The large one? Hum why not a boot?

You know what? We have so much work to do for the next 24 months. That will be so short to record a full album.




Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 09, 2016, 08:57:16 AM
You forgot: Did you ever taste this new brand of tea? is just delicious...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on August 09, 2016, 01:52:28 PM
You forgot: Did you ever taste this new brand of tea? is just delicious...

Then have to decide what cuppa?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 13, 2016, 05:20:52 PM
You forgot: Did you ever taste this new brand of tea? is just delicious...

Then have to decide what cuppa?

Guy likes the stuff the chimps drink! :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on August 23, 2016, 08:18:14 PM
I would want to see a cool film about Captain Mark, not about him blowing the family radio or asking his father about buying an amp.

"In short order". Haha, you made me giggle. :)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on August 23, 2016, 09:07:15 PM
Could it be this project? https://twitter.com/John_Illsley

 :hmm

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 24, 2016, 11:04:30 AM
Hopefully not.

Maybe this year's Chrismas will bring another Best-Of..  The Solo Years 1996-2016.. 20 years of the pants...  With lots of goodies, unreleased stuff, three new songs, Deluxe Box Set and Hansen movie.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on August 24, 2016, 12:00:00 PM
Hopefully not. merci

Maybe this year's Chrismas will bring another Best-Of..  The Solo Years 1996-2016.. 20 years of the pants...  With lots of goodies, unreleased stuff, three new songs, Deluxe Box Set and Hansen movie.

LE
Would love it ! But... Do I still believe in Santa Klaus ?:/
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: K-alberto on August 24, 2016, 06:03:37 PM
Hopefully not.

Maybe this year's Chrismas will bring another Best-Of..  The Solo Years 1996-2016.. 20 years of the pants...  With lots of goodies, unreleased stuff, three new songs, Deluxe Box Set and Hansen movie.

LE

It would be great... I still remember so many wonderful songs never released... Two skinny kids... :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on August 29, 2016, 07:27:24 PM
Guy on his forum today when he is asked about touring the States in the near future:  "Nothing planned for live this year, just some studio time booked"

Perhaps something planned live for 2017  :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on August 30, 2016, 09:00:54 PM
Yes, clear whispers that the guitar library about to be accessed and put to use. 2017 looking good.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 05, 2016, 04:04:30 PM
Guy updated his forum again saying he will be with MK in the studio in september.............
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 05, 2016, 04:12:25 PM
Guy updated his forum again saying he will be with MK in the studio in september.............

To be precise, he said he will be with Mark in London. With Guy, as always, this could mean anything.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on September 05, 2016, 11:19:07 PM
Guy updated his forum again saying he will be with MK in the studio in september.............

To be precise, he said he will be with Mark in London. With Guy, as always, this could mean anything.

Somewhere in London:

Mark:  I was thinking of using the new blue Pensa with the tremolo arm on the album.
Guy:  How about using the leftovers from KtGC?
Mark:  Great idea Guy! 
Guy:  Don't forget to give John and Mike a call and we can get some pipes and whistles in there too.
Mark:  Good job you're here Guy.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on September 06, 2016, 03:44:19 PM

Somewhere in London:

Mark:  I was thinking of using the new blue Pensa with the tremolo arm on the album.
Guy:  How about using the leftovers from KtGC?
Mark:  Great idea Guy! 
Guy:  Don't forget to give John and Mike a call and we can get some pipes and whistles in there too.
Mark:  Good job you're here Guy.
[/quote]

In my head, this conversation would be the opposite. I don't think we can blaim Guy for Marks affection for folk music  :P Can you imagine Guy say, "Now, I think we should add some bagpipes". Nope  :)

Another thing, how do I get this quote-thing on the forum right?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on September 06, 2016, 05:10:37 PM
Another thing, how do I get this quote-thing on the forum right?

you just need to click on quote and then write the answer at the bottom after the
[/quote]

...but if you want to delete another post within the quote (as above) it is different because that counts as 2 quotes. :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 06, 2016, 06:57:38 PM
Somewhere in London:

Mark:  I was thinking of using the new blue Pensa with the tremolo arm on the album.
Guy:  How about using the leftovers from KtGC?
Mark:  Great idea Guy! 
Guy:  Don't forget to give John and Mike a call and we can get some pipes and whistles in there too.
Mark:  Good job you're here Guy.

Just for jokes and giggles, I'll make a wild guess about what Guy meant was... it was a brand new live album titled "Live In London".

Some hardcore speculation right there :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on September 06, 2016, 07:20:26 PM
Somewhere in London:

Mark:  I was thinking of using the new blue Pensa with the tremolo arm on the album.
Guy:  How about using the leftovers from KtGC?
Mark:  Great idea Guy! 
Guy:  Don't forget to give John and Mike a call and we can get some pipes and whistles in there too.
Mark:  Good job you're here Guy.

Just for jokes and giggles, I'll make a wild guess about what Guy meant was... it was a brand new live album titled "Live In London".

Some hardcore speculation right there :lol

No speculation my friend - I planted "The Bug".  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on September 06, 2016, 09:04:02 PM
Somewhere in London:

Mark:  I was thinking of using the new blue Pensa with the tremolo arm on the album.
Guy:  How about using the leftovers from KtGC?
Mark:  Great idea Guy! 
Guy:  Don't forget to give John and Mike a call and we can get some pipes and whistles in there too.
Mark:  Good job you're here Guy.

Just for jokes and giggles, I'll make a wild guess about what Guy meant was... it was a brand new live album titled "Live In London".

Some hardcore speculation right there :lol

No speculation my friend - I planted "The Bug".  ;)

 ;D Oh we need some speculations now. How about.... Mark actually has invited Guy for a marathon of "Desperate housewives" on big screen?
Seriously, I don't think it could be anything else than recording something in the studio, but speculations is more fun as we don't know for sure yet.

I understood that the stop-code-quote had to be there, but forgot the start-code (don't remember the correct coding-word for it)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 06, 2016, 10:51:56 PM
;D Oh we need some speculations now. How about.... Mark actually has invited Guy for a marathon of "Desperate housewives" on big screen?
Seriously, I don't think it could be anything else than recording something in the studio, but speculations is more fun as we don't know for sure yet.

Oh by he way I just talked with Mark and he said the name "Live In London" would be too much similar with "A Night In London", so he hard-heartedly, but almost crying, decided to throw all the masters into the bin. So no any live albums this year, folks! And please respect his decisions.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on September 18, 2016, 09:59:50 PM
 I can't say anything about it yet. I will elaborate when the new website is up...ANY DAY NOW
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 19, 2016, 10:38:31 AM
How do you know, Klaas? Are you involved in creating the new website? ;-)

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 19, 2016, 01:03:16 PM
How do you know, Klaas? Are you involved in creating the new website? ;-)

LE

It's written in Guy's site exactly like that  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 19, 2016, 01:55:25 PM
I was kidding.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 19, 2016, 08:19:39 PM
I was kidding.

LE

;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Jarle on October 13, 2016, 08:49:52 PM
Guy today:

At the moment, yes, just me and Mark although we do have a band session next week.

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 13, 2016, 08:59:38 PM
Guy today:

At the moment, yes, just me and Mark although we do have a band session next week.

 ;D

Sounds promising.

Thoughts of Mark playing new tunes to Guy on an acoustic, then Guy saying to him "do you have anything else?"  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 13, 2016, 09:22:39 PM
No sign of another Studio Diary?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on October 13, 2016, 09:23:46 PM
I'm sure a new diary will see the lights of the day soon.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on October 13, 2016, 10:28:18 PM
Ok. May tour?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 14, 2016, 11:28:39 AM
Ok. May tour?

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Not in Europe. On his last tour tickets went on sale in september for a tour that started in may.
Perhaps this time US first and Europe in september??
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 14, 2016, 11:44:30 AM
Ok. May tour?

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Not in Europe. On his last tour tickets went on sale in september for a tour that started in may.
Perhaps this time US first and Europe in september??

MK and Guy are working together since September more or less. They are having their first band session next week, I think that it´s too early for a release that made them be touring next year... but who knows.

Actually, we don´t even know what are they recording... all we know is that Guy mentioned that we would have news about the Henrik Hansen documentary as they would be back to the studio soon (that was in september more or less) so probably they did something about the documentary, and at the same time he said that MK and him were working on songs, and then some mention to "exciting projects"... all too vague. What if they are just working on get back songs that didn´t make into previous records to release something to accompany the documentary release, but doesn´t imply a new tour?

Or maybe it implies a new tour, and in May... if it´s just adjustments or new arrangements on previous material, to be released in december or earlier next year, and they could announce a new tour for may/june...

Or maybe I should go back to work and stop dreaming  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 14, 2016, 11:51:21 AM
Guy did answer a question about possible live dates in the near future a few weeks ago saying: Not in 2016...
That got me thinking that Guy always did say that tours are planned way in advance so no live dates in 2016 but in 2017 or is it just me and was the answer he give just a typical Guy one  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 14, 2016, 12:05:10 PM
Guy did answer a question about possible live dates in the near future a few weeks ago saying: Not in 2016...
That got me thinking that Guy always did say that tours are planned way in advance so no live dates in 2016 but in 2017 or is it just me and was the answer he give just a typical Guy one  :think

If he was asked about "Any tour dates in 2016", then that it means just no dates in 2016, if he was asked about tour dates in general and he answered that, it could mean anything,  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 14, 2016, 12:06:33 PM
Actually... For all lucky people (like me) with tickets to one of the three only Eric Clapton dates in London next year, it would be simply amazing that MK would do live dates next year and he plays after Eric, so I can attend two shows in a row at the RAH!!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 14, 2016, 12:09:22 PM
Hey, I´m going fishing, stay tuned!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on October 14, 2016, 12:59:40 PM
I'm still alive...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 14, 2016, 01:53:10 PM
I'm still alive...

You don´t know what going fishing means, do you?

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/ (http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 14, 2016, 02:17:18 PM
Actually... For all lucky people (like me) with tickets to one of the three only Eric Clapton dates in London next year, it would be simply amazing that MK would do live dates next year and he plays after Eric, so I can attend two shows in a row at the RAH!!!!

any rumours of EC playing more concerts in Europe??? A little off topic, i know.... :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 14, 2016, 02:21:39 PM
Actually... For all lucky people (like me) with tickets to one of the three only Eric Clapton dates in London next year, it would be simply amazing that MK would do live dates next year and he plays after Eric, so I can attend two shows in a row at the RAH!!!!

any rumours of EC playing more concerts in Europe??? A little off topic, i know.... :wave

Who knows... The RAH shows were announced as the only ones in the UK for 2017, but the rest of the world was not excluded by that sentence  :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 14, 2016, 02:26:57 PM
I'm still alive...

Lars/Hola means this i guess  ;D ;D Nice one!

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/bg/
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on October 14, 2016, 03:25:07 PM
I'm still alive...

Lars/Hola means this i guess  ;D ;D Nice one!

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/bg/

Yeah;D I tried fishing but it didn't work out the way I hoped;-)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 14, 2016, 04:35:03 PM
I'm still alive...

You don´t know what going fishing means, do you?

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/ (http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/)

Hola did know  ;) He nearly got killed for it  :lol

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/bg/
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on October 14, 2016, 05:03:39 PM
I'm still alive...

You don´t know what going fishing means, do you?

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/ (http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/)

Hola did know  ;) He nearly got killed for it  :lol

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/bg/

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 14, 2016, 05:22:35 PM
 :lol :lol :lol

Keep fishing!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on October 14, 2016, 08:53:51 PM
Actually... For all lucky people (like me) with tickets to one of the three only Eric Clapton dates in London next year, it would be simply amazing that MK would do live dates next year and he plays after Eric, so I can attend two shows in a row at the RAH!!!!

any rumours of EC playing more concerts in Europe??? A little off topic, i know.... :wave

Who knows... The RAH shows were announced as the only ones in the UK for 2017, but the rest of the world was not excluded by that sentence  :lol :lol :lol :lol

ROW in EC terms often means Japan and/or New-York.
And if at last it is continental Europe it will be more northern Europe & Germany.

Eric has announced it some years back and applied his "semi retirement", no more big tours anymore since 2007 but short runs only.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 14, 2016, 10:52:25 PM


ROW in EC terms often means Japan and/or New-York.
And if at last it is continental Europe it will be more northern Europe & Germany.

Eric has announced it some years back and applied his "semi retirement", no more big tours anymore since 2007 but short runs only.

Mark should do mini tours these days.  Looking at performances on the GH tour in '96 I think it benefited from being a mini tour and the fact the concerts were the longest ever is no coincidence.  I tend to think these days Mark is pacing himself for the tour. 

Also, who says you must be bringing out an album to tour?  Mark has been around so long and has built up such a loyal fanbase and back catalogue that he could tour at any moment and should probably do a mini tour every year just to keep his hand in.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Mossguitar on October 15, 2016, 08:02:24 AM


ROW in EC terms often means Japan and/or New-York.
And if at last it is continental Europe it will be more northern Europe & Germany.

Eric has announced it some years back and applied his "semi retirement", no more big tours anymore since 2007 but short runs only.

Mark should do mini tours these days.  Looking at performances on the GH tour in '96 I think it benefited from being a mini tour and the fact the concerts were the longest ever is no coincidence.  I tend to think these days Mark is pacing himself for the tour. 

Also, who says you must be bringing out an album to tour?  Mark has been around so long and has built up such a loyal fanbase and back catalogue that he could tour at any moment and should probably do a mini tour every year just to keep his hand in.
He was 20 years younger in 96, so I guess that's the reason.

He would go on annual mini tours if he wanted to. But he likes to be with his family, make music and work in the studio too. And he is running a business where the recordsales are financing the tours. He just lives the life he wants. Who wouldn't if they could?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 15, 2016, 12:13:20 PM
I'm still alive...

You don´t know what going fishing means, do you?

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/ (http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/)

Guy's answer:

Hard for me to answer right now. I can tell you one thing, I’m in Bill woman’s house band (on Hammond) for his birthday concert on Friday 28th Oct and Mark will be joining us

G


I guess he means Bill Wyman

http://billwyman.com/2016/06/bill-wyman-80th-birthday-gala-planned-for-bluesfest-london/

MK is on the concert poster  :) Anyone attending??
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 15, 2016, 01:34:31 PM
I'm still alive...

You don´t know what going fishing means, do you?

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/ (http://guyfletcher.co.uk/forums/topic/live-dates/)

Guy's answer:

Hard for me to answer right now. I can tell you one thing, I’m in Bill woman’s house band (on Hammond) for his birthday concert on Friday 28th Oct and Mark will be joining us

G


I guess he means Bill Wyman

http://billwyman.com/2016/06/bill-wyman-80th-birthday-gala-planned-for-bluesfest-london/

MK is on the concert poster  :) Anyone attending??

What a disappointment if this is all it was.  Is this all he's going to do now?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 15, 2016, 01:47:03 PM
This concert is just 1 separate thing i think (maybe it's one of the exciting projects, i hope not...)  ;D

It's a fact that they are working in the studio and that there is a band session next week. And maybe live dates for 2017, but Guy didn't answer that question.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 15, 2016, 07:41:55 PM
This concert is just 1 separate thing i think (maybe it's one of the exciting projects, i hope not...)  ;D

It's a fact that they are working in the studio and that there is a band session next week. And maybe live dates for 2017, but Guy didn't answer that question.

I assumed the band session would be practice for the gig?  As you say though, Guy has been very cagey.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 15, 2016, 09:51:37 PM
This concert is just 1 separate thing i think (maybe it's one of the exciting projects, i hope not...)  ;D

It's a fact that they are working in the studio and that there is a band session next week. And maybe live dates for 2017, but Guy didn't answer that question.

I assumed the band session would be practice for the gig?  As you say though, Guy has been very cagey.

Makes me wonder if he did any band session for the festival gig he did in july this year??
Personal i'm thinking they are working on something more and that live dates will follow for 2017. Like Guy said before, tours are planned far before they start. If they were going on tour Guy for sure already knows were and when  but he is not allowed to say ofcource that is why he is saying it is hard for him to answer that question right now. He can not say anything about it.... No i would say new album next year with a tour that will start in the US and Europe after that... :lol :clap :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 15, 2016, 10:51:14 PM
Yes, they rehearsed a couple of days at BG before the History festival gig.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on October 16, 2016, 05:24:00 PM
I can not believe there is a band session for JUST the Bill Wyman gig in a few days. Given the hints clues Guy has been giving, there has to be something more. Maybe it is not just for the gig, but just like the Dylan tour they went straight into the studio for a couple of weeks following, the same will apply and some new songs, tunes will start to gestate. Me thinks November, studio, recording et al. New Year, tweaks, mixing, and so forth. Hopefully something new to listen to for 2017 besides Guy's new elpee. My humble thoughts.  :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 16, 2016, 06:03:23 PM
The band session has nothing to do with the Bill Wyman show. Are two completely different things.

Guy mentions the Wyman concert because we asked him about next "tour dates" planned and that gig is the only thing he can talk about.

The exciting project they are working on, and possible tour dates, he cannot mention about it yet.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on October 16, 2016, 06:27:46 PM
I would opt to "Guy is not at liberty to say yet" but only an opinion.

But if so, a tour being already planned, tickets are not on sale yet and normally we should be aware of them.

Album in 2017 and tour in 2018 "as usual"?
Divided in European spring leg and US fall leg  :think






 

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 16, 2016, 08:00:16 PM
All the road running CD and tour were announced in a very short time and, if you think about it, as long as venues and the band are booked, there is no reason to put tickets on sale half a year before...

The rare is when tickets go on sale so soon, you never know what would happen six months later, so maybe you bought tickets and something happens in that six months that make it impossible to attend.

When tickets go on sale two months before the tour starts, you kind of know for sure if you can't go or not...

Dylan fall tour on 2011 was announced in July if I recall well and tour started on October...

Between 2 and 4 months are enough, and lately we are buying tickets before we even have the new album so very easily on February a record release date and tickets on sale can be announced for April (the CD) and May (the tour).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 16, 2016, 08:16:11 PM
All the road running CD and tour were announced in a very short time and, if you think about it, as long as venues and the band are booked, there is no reason to put tickets on sale half a year before...

The rare is when tickets go on sale so soon, you never know what would happen six months later, so maybe you bought tickets and something happens in that six months that make it impossible to attend.

When tickets go on sale two months before the tour starts, you kind of know for sure if you can't go or not...

Dylan fall tour on 2011 was announced in July if I recall well and tour started on October...

Between 2 and 4 months are enough, and lately we are buying tickets before we even have the new album so very easily on February a record release date and tickets on sale can be announced for April (the CD) and May (the tour).

What about the Golden Heart tour?  Didn't the album come out around the same time the tour started, or have I got my dates mixed up?  In any event, the BIA and OES tours both started before their respective albums were released.  To be honest, I've always found it rather puzzling that an established artist like Mark should have to wait a whole year after the album has been released before going on tour.  Talk about cautious!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on October 16, 2016, 08:33:07 PM
ATTR was a very short duetting tour.

For Dylan although being advertised as a double bill it was actually a Dylan tour where Mark was invited joining on.

So speaking of MK standard solo tour, only the GH tour (20 years ago) was different and remember that the album release was a one year delayed.

Every MK solo tour ever since (seven in a row) saw ticketing sale on the fall preceding the year toured.

The stats regarding MK solo speak for me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 20, 2016, 11:55:40 AM
I just had a dream about what is the mysterious thing MK and GF are recording...

It's going to be a christmas record, like the ones that Bob Dylan made years ago. That's why they are keeping it so secret, they want to create a big impact this december!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 20, 2016, 12:40:08 PM
I just had a dream about what is the mysterious thing MK and GF are recording...

It's going to be a christmas record, like the ones that Bob Dylan made years ago. That's why they are keeping it so secret, they want to create a big impact this december!

With a cool jazzy version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"? Oh, man! Keep dreaming, but this is the same as dreaming that MK would register here on AMIT :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 20, 2016, 12:49:07 PM
I just had a dream about what is the mysterious thing MK and GF are recording...

It's going to be a christmas record, like the ones that Bob Dylan made years ago. That's why they are keeping it so secret, they want to create a big impact this december!

With a cool jazzy version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"? Oh, man! Keep dreaming, but this is the same as dreaming that MK would register here on AMIT :lol

Jazzy is possible as Nigel Hitchcock is in the band nowadays, but I bet more for kind of celtic versions!!!!

We don´t know if MK is here under a nickname, and being critic with himself...

 ;D ;D ;D ;D :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 23, 2016, 01:00:38 AM
Yeah, but who knows if he does check here sometimes? :lol That would be great to know.
On the other end, I'm grateful I can enjoy the songs and also being a part of "the rolling waves forever massing"  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2016, 03:54:34 PM
Honestly, I do believe he doesn't give a ****
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2016, 04:53:01 PM
Honestly, I do believe he doesn't give a ****

Interesting what else he do while surfing on the internet, because he once said he's a laptop victim (like anyone else). He mentioned things like going to Booker Prize website to look at people who gave Beryl her medal when it was "all to late". Guy said he reads his (old) forum from time to time.

So anything's possible, he's a human after all. Or... is he?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 23, 2016, 04:54:22 PM
Honestly, I do believe he doesn't give a ****

Totally agree. When I think of all the masses turning up at all those venues with guitars (!) and stuff thirsting for autographs I can understand him separating people in "fans"  who just love his music and come to his shows once or twice and us Get-a-lifers". The fact that we are organized in forums alone must be very suspicious to a man like him. And seeing what it is we have discussed over the years ( glasses, hair, headband, love affairs) let me agree to a certain extent. He is and probably sees himself as a musician, not a movie or pop star. So I agree fullheartedly. He really SHOULD give a shit. And looking at his release politics, I think he indeed does. Just my opinion, no offence to any signed guitar owner meant.  ;-)

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2016, 08:28:04 PM
Guy's instagram
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 23, 2016, 08:45:22 PM
i think he tends to be like his big hero, krusty, who also does not understand the gazillion fanatics out there, analyzing every breath he takes.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 23, 2016, 08:58:30 PM
Guy's instagram

Should be Mark? Or is it Guy?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 23, 2016, 09:00:47 PM
Well the pic obviously shows they are recording, doesn't it? So not only rehearsing.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 23, 2016, 09:10:59 PM
I visited his forum just a minute ago the first time in two or three weeks.. it seems it is getting better. He puts [answered] or [unanswered] into the question header...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2016, 09:19:05 PM
Deep thanks to Guy for bringing up bits of information like this, because these days almost every musician uses social media (or their management team) except Mark and look what kind of situation he created — other people do the work for him. I hope he will learn how to use all this stuff or get management to work even harder, because even if he "doesn't give a flying thing" about it all, nothing here says that this is good.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2016, 09:30:21 PM
Normally they have a community manager who runs their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, instagram etc

Actually MK has official accounts in all that media run by a community manager already...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2016, 09:40:15 PM
Normally they have a community manager who runs their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, instagram etc

Actually MK has official accounts in all that media run by a community manager already...

Yeah, official accounts stating that "On The Night" was latest Dire Straits' STUDIO release. Two times. And posting old photos. Only real improvement is in YouTube department, I can't wait for every new release there. But Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are boring as hell.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2016, 09:41:52 PM
Well the pic obviously shows they are recording, doesn't it? So not only rehearsing.

LE

We already knew they were recording. Guy mentioned it before he changed his site. That's why I don't understand when some of you started saying they were rehearsing or working with the Stones or stuff like that...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2016, 09:42:50 PM
Normally they have a community manager who runs their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, instagram etc

Actually MK has official accounts in all that media run by a community manager already...

Yeah, official accounts stating that "On The Night" was latest Dire Straits' STUDIO release. Two times. And posting old photos. Only real improvement is in YouTube department, I can't wait for every new release there. But Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are boring as hell.

Probably MK himself doesn't know all that accounts exists, and probably don't care at all...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2016, 09:49:53 PM
Normally they have a community manager who runs their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, instagram etc

Actually MK has official accounts in all that media run by a community manager already...

Yeah, official accounts stating that "On The Night" was latest Dire Straits' STUDIO release. Two times. And posting old photos. Only real improvement is in YouTube department, I can't wait for every new release there. But Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are boring as hell.

Probably MK himself doesn't know all that accounts exists, and probably don't care at all...

His team constantly releasing various statements through social media so you just can't tell he doesn't care. He cares, but as always, in his own way.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 23, 2016, 09:52:29 PM
Well the pic obviously shows they are recording, doesn't it? So not only rehearsing.

LE

We already knew they were recording. Guy mentioned it before he changed his site. That's why I don't understand when some of you started saying they were rehearsing or working with the Stones or stuff like that...

So sorry to post something we already  knew.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 24, 2016, 08:17:45 AM
Well the pic obviously shows they are recording, doesn't it? So not only rehearsing.

LE

We already knew they were recording. Guy mentioned it before he changed his site. That's why I don't understand when some of you started saying they were rehearsing or working with the Stones or stuff like that...

So sorry to post something we already  knew.

LE

No , no, not reason to be sorry, but I´m surprised that somehow it has been discused that they were "rehearsing" or whatever when it was already commented here that they were recording. Strange how things got mixed.

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111005#msg111005 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111005#msg111005)

Forum updated!! With big news: "Mark and I will head back into the studio very soon".   

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111158#msg111158 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111158#msg111158)

Guy: "New music is usually what we get up to when we go into the studio, as for the project. I'm afraid I cannot say just yet. "

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111907#msg111907 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111907#msg111907)

Guy already said in August that he would go into the studio with MK. But ... as there are no planned tourdates yet I am afraid we have to wait for a new tour till 2018 

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111928#msg111928 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111928#msg111928)

I am currently in the studio with Mark Knopfler working on a project which we are very excited about. I cannot divulge any details at the moment, a good reason to stay tuned to my new site.

Taken from: https://www.orbitsound.com/en/social/blog/in-conversation-with...-guy-fletcher/

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111994#msg111994 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=207.msg111994#msg111994)

Guy today: At the moment, yes, just me and Mark although we do have a band session next week.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 24, 2016, 12:55:06 PM
Guy is teasing us on his forum today with a question about his favorite MK tour saying: With this band always the last one or I must say, the next one......
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 24, 2016, 01:08:11 PM
Guy is teasing us on his forum today with a question about his favorite MK tour saying: With this band always the last one or I must say, the next one......

Not exact quote again, in original it's a little bit less dramatic:

Quote
With this band, always the last one. But I'd also have to add "the next one".
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 24, 2016, 01:27:51 PM
This the Guy we love, our Guy  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on October 24, 2016, 08:25:46 PM
Guy's instagram

Whenever or on what device I use, I can't seem to open Guy's Instagram? Or find it... Do more people have this problem?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 24, 2016, 08:28:38 PM
Guy's instagram

Whenever or on what device I use, I can't seem to open Guy's Instagram? Or find it... Do more people have this problem?

Me too.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: wespresso on October 25, 2016, 09:22:26 AM
Normally they have a community manager who runs their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, instagram etc

Actually MK has official accounts in all that media run by a community manager already...

Yeah, official accounts stating that "On The Night" was latest Dire Straits' STUDIO release. Two times. And posting old photos. Only real improvement is in YouTube department, I can't wait for every new release there. But Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are boring as hell.
I don't believe there is an official Mark Knopfler instagram page though. Those are all fan accounts posting old photos.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: kbreen on October 26, 2016, 03:30:51 PM
I'm hoping for an album since an album will mean concerts :) But at least he is always writing new songs.

I'm a "new" fan, having briefly been a fan of Dire Straits at 14 or 15 in '86 - I've mainly been a classical music person all my life, so didn't know what I was missing out on by forgetting about MK's music! I'd love to hear MK perform live.... so let's hope for a tour in 2018, if not sooner :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 07, 2016, 12:26:47 PM
I just read in facebook a message of a Spanish fan that I know for a while about the recording of whatever MK is doing...

The message says that this Spanish fan has a friend, who is also friend of one of the MK musicians (it doesn´t say who...) and that they changed some what's up messages in front of him, asking about the new Mk record, and the MK musician said that it´s not planned to record anything at the moment, that a month ago more or less they went to the studio to record something but it wasn´t defined yet

I know this Spanish fan and I trust in this information. I don´t know what it means exactly, but looks like whatever they are doing, it´s just MK and Guy who know...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on November 07, 2016, 12:56:24 PM
Hm. Probably mixed up with the Straits or another tribute cover band or something. These kind  of strange Informations always come from Spain and Italy and usually start with "a friend of mine from Italy/Spain knows someone who knows someone etc... and end with "I trust him know him for ages.
I don't give much on these kind of non-Information.
What about Guy speaking about "a band session next week"?

LE

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 07, 2016, 01:08:43 PM
Hm. Probably mixed up with the Straits or another tribute cover band or something. These kind  of strange Informations always come from Spain and Italy and usually start with "a friend of mine from Italy/Spain knows someone who knows someone etc... and end with "I trust him know him for ages.
I don't give much on these kind of non-Information.
What about Guy speaking about "a band session next week"?

LE

"A band session next week" was a month ago more or less, so it fits...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on November 07, 2016, 01:19:30 PM
John and Mike are both on tour at the moment - John with Heidi and I saw Mike a couple of weeks ago with his own band in Saltaire.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 07, 2016, 01:20:20 PM
I just read in facebook a message of a Spanish fan that I know for a while about the recording of whatever MK is doing...

The message says that this Spanish fan has a friend, who is also friend of one of the MK musicians (it doesn´t say who...) and that they changed some what's up messages in front of him, asking about the new Mk record, and the MK musician said that it´s not planned to record anything at the moment, that a month ago more or less they went to the studio to record something but it wasn´t defined yet

I know this Spanish fan and I trust in this information. I don´t know what it means exactly, but looks like whatever they are doing, it´s just MK and Guy who know...

(http://www.bradpittweb.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/burn-after-reading-stills-035-e1442119469267.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 07, 2016, 01:23:42 PM
If I had the minimum suspicion that it would be false, I wouldn't had mention it...

I just copied what he said in facebook, I know this person and he wouldn't had posted it if it wasn´t real.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on November 07, 2016, 01:28:28 PM
Please do not feel offended! To me, all these persons are suspicious when they know something about MK but are not members at AMIT!  ;D ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 07, 2016, 01:37:15 PM
When Guy was asked about "Playtime Deluxe" he answered that it was a new song that sounds like an oldie...

I wondered what he meant with that... If they took and old MK song and made a new one, or that sounds really like an old song by another artists...

And that made me think about when TOTO released a record doing versions of their favourite rock tracks called "through the looking glass"

The mistery about this "project" makes me think that they are not just doing a record like the previous one (Guy always said they were doing a record without such misterio...) so, maybe that "A new song that sounds like an oldie" would be a clue?

That fit with a MK's musician saying they recorded a band session but wasn´t defined...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on November 07, 2016, 02:12:45 PM
When Guy was asked about "Playtime Deluxe" he answered that it was a new song that sounds like an oldie...

I wondered what he meant with that... If they took and old MK song and made a new one, or that sounds really like an old song by another artists...

And that made me think about when TOTO released a record doing versions of their favourite rock tracks called "through the looking glass"

The mistery about this "project" makes me think that they are not just doing a record like the previous one (Guy always said they were doing a record without such misterio...) so, maybe that "A new song that sounds like an oldie" would be a clue?

That fit with a MK's musician saying they recorded a band session but wasn´t defined...

Although I liked some song versions of "Through The Looking Glass" I hope MK is not recording such an album to be honest. I'd rather have new material from the men himself. I hope you're friend's friend his friend is wrong ;-)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 07, 2016, 02:14:19 PM
And that made me think about when TOTO released a record doing versions of their favourite rock tracks called "through the looking glass"

The mistery about this "project" makes me think that they are not just doing a record like the previous one (Guy always said they were doing a record without such misterio...) so, maybe that "A new song that sounds like an oldie" would be a clue?

As much as people often criticise those kinds of projects, I would LOVE to hear Mark doing somebody else's songs, like "What A Wonderful World", which was insanely good. With a song like that, you can easily screw it up, but Mark and Chris succeeded.

But no, no any other artist's songs, what I am talking about? WE DON'T LOOK BACK, WE ONLY LOOK FORWARD. Except for setlists maybe...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on November 07, 2016, 02:21:32 PM
I don't think there's much mistery - seems business as usual to me. First Mark & Guy, then the rest of the band, whoever may be needed. And then next spring or fall we'll have a new album. Nothing exciting in terms of procedures, but of course the prospect of a new MK album is always super exciting in itself.

Re: Playtime Deluxe, Guy must have been referring to Mark's ability to write songs (like "The Fish & the Bird", "Mademoiselle Will Decide" or "Haul Away", to name just three) that sound as if they'd always been around, like classics. He's incredibly good at that, and "Playtime" is just the latest example.

By the way, if he should plan to include "Playtime Deluxe" on the next record, I just hope he won't slow it down compared to the live version, like he did on several similar occasions before. Would be a pity, because it's such a wonderfully lively song.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on November 07, 2016, 02:24:45 PM
I don't think there's much mistery - seems business as usual to me. First Mark & Guy, then the rest of the band, whoever may be needed. And then next spring or fall we'll have a new album. Nothing exciting in terms of procedures, but of course the prospect of a new MK album is always super exciting in itself.

Re: Playtime Deluxe, Guy must have been referring to Mark's ability to write songs (like "The Fish & the Bird", "Mademoiselle Will Decide" or "Haul Away", to name just three) that sound as if they'd always been around, like classics. He's incredibly good at that, and "Playtime" is just the latest example.

By the way, if he should plan to include "Playtime Deluxe" on the next record, I just hope he won't slow it down compared to the live version, like he did on several similar occasions before. Would be a pity, because it's such a wonderfully lively song.

I hope you are exactly right.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on November 07, 2016, 02:47:55 PM
Oldi goldi like Walk of live!  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 07, 2016, 04:44:19 PM
They are recording a Christmas record, you'll see  :lol

Seriously, maybe it's a kind of homage to classic rock or folk whatever... I recall when Ragpickers came out, Mk always said that "Quality Shoe" was a kind of tribute to "king of the road".

In the recent past MK " wrote " songs based in traditional songs like Miss You Blues or Oklahoma ponies, that are MK lyrics wrote over traditional melodies...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on November 07, 2016, 05:15:18 PM
They are recording a Christmas record, you'll see  :lol

Every songs with children choir from Remember Day on get lucky album.  :thumbsdown
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on November 07, 2016, 05:47:35 PM
Who knows? Who knows? For all other albums Guy has stated that they were in the studio working towards something new; then diary; photographs and engineering news. Something awry or at least different. By the way, no-one mentioned Bap Kennedy passing last week. Shame and sad. Cancer - the devil's handshake - sure he is in a better place now!  ::) ::
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on November 07, 2016, 07:24:56 PM
Who knows? Who knows? For all other albums Guy has stated that they were in the studio working towards something new; then diary; photographs and engineering news. Something awry or at least different. By the way, no-one mentioned Bap Kennedy passing last week. Shame and sad. Cancer - the devil's handshake - sure he is in a better place now!  ::) ::

There is a topic about Bap in 'General Discussion'

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5309.0 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5309.0)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 07, 2016, 08:02:08 PM
I don't think there's much mistery - seems business as usual to me. First Mark & Guy, then the rest of the band, whoever may be needed. And then next spring or fall we'll have a new album. Nothing exciting in terms of procedures, but of course the prospect of a new MK album is always super exciting in itself.


You are exactly right.  Mark has stated this in the past many times.  He'll play the new tunes to Guy on an acoustic and Guy will reply "have you got anything else?"  Then they will have some tea (PG Tips), play some more, then have a break across in the pub over a pint of London Pride. ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on November 07, 2016, 08:17:37 PM
If this leads to albums like Tracker or Privateering, I am happy. Tracker is slow but boy it sounds so good! I like it when Mark plays all guitars, sorry Richard! Some great sounding rhythm guitar sounds plus Mandolin on it.. so let them do as they please. Tracker needed a lot of time. Back then, Guy promised a diary but delivered very late and had nothing special to offer. So maybe he learned and will do no more studio diaries in the future. It might be an extended time of exploration and experimenting with sounds, guitars, amps and mics.   

I would give them two more years if they promised to make something really special.  :)

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on November 07, 2016, 08:50:35 PM
My opinion is as long as Mark will use the same musos...

Playtime Deluxe is great because played with a sort of shuffle band. Maybe they are not the best sessionmen in the world but they know how to make the thing swing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 07, 2016, 09:01:05 PM
In fact the band that played on Playtime Deluxe is excellent!!

Dave Bronze, Andy Fairweather-low and I can't recall if drummer was Henry Spinneti or Graham Broad, all top level musicians, who had played in Eric Clapton and Roger Waters bands!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 07, 2016, 09:13:37 PM
I will change Richard for Andy Fairweather-low without second thoughts and forever and ever...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on November 07, 2016, 10:00:14 PM
I will change Richard for Andy Fairweather-low without second thoughts and forever and ever...

3 x yes!

Richard can play many instrument, but have to little "power". Very gentle guitar style.

Robbi Macentosch I also very like.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on November 07, 2016, 11:42:38 PM
I have heard Richard playing loud - he can do it if he want to.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 08, 2016, 08:18:49 AM
Are you kidding me? Any meathead can play loud in a Guitar Center or something.

I once played with a guy, who was playing too loud. I would say to him — hey, buddy, you're playing too loud, bring it down! And he would go to an amp and turn it down a little bit. But as soon I'd turn my back to him, he would turn the knob back to 11 again! What a mother trucker.

So, Richard is monster guitar player, can't say a bad word about him.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on November 08, 2016, 08:33:33 AM
It is not about loud but more "presens". Difficult to make defenition about it. Richard has soft style and attitud. I think diffrent player can push MK more.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on November 08, 2016, 11:25:12 PM
I am not sure about Mark wanting being pushed by his backing band.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 09, 2016, 08:53:26 AM
I am not sure about Mark wanting being pushed by his backing band.

You are not sure?

 :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on November 09, 2016, 08:56:47 AM
Maybe he not want, but should.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 09, 2016, 08:58:45 AM
Maybe he not want, but should.

That's why he is not in a band anymore, but a solo artist with well paid musicians that will do what he wants, wether they like it or not, they are not paid to like it, but to play it  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 09, 2016, 10:08:56 AM
Going back to topic... If whatever they are recording just had a band session and they are recording alone again with no more band sessions in the near future, that makes me think that is unlikely they release anything on time to go on tour for next year...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on November 09, 2016, 10:44:18 AM
Going back to topic... If whatever they are recording just had a band session and they are recording alone again with no more band sessions in the near future, that makes me think that is unlikely they release anything on time to go on tour for next year...

Similar thoughts. Normal tour maybe 2018 earliest.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 09, 2016, 11:30:37 AM
Maybe he not want, but should.

That's why he is not in a band anymore, but a solo artist with well paid musicians that will do what he wants, wether they like it or not, they are not paid to like it, but to play it  ;)

I wrote an article that was published online (I know, difficult to believe but I was younger and better with words) and it alluded to this point way back in 1996.  Looking back now, we say his playing back then was great but in 96/97 when I wrote it I had obviously noticed a slackness in his playing and that The Dullards perhaps weren't pushing him.  This may also be because he didn't practice as much (to the extent of perfection anyway) even back then.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 09, 2016, 11:47:12 AM
About pushing him... maybe with this kind of musicians MK is more open to be pushed because as proffesional they are, they would only push him if it´s needed, so probably MK will accept it, but when in a band where everybody think they have a say, pusing would be more frequently and could generate some conflicts. With his actual band, they know what that their duty is to play for the artist, so they will only suggest something when they have to, or are asked to...

That´s the reason why most of the artists that were succesful in a band go solo, and that's why makes me wonder why, if they kind of knew they wanted to be the leaders, they started a band instead or started a individual career with a bunch of musicians.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on November 09, 2016, 02:20:29 PM
Maybe he not want, but should.

That's why he is not in a band anymore, but a solo artist with well paid musicians that will do what he wants, wether they like it or not, they are not paid to like it, but to play it  ;)

Yes. You don't make bite to hand that give food to you.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 09, 2016, 02:25:33 PM
About pushing him... maybe with this kind of musicians MK is more open to be pushed because as proffesional they are, they would only push him if it´s needed, so probably MK will accept it, but when in a band where everybody think they have a say, pusing would be more frequently and could generate some conflicts. With his actual band, they know what that their duty is to play for the artist, so they will only suggest something when they have to, or are asked to...

That´s the reason why most of the artists that were succesful in a band go solo, and that's why makes me wonder why, if they kind of knew they wanted to be the leaders, they started a band instead or started a individual career with a bunch of musicians.

I think Mark felt under pressure as leader of DS and that is what made him practice so hard;  he didn't want to let anyone down.  As a solo artist psychologically it was different.  He now has his own band and they very much answer to him so he's in his nice comfort zone and doesn't feel like he is under the same pressure any more. 

Although the musicians he has chosen are top notch, they are The Dullards and will only push him as far as he wants to go.  I think he felt the larger fanbase made him feel he had to practice more too.  He said this at the start of the BIA tour on The Tube interview.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Throttle on November 09, 2016, 04:26:34 PM
Yes. You don't make bite to hand that give food to you.

This is by no means the only reason.
I like to keep an eye on Glenn when he catches Mark's casual glance and immediately starts to exude approval and emotional warmth in response.
It's worth a lot, believe me. Such cordiality can neither be bought nor sold.
The importance of good relations must never be underestimated.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on November 09, 2016, 05:17:55 PM
Well, the topic should write, "while we were waiting for a new MK album".  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on November 09, 2016, 05:40:47 PM
Well, the topic should write, "while we were waiting for a new MK album".  :wave
;D
...and having a great time anyway!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Jarle on November 10, 2016, 07:01:19 AM
Guy yesterday: Mark and I have been hard at it in BG but once again, I am forbidden from divulging any information at this point. I can say that it is exciting, and different.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 10, 2016, 08:21:04 AM
Guy yesterday: Mark and I have been hard at it in BG but once again, I am forbidden from divulging any information at this point. I can say that it is exciting, and different.

He forgot to mention that it's the best project/album he EVER worked on. Just like the Apple each time release the best Macbook. Oh, wait...

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on November 10, 2016, 08:58:59 AM
Ok "different" though should confirm then that it is not just a "regular" new album. Maybe they re-play old DS classics for a Jubilee Box next year. That would be something. But that's just dreaming.

LE

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on November 10, 2016, 09:17:27 AM
Ok "different" though should confirm then that it is not just a "regular" new album. Maybe they re-play old DS classics for a Jubilee Box next year. That would be something. But that's just dreaming.

LE



That would be nice, but still... I'd rather have new songs :)

Maybe he is making a duo-album with Ruth?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on November 10, 2016, 09:47:51 AM
Guy yesterday: Mark and I have been hard at it in BG but once again, I am forbidden from divulging any information at this point. I can say that it is exciting, and different.

A spot of painting and decorating perhaps?    :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on November 10, 2016, 10:47:53 AM
At last, playing with drum machines, samples and loops. His first electronic, ambient album. Waiting in vain. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on November 10, 2016, 10:49:55 AM
Different album might be just a normal album. However, my bet is a duet album or some kind of tribute album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on November 10, 2016, 10:52:19 AM
Silvertown you spoil the fun! Val got it right, the first time. New coat of paint.   :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 10, 2016, 12:06:33 PM
Guy yesterday: Mark and I have been hard at it in BG but once again, I am forbidden from divulging any information at this point. I can say that it is exciting, and different.

A spot of painting and decorating perhaps?    :think

 :lol :lol

The difference being they now drink Tetley instead of PG Tips between coats!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on November 10, 2016, 12:17:41 PM
Guy yesterday: Mark and I have been hard at it in BG but once again, I am forbidden from divulging any information at this point. I can say that it is exciting, and different.

A spot of painting and decorating perhaps?    :think

 :lol :lol

The difference being they now drink Tetley instead of PG Tips between coats!

 :lol

Perhaps some nice flowery flock wallpaper for a change of ambience!    ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 10, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Not, you are all wrong...

Mark is playing keyboards and drums, while Guy is doing all guitars, including solos...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on November 10, 2016, 01:50:23 PM
Nah - working on a musical of the life and times of MK!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on November 10, 2016, 02:11:12 PM
Nah - working on a musical of the life and times of MK!

Life and times of the members of AMIT forum maybe?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 10, 2016, 03:24:23 PM
Nah - working on a musical of the life and times of MK!

Life and times of the members of AMIT forum maybe?

He's working on a musical show titled "Get a Life" :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 10, 2016, 07:04:05 PM
Get a life is a great title...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on November 10, 2016, 08:22:20 PM
Get a life is a great title...

I do prefer the elevator song, Get A Lift.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on November 10, 2016, 11:15:25 PM
forbidden (him?) from divulging any info (what can is so important)
exciting and different (no solo or soundtrack)
........dIRE sTRAITS?........why not? ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on November 11, 2016, 06:33:55 AM
forbidden (him?) from divulging any info (what can is so important)
exciting and different (no solo or soundtrack)
........dIRE sTRAITS?........why not? ::) ::) ::)

I will eat my shoes if it's a DS project
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on November 11, 2016, 07:29:52 AM
forbidden (him?) from divulging any info (what can is so important)
exciting and different (no solo or soundtrack)
........dIRE sTRAITS?........why not? ::) ::) ::)

I will eat my shoes if it's a DS project

 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on November 11, 2016, 07:38:34 AM
Dire Straits???

(https://cdn.meme.am/instances/400x/55972165.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on November 11, 2016, 11:13:58 AM
Who knows if our man decided, like he always talking about of a fantastic place where spend an holiday and not to stay like a home. I don't think an album but something about, something to tell at world that 'once upon a time the dIRE sTRAITS'
 :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on November 12, 2016, 07:29:32 PM
Some of the beauties being used
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on November 12, 2016, 09:23:28 PM
Lot of acoustics. Instagram?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 12, 2016, 09:49:15 PM
I still can't get into Guy's Instagram... what the heck? I want to see a photo of MK Signature Les Paul... By the way, guitars are 1935 Martin D-18, 1937 D'Angelico Excel, 1953 Gibson Southerner Jumbo, 1938 Gibson Advanced Jumbo, 2008 Monteleone Isabella, 2003 Fender Mark Knopfler Signature Stratocaster.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: olazabalrok on November 13, 2016, 10:27:15 AM
Does someone have a link to Guy's Instagram account? Can't find it  :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 13, 2016, 03:11:56 PM
I still can't get into Guy's Instagram... what the heck? I want to see a photo of MK Signature Les Paul... By the way, guitars are 1935 Martin D-18, 1937 D'Angelico Excel, 1953 Gibson Southerner Jumbo, 1938 Gibson Advanced Jumbo, 2008 Monteleone Isabella, 2003 Fender Mark Knopfler Signature Stratocaster.

He put a picture of the Led Paul signature as well, check his instagram and you will see it
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on November 17, 2016, 01:38:13 PM
Mark about the signature LP:

'... and I actually used it on a recording session almost immediately'
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on November 17, 2016, 02:02:21 PM
Mark about the signature LP:

'... and I actually used it on a recording session almost immediately'
...where have you found these words?
 :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on November 17, 2016, 02:03:24 PM
Mark about the signature LP:

'... and I actually used it on a recording session almost immediately'
...where have you found these words?
 :wave

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5294.75
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on November 17, 2016, 02:38:34 PM
Mark about the signature LP:

'... and I actually used it on a recording session almost immediately'
...where have you found these words?
 :wave

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5294.75

 :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 17, 2016, 02:42:37 PM
Mark about the signature LP:

'... and I actually used it on a recording session almost immediately'

It's funny that he's actually going to recuop all the money this guitar worth and will do it with ease. As he did with his original Les Paul which can easily be like $500,000, but he definitely was made this money out of it many times. After all it's just an instrument, and Mark is the master of it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on November 24, 2016, 05:34:18 PM
I think that we should just wait. Many things to listen .
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 30, 2016, 11:03:17 PM
What the hell are they doing over there??  Almost 3 months in de studio now and we still dont know??
I think MK wants to give us a new album and tour announcement on the same day  :thumbsup
Should be something like: New album is ready and will be out on...... Also a new tour will follow and it will start on ....................
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 30, 2016, 11:12:16 PM
What the hell are they doing over there??  Almost 3 months in de studio now and we still dont know??
I think MK wants to give us a new album and tour announcement on the same day  :thumbsup
Should be something like: New album is ready and will be out on...... Also a new tour will follow and it will start on ....................

Please don't throw stones at me, but to me Tracker was rushed a little bit... so it's great he finally take some time to make a record.

As long as it will be his best record of 2010s, I'm willing to wait for another year of making it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on December 01, 2016, 09:14:16 AM
What the hell are they doing over there??  Almost 3 months in de studio now and we still dont know??
I think MK wants to give us a new album and tour announcement on the same day  :thumbsup
Should be something like: New album is ready and will be out on...... Also a new tour will follow and it will start on ....................

Please don't throw stones at me, but to me Tracker was rushed a little bit... so it's great he finally take some time to make a record.

As long as it will be his best record of 2010s, I'm willing to wait for another year of making it.

I won't throw stones ;-) But I'm curious to know why you think Tracker was rushed.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 01, 2016, 10:07:03 AM
Quote
I won't throw stones ;-) But I'm curious to know why you think Tracker was rushed.

I think it was due to Mark's almost no-free-time schedule. See, even another tour (!) interrupted the recording sessions of Tracker, schedule was just insane. To me personally, Mark was over the top here as well as over the top in making Privateering a double album. While it can look amazing in news (First double album! Hey! And it might be even a triple album!) in practice wasn't so well for me. I'd prefer stripped down, refined, less bluesy version of Privateering with less randomness in tracks, it almost gives me the feeling of a compilation album.

I know many people would argue with me, and that blues fits very well, "Kingdom Of Gold" is a great opener for the second disc or something along those lines, but it didn't work so well for me. While I love separate songs from the album, I barely listen it all in one sitting, which I can do with his regular albums.

And Tracker continue this series of experiments from Mark. Nothing wrong with experiments, but you never know where it can lead you. You may even start to play "Broken Bones" as an opener! :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jabbathehut on December 01, 2016, 03:04:05 PM
Tracker is a fantastic album and chronically underplayed on the tour.If anything he took too long making it and forgot how to play some songs that were on it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on December 01, 2016, 04:21:57 PM
I think Mark takes as long as he wants to make what he feels is the best album he can at the time, looking back he probably feels he could have done every album better, but there has to be an end point. Not sure I would call Privateering rushed, don't forget Bob Dylan came calling for a tour in the middle of things too, and was a good thing as it gave Mark the chance to write more songs for Tracker. On and off Privateering was recorded over about 9 months, in these days of music releases that is a long time.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on December 02, 2016, 12:04:57 AM
Tracker is a fantastic album and chronically underplayed on the tour.If anything he took too long making it and forgot how to play some songs that were on it.

As an "earliest shows of the tour attender" I don't felt that it was underplayed.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on December 02, 2016, 12:37:55 PM
Well, this session in the studio must be something else. Richard's Autumn update doesn't indicate at all that he was part of the 'band session.' So either he is under strict orders under pain of death to say nothing or he was just not involved at all which has happened before. But Xmas coming, the Doc teasing us for nearly three months now and still no news. Maybe announcement and release on the day before Xmas might be in the wind!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on December 03, 2016, 10:09:41 AM
Please don't throw stones at me, but to me Tracker was rushed a little bit... so it's great he finally take some time to make a record.

As long as it will be his best record of 2010s, I'm willing to wait for another year of making it.

I don't think Tracker was rushed but it just really lacks a decent producer/mixer other than Mark himself. I've listened to Tracker a few times last week and there are some beautiful songs on it but strange decisions were made. Few examples: River Towns is a great song and I really like the mood but the outro is way too long (also the Broken Bones outro). Ianto's playing on the outro of Terminal is incredible but the mixing is crap, should have been way more powerful. On past solo records Mark always used many different keys, but on Tracker most of the songs are in Bb, B or C (on the main record the only exceptions are Broken Bones and Long Cool Girl).

You could spent weeks choosing the right microphone and I totally think they should but I feel they need some fresh input other than Guy. I understand, after 25 years, you want something different than Chuck (although I think his mixing is brilliant), but Mark really needs someone who gets him inspired and do 'new' things, I don't think that is coming from someone who you've working with for over 30 years.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on December 03, 2016, 11:25:28 AM
I agree in parts but about the long play outs I personally think that is the best part of the album and I am pretty sure it is done fully planned. Rivers do flow, so does River Towns, and the agony of being packed in ice for two weeks as MK mentioned at the 09.09.09 show is sheer and literally endless pain, agony, perfectly mirrored with Broken Bones.

I never liked Terminal At Tribute To, mainly because of the lyrics being so offensive, but also because of Guy's "original" background vocals... it reminds me very much of the sound of Different World from Inamorata, I see it as a gift to Guy to produce that song his way. Right decision to make it a bonus song, fits not with the rest of the album.

In my opinion, Guy is not brave enough. He was always Mark's minion and does not fill the role of a CREATIVE producer. Technically he might have learned a lot over the years.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on December 03, 2016, 02:53:06 PM
I agree in parts but about the long play outs I personally think that is the best part of the album and I am pretty sure it is done fully planned. Rivers do flow, so does River Towns, and the agony of being packed in ice for two weeks as MK mentioned at the 09.09.09 show is sheer and literally endless pain, agony, perfectly mirrored with Broken Bones.

I never liked Terminal At Tribute To, mainly because of the lyrics being so offensive, but also because of Guy's "original" background vocals... it reminds me very much of the sound of Different World from Inamorata, I see it as a gift to Guy to produce that song his way. Right decision to make it a bonus song, fits not with the rest of the album.

In my opinion, Guy is not brave enough. He was always Mark's minion and does not fill the role of a CREATIVE producer. Technically he might have learned a lot over the years.

LE

Excellent final paragraph.  Totally agree.  He's a nice guy (except for the occasional rudeness on his forum) and good to have around but just don't make him the boss.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 03, 2016, 07:03:43 PM
I think Mark takes as long as he wants to make what he feels is the best album he can at the time, looking back he probably feels he could have done every album better, but there has to be an end point. Not sure I would call Privateering rushed, don't forget Bob Dylan came calling for a tour in the middle of things too, and was a good thing as it gave Mark the chance to write more songs for Tracker. On and off Privateering was recorded over about 9 months, in these days of music releases that is a long time.
I love his album whenever when it comes!
 ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 03, 2016, 07:48:53 PM
Guy is "employee" of Mark. He can to do all thing Mark need to do but have not interest to do, for example small technic details, so he is very useful. But because employee he has safe life for musician. He don't want to make challenge to Mark because of safe money, so he say yes and yes. I am sorry for this because Mark need kick in a balls sometimes.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Throttle on December 04, 2016, 06:27:53 AM
You underestimate Guy's abilities.
Guy plays quite another but no less important role in the entire story. He is an exceptionally good communicator and past master in relationship building. Being a shrewd judge of character, he knows how to attract supporters, gain favour by obliging behaviour and smooth things over. He also has great powers of intuition, that helps to keep his nose to the wind. Essentially, he is responsible for a social and psychological climate around them. And what's the main, Mark has confidence in him.
But at the same time his touchiness and infantilism annoy others quite often. These are two sides of the same coin, whether we like it or not.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on December 04, 2016, 05:42:22 PM
I SO like what you write here Throttle!  :clap Please make it coming  ;) As a passionate "Fletcherette" I agree, even if I don't always understand him.  Past master in relationship building?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 04, 2016, 05:45:22 PM
You underestimate Guy's abilities.
Guy plays quite another but no less important role in the entire story. He is an exceptionally good communicator and past master in relationship building. Being a shrewd judge of character, he knows how to attract supporters, gain favour by obliging behaviour and smooth things over. He also has great powers of intuition, that helps to keep his nose to the wind. Essentially, he is responsible for a social and psychological climate around them. And what's the main, Mark has confidence in him.
But at the same time his touchiness and infantilism annoy others quite often. These are two sides of the same coin, whether we like it or not.

Do you take a drugs? You should stop.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on December 04, 2016, 10:17:07 PM
You underestimate Guy's abilities.
Guy plays quite another but no less important role in the entire story. He is an exceptionally good communicator and past master in relationship building. Being a shrewd judge of character, he knows how to attract supporters, gain favour by obliging behaviour and smooth things over. He also has great powers of intuition, that helps to keep his nose to the wind. Essentially, he is responsible for a social and psychological climate around them. And what's the main, Mark has confidence in him.
But at the same time his touchiness and infantilism annoy others quite often. These are two sides of the same coin, whether we like it or not.

Do you take a drugs? You should stop.

You can disagree with someone, but your comment is tasteless.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 04, 2016, 11:37:24 PM
You underestimate Guy's abilities.
Guy plays quite another but no less important role in the entire story. He is an exceptionally good communicator and past master in relationship building. Being a shrewd judge of character, he knows how to attract supporters, gain favour by obliging behaviour and smooth things over. He also has great powers of intuition, that helps to keep his nose to the wind. Essentially, he is responsible for a social and psychological climate around them. And what's the main, Mark has confidence in him.
But at the same time his touchiness and infantilism annoy others quite often. These are two sides of the same coin, whether we like it or not.

Do you take a drugs? You should stop.
no need for this. seems like you can write decently after all. if you turn out to be a troll....rozumie??
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on December 05, 2016, 05:07:01 AM
You underestimate Guy's abilities.
Guy plays quite another but no less important role in the entire story. He is an exceptionally good communicator and past master in relationship building. Being a shrewd judge of character, he knows how to attract supporters, gain favour by obliging behaviour and smooth things over. He also has great powers of intuition, that helps to keep his nose to the wind. Essentially, he is responsible for a social and psychological climate around them. And what's the main, Mark has confidence in him.
But at the same time his touchiness and infantilism annoy others quite often. These are two sides of the same coin, whether we like it or not.

Do you take a drugs? You should stop.

You can disagree with someone, but your comment is tasteless.
Tasteless, rude and absolutely unwarranted.  :disbelief Not acceptable here.   :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 05, 2016, 08:58:53 AM
You underestimate Guy's abilities.
Guy plays quite another but no less important role in the entire story. He is an exceptionally good communicator and past master in relationship building. Being a shrewd judge of character, he knows how to attract supporters, gain favour by obliging behaviour and smooth things over. He also has great powers of intuition, that helps to keep his nose to the wind. Essentially, he is responsible for a social and psychological climate around them. And what's the main, Mark has confidence in him.
But at the same time his touchiness and infantilism annoy others quite often. These are two sides of the same coin, whether we like it or not.



Do you take a drugs? You should stop.

That is a terrible thing to say.   :disbelief  I always enjoy Throttle's posts - they are a breath of fresh air!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 05, 2016, 12:53:32 PM
Here is thin skin ...  ::)

Trotttle write like he know Guy Flecher, like a fact. He sais "Being a shrewd judge of character, he knows how to attract supporters, gain favour by obliging behaviour and smooth things over. He also has great powers of intuition, that helps to keep his nose to the wind. Essentially, he is responsible for a social and psychological climate around them."

How Thottle know? For me like fantazy and gessing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 05, 2016, 01:44:28 PM

How Thottle know? For me like fantazy and gessing.

You were perfectly entitled to your opinion, but there was absolutely no need for rudeness.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on December 05, 2016, 02:31:05 PM
In my opinion, Guy is not brave enough. He was always Mark's minion and does not fill the role of a CREATIVE producer.
LE

Oh, let's thank God (or whatever higher power) that he never took on that role! That would be a disaster. Mark's sound has suffered enough from Guy's ideas over the years, let's not even mention the possibility of extending his "creativity". And yes, they should hire a proper producer, someone with taste and an understanding of what makes MK special.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on December 05, 2016, 02:32:39 PM
But stil no clue about what they are doing.  :think
Perhaps Mark is working on songs to play with a big orchestra  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 05, 2016, 02:40:16 PM
In my opinion, Guy is not brave enough. He was always Mark's minion and does not fill the role of a CREATIVE producer.
LE

Oh, let's thank God (or whatever higher power) that he never took on that role! That would be a disaster. Mark's sound has suffered enough from Guy's ideas over the years, let's not even mention the possibility of extending his "creativity". And yes, they should hire a proper producer, someone with taste and an understanding of what makes MK special.

Which prodcuer you think of for exampel?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on December 05, 2016, 03:34:06 PM
Neil Dorfsman
Jimmy Iovine
Muff Winwood

I think MK would benefit from being challenged by an external producer
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 05, 2016, 03:59:17 PM
Neil Dorfsman
Jimmy Iovine
Muff Winwood

I think MK would benefit from being challenged by an external producer

Yes, but this producers are little traditional, no? Maybe also yonger person also will be better choice. Off corse it will never to happen.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Throttle on December 05, 2016, 04:12:29 PM
...As a passionate "Fletcherette" I agree, even if I don't always understand him.  Past master in relationship building?
It could be an unfortunate choice of words on my part. My English is far from perfect.
Thanks anyway   :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on December 05, 2016, 04:17:36 PM
Neil Dorfsman
Jimmy Iovine
Muff Winwood

I think MK would benefit from being challenged by an external producer

Yes, but this producers are little traditional, no? Maybe also yonger person also will be better choice. Off corse it will never to happen.

My point was that he has produced fine records with these people

If you want leftfield suggestions there are plenty
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on December 05, 2016, 06:44:49 PM
Seriously, something must be changed at BG this time around? Who is so reluctant to say ANYTHING to us fans? Not a single picture who can say something (yes I know about the ones on Insta). I really don't think it is Guy, and not Mark either, and even not Crockford (but far from sure...). I am thinking maybe a guest artist?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 05, 2016, 07:48:26 PM
david gilmour perhaps? oh well, one can dream....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on December 05, 2016, 08:01:28 PM
Seriously, something must be changed at BG this time around? Who is so reluctant to say ANYTHING to us fans? Not a single picture who can say something (yes I know about the ones on Insta). I really don't think it is Guy, and not Mark either, and even not Crockford (but far from sure...). I am thinking maybe a guest artist?

Perhaps Eric Clapton........
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 05, 2016, 08:07:28 PM
Seriously, something must be changed at BG this time around? Who is so reluctant to say ANYTHING to us fans? Not a single picture who can say something (yes I know about the ones on Insta). I really don't think it is Guy, and not Mark either, and even not Crockford (but far from sure...). I am thinking maybe a guest artist?

Perhaps Eric Clapton........

Guest is a pretty plausible reason for a dead silence indeed. I "want" Van Morrison!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 05, 2016, 08:51:27 PM
I want my mtv
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Leprechaun on December 05, 2016, 08:54:16 PM
Seriously, something must be changed at BG this time around? Who is so reluctant to say ANYTHING to us fans? Not a single picture who can say something (yes I know about the ones on Insta). I really don't think it is Guy, and not Mark either, and even not Crockford (but far from sure...). I am thinking maybe a guest artist?

Perhaps Eric Clapton........

Guest is a pretty plausible reason for a dead silence indeed. I "want" Van Morrison!
The guests are John Ilsley, Chris White and Danny Cummings :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 05, 2016, 10:08:03 PM
It's going to be a long winter
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Billy’s Tune on December 06, 2016, 10:59:09 PM
How about Rick Ruben?
He brought Johnny Cash back to the helm!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 06, 2016, 11:45:50 PM
How about Rick Ruben?

O yes! Or Daniel Lanois. Peopel like this producers can to take artist into minimalistic and more dark way. I like hear Mark in this way.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Banjo99uk on December 09, 2016, 05:38:29 AM
My guess is they are making a multi collaboration "MK and Friends" album. Recorded over a long period, so not able to involve the American part of his band. Stuffed with covers and new music a bit like Jools Holland's stuff.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 09, 2016, 10:38:05 AM
Considering that they are in the studio since September and they only had one band session and it looks like an announcement will be made soon, my guess is that finally we'll get "the box" with those tracks left out of previous records, unfinished etc that required final touches or some things added here and there, accompanying the documentary DVD...

Please, oh please!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on December 09, 2016, 10:45:38 AM
If the above is true, why would Guy call that "exciting" and "different"?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 09, 2016, 11:14:38 AM
Considering that they are in the studio since September and they only had one band session and it looks like an announcement will be made soon, my guess is that finally we'll get "the box" with those tracks left out of previous records, unfinished etc that required final touches or some things added here and there, accompanying the documentary DVD...

Please, oh please!

Normally, that would be great, but this project has been hyped as being exciting and different, so it must be more than that, otherwise I would be more than a bit disappointed.   We already know about the DVD anyway, which I'm sure will be in some kind of box set along with the new material.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 09, 2016, 12:13:55 PM
From Guy today:

"Yes, I think we can safely rule a reunion well and truly out."
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on December 09, 2016, 12:28:46 PM
For the recording of Tracker which started in autumn 2013 the first entry of the reocrding diary dates from February 27th, 2014.
Don't build up to much tension.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 09, 2016, 12:42:41 PM
From Guy today:

"Yes, I think we can safely rule a reunion well and truly out."

As if it wasn't obvious before :hmm
Can't get who wants a reunion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on December 09, 2016, 01:01:54 PM
Thank god no reunion. Won't even imagine how that would have sounded. I am still pretty convinced that it has something to do with the 40 years Dire Straits Jubilee next year. A usual solo album would be perfect for me, wouldn't beg for more.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on December 09, 2016, 01:43:49 PM
A usual solo album would be perfect for me, wouldn't beg for more.

LE

This. :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 09, 2016, 01:54:26 PM
Me too.  If it's as good or even better than Tracker I will be a very happy person!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 09, 2016, 02:08:03 PM
Exciting and different, in Guy´s words, sound pretty much the same than "the best record we ever did" or "the best tour we ever did"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on December 09, 2016, 02:39:39 PM
Got to be particular guests joining the party. No re-union, so surely to God it has to be other high-profile names doing some twiddly bits!  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Banjo99uk on December 09, 2016, 03:39:18 PM
Yep, high calibre collaborations to celebrate 40 years of MK I reckon. We're constantly told he doesn't look back, but he's not getting any younger (as are any of us). So maybe he's letting this front down and celebrating it in style.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 09, 2016, 05:23:54 PM
 :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on December 09, 2016, 08:44:10 PM
A usual solo album would be perfect for me, wouldn't beg for more.

LE

This. :)


I second this.
My bet is, he doesn't want to be bothered by fanboys and fangirls while commuting to BGS.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 09, 2016, 10:49:46 PM
I doubt very much that anyone goes there to bother him
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 09, 2016, 11:34:44 PM
Considering that they are in the studio since September and they only had one band session and it looks like an announcement will be made soon, my guess is that finally we'll get "the box" with those tracks left out of previous records, unfinished etc that required final touches or some things added here and there, accompanying the documentary DVD...

Please, oh please!
sort of like the Early years box that pink floyd just released (and which is amazeballs)?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on December 10, 2016, 10:38:40 AM
I doubt there is enough material around for Mark to release a box set like Pink Floyd: The Early Years. Maybe he is just in the studio producing another artist? Which could explain why Guy is not aloud to say anything, and why Richard Bennett etc is not there!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 10, 2016, 11:03:03 AM
I doubt there is enough material around for Mark to release a box set like Pink Floyd: The Early Years. Maybe he is just in the studio producing another artist? Which could explain why Guy is not aloud to say anything, and why Richard Bennett etc is not there!!

Producing another artist is neither exciting nor different!   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 10, 2016, 11:22:55 AM
Just in DVDs, there are three MK shows that can be released... Ds there are more
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 10, 2016, 12:30:10 PM
Rock opera  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 10, 2016, 02:07:59 PM
Whatever the different and exciting thing they are doing, apparently is just MK and Guy since September with just a band session... That's all we know.

Songs with special guests? Mmmm, I don't know...

It's the lots of things sentence what makes me think I dont have the faintest idea of what they are working on...

I'm really curious about what could be, I'm looking impatiently forward to be disappointed  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 10, 2016, 02:14:47 PM
Now, being honest I would be happy with just a new record or even just a new film score, so whatever it is I'll be happy.

Is just all this "creating expectations" what bothers me, but, just a little  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 10, 2016, 04:53:50 PM
Lots of good things coming...

Mk is not "the powers beyond Guy control" that avoid any information...

Another guess. The power beyond their control is the record company... Maybe a new edition of every Ds and MK record would be released with bonus material. Demos, alternative takes, live versions, DVDs etc...

Would make sense, in this operation, MK is not in full control, and some of the material, specially unfinished MK songs, might need some recordings...

Phil Collins just re released all his records with bonus, also Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd made great special editions of all his records...

Would make sense.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 10, 2016, 05:24:27 PM
Lots of good things coming...

Mk is not "the powers beyond Guy control" that avoid any information...

Another guess. The power beyond their control is the record company... Maybe a new edition of every Ds and MK record would be released with bonus material. Demos, alternative takes, live versions, DVDs etc...

Would make sense, in this operation, MK is not in full control, and some of the material, specially unfinished MK songs, might need some recordings...

Phil Collins just re released all his records with bonus, also Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd made great special editions of all his records...

Would make sense.

I would much prefer an amazing new album, plus bonus material and DVDs, etc.   New editions of previous albums don't fill me with excitement at all.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on December 10, 2016, 05:51:26 PM
I would much prefer an amazing new album, plus bonus material and DVDs, etc.   New editions of previous albums don't fill me with excitement at all.

But featuring extra unheard stuff?

Regarding a reunion well this is a big pain in my heart.

I had wished so much that at some point Mark would agree for a "one off" DS tour.
It is a pity that did not happen and now I think it is too late to do so. Well he still could agree with a RNR Hall Of Fame induction.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 10, 2016, 06:21:08 PM
Mk has signed a new deal with a new discography in the US, that maybe wants to get something of the old stuff with a re release, and maybe MK has to do it by contract...

By the way, that won't be qualified as exciting by Guy or MK...

Mmmmmm

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 10, 2016, 06:24:44 PM


By the way, that won't be qualified as exciting by Guy or MK...



Nor me!   ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 10, 2016, 06:34:59 PM
But it will be different lol

But it fits with the "lot of things happening before 2018"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 10, 2016, 06:54:48 PM
Very funny coment from gear page:

i'm going to risk being keelhauled and say that i'm not liking this record too much. There's some gorgeous playing on it, but honestly, can we just retire the pennywhistle already? I'm as Irish as they come and if I never hear that instrument again it will be too soon. Knopfler has been in this pocket for at least the past decade, and I can't help but wish that he'd surprise us - maybe do a more guitar oriented record, something stripped down and dirty. Or maybe a pure 50's kind of a vibe, like a 3 piece band. I don't expect him to go back to what he was doing in the 70's, but this new album is entirely predictable.

I agree! Make surprice to us!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 13, 2016, 12:57:48 PM
A kind of summary of what "we know":

- MK and Guy had been in the studio more or less since September working together
- A band session took place, we don´t know from how long, and who was in that band sessions
- "Playtime Deluxe", according Guy is not a clue of what is this project about
- "lot of good things coming" according to Guy, so, looks that we can expect various releases or one with a variety of items
- The Henrik Hansen documentary is one of those things
- That lot of things will happen not before 2017, or at least the announcement, but whatever happens, will be before 2018, according to Guy
- Powers beyond Guy and MK prevent them to tell anything about the project, so, other people (VIP artists, record companies etc) looks like are involved
- Van Morrison is not one of those possible people, or maybe is, as Guy stated he didn´t went to BG lately, but they had interesting moments while the Wyman 80th birthday concert
- Guy didn´t denied that Clapton or/and Emmylou Harris are involved, but it doesn´t mean they are... Guy sometimes ignore to answers certain parts of the questions
- MK wrote all the songs that had to be with the project, and according Guy, he´s already giving us too much. The question he was answered included "collaboration/all star band" in the sentence, so some of the dots start to make a line about this chance...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Banjo99uk on December 13, 2016, 11:15:52 PM
I'm sticking with multi collaboration. Guys recent answer infered that the documentary was not what he's been working on with MK.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 14, 2016, 07:22:29 AM
Obviously, it doesn't need recording or creating new songs...

But Guy said "a lot of things coming", the documentary DVD fits there
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 14, 2016, 08:12:45 AM
Obviously, it doesn't need recording or creating new songs...

But Guy said "a lot of things coming", the documentary DVD fits there

Why is that? Mark as usual can go his own way and create a collaboration filled with new songs only. Totally in MK style.

Something like enhanced version of Sailing To Philadelphia. With Ruth Moody guesting on 9 tracks out of 12 :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 14, 2016, 08:45:09 AM
Obviously, it doesn't need recording or creating new songs...

But Guy said "a lot of things coming", the documentary DVD fits there

Why is that? Mark as usual can go his own way and create a collaboration filled with new songs only. Totally in MK style.

Something like enhanced version of Sailing To Philadelphia. With Ruth Moody guesting on 9 tracks out of 12 :lol

What it doesn´t need recording or creating new songs is work on the documentary dvd...

For whatever he´s doing, Guy said MK wrote all the songs...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 14, 2016, 10:29:25 AM
Maybe we'll get an up-to-date version of 'Summer's Coming My Way' at last and be able to hear the words!     :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 14, 2016, 11:49:35 AM
Wow!   A lot of people on line this morning.   Is some news expected?    :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 14, 2016, 11:52:45 AM
Wow!   A lot of people on line this morning.   Is some news expected?    :think

If we trust what Guy answered me, not before 2017  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on December 14, 2016, 07:52:19 PM
Has anyone considered that he might be doing an extended collaboration with soundwaves art, something perhaps totally left field?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on December 15, 2016, 05:38:45 PM
New disc, new songs, old faces and one or two new ones on the disc with him. Larsen documentary to support, perhaps some extended tracks with a couple of other things. Musical salivation to commence!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on December 15, 2016, 09:34:50 PM
Wherever this ends up I am sure that in hindsight it will be entirely predictable. Mark likes what he knows (see Tracker tour set list) and I can't foresee any departure from recent form that will be fundamental, whether you see that as bad or good.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on December 15, 2016, 09:53:50 PM
They're probably just working on a new Range Rover commercial.  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 15, 2016, 10:05:06 PM
They're probably just working on a new Range Rover commercial.  :)

Made my day :lol

I'm going to stick to this version from now on.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on December 16, 2016, 12:25:51 AM
Wherever this ends up I am sure that in hindsight it will be entirely predictable. Mark likes what he knows (see Tracker tour set list) and I can't foresee any departure from recent form that will be fundamental, whether you see that as bad or good.

Tracker Tour setlist doesn't bode well for the new tour setlist....in fact all recent setlists (apart from the "where was that song pulled from" moments) doesn't fill you with confidence...I suspect when the new tour kicks off there will be this whole debate about setlists once more...its a fair debate to have to be honest...if you joined the last tour midway through the setlist, you could have been on any of the last 5 or so tours...or even longer....setlists...the bane of our lives!! 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Billy’s Tune on December 16, 2016, 01:50:13 AM
If there is another "big" tour?
Maybe just a few dates here and there...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 16, 2016, 09:14:35 AM
If the new project has something to do with a collaboration record and MK want to stick at it live, yes, there will be some concerts here and there only...

If he stick at his setlists standard, he would do a whole tour just playing one or two of the new songs by himself and all the songs he's playing every tour.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 16, 2016, 12:39:02 PM
If he stick at his setlists standard, he would do a whole tour just playing one or two of the new songs by himself and all the songs he's playing every tour.

I make queston to Mark: Why you bother?  ::) :-\ :hmm :thumbsdown :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on December 16, 2016, 01:31:22 PM
Ah, come on! Less doom and gloom in this season of goodwill. New stuff of some ilk to look forward to in the New Year! Ho-ho-ho! :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on December 16, 2016, 02:27:18 PM
I make queston to Mark: Why you bother?  ::) :-\ :hmm :thumbsdown :think

And I have one for you: why do you bother? You appear to be here just to whine. Say something positive for a change.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 16, 2016, 02:42:22 PM
I make queston to Mark: Why you bother?  ::) :-\ :hmm :thumbsdown :think

And I have one for you: why do you bother? You appear to be here just to whine. Say something positive for a change.

+1

I don't understand why people are moaning when absolutely nothing is known yet.   Try looking forward with optimism, it's good for you, apparently, and can add years to your life!   ;)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 16, 2016, 03:15:54 PM
I make queston to Mark: Why you bother?  ::) :-\ :hmm :thumbsdown :think

And I have one for you: why do you bother? You appear to be here just to whine. Say something positive for a change.

It was not mean to whine. I am curios how for Mark is possible to make every tour so many repetition. HOw he must not to get bord?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on December 16, 2016, 04:11:50 PM
I don't know why people don't understand, Mark has and always will play whatever HE wants to, and it makes no difference what anyone on here or elsewhere says!!! I for one, am just glad he is still touring, he doesn't have to, but he wants to. He will be very missed when he is no longer around. I am yet to find anyone who still writes and plays like him. So, I am very excited to what's to come, and I am glad Guy is not revealing anything yet, these days we are to used to having all the information, let's just wait till we have some official information and stop guessing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 16, 2016, 04:19:15 PM
As I believe Mark's setlist is a combination of what he wants, what his band wants (remember, "Broken Bones" was actually a "request" form a band member as far as I'm concerned), and most important — what he can play. Not every song suits modern MK, so he have a little songs choice. I think Taormina would have been to hard for him to sing live, for instance. Stage is not studio and you have to make this choices.

I was one of the most active moaners about the setlist, but time is the greatest healer and now I can understand the situation much better.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 16, 2016, 04:19:30 PM
I don't know why people don't understand, Mark has and always will play whatever HE wants to, and it makes no difference what anyone on here or elsewhere says!!! I for one, am just glad he is still touring, he doesn't have to, but he wants to. He will be very missed when he is no longer around. I am yet to find anyone who still writes and plays like him. So, I am very excited to what's to come, and I am glad Guy is not revealing anything yet, these days we are to used to having all the information, let's just wait till we have some official information and stop guessing.

Agree completely!    :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rolleyway Man on December 16, 2016, 05:00:52 PM
I make queston to Mark: Why you bother?  ::) :-\ :hmm :thumbsdown :think

And I have one for you: why do you bother? You appear to be here just to whine. Say something positive for a change.

It was not mean to whine. I am curios how for Mark is possible to make every tour so many repetition. HOw he must not to get bord?

It's really very simple. If you don't like listening to Mark Knopfler anymore, there are other artists. Listen to them.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on December 16, 2016, 10:44:19 PM
It's really very simple. If you don't like listening to Mark Knopfler anymore, there are other artists. Listen to them.

What a hell?  :hmm  I like listen Mark, but must to be member on Mark forum you must to kiss a$$? For me only mistery how a men with no limit for artist posibility or finans can make same music and same concert again and again. Try new stuffs! What to lose?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 16, 2016, 11:23:15 PM
I don't know why people don't understand, Mark has and always will play whatever HE wants to, and it makes no difference what anyone on here or elsewhere says!!! I for one, am just glad he is still touring, he doesn't have to, but he wants to. He will be very missed when he is no longer around. I am yet to find anyone who still writes and plays like him. So, I am very excited to what's to come, and I am glad Guy is not revealing anything yet, these days we are to used to having all the information, let's just wait till we have some official information and stop guessing.

Agree completely!    :thumbsup

1+ :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on December 17, 2016, 10:47:58 AM
So, I am very excited to what's to come, and I am glad Guy is not revealing anything yet, these days we are to used to having all the information, let's just wait till we have some official information and stop guessing.

Agree with your post except the last three words. This is a fan forum and speculating as expression of excitement should be seen as pure fun and nothing more. Even if it leads to nothing, it should of course be allowed.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 17, 2016, 11:04:33 AM
So, I am very excited to what's to come, and I am glad Guy is not revealing anything yet, these days we are to used to having all the information, let's just wait till we have some official information and stop guessing.

Agree with your post except the last three words. This is a fan forum and speculating as expression of excitement should be seen as pure fun and nothing more. Even if it leads to nothing, it should of course be allowed.

LE

Fully agree
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 17, 2016, 11:34:36 AM
Of course, this is a fan forum and there is absolutely no harm in speculation about what's happening in the studio - that's all part of the fun and excitement but, as always, the inevitable moaning and whining sets in when there is absolutely nothing to moan about, because we don't know anything yet.   ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on December 17, 2016, 12:19:44 PM
Let them moan then.  ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 17, 2016, 01:26:36 PM
This is as simple as establish definitely a rule that says that moaning is not allowed at risk of being banned and is only allowed to say sweet and golden things about our mighty man.

That will solve every future problem.

Or put them against a wall and shot them, whatever it works to make sure nobody moans about our great divinity.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 17, 2016, 01:31:11 PM
Obviously I'm being sarcastic. I don't have anything against moaners, they are just using their freedom of speech, I'm more against who moans about moaners, which for me are using their intolerance to whom has a different opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on December 17, 2016, 02:00:52 PM
Obviously I'm being sarcastic. I don't have anything against moaners, they are just using their freedom of speech, I'm more against who moans about moaners, which for me are using their intolerance to whom has a different opinion.

I see where you're coming from but I don't think it's black or white.  Things aren't always so easy to define and I think it's also the case here.  Of course there are people who don't tolerate the opinions of others, but there are also those who just don't like moaners because they don't like to see their hero be derided in any way.  Other people, myself included, don't mind being a bit more "realistic" in their approach.   ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 17, 2016, 02:05:04 PM
I'm on the opinion that if you cannot tolerate that someone could say negative things about your hero, never ever join a fan forum and stay comfortably.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on December 17, 2016, 02:31:40 PM
I think this is a question of tiresomeness. I mean if someone is always moaning it ends to irritates some others.

So the question is really to be or not to be allowed to say negative or positive things but always saying the same thing in the same direction.
I think that at some point each of us has to be (and this is sometime quite difficult) aware that is going into the repetitive mode.

The main question about negative view is disillusion and the hope if can be better next time or not.

If you are a standard  concert  goer if you don't like the show you don't attend it again. If you keep going that means that there is an emotional component that push you to do so despite this being like an  illogical behaving.

In other word this emotional component can be called love...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 17, 2016, 02:34:44 PM
... And you know that is said that love and hate are more or less the same, or that ones leads to the other  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 17, 2016, 02:50:08 PM
I'm on the opinion that if you cannot tolerate that someone could say negative things about your hero, never ever join a fan forum and stay comfortably.

I'm gonna answer myself. Actually if you only have negative things to say, probably a fan forum in not a place for you either.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 17, 2016, 03:29:11 PM
In the end, though, for me this is still the best DS/MK forum around - bursting with information, enthusiasm, criticism and love for our hero - and it's never boring!   I'm a glass half-full person, so I'm looking forward to whatever is about to happen next year.   Cheers!    :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 17, 2016, 03:39:36 PM
Obviously I'm being sarcastic. I don't have anything against moaners, they are just using their freedom of speech, I'm more against who moans about moaners, which for me are using their intolerance to whom has a different opinion.

Exactly. Moaning haters and Mark's "lawyers" piss me much more than moaners on their own.

Because in first case it's personal, but in second case it's just an opinion, man.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 17, 2016, 04:35:33 PM
LOL!   Now we have moaners and moaner-haters and moaners moaning about moaner-haters!     :smack    :disbelief   :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 17, 2016, 04:37:04 PM
https://youtu.be/pWdd6_ZxX8c
this soooooo fits...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on December 17, 2016, 04:39:55 PM
So,

Mark is back in the studio.

Something new is happening  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 17, 2016, 04:42:45 PM
So,

Mark is back in the studio.

Something new is happening  :wave

Hurray!     :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 17, 2016, 07:01:47 PM

A kind of summary of what "we know":

- MK and Guy had been in the studio more or less since September working together
- A band session took place, we don´t know from how long, and who was in that band sessions
- "Playtime Deluxe", according Guy is not a clue of what is this project about
- "lot of good things coming" according to Guy, so, looks that we can expect various releases or one with a variety of items
- The Henrik Hansen documentary is one of those things
- That lot of things will happen not before 2017, or at least the announcement, but whatever happens, will be before 2018, according to Guy
- Powers beyond Guy and MK prevent them to tell anything about the project, so, other people (VIP artists, record companies etc) looks like are involved
- Van Morrison is not one of those possible people, or maybe is, as Guy stated he didn´t went to BG lately, but they had interesting moments while the Wyman 80th birthday concert
- Guy didn´t denied that Clapton or/and Emmylou Harris are involved, but it doesn´t mean they are... Guy sometimes ignore to answers certain parts of the questions
- MK wrote all the songs that had to be with the project, and according Guy, he´s already giving us too much. The question he was answered included "collaboration/all star band" in the sentence, so some of the dots start to make a line about this chance...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on December 17, 2016, 07:28:07 PM
... And you know that is said that love and hate are more or less the same, or that ones leads to the other  :lol

In MK's fans case I would not go that far.

Just wishes or hopes that are not fulfilled.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 17, 2016, 09:38:16 PM
If one don't mind someone moans, I suppose one shouldn't mind if someone moans about moaners either. It is just the same. The one just shows the love in this case (or hate, whatever - it is just the same as it's mentioned) only in mysterious ways...
 :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 17, 2016, 11:24:55 PM
It takes love over gold.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 18, 2016, 12:02:19 AM
It takes love over gold.

Love Over Moan ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on December 18, 2016, 12:36:54 AM
It takes love over gold.

Love Over Moan ;D

KC Moan!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H2M1oqaspM
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on December 18, 2016, 10:50:52 AM

A kind of summary of what "we know":


- MK and Guy had been in the studio more or less since September working together
- A band session took place, we don´t know from how long, and who was in that band sessions
- "Playtime Deluxe", according Guy is not a clue of what is this project about
- "lot of good things coming" according to Guy, so, looks that we can expect various releases or one with a variety of items
- The Henrik Hansen documentary is one of those things
- That lot of things will happen not before 2017, or at least the announcement, but whatever happens, will be before 2018, according to Guy
- Powers beyond Guy and MK prevent them to tell anything about the project, so, other people (VIP artists, record companies etc) looks like are involved
- Van Morrison is not one of those possible people, or maybe is, as Guy stated he didn´t went to BG lately, but they had interesting moments while the Wyman 80th birthday concert
- Guy didn´t denied that Clapton or/and Emmylou Harris are involved, but it doesn´t mean they are... Guy sometimes ignore to answers certain parts of the questions
- MK wrote all the songs that had to be with the project, and according Guy, he´s already giving us too much. The question he was answered included "collaboration/all star band" in the sentence, so some of the dots start to make a line about this chance...

Right with add that not will be Straits things.
IMO Guy had started too early to talk about this project.
IMO all people that follow MK deserve more respect because here not there are teenagers that waiting a kiss from his hero for starting tears and screams.
Here suppose  fans,  that love Mark for his  way to create great music.
I don't understand how they treat us,  just I don't understand.
Bye


Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 18, 2016, 07:24:46 PM
It takes love over gold.

Love Over Moan ;D
;D ;D always
 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on December 19, 2016, 04:00:45 AM
There is a fine line between moaning and having a frustrated vent....

For example, right now I'm on shuffle on my iPod and Broken Bones came on from Paris.  Was Broken Bones really the best choice for a tour opener?...its arguably a weak song off the album, the type of song that MK would never normally wheel out and subject a live audience to.  Plus if it was at the request of a band member, I think this song may be on prescription from the good Doctor...

I think people are frustrated by what they see as wasted tour potential...they know what MK can do, his creativity, his song writing and playing....yes he isn't a risk taker and likes to play and do what he knows repeatedly, but people are struck with questions of "Why??" and "Ahhhhh!" and general frustration when it comes to setlists and song choices in general....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on December 19, 2016, 11:31:29 AM
There is a fine line between moaning and having a frustrated vent....

I think people are frustrated by what they see as wasted tour potential...they know what MK can do, his creativity, his song writing and playing....yes he isn't a risk taker and likes to play and do what he knows repeatedly, but people are struck with questions of "Why??" and "Ahhhhh!" and general frustration when it comes to setlists and song choices in general....

Agree with you 100 %.
I for sure for a long time asked my self:
Why not Silvertown Blues, So Far From The Clyde, Redbut Tree, Yon Two Crows, Long Cool Girl, Beryl, Taormina, Terminal of Tribute, River Towns, 5.15 AM in the setlist. Some he did give try for a few times. But imo MK has the gift to what i think are his best songs from a (new) album to keep them away from the setlist as far as even possible, tour after tour..............
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 19, 2016, 01:35:39 PM
There is a fine line between moaning and having a frustrated vent....

For example, right now I'm on shuffle on my iPod and Broken Bones came on from Paris.  Was Broken Bones really the best choice for a tour opener?...its arguably a weak song off the album, the type of song that MK would never normally wheel out and subject a live audience to.  Plus if it was at the request of a band member, I think this song may be on prescription from the good Doctor...

I think people are frustrated by what they see as wasted tour potential...they know what MK can do, his creativity, his song writing and playing....yes he isn't a risk taker and likes to play and do what he knows repeatedly, but people are struck with questions of "Why??" and "Ahhhhh!" and general frustration when it comes to setlists and song choices in general....

I agree. As an old saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. And the most important — you can still love Mark and his music, but moan at the same time. When I read something like "go listen other artist", to me it's as ridiculous as "go to other parents".

I for sure for a long time asked my self:
Why not Silvertown Blues, So Far From The Clyde, Redbut Tree, Yon Two Crows, Long Cool Girl, Beryl, Taormina, Terminal of Tribute, River Towns, 5.15 AM in the setlist. Some he did give try for a few times. But imo MK has the gift to what i think are his best songs from a (new) album to keep them away from the setlist as far as even possible, tour after tour..............

Stage is not studio and many songs are simply too demanding for Mark/Band Members. I mean things like different tuning, different instruments, already occupied musician, not everything is possible on stage. Also, Mark seems to have a real trouble nowadays singing high vocal lines, so it have an effect, too.

By the way, "Tracker" is the lowest Mark's album in the voice department, surely his voice starts to go down more, which I like.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on December 19, 2016, 06:25:36 PM
Is anyone really in the hopes that Van Morrison, Eric Clapton or Emmy Harris are to be featured in the new album? Doubt it. In my opinion it's gonna be same old same old - which is not necessarily bad.

Let's face the music, guys. Mark's still a genius but he's also a grumpy old man. He does what he wants, when he wants and the way he wants. The new album will probably be high quality stuff as usual but he's not gonna move out of his comfort zone. As long as it's as good as Get Lucky, Privateering and Tracker I'm a happy man though.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 19, 2016, 06:27:05 PM
 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 19, 2016, 10:16:45 PM

By the way, "Tracker" is the lowest Mark's album in the voice department, surely his voice starts to go down more, which I like.
[/quote]
 :thumbsup
When I look closer I come to the same. I believe it is the main what makes Tracker different.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Millionaire Blues on December 22, 2016, 02:13:29 PM
No Tour in 2017- - all but confirmed in Richard Bennet's diary...

Sad....

:(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on December 22, 2016, 02:27:53 PM
No Tour in 2017- - all but confirmed in Richard Bennet's diary...

Sad....

:(

http://richard-bennett.com/

The very first contact I made was Mark K. and got his blessing as it looks like a quiet year for touring.  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 22, 2016, 02:57:06 PM
Maybe MK doesn't need Richard for what he's gonna do next year... That it doesn't have to be a tour as such...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 22, 2016, 04:37:05 PM
No Tour in 2017- - all but confirmed in Richard Bennet's diary...

Sad....

:(

http://richard-bennett.com/

The very first contact I made was Mark K. and got his blessing as it looks like a quiet year for touring.  :'( :'( :'(

With what he would tour, anyway? A world tour in support for "Altamira" soundtrack? :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: marki on December 22, 2016, 05:45:26 PM
Guy: The best no tour we've had so far.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 22, 2016, 06:02:26 PM
No Tour in 2017- - all but confirmed in Richard Bennet's diary...

Sad....

:(

http://richard-bennett.com/

The very first contact I made was Mark K. and got his blessing as it looks like a quiet year for touring.  :'( :'( :'(

With what he would tour, anyway? A world tour in support for "Altamira" soundtrack? :)

With his super secret, exciting and different project?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on December 22, 2016, 06:32:00 PM
No Tour in 2017- - all but confirmed in Richard Bennet's diary...

Sad....

:(

http://richard-bennett.com/

The very first contact I made was Mark K. and got his blessing as it looks like a quiet year for touring.  :'( :'( :'(

With what he would tour, anyway? A world tour in support for "Altamira" soundtrack? :)

With his super secret, exciting and different project?


Yeah, always forward, never look back. This is the best band I've ever been in. Best tour ever. Best songs Mark's ever written.

Guy is more repetitive than a mockingbird with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 22, 2016, 06:44:27 PM
Yeah, always forward, never look back. This is the best band I've ever been in. Best tour ever. Best songs Mark's ever written.

Guy is more repetitive than a mockingbird with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Guy does what he wants, blah, blah blah :)

Speaking of which, very refreshing to see Richard calling Neil Diamond his boss. Rather unusual statement, and very down to earth.

Could you imagine Guy calling MK his boss? I guess only over someone's dead body! :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on December 22, 2016, 08:36:00 PM

Speaking of which, very refreshing to see Richard calling Neil Diamond his boss. Rather unusual statement, and very down to earth.

Could you imagine Guy calling MK his boss? I guess only over someone's dead body! :lol

Why is it unusual? And do we know that Guy doesn't call MK his boss? And why should he, they have been working *together* for 33 years... Come on, you (all) should be nice to him  ;) :)  It's that time of the year  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 22, 2016, 08:51:14 PM

Speaking of which, very refreshing to see Richard calling Neil Diamond his boss. Rather unusual statement, and very down to earth.

Could you imagine Guy calling MK his boss? I guess only over someone's dead body! :lol

Why is it unusual? And do we know that Guy doesn't call MK his boss? And why should he, they have been working *together* for 33 years... Come on, you (all) should be nice to him  ;) :)  It's that time of the year  ;D

Yeah, I know, you're right... I loved Guy's work before he became Mark's "right hand" and he get more and more power, which sometimes cool and sometimes isn't, as I think.

Mark's own right hand is much better :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on December 22, 2016, 09:32:15 PM
I feel a triple album comming up!  :D

http://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-triple-albums/
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on December 22, 2016, 09:36:02 PM
Folks, I am only joking. We all know Mark is working on a concept album...  :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on December 23, 2016, 08:55:31 AM
He's up to something that's for certain. Can't imagine not going on stage in some shape or form, however. He's always said that he gets as much a kick out of this element of the business as others. Mark Knopfler All Star Band is my two-penneth!! (For those overseas 'two-penneth' means a very old two pennies in UK old money and it means 'my contribution!') Would be a nice Xmas pressie to we fans to know something, me thinks!  ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 23, 2016, 02:17:44 PM
I love how Mark's new song "Playtime Deluxe" sounds VERY much like this one from BB.

Arrangements are so close :clap

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsx7Ajv5vgA
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Knopflerfan on December 23, 2016, 08:04:06 PM
Either way, it shall be exciting to see what is in store from 'The Master' this year... :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 23, 2016, 08:42:51 PM
Either way, it shall be exciting to see what is in store from 'The Master' this year... :clap

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on December 23, 2016, 08:47:33 PM
Either way, it shall be exciting to see what is in store from 'The Master' this year... :clap

Exactly, but as to what's going on it's a puzzle even Sherlock would struggle with!  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Knopflerfan on December 23, 2016, 08:53:59 PM
Either way, it shall be exciting to see what is in store from 'The Master' this year... :clap

Exactly, but as to what's going on it's a puzzle even Sherlock would struggle with!  ;)
Hahahahaha! I'm sure Benedict would know what's going on!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 23, 2016, 09:08:37 PM
Either way, it shall be exciting to see what is in store from 'The Master' this year... :clap

Exactly, but as to what's going on it's a puzzle even Sherlock would struggle with!  ;)

 ;D ;D ;D
Thanks for this one!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 23, 2016, 10:05:12 PM
According to Guy "lot of recordingS for 2017"

Very interesting the S in recordings...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on December 23, 2016, 11:58:20 PM
According to Guy "lot of recordingS for 2017"

Very interesting the S in recordings...

Hmm...I'm thinking archival live and new studio.  Christmas come early!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on December 24, 2016, 05:53:34 AM
He could spend the next 12 months deciding in which microphone to use, how many lumens the ambient lighting may be, where Guy should sit within any recording session, assess BG's Feng Shui or any number of things that somehow manage to loose an extraordinary amount of time and that can be attributable to the "creative process". 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on December 24, 2016, 07:26:54 AM
He could spend the next 12 months deciding in which microphone to use, how many lumens the ambient lighting may be, where Guy should sit within any recording session, assess BG's Feng Shui or any number of things that somehow manage to loose an extraordinary amount of time and that can be attributable to the "creative process".

Love the humour on this forum. Maybe the man reveal just a titbit when he is on the radio on the 29th!

Me  :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Markus on December 24, 2016, 09:16:20 AM
According to Guy "lot of recordingS for 2017"
Very interesting the S in recordings...

Guy wrote "lotS" of recording.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 24, 2016, 10:48:03 AM
Maybe it's an anthology.    :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 24, 2016, 01:30:37 PM
According to Guy "lot of recordingS for 2017"
Very interesting the S in recordings...

Guy wrote "lotS" of recording.

Potato potatoe
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 24, 2016, 01:34:46 PM
According to Guy "lot of recordingS for 2017"
Very interesting the S in recordings...

Guy wrote "lotS" of recording.

Potato potatoe

(https://pp.vk.me/c837327/v837327999/24b8b/rEEwLaYcAT8.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 24, 2016, 01:40:52 PM
According to Guy "lot of recordingS for 2017"
Very interesting the S in recordings...

Guy wrote "lotS" of recording.

Potato potatoe

Potato, potatoes.    Happy Christmas!    :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on December 24, 2016, 03:02:00 PM
Have a feeling Mark has been busy producing and recording for another artist recently. (Ruth Moody? Much silence on her FB page and website)

Probably did also some of the usual pre-recording too with GF, this autumn, for his next album . MK's band will probably get together in the studio early 2017 for a few weeks of recording sessions and album will be released around September. Mixing en mastering around may. Art work, pressing CDs/Vinyl, distribution etc. during the summer.

Neither wouldn't it suprise me that he is working on somekind of duet album again, featuring Emmylou, Ruth, Evelyn Glennie and others.

Personally I wouldn't mind a more guitar based album with roots of the American Heartland (OES, STP), feat. artists such as Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Sonny Landreth... but that is wishful thinking  :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on December 25, 2016, 11:05:37 AM
Have a feeling Mark has been busy producing and recording for another artist recently. (Ruth Moody? Much silence on her FB page and website)

Probably did also some of the usual pre-recording too with GF, this autumn, for his next album . MK's band will probably get together in the studio early 2017 for a few weeks of recording sessions and album will be released around September. Mixing en mastering around may. Art work, pressing CDs/Vinyl, distribution etc. during the summer.

Hey Guitarman, these are my thoughts too!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 25, 2016, 06:19:37 PM

Neither wouldn't it suprise me that he is working on somekind of duet album again, featuring Emmylou, Ruth, Evelyn Glennie and others.

Personally I wouldn't mind a more guitar based album with roots of the American Heartland (OES, STP), feat. artists such as Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Sonny Landreth... but that is wishful thinking  :D

I wouldn't mind!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: tngemini on December 29, 2016, 02:18:51 PM
Hi Amiters. I found these words from Richard : The very first contact I made was Mark K. and got his blessing as it looks like a quiet year for touring.
It looks that he will tour from April 2017 with Neil Young ...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jabbathehut on December 29, 2016, 03:11:25 PM
its Neil Diamond not Neil Young.I daresay Mark could tour and record an album without Richard.My guess is they are still at the tossing of ideas around stage but I would imagine an album tail end of 2017 followed by 2018 tour.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on December 29, 2016, 03:55:11 PM
its Neil Diamond not Neil Young.I daresay Mark could tour and record an album without Richard.My guess is they are still at the tossing of ideas around stage but I would imagine an album tail end of 2017 followed by 2018 tour.

Guy pretty much confirmed on his forum there will be no tour in 2017, i believe his words were "Lots of recording"....
Tour probably to start in april/may 2018 looking at the last tours..............
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 30, 2016, 04:07:04 AM
I doubt there is enough material around for Mark to release a box set like Pink Floyd: The Early Years. Maybe he is just in the studio producing another artist? Which could explain why Guy is not aloud to say anything, and why Richard Bennett etc is not there!!
Not necessarily the volume, but the general idea?

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on December 30, 2016, 10:39:02 AM
I doubt there is enough material around for Mark to release a box set like Pink Floyd: The Early Years. Maybe he is just in the studio producing another artist? Which could explain why Guy is not aloud to say anything, and why Richard Bennett etc is not there!!
Not necessarily the volume, but the general idea?

sent from my galaxy s7 edge
I would kill for a box including the following that we know exist. Not even counting what might exist and that we are not aware of:
*Video on blu-ray, remastered:
- Paris Chorus 78 (full)
- Rocakpalast 79
- Dortmund 80 + Fridays (Skateaway + R&J)
- The hypothetical full Wrechter 81 including the keyboard-enhanced WDYTYG; a bootleg suggests that this exists...
- Paris 81 (with the nice ending of DTTW + the 81 longer version of Lions)
- Expanded Alchemy with Portobello Belle
- Wembley 85
- Sydney 86
- Mandela 88
- NHB Slate 90 (with the haunting WOL version)
- Basel 92
- Nimes 92
- Any other 92 video featuring TOL, PONO, Iron Hand,...
- Madrid 2001
- Beaulieu (or other) 2002
- Hulingham 2009
- Montreux 2010
- BBC 2013
- Whetever was filmed in 2015 for the documentary
* Audio
- All of the above
- Some 79 soundboards (Boston ?)
- Wrechter 81 if not available on video
- Some 83 soundboards (Paris was recorded) with the missing songs from Alchemy
- Houston, San Antonio, Cleveland 85 (for Wild West End and One World)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on December 30, 2016, 10:42:10 AM
Sounds great. Regarding the Deluxe Box pricing, this one would go for 9.999 € at least...  :lol

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on December 30, 2016, 11:05:12 AM
Sounds great. Regarding the Deluxe Box pricing, this one would go for 9.999 € at least...  :lol

LE

LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 30, 2016, 10:53:24 PM
I doubt there is enough material around for Mark to release a box set like Pink Floyd: The Early Years. Maybe he is just in the studio producing another artist? Which could explain why Guy is not aloud to say anything, and why Richard Bennett etc is not there!!
Not necessarily the volume, but the general idea?

sent from my galaxy s7 edge
I would kill for a box including the following that we know exist. Not even counting what might exist and that we are not aware of:
*Video on blu-ray, remastered:
- Paris Chorus 78 (full)
- Rocakpalast 79
- Dortmund 80 + Fridays (Skateaway + R&J)
- The hypothetical full Wrechter 81 including the keyboard-enhanced WDYTYG; a bootleg suggests that this exists...
- Paris 81 (with the nice ending of DTTW + the 81 longer version of Lions)
- Expanded Alchemy with Portobello Belle
- Wembley 85
- Sydney 86
- Mandela 88
- NHB Slate 90 (with the haunting WOL version)
- Basel 92
- Nimes 92
- Any other 92 video featuring TOL, PONO, Iron Hand,...
- Madrid 2001
- Beaulieu (or other) 2002
- Hulingham 2009
- Montreux 2010
- BBC 2013
- Whetever was filmed in 2015 for the documentary
* Audio
- All of the above
- Some 79 soundboards (Boston ?)
- Wrechter 81 if not available on video
- Some 83 soundboards (Paris was recorded) with the missing songs from Alchemy
- Houston, San Antonio, Cleveland 85 (for Wild West End and One World)
and then a second edition of the box set with ALL never released but recorded songs.
fully agree herlock!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2017, 10:58:23 AM
I was thinking in something that Pottel will like a lot...

And if MK is finally doing something with David Gilmour?

It fits with that nothing can be reveal as it doesn´t depends on MK, and also with MK writting all the songs (lyrics), it´s well known Gilmour doesn´t feel comfortable writting lyrics but writting music, so... this could be a perfect fitting  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 04, 2017, 11:03:13 AM
Already suggested that. Would be a lifelong dream come true

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 04, 2017, 11:20:41 AM
Hope no Gilmour. Don't like him. IMHO of course.


It's writing, jbaent, not writting. Thought you'd be interested in that, author that you are.  :lol

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2017, 11:29:09 AM
Hope no Gilmour. Don't like him. IMHO of course.


It's writing, jbaent, not writting. Thought you'd be interested in that, author that you are.  :lol

LE

Personal tastes, I like Gilmour a lot.

I trust too much in my English, I should check what I write because last time I study English was sooooooo long ago and many of the things I´ve learned later was reading and wriTing here, sometimes I write so fast that I don´t think too much about it.

I won´t call myself an author, and I have some very very kind British friends (both from here) that help me with proof reading translating my horrible English to something more close to the real language  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 04, 2017, 06:48:09 PM
Hey if I hadn't been sure that you know from who this was coming I would have not dared to say it. I admire the energy and enthusiasm to produce an MK book a lot!  :thumbsup

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2017, 09:06:31 PM
Hey if I hadn't been sure that you know from who this was coming I would have not dared to say it. I admire the energy and enthusiasm to produce an MK book a lot!  :thumbsup

LE

I took it as a joke really! ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 06, 2017, 10:52:45 AM
wondering, what album was eric recording in there, over 1 year ago?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Marnix on January 06, 2017, 11:21:16 AM
wondering, what album was eric recording in there, over 1 year ago?

That was his I Still Do album which was released last year. You refer when Clapton was recording in the same time the Rolling Stones record at British Grove their blues record  and he played 2 songs on it
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on January 06, 2017, 02:27:46 PM
Hey, you don't think that the Stones, Clapton and the man all had a bit of session at BG together do you and that is why things are so top secret?  :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 06, 2017, 05:07:12 PM
Hey, you don't think that the Stones, Clapton and the man all had a bit of session at BG together do you and that is why things are so top secret?  :o

Guy was asked about it and said that MK was touring North America and/on holydays while that happened.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on January 16, 2017, 06:42:22 PM
Guy says today that likely to be still(!!) recording in June this year as won't be part of JI group! Crickey, what is going on in terms of recording this year! Phew!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 16, 2017, 06:52:05 PM
Guy also said earlier that for 2016 there will be "lots of recording"

I guess MK is working on various things at the same time, or one very complicated that needs lot of work...

Is maybe composing an opera, like Roger Waters did years ago? Something like Sting previous album?

It's something different, that's all we know.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on January 17, 2017, 08:52:35 PM
Maybe MK bought the 11CD box of Chris Rea recently and got inspired!  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJl-XaAuMQ
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 18, 2017, 09:57:55 PM
According to Guy today on his forum we will have some official news soon  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 18, 2017, 10:03:39 PM
According to Guy today on his forum we will have some official news soon  :thumbsup

His "I'm sure" after "Soon" as usual gives me a kind of doubt. "Soon" can be treated differently don't you know! :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 19, 2017, 07:37:55 AM
Soon... It's a word that had been used by Guy before... With unexpected meaning  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 19, 2017, 07:39:06 AM
I dreamed that being on Easter holidays MK announced a release for late September...

I stick with it  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 19, 2017, 07:46:07 AM
Maybe MK bought the 11CD box of Chris Rea recently and got inspired!  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJl-XaAuMQ
Got that one lol...

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 19, 2017, 01:23:08 PM
Maybe MK bought the 11CD box of Chris Rea recently and got inspired!  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJl-XaAuMQ
Got that one lol...

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

And can you recommend it, Pottel? People moaning about Privateering being too long and redundant I wonder if anyone can survive  11 CD's...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 19, 2017, 01:38:13 PM
Burned it to lossless and never listened to it anymore

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on January 24, 2017, 02:37:26 AM
The Doc replied in a post yesterday that he could not say whether or not any releases this year! Take that with a pinch of salt for sure but Lord above, just what is going on in there! The secrets come out of the Vatican easier than British Grove me thinks! Phew!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 24, 2017, 08:49:55 AM
The Doc replied in a post yesterday that he could not say whether or not any releases this year! Take that with a pinch of salt for sure but Lord above, just what is going on in there! The secrets come out of the Vatican easier than British Grove me thinks! Phew!

"If you go outside now, the probability of meeting a dinosaur is 50%. You'll either see it or you won't".

I'm glad Guy made a new forum for us to take is as a chance to stop reading it. I'm done with his "predictions", teasing and diaries :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 24, 2017, 02:11:42 PM
Hm. His answer was "I couldn't say" which also could mean that he just is still not allowed to tell us something. It IS not
easy for him and I am thankful that he offers us the opportunity to get some information AT ALL. Or of a glimpse of it.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 24, 2017, 03:36:27 PM
Hm. His answer was "I couldn't say" which also could mean that he just is still not allowed to tell us something. It IS not
easy for him and I am thankful that he offers us the opportunity to get some information AT ALL. Or of a glimpse of it.

LE

Yeah, he never ever has answered a single question like this one, but people still keep asking him, it's a miracle :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on January 24, 2017, 09:35:02 PM
Hm. His answer was "I couldn't say" which also could mean that he just is still not allowed to tell us something. It IS not
easy for him and I am thankful that he offers us the opportunity to get some information AT ALL. Or of a glimpse of it.

LE

Yeah, he never ever has answered a single question like this one, but people still keep asking him, it's a miracle :lol

People think that Guy will spill the bean but he's just not the right man to ask.




Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 25, 2017, 12:06:33 PM
I'd say that whatever MK is doing in his studio, it might be not HIS project, as far as they can't tell because it doesn´t depend on them... it´s something that MK has been approached to do, like when a film director calls him for a soundtrack...

Maybe he´s writting music to a big film, a documentary, a play etc etc etc, something that doesn´t comes from him directly but has been asked to do it and he thought that would be interesting.

That will explain why they can´t talk about it, as it´s not his project, and why are just MK and Guy working together, with a small band session...

So, if it´s this, it´s not a new album... but we already suspected that this was more than a MK album, which is not so mysterious at all...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 25, 2017, 12:18:37 PM
I'd say that whatever MK is doing in his studio, it might be not HIS project, as far as they can't tell because it doesn´t depend on them... it´s something that MK has been approached to do, like when a film director calls him for a soundtrack...

Maybe he´s writting music to a big film, a documentary, a play etc etc etc, something that doesn´t comes from him directly but has been asked to do it and he thought that would be interesting.

That will explain why they can´t talk about it, as it´s not his project, and why are just MK and Guy working together, with a small band session...

So, if it´s this, it´s not a new album... but we already suspected that this was more than a MK album, which is not so mysterious at all...

Whatever!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 25, 2017, 02:14:57 PM
I might had found something...

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5762.msg113822#new (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5762.msg113822#new)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 25, 2017, 02:29:43 PM
My guess it's just Mark getting even more and more excentric  :lol

It's just another album, guys. Perhaps there will be some special guests and that would explain the secrecy but I tend to believe it's just Mark being Mark, telling his minion to remain quiet.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on January 25, 2017, 04:07:13 PM
While you're all waiting and guessing to find out what Mark is upto, you should check out the new Mike Oldfield album Return To Ommadawn :clap you want beautiful music? you got it, you want guitars? you got it. Best album you will hear this year without doubt.

On topic, maybe Mark has finally got around to writing a musical, there was a rumour years ago he was writing one with Lynda La Plante, but nothing came of it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on January 26, 2017, 09:51:40 PM
Quote
While you're all waiting and guessing to find out what Mark is upto, you should check out the new Mike Oldfield album Return To Ommadawn :clap you want beautiful music? you got it, you want guitars? you got it. Best album you will hear this year without doubt.

LOL! The year just has begun... daring statement!  :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dannr1 on January 27, 2017, 09:02:21 AM
I'd say that whatever MK is doing in his studio, it might be not HIS project, as far as they can't tell because it doesn´t depend on them... it´s something that MK has been approached to do, like when a film director calls him for a soundtrack...

Maybe he´s writting music to a big film, a documentary, a play etc etc etc, something that doesn´t comes from him directly but has been asked to do it and he thought that would be interesting.

That will explain why they can´t talk about it, as it´s not his project, and why are just MK and Guy working together, with a small band session...

So, if it´s this, it´s not a new album... but we already suspected that this was more than a MK album, which is not so mysterious at all...

I think you are on to something re big film etc.. Unfortunately. Not so sure it is a new album for the reasons you mention above
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2017, 09:24:00 AM
From Guy´s forum:

Question:
A hot or cold kind of question…
 This project, is something that MK has been asked to do by someone else, like when a film director asks him to compose the film score?
 Hot? Cold?

Answer:
Yes and no


Yes to "is something that MK has been asked to do by someone else"? or to "Hot"?

No to "like when a film director asks him to compose the film score"? or to "Cold"?

If it´s YES to HOT and NO to COLD, the project is a film, LOL

If it´s YES to something he´s been asked to do, and NO to film score, mmm, interesting... I bet for a documentary or a play, that would explain why there won´t be live dates...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 27, 2017, 11:03:30 AM
It reminds me...

Q: Tell me, honestly, yes or no only, okay?
A: Fire away.
Q: Why do men like blonde jokes?!
A: Yes.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2017, 07:34:37 PM
Mk is doing the soundtrack for the next Disney film...

Schhhhhh
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 28, 2017, 03:11:13 PM
Can't it be the scores for the McDonald's dude movie?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on January 28, 2017, 04:50:23 PM
Can't it be the scores for the McDonald's dude movie?

Already released.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: tngemini on January 28, 2017, 05:16:01 PM
The forthcomming 007 ?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 28, 2017, 06:46:20 PM
The forthcomming 007 ?

I highly doubt it after 007 requires artists of Adele and Sam Smith calibre, at least today. By the way, the latest 007 song was so bad I can't even talk about it without some four-letter words. Man it was bad.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 28, 2017, 08:01:35 PM
The forthcomming 007 ?

I highly doubt it after 007 requires artists of Adele and Sam Smith calibre, at least today. By the way, the latest 007 song was so bad I can't even talk about it without some four-letter words. Man it was bad.

Indeed it was. Suited the movie perfectly.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rolleyway Man on January 28, 2017, 08:28:34 PM
Going slightly off-topic here, but if you ask me there hasn't really been a half-decent Bond theme since The World is Not Enough. Madonna's theme for Die Another Day, for instance, was possibly the worst in the history of the franchise. None of the themes for the Daniel Craig era films have been particularly special, largely because they keep going for modern chart acts who, frankly, are not especially talented. With that being said, I'm not sure I can imagine MK writing a Bond theme. I'd be over the moon if he did of course, but I don't think his general writing style would be quite the right fit for Bond.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: naif on January 28, 2017, 08:40:06 PM
Going slightly off-topic here, but if you ask me there hasn't really been a half-decent Bond theme since The World is Not Enough. Madonna's theme for Die Another Day, for instance, was possibly the worst in the history of the franchise. None of the themes for the Daniel Craig era films have been particularly special, largely because they keep going for modern chart acts who, frankly, are not especially talented. With that being said, I'm not sure I can imagine MK writing a Bond theme. I'd be over the moon if he did of course, but I don't think his general writing style would be quite the right fit for Bond.
Chris Cornell's you know my name was great. Skyfall wastn't bad either.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 28, 2017, 08:40:37 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3YJyg26xQo         :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rolleyway Man on January 28, 2017, 08:52:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3YJyg26xQo         :)

That song is utterly timeless, and this is a beautiful version of it. I hadn't heard it until tonight. Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 28, 2017, 09:55:10 PM
This is my all time favourite Bond theme. By the way, it has some early MK/DS feeling to it, I clearly can imagine his solo in a song like this. But anyway, Mark and James Bond? Of course I would love to see that. Since James Bond uses the best British cars and stuff, why not to open the film with the best British songwriter? :lol

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaV-6qerkqI
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on January 29, 2017, 05:38:20 PM
IMHO Skyfall was a great tune for a Bond theme.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 29, 2017, 07:11:55 PM
Yes it was, and Adele was the perfect singer for it. Those first opening minutes of the movie until he "falls" and she starts singing are a great cinematic moment.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Masiakasaurus on January 30, 2017, 11:20:51 AM

Chris Cornell's you know my name was great.
It sure was!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Marijo58 on February 02, 2017, 06:53:00 AM
Hello Everybody. I think it's a pity. JI and his band are in concert in Vaureal not so far away from my hometown and I can't go tomorrow... Why couldn't they do something together  to celebrate their 40th anniversary? I guess that's the way it is!!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TJ on February 02, 2017, 11:34:30 PM
Mk is doing the soundtrack for the next Disney film...

I really hope it's not something like this.  If Mark were putting stuff out all the time it might be nice, but waiting 2-3 years between releases, makes me hope for just another album. 

Which is not to say I wouldn't like something different, but a soundtrack isn't what I'm hoping for.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 03, 2017, 12:13:39 AM
It must be something he is doing over there. In the studio since september. That is almost 6 months and still not a clue, not a rumor, nothing in the press... :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on February 03, 2017, 03:27:01 AM
I know! Something has to give in the next couple of years or so! Soon be 2020!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 03, 2017, 08:31:02 AM
Mk is doing the soundtrack for the next Disney film...

I really hope it's not something like this.  If Mark were putting stuff out all the time it might be nice, but waiting 2-3 years between releases, makes me hope for just another album. 

Which is not to say I wouldn't like something different, but a soundtrack isn't what I'm hoping for.

It´s not just another album...

My hope is that he´s doing whatever he´s doing, and also at the same time, an album...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 03, 2017, 02:24:08 PM
Mk is doing the soundtrack for the next Disney film...

I really hope it's not something like this.  If Mark were putting stuff out all the time it might be nice, but waiting 2-3 years between releases, makes me hope for just another album. 

Which is not to say I wouldn't like something different, but a soundtrack isn't what I'm hoping for.

It´s not just another album...

My hope is that he´s doing whatever he´s doing, and also at the same time, an album...

In that case the safest assumption would be album + documentary. I'm assuming the doc will include live performances so I'm positively sure Mark and Guy would be heavily involved with mixing and stuff.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 03, 2017, 02:35:15 PM
Mk is doing the soundtrack for the next Disney film...

I really hope it's not something like this.  If Mark were putting stuff out all the time it might be nice, but waiting 2-3 years between releases, makes me hope for just another album. 

Which is not to say I wouldn't like something different, but a soundtrack isn't what I'm hoping for.

It´s not just another album...

My hope is that he´s doing whatever he´s doing, and also at the same time, an album...

In that case the safest assumption would be album + documentary. I'm assuming the doc will include live performances so I'm positively sure Mark and Guy would be heavily involved with mixing and stuff.

We already knew about the documentary, and Guy has confirmed it, while he didn´t confirm any info about what they are recording, so what they are recording is not an album, hasn't anything to do with the documentary (the Henrik Hansen one recorded in Copenhaguen, Barcelona, the USA and the Chalke Valley History Festival)...

It´s a mystery to me...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 03, 2017, 09:35:04 PM
I wonder if this is a new world record of MK's silence right there or not :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on February 04, 2017, 09:09:22 AM
I still think it is nothing unusual and this guessing and speculating is getting some sort of hysterical. Only difference is that Guy is not setting up a studio diary this time.
During the Tracker recordings, we already had the same situation, it took him very long to get a first entry together, and when it came out, it was rather disappointing.
Why not enjoying the pure knowledge that there ARE doing something and that we WILL have something new within the next months, whatever it is.

Of course, speculating and guessing is an integral part of fandom and forums, please keep on doing it as long as you like!  ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 04, 2017, 11:06:05 AM
I think it is the documentary and another studio album he is working on. The studio album is probably with help from some big names (clapton, gilmour) whatever but they want him to keep it onder the radar for the public for some kind of reason...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 04, 2017, 01:14:06 PM
I wonder if this is a new world record of MK's silence right there or not :hmm

Maybe, and it shows how reliant we have become on Guy as our sole link to Mark these days.

It surely must involve the Hansen documentary in some form or another and an album, perhaps the documentary being a part of the ultra super deluxe ultimate best ever boxed set.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on February 04, 2017, 01:23:39 PM
Documentary is done already. Pretty sure about that.

Possible Working Titles:
Mark Knopfler & friends
or in ONLY 2 years:  Mark Knopfler : 70

Guy and MK are working on it. They have now more happy microphones
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on February 05, 2017, 01:17:10 AM
Could also be that MK is involved in some kind of project related to the death of an artist he admired.  :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on February 05, 2017, 09:01:24 AM
In my view: he doesn't want to be bothered by casual visitors to the studio whilst fiddling with n microphones + several amps
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on February 05, 2017, 10:02:49 AM
To make honest I like better silent for bigger surprice. Why you need realty show from studio? Strat, Les Paul, mixing desk. Same like before and before. Relax people.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 05, 2017, 02:55:18 PM
Could also be that MK is involved in some kind of project related to the death of an artist he admired.  :hmm
who would that be?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 06, 2017, 09:45:28 AM
Could also be that MK is involved in some kind of project related to the death of an artist he admired.  :hmm
who would that be?

Leonard Cohen Prince Glenn Frey  :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 06, 2017, 03:10:39 PM
I still think it is nothing unusual and this guessing and speculating is getting some sort of hysterical. Only difference is that Guy is not setting up a studio diary this time.
During the Tracker recordings, we already had the same situation, it took him very long to get a first entry together, and when it came out, it was rather disappointing.
Why not enjoying the pure knowledge that there ARE doing something and that we WILL have something new within the next months, whatever it is.

Of course, speculating and guessing is an integral part of fandom and forums, please keep on doing it as long as you like!  ;D

LE

Exactly what I think... it's fun to guess but in the end I think it's 'just' an album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 06, 2017, 03:20:44 PM
I still think it is nothing unusual and this guessing and speculating is getting some sort of hysterical. Only difference is that Guy is not setting up a studio diary this time.
During the Tracker recordings, we already had the same situation, it took him very long to get a first entry together, and when it came out, it was rather disappointing.
Why not enjoying the pure knowledge that there ARE doing something and that we WILL have something new within the next months, whatever it is.

Of course, speculating and guessing is an integral part of fandom and forums, please keep on doing it as long as you like!  ;D

LE

Exactly what I think... it's fun to guess but in the end I think it's 'just' an album.

I wonder if he's reading all this speculation and having a good laugh...  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: El Macho on February 06, 2017, 09:38:10 PM
Maybe a special album for the 40 years of DS or the beginning of his career with guests like John Illsley, Brendan Croker, Steve Philips, Emmylou Harris, Ruth Moody, Paul Franklin, Mike Henderson, Eric Clapton, Van Morrisson.... only dreaming :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 06, 2017, 09:44:05 PM
Maybe a special album for the 40 years of DS or the beginning of his career with guests like John Illsley, Brendan Croker, Steve Philips, Emmylou Harris, Ruth Moody, Paul Franklin, Mike Henderson, Eric Clapton, Van Morrisson.... only dreaming :o

Yes, 40 is a perfectly good number to commemorate regardless of Mark's attitude on DS.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on February 06, 2017, 10:27:37 PM
You want truth why he take so long time? He choose mikrofons. The perfect mikrofons for perfect sound. It will to be album of history with a longest produce time. BUT with a perfect sound. Have strong patiens people!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 06, 2017, 10:49:59 PM
You want truth why he take so long time? He choose mikrofons. The perfect mikrofons for perfect sound. It will to be album of history with a longest produce time. BUT with a perfect sound. Have strong patiens people!

So that 99% of people will download it from iTunes and listen to it through crappy earphones on the tube!

All this search for perfect microphone for this song crap really annoys me because I'll bet that most of the time nobody would notice a jot.  In this day and age people are recording good quality stuff in their back rooms.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 07, 2017, 09:03:25 AM
You want truth why he take so long time? He choose mikrofons. The perfect mikrofons for perfect sound. It will to be album of history with a longest produce time. BUT with a perfect sound. Have strong patiens people!

So that 99% of people will download it from iTunes and listen to it through crappy earphones on the tube!

All this search for perfect microphone for this song crap really annoys me because I'll bet that most of the time nobody would notice a jot.  In this day and age people are recording good quality stuff in their back rooms.

Exactly... not only that, Mark's records was really perfect when Chuck was on board.
Now it's "no equalisation, no compression, no nothing but happy microphones" type of thing.
Speaking of perfect recordings, I have "The Dark Side Of The Moon" somewhere here... oh, wow! It was in 1973!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: mkdsone on February 07, 2017, 10:12:20 AM
So it's only Mark and Guy in the studio ?
mmmm, I really like the film music they've done together.
Thinking about "Altamira" with this beautiful acoustic guitar and Return to Ommadawn from Mike Oldfield....
A completely instrumental album would be perfect !
 ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on February 07, 2017, 12:12:19 PM
So it's only Mark and Guy in the studio ?
mmmm, I really like the film music they've done together.
Thinking about "Altamira" with this beautiful acoustic guitar and Return to Ommadawn from Mike Oldfield....
A completely instrumental album would be perfect !
 ;)

I very like experiemental feeling from Altamira album. I forget name for the lady on percusion but she should play on new album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 07, 2017, 12:25:32 PM
Evelyn Glennie : )
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on February 07, 2017, 02:05:59 PM
You want truth why he take so long time? He choose mikrofons. The perfect mikrofons for perfect sound. It will to be album of history with a longest produce time. BUT with a perfect sound. Have strong patiens people!

So that 99% of people will download it from iTunes and listen to it through crappy earphones on the tube!

All this search for perfect microphone for this song crap really annoys me because I'll bet that most of the time nobody would notice a jot.  In this day and age people are recording good quality stuff in their back rooms.

Exactly... not only that, Mark's records was really perfect when Chuck was on board.
Now it's "no equalisation, no compression, no nothing but happy microphones" type of thing.
Speaking of perfect recordings, I have "The Dark Side Of The Moon" somewhere here... oh, wow! It was in 1973!

Astonishing. I must say that Tracker indeed sounds spectacular compared to his earlier releases. It was worth every
award it got I think.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 07, 2017, 02:23:13 PM
Astonishing. I must say that Tracker indeed sounds spectacular compared to his earlier releases. It was worth every
award it got I think.

LE

Don't get me wrong LE! I think in the studio of this magnitude like the British Grove is pretty much any decent audio engineer can produce a great sounding record, that's why they've decided to get rid of CA in the first place I think. The genius of this guy (CA) was that he was able to came up with a perfect work & mix regardless of studios/equipment/microphones, etc. He's consistent like nobody else, and that's why he was needed in the first place :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 07, 2017, 02:27:09 PM
I don´t like Chuck Ainlay but this is a case of personal taste...

Chuck had a tendence to mix the bass and drums very low and very behind the rest of instruments, and "Tracker" has the drums and bass very very in front, mixed in a way that it looks that you have the drummer in front of you...

The first time I heard Tracker in a proper hifi it was spectacular, while Chuck mixes are not significant in that aspect.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: olazabalrok on February 07, 2017, 02:37:14 PM
I don´t like Chuck Ainlay but this is a case of personal taste...

Chuck had a tendence to mix the bass and drums very low and very behind the rest of instruments, and "Tracker" has the drums and bass very very in front, mixed in a way that it looks that you have the drummer in front of you...

The first time I heard Tracker in a proper hifi it was spectacular, while Chuck mixes are not significant in that aspect.

Check out Boom Like That, it has very prominent bass (and drums), I think more bass than any other tune in MK/DS catalog.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 07, 2017, 02:39:08 PM
I don´t like Chuck Ainlay but this is a case of personal taste...

Chuck had a tendence to mix the bass and drums very low and very behind the rest of instruments, and "Tracker" has the drums and bass very very in front, mixed in a way that it looks that you have the drummer in front of you...

The first time I heard Tracker in a proper hifi it was spectacular, while Chuck mixes are not significant in that aspect.

Check out Boom Like That, it has very prominent bass (and drums), I think more bass than any other tune in MK/DS catalog.

I mean in ALL the songs, not specific ones... there are certain songs with many instruments that Chuck mixed them very low, but in Tracker, in all songs, it´s like having Ian in front of you...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 07, 2017, 02:41:05 PM
You want truth why he take so long time? He choose mikrofons. The perfect mikrofons for perfect sound. It will to be album of history with a longest produce time. BUT with a perfect sound. Have strong patiens people!

So that 99% of people will download it from iTunes and listen to it through crappy earphones on the tube!

All this search for perfect microphone for this song crap really annoys me because I'll bet that most of the time nobody would notice a jot.  In this day and age people are recording good quality stuff in their back rooms.

The thing is that they check what they record in their wonderful audio systems in the studio while probably they should also check them in an ipod or any other portable mp3...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 07, 2017, 03:02:20 PM
I love how John Williams, a brilliant classical guitar player, said about guitar making, that "it's easy to build a classical guitar with rich bass, but it's hard to build one with rich highs". Nothing wrong with boom-in-your-face bass and drums, but of course to do that is easier than to do the opposite. Even I tend to boost the bass side too much in my little recordings and it always impresses me how delicate CA's mixes in that respect are.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on February 07, 2017, 04:54:19 PM
So it's only Mark and Guy in the studio ?
mmmm, I really like the film music they've done together.
Thinking about "Altamira" with this beautiful acoustic guitar and Return to Ommadawn from Mike Oldfield....
A completely instrumental album would be perfect !
 ;)

Return to Ommadawn is incredible, every MK should listen to it. Also Mike uses his own Mark Knopfler Signature Strat on the album too :)

Mark owns his own studio, why would he need to rush anything?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 09, 2017, 03:13:11 PM
I was wondering what could be causing all this secrecy and have made a couple of assumptions:

1. The older Mark gets the less he can be bothered - meaning he just wants to do his little thing and reveal it when it's ready, which leads us to...
2. It's probably fully recorded, mixed and mastered, has a title and a track listing. He's just waiting for the artwork and all the promo material to be ready.

We wouldn't be getting little nuggets here and there, just the whole thing all at once. I mean all the info, not the album itself.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 13, 2017, 06:44:02 PM
Almost 4 weeks ago Guy replied we would have some official news SOON...
Almost 4 weeks ago............................................................................
With Guy i think soon is before summer ends..............
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on February 13, 2017, 08:16:41 PM
What has Guy said exactly? I haven't found the post in his forum... :hmm :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 13, 2017, 09:51:17 PM
Q: Hello Guy, when do we can expect some more concrete news about the project(s)? 🙂 Thanks!

A: Soon I'm sure. Sorry I cannot say more but I am obliged to keep it quiet.

January 17.....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 13, 2017, 10:54:27 PM
Q: Hello Guy, when do we can expect some more concrete news about the project(s)? 🙂 Thanks!

A: Soon I'm sure. Sorry I cannot say more but I am obliged to keep it quiet.

January 17.....

I can't even imagine the amount of my excitement when any news finally will hit the scene. As much as I'm not a fond of Guy's diaries with another pack of generic photos of cables and stuff instead of something interesting, but at least it was spreading the anticipation.

Suddenly, in one day it will go from nothing to BOOM! New this, new that, check this, check that. And you be like... :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on February 14, 2017, 10:35:51 AM
It all depends what your idea of "soon" is? Guy doesn't have to tell us anything, and if he has been asked by Mark or whoever to say nothing, then he is standing by his word, which is a good thing. He is a stand up guy :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 14, 2017, 01:46:26 PM
It all depends what your idea of "soon" is? Guy doesn't have to tell us anything, and if he has been asked by Mark or whoever to say nothing, then he is standing by his word, which is a good thing. He is a stand up guy :clap

Soon has a very wide meaning,  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I don´t expect any announcement until March, is there is any, from Guy´s answers is quite difficult to guess if whatever they are doing is finished or in process of finish it so maybe that soon could be even June or July, LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 14, 2017, 03:50:13 PM
The only thing we know for sure is that there will ne no tour this year.  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on February 17, 2017, 09:41:34 PM
The only thing we know for sure is that there will ne no tour this year.  :smack


I think this year will be a very quiet one for MK news of any kind . Suspect he is going to have a fallow year and take it easy. Fair enough really. Let the man chill.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 17, 2017, 10:00:39 PM
The only thing we know for sure is that there will ne no tour this year.  :smack


I think this year will be a very quiet one for MK news of any kind . Suspect he is going to have a fallow year and take it easy. Fair enough really. Let the man chill.

I can't imagine any truer words than this. Mark after some recreation = brand new Mark, usually along with the quality plank going up.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on February 19, 2017, 11:49:57 AM
Hm. That would be the opposite of what Guy has implied over the last months. Too much work to do, a lot of things happening, very much going on at the moment.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on February 20, 2017, 10:41:49 AM
The only thing we know for sure is that there will ne no tour this year.  :smack


I think this year will be a very quiet one for MK news of any kind . Suspect he is going to have a fallow year and take it easy. Fair enough really. Let the man chill.

Fallow year?

He has been in the studio since September, I would say something big is coming, we just don't know what as yet!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on February 20, 2017, 12:01:27 PM
IMO anithing that is not a new album, new songs, is disappointing  :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on February 20, 2017, 12:12:57 PM
IMO anithing that is not a new album, new songs, is disappointing  :think :think

Included an unreleased songs project? :p
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on February 20, 2017, 12:27:46 PM
IMO anithing that is not a new album, new songs, is disappointing  :think :think

I can't imagine finding new songs - a new album - disappointing... It would be great if you'd ask me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on February 20, 2017, 12:28:11 PM
IMO anithing that is not a new album, new songs, is disappointing  :think :think

Included an unreleased songs project? :p

It seems new songs, Bonfire Night  etc.. Sure that I'd be happy, but IMO too silent and no clear signals at the moment... :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 20, 2017, 12:58:10 PM
I´m really really curious about what it is... specially since Guy said last month that there will be an announcement soon... that could be any moment now!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on February 20, 2017, 01:02:51 PM
I´m really really curious about what it is... specially since Guy said last month that there will be an announcement soon... that could be any moment now!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
after almost 2 years from Tracker , just, only smokes  ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 20, 2017, 02:38:48 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if Mark decided to revisit some of the new songs after he got his own LP. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on February 20, 2017, 06:30:51 PM
IMO anithing that is not a new album, new songs, is disappointing  :think :think

Included an unreleased songs project? :p

It seems new songs, Bonfire Night  etc.. Sure that I'd be happy, but IMO too silent and no clear signals at the moment... :think :think :think

Guy has already stated Mark has written all the songs, so what is there to be disappointed about?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on February 20, 2017, 07:54:08 PM
IMO anithing that is not a new album, new songs, is disappointing  :think :think

Included an unreleased songs project? :p

It seems new songs, Bonfire Night  etc.. Sure that I'd be happy, but IMO too silent and no clear signals at the moment... :think :think :think

Guy has already stated Mark has written all the songs, so what is there to be disappointed about?
OK!
At now nothing of official.
When, who knows when, we'll have specific info we can stay happy!!
My disappointing, like other people on this forum, is the silent and (I know that Guy tell 'all songs by MK') don't understand the smokiness of the project....It can be everything and the opposite of everything.
how many songs? songs like 'tall order baby and El macho? or like Sailing to Philadelphia & So far from the Clyde?
 :wave :wave :wave :wave


Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on February 20, 2017, 09:54:10 PM
Guy posted a photo on IG with the title: 'sampling'.
I have very little knowledge of these things.
What does sampling mean? And how far in the proces do you sample?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 20, 2017, 10:01:46 PM
Guy posted a photo on IG with the title: 'sampling'.
I have very little knowledge of these things.
What does sampling mean? And how far in the proces do you sample?

Yeah, I saw it. He uses samples a lot in the live shows, but what to do with them in the studio? I have no idea...

Also, Guy's laptop is bigger than Mark's! It's an interesting observation, don't you think?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Billy’s Tune on February 21, 2017, 12:53:32 AM
Official news...
MK will be releasing a new album, focused primarily on the first four DS albums.
Title yet to be confirmed but it will be a 'how they should have sounded' feel.
Expect covers of six blade knife etc but with mark just strumming away and all the leads taken by the fiddle twins!
The later DS stuff will be reworked with Nigel on sax just to prove he's better than Chris White.
Just a thought!
And no, not official news, just a bit of fun!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on February 21, 2017, 08:08:38 AM
Guy posted a photo on IG with the title: 'sampling'.
I have very little knowledge of these things.
What does sampling mean? And how far in the proces do you sample?

They used a lot of samples on Altamira i think. Again a movie soundtrack?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 21, 2017, 09:25:38 AM
Official news...
MK will be releasing a new album, focused primarily on the first four DS albums.
Title yet to be confirmed but it will be a 'how they should have sounded' feel.
Expect covers of six blade knife etc but with mark just strumming away and all the leads taken by the fiddle twins!
The later DS stuff will be reworked with Nigel on sax just to prove he's better than Chris White.
Just a thought!
And no, not official news, just a bit of fun!

Official news... you're a troll of the week! :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on February 21, 2017, 04:10:29 PM
Also, Guy's laptop is bigger than Mark's! It's an interesting observation, don't you think?

Some men must make compensation  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on February 21, 2017, 09:44:59 PM
I think Mark may be involved in a reinterpretation of John Cages 4.33. Can you imagine the technology and precision needed to record such perfect silence  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 21, 2017, 09:52:16 PM
I think Mark may be involved in a reinterpretation of John Cages 4.33. Can you imagine the technology and precision needed to record such perfect silence  ;)

Unfortunately, MK already composed and recorded a song entitled "Money For Nothing" :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: goon525 on February 21, 2017, 10:19:45 PM
The whole point about 4' 33" is that it's NOT silence. One's meant to be taking in the various unavoidable sounds that would normally just be in the background. Unless you live in an anechoic chamber, there ain't no silence.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on February 21, 2017, 10:58:58 PM
Quote
The whole point about 4' 33" is that it's NOT silence. One's meant to be taking in the various unavoidable sounds that would normally just be in the background. Unless you live in an anechoic chamber, there ain't no silence.

I refer you to the sheet music and suggest you locate a handy top quality bale of straw! ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: goon525 on February 21, 2017, 11:18:48 PM
There are no notes but it's not silence.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 21, 2017, 11:42:56 PM
The whole point about 4' 33" is that it's NOT silence. One's meant to be taking in the various unavoidable sounds that would normally just be in the background. Unless you live in an anechoic chamber, there ain't no silence.

The trouble with the works like 4'33" or Malevich's Black Square to me, is that works like this needs an explanation, a detailed history of why you should love it instead of hating it. To me it ruins the whole experience of a true inspiration... like, have you ever seen a man saying "Man, just heard this Mark Nopfler song, what a rubbish! Anybody can came up with something like that, a bunch of Hawaiian noises". I guess not often...

While I perfectly understand the meaning of 4'33", and I understand that Malevich's Black Square was created for a protest about religion, these works doesn't inspire me that much. I'm feeling like I learned a nice piece of trivia, but nothing more. Oh, so there's a sound of a crowd in a concert hall? I never knew about that... I thought musicians always plays in a vacuum of space.

I would be more happy if creations like this was part of some book, film or story, but not a real thing that got sold on iTunes. It's a shame!

P.S. Sorry for an off-topic, but we have nothing to discuss anyway :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on February 22, 2017, 03:57:12 AM
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There are no notes but it's not silence.

Goon, there is sheet music for it, I teach music as my day job and regularly amuse my students with the relevant footnotes....

I think you missed the original point I was making, which was meant to be an attempt at (poor) mild humor, I'm well aware of JCs meaning behind the work...

No offence meant or taken though, at least we have found something to discuss amidst the real silence.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on February 22, 2017, 04:00:20 AM
Quote
P.S. Sorry for an off-topic, but we have nothing to discuss anyway

But where else, and what other fans could create such unique diversions!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on February 22, 2017, 02:12:54 PM
If he has been in the studio since September and Guy is saying they could be in there until June, that is nearly 10 months!! They will be going stir crazy! Once they are out having done what they are doing, they won't go back in for another five years! Maybe they are just sampling teas from around the world!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on February 22, 2017, 03:12:27 PM
I'm sure there's some joke there relating to sampling....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 23, 2017, 07:14:00 PM
So apparently in the whole studio the only thing that deserves to be photographed is the National Guitar. Never seen it before! AMAZING! :clap

(https://pp.vk.me/c636621/v636621999/39d5e/HyKkXte5RPg.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on February 23, 2017, 08:08:00 PM
Hmm interesting, as posted on Instagram he's currently sampling... :) :hmm :think ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on February 24, 2017, 09:45:40 AM
Almost 32 pages in 6 months and still no news ;D :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 24, 2017, 12:08:54 PM
Almost 32 pages in 6 months and still no news ;D :lol

 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on February 24, 2017, 12:17:22 PM
Almost 32 pages in 6 months and still no news ;D :lol

 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

yeah man

 :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on February 24, 2017, 12:45:07 PM
Maybe they are recording the new Dire Straits album: Brothers In Arms 2 :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 24, 2017, 02:30:51 PM
Oh well, at least we know now what shoes Guy was wearing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on February 24, 2017, 02:50:38 PM
I rather have a picture of the National than absolutely nothing. That means he is with MK or doing something where MK is involved, and that's good enough for me ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on February 24, 2017, 05:22:21 PM
I rather have a picture of the National than absolutely nothing. That means he is with MK or doing something where MK is involved, and that's good enough for me ;D

True point! Agree  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on February 24, 2017, 06:24:27 PM
Quote
Oh well, at least we know now what shoes Guy was wearing.

Quality shoe, no doubt.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on February 24, 2017, 08:39:13 PM
Very interesting! Does this mean the National will be on the forthcomming album? Some of the best songs are with the National "Done With Bonaparte", "Romeo & Juliet" and the intro of "Telegraph Road". Do you I need to say more? A stunning album is in production! LOL :-)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on February 24, 2017, 10:51:47 PM
The national is on almost every album...and bonaparte one of his best?  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: MK-47 on February 25, 2017, 12:53:36 AM
...and bonaparte one of his best?  :lol :lol

Oh yes, bonaparte is one of my favorites from solo era. The lyrics are beautiful  :) Music is great too, but I like the accordion more than the National on that song.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 25, 2017, 02:13:01 PM
...and bonaparte one of his best?  :lol :lol

Oh yes, bonaparte is one of my favorites from solo era. The lyrics are beautiful  :) Music is great too, but I like the accordion more than the National on that song.

There are two completely different Bonapartes, basically. I like far, far, far, far more the '96 original with the bass guitar and Irish musicians.
And the fact that this '96 version as you can hear on Golden Demos, was almost entirely recorded live (except for a Strat) blows my mind.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 25, 2017, 02:13:34 PM
...and bonaparte one of his best?  :lol :lol

Oh yes, bonaparte is one of my favorites from solo era. The lyrics are beautiful  :) Music is great too, but I like the accordion more than the National on that song.

I thought most of us liked Bonaparte as a song but thought that it had been performed just once too often live?  That's what I think anyway.

Oh, and that awful version at the AOL Sessions 2007 when Guy imitated the accordion on his keyboard.  Huhhhh!  ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 25, 2017, 02:15:11 PM
I liked Bonaparte during the first and second tour, but after that, I'm done with Bonaparte...

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on February 25, 2017, 02:26:21 PM
I still like Bonaparte and the lyrics are wonderful, but I have to agree that it has been done too many times.  Some of the 2010 versions are pretty good and also the one from RLRR, which is slightly different, with Emmylou.   I still listen when it crops up on my random play and don't feel the need to skip.... yet!    ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on February 25, 2017, 02:28:55 PM
As a French I love DWB, altough it is harsh for Napoleon whom I admire ;) the lyrics are well thought and gives the point of view of the average Joe family, as usual with Mark - no heavy social criticism like Roger Waters would do, but clever, sarcastic observation of daily life !
I love the Paris 2010 version, in D instead of C - gives it more energy.
And I like Rudiger too :) miss it actually.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 25, 2017, 02:35:41 PM
As a French I love DWB, altough it is harsh for Napoleon whom I admire ;) the lyrics are well thought and gives the point of view of the average Joe family, as usual with Mark - no heavy social criticism like Roger Waters would do, but clever, sarcastic observation of daily life !
I love the Paris 2010 version, in D instead of C - gives it more energy.
And I like Rudiger too :) miss it actually.

It also mentions Moscow right in the first line, so it's great for Russians, too :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on February 25, 2017, 03:56:01 PM
One of the many reason this forum is so great: somehow DWB always pops up in a discussion, I love it! ;D

Besides the studio version (that Strat is so awesome), I really like the 2006 version with Emmylou!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on February 25, 2017, 08:14:02 PM
Ok, Sorry for going offtopic ;D ;D Studio is indeed ok, but i don't want to hear it live again.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 25, 2017, 10:08:07 PM
One of the many reason this forum is so great: somehow DWB always pops up in a discussion, I love it! ;D

Besides the studio version (that Strat is so awesome), I really like the 2006 version with Emmylou!

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 25, 2017, 10:09:32 PM
As a French I love DWB, altough it is harsh for Napoleon whom I admire ;) the lyrics are well thought and gives the point of view of the average Joe family, as usual with Mark - no heavy social criticism like Roger Waters would do, but clever, sarcastic observation of daily life !
I love the Paris 2010 version, in D instead of C - gives it more energy.
And I like Rudiger too :) miss it actually.
:thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 25, 2017, 10:10:33 PM
As a French I love DWB, altough it is harsh for Napoleon whom I admire ;) the lyrics are well thought and gives the point of view of the average Joe family, as usual with Mark - no heavy social criticism like Roger Waters would do, but clever, sarcastic observation of daily life !
I love the Paris 2010 version, in D instead of C - gives it more energy.
And I like Rudiger too :) miss it actually.

It also mentions Moscow right in the first line, so it's great for Russians, too :lol
:thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 26, 2017, 12:19:33 AM
 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 26, 2017, 11:41:27 AM
Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on February 26, 2017, 04:31:40 PM
I never really liked DWB. Not the song itself, but that folky treatment.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 26, 2017, 09:41:37 PM
Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
since I am the only one has quoted recently please enlight me what have I done wrong?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 26, 2017, 09:56:47 PM
Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
since I am the only one has quoted recently please enlight me what have I done wrong?
Yup, was wondering as well?

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on February 26, 2017, 10:23:18 PM
Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
since I am the only one has quoted recently please enlight me what have I done wrong?

Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
since I am the only one has quoted recently please enlight me what have I done wrong?
Yup, was wondering as well?

I'm not an editor anyway, but I think what he meant was that it's better to put 3 quotes in 1 post, rather that 1 quote to 3 posts :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 26, 2017, 11:53:02 PM
Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
since I am the only one has quoted recently please enlight me what have I done wrong?

Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
since I am the only one has quoted recently please enlight me what have I done wrong?
Yup, was wondering as well?

I'm not an editor anyway, but I think what he meant was that it's better to put 3 quotes in 1 post, rather that 1 quote to 3 posts :thumbsup

oh no, I would never do such! actually, my initial intention was to emphasise each one of the coments by giving it its own lot!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 27, 2017, 08:10:41 AM
Please use quoting property, is impossible to understand who says what that way, at least I don't have time to solve the puzzles and ignore them...
since I am the only one has quoted recently please enlight me what have I done wrong?

In that quotes you wrote the answer inside the quote instead outside the quote, so you have to di inside the quotation to find out what´s the "answer" and what´s the quote...

It´s possible to quote multiple messages in just ones but you have to consider that it needs to close each quote separately.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 28, 2017, 04:32:09 PM
More than a week ago Guy replied on some questions on his forum. After that nothing and only a few questions more were added. Perhaps some official news in the works?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on February 28, 2017, 09:46:47 PM
More than a week ago Guy replied on some questions on his forum. After that nothing and only a few questions more were added. Perhaps some official news in the works?

Wouldn't get my hopes up too high to be honest.
But let's wait and see!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on March 01, 2017, 06:03:38 AM
Okay. September to now, March 1st. That is six months with a 'band session' to boot. Guy has stated they may well be in there until June - add another 4 months. That's 10 months! Phew! One hell of a project - or two!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 01, 2017, 08:47:08 AM
Okay. September to now, March 1st. That is six months with a 'band session' to boot. Guy has stated they may well be in there until June - add another 4 months. That's 10 months! Phew! One hell of a project - or two!!

It´s something in which apparently are working MK and Guy, with some help here and there of some other musicians, and if I understood Guy´s answers right, it´s something that "someone" has asked MK to do (like a film soundtrack, but apparently not a film soundtrack...) in which MK has written all the songs... but a duets record doesn´t fit with a project that someone had asked MK to do...

I heard that Vicente Amigo has released a new record and I thought that it would be great that this MK project has something to do with Vicente Amigo, but if MK wrote all the songs doesn´t have any sense so maybe it could be a kind of duets record in whick MK and Guy are recording all the basic tracks to sent them to the "colaborators" to record their parts... who knows...

Now that is March, it looks like an announcement is very likely, but I think that until late May or early June there won´t be nothing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on March 01, 2017, 10:42:35 PM
In my humble opinion DWB is a marvelous timeless song. Storytelling at it's best. You hardly hear songs with such wonderful lyrics. The arrangement with traditional instruments fit the song very well. They make sense in relation to the topic of the song. Great melody and wonderful harmonies. And the guitar fill between the first line and the second line of the song is one of the best in Mark's whole discography.  "We pay in hell since Moscow burn ... tidedideleti ...these etc. " ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: crimmer on March 01, 2017, 11:08:46 PM
In my humble opinion DWB is a marvelous timeless song. Storytelling at it's best. You hardly hear songs with such wonderful lyrics. The arrangement with traditional instruments fit the song very well. They make sense in relation to the topic of the song. Great melody and wonderful harmonies. And the guitar fill between the first line and the second line of the song is one of the best in Mark's whole discography.  "We pay in hell since Moscow burn ... tidedideleti ...these etc. " ;D

totally agree DWB is one of my favorites love the folky and awesome story of a foot soldier serving under Bonaparte praying out to god.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Brunno Nunes- (Universo Dire Straits) on March 02, 2017, 08:33:49 PM
Speaking of releases, in my humble opinion, what is lacking in the market is a production of a documentary about Dire Straits, something produced by Ed Bicknell (perhaps the fifth Straits). I believe that the history of the band under the eye of Ed Bicknell would be something wonderful for us all fans, because it certainly should bring new nuances, perspectives on the band, since he was in EVERY MOMENT of Dire Straits.

About this, what do you think?

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on March 02, 2017, 08:45:23 PM
Speaking of releases, in my humble opinion, what is lacking in the market is a production of a documentary about Dire Straits, something produced by Ed Bicknell (perhaps the fifth Straits). I believe that the history of the band under the eye of Ed Bicknell would be something wonderful for us all fans, because it certainly should bring new nuances, perspectives on the band, since he was in EVERY MOMENT of Dire Straits.

About this, what do you think?

I don't think so, because Mark seems to forget about existing of his "exes", like no single mentioning of John Suhr in Guitar Stories, his brother, etc...
So, no, certainly nothing to do with the guys whose names you can't say around his Markness. And I highly doubt it will be DS related, too. Look fo...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on March 03, 2017, 12:06:31 AM
This is true the product has been very controlled in respect of documentaries. "A Life in Songs" actually started out as a documentary production on the making of Brothers in Arms which for me would have been more interesting, but clearly got derailed by the MK team.

The one exception to this rule is the Media Show interview on BBC4 from around 2014 where MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Meanwhile, back in the studio ....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on March 03, 2017, 12:25:43 AM
This is true the product has been very controlled in respect of documentaries. "A Life in Songs" actually started out as a documentary production on the making of Brothers in Arms which for me would have been more interesting, but clearly got derailed by the MK team.

The one exception to this rule is the Media Show interview on BBC4 from around 2014 where MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Meanwhile, back in the studio ....

Do you have a link to the interview?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Brunno Nunes- (Universo Dire Straits) on March 03, 2017, 02:06:36 AM
You could talk about the Show interview on BBC4 from around 2014, especially where did MK really get on the ropes during questions about David?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on March 03, 2017, 11:43:02 AM
The man has just added that 'Many musicians involved in this project, many of whom are known to us all'. Got to be something not done before, surely! Phew - the tease goes on! ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 03, 2017, 11:56:19 AM
MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Could you elaborate more what exactly you mean if you don't mind? I ask because your sentence could be understood that way that you think MK is "NOT" the real man most of the time. Was he reacting angry, or did he try to avoid answers? Thank you!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 03, 2017, 12:13:01 PM
MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Could you elaborate more what exactly you mean if you don't mind? I ask because your sentence could be understood that way that you think MK is "NOT" the real man most of the time. Was he reacting angry, or did he try to avoid answers? Thank you!

LE

Was this the interview with Mark Lawson on BBC4?    If it was, then MK just neatly side-stepped the question about DK.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on March 03, 2017, 12:19:35 PM
MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Could you elaborate more what exactly you mean if you don't mind? I ask because your sentence could be understood that way that you think MK is "NOT" the real man most of the time. Was he reacting angry, or did he try to avoid answers? Thank you!

LE

Was this the interview with Mark Lawson on BBC4?    If it was, then MK just neatly side-stepped the question about DK.

Yes, but MK was uncomfortabel. Very sad topic.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 03, 2017, 12:32:37 PM
MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Could you elaborate more what exactly you mean if you don't mind? I ask because your sentence could be understood that way that you think MK is "NOT" the real man most of the time. Was he reacting angry, or did he try to avoid answers? Thank you!

LE

Was this the interview with Mark Lawson on BBC4?    If it was, then MK just neatly side-stepped the question about DK.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTIyMTczNTQ0.html (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTIyMTczNTQ0.html)

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTIyMTc2NjM2.html (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTIyMTc2NjM2.html)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 03, 2017, 12:40:47 PM
MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Could you elaborate more what exactly you mean if you don't mind? I ask because your sentence could be understood that way that you think MK is "NOT" the real man most of the time. Was he reacting angry, or did he try to avoid answers? Thank you!

LE

Was this the interview with Mark Lawson on BBC4?    If it was, then MK just neatly side-stepped the question about DK.

Yes, but MK was uncomfortabel. Very sad topic.

Yes, he did appear to be uncomfortable and his body language showed it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 03, 2017, 12:44:27 PM
MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Could you elaborate more what exactly you mean if you don't mind? I ask because your sentence could be understood that way that you think MK is "NOT" the real man most of the time. Was he reacting angry, or did he try to avoid answers? Thank you!

LE

Was this the interview with Mark Lawson on BBC4?    If it was, then MK just neatly side-stepped the question about DK.

Yes, but MK was uncomfortabel. Very sad topic.

Yes, he did appear to be uncomfortable and his body language showed it.

But he looked uncomfortable since the very beguinning, not just because of the David Knopfler question...

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=2910.msg62975#msg62975 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=2910.msg62975#msg62975)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 03, 2017, 12:51:24 PM
MK really got on the ropes during questions about David : a very rare insight into the real man.

Could you elaborate more what exactly you mean if you don't mind? I ask because your sentence could be understood that way that you think MK is "NOT" the real man most of the time. Was he reacting angry, or did he try to avoid answers? Thank you!

LE

Was this the interview with Mark Lawson on BBC4?    If it was, then MK just neatly side-stepped the question about DK.

Yes, but MK was uncomfortabel. Very sad topic.

Yes, he did appear to be uncomfortable and his body language showed it.

But he looked uncomfortable since the very beguinning, not just because of the David Knopfler question...

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=2910.msg62975#msg62975 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=2910.msg62975#msg62975)

Yes, I agree, he did and I think MK is never truly comfortable when being interviewed.  I have just read the thread from after the broadcast and I did say then that MK seemed nervous, but others felt differently.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 03, 2017, 01:20:31 PM
That interview coincided with a period of time in which we had many "documentaries" like "A life in songs", "When Phil met MK", "Guitar Stories", and this Mark Lawson interview was quite different in how MK acts during it, he looked more nervous than in the "A life in songs" one, the other two, as the host were Phil Cunningham and John Illsley, two good friends, he looked more relaxed.

Going back to topic, according to Guy, in the sessions of their project, many musicians were involved, included most well names to us  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 03, 2017, 01:25:16 PM
That interview coincided with a period of time in which we had many "documentaries" like "A life in songs", "When Phil met MK", "Guitar Stories", and this Mark Lawson interview was quite different in how MK acts during it, he looked more nervous than in the "A life in songs" one, the other two, as the host were Phil Cunningham and John Illsley, two good friends, he looked more relaxed.

Going back to topic, according to Guy, in the sessions of their project, many musicians were involved, included most well names to us  ;D

Mark is far more relaxed in a radio interview than on TV - the Johnny Walker interview for example.

Re Guy's Forum, in answer to my guess he said "Nice guess" so perhaps it was a bit closer to what's happening - maybe a rock opera or musical, based on R&J.    ;D     :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 03, 2017, 01:31:04 PM
That interview coincided with a period of time in which we had many "documentaries" like "A life in songs", "When Phil met MK", "Guitar Stories", and this Mark Lawson interview was quite different in how MK acts during it, he looked more nervous than in the "A life in songs" one, the other two, as the host were Phil Cunningham and John Illsley, two good friends, he looked more relaxed.

Going back to topic, according to Guy, in the sessions of their project, many musicians were involved, included most well names to us  ;D

Mark is far more relaxed in a radio interview than on TV - the Johnny Walker interview for example.

Re Guy's Forum, in answer to my guess he said "Nice guess" so perhaps it was a bit closer to what's happening - maybe a rock opera or musical, based on R&J.    ;D     :think

The idea of MK working for a play, documentary or something artistisc like that has being in my mind for so long...  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 03, 2017, 01:34:35 PM
Guy: I CAN tell you that there are many musicians involved in this project, most of them are very familiar to us all
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 03, 2017, 03:10:14 PM
Guy: I CAN tell you that there are many musicians involved in this project, most of them are very familiar to us all

The question was if it'd been only him and Mark in the studio this whole time to what he gave the response quoted. To me it sounds just like any other album really. Maybe a MK album and a Chet Atkins tribute? Maybe those plus the doc? Who knows... I come from a time where there was no internet and I only found out that OTN had been released after I walked into a CD shop and literally bumped into it, so... lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on March 03, 2017, 06:38:54 PM
Guy: I CAN tell you that there are many musicians involved in this project, most of them are very familiar to us all

The question was if it'd been only him and Mark in the studio this whole time to what he gave the response quoted. To me it sounds just like any other album really. Maybe a MK album and a Chet Atkins tribute? Maybe those plus the doc? Who knows... I come from a time where there was no internet and I only found out that OTN had been released after I walked into a CD shop and literally bumped into it, so... lol

A friendly record shop owner passed the promo sheet to me for that one so I was there to buy it from day one. But your same experience happened to me for Live At The BBC. A new Dire Straits record put out and I wasn't aware of it ?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 03, 2017, 07:02:34 PM
Before internet, DSIS (dire straits information service) existed and send 4 letters per year informing that DS was recording a new lp, MK a new film score, other members their own stuff and other things related to them...

I never knew about DSIS so I never could be a subscriber.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TJ on March 03, 2017, 07:04:54 PM
Guy: I CAN tell you that there are many musicians involved in this project, most of them are very familiar to us all

The question was if it'd been only him and Mark in the studio this whole time to what he gave the response quoted. To me it sounds just like any other album really. Maybe a MK album and a Chet Atkins tribute? Maybe those plus the doc? Who knows... I come from a time where there was no internet and I only found out that OTN had been released after I walked into a CD shop and literally bumped into it, so... lol

The very same thing happened to me with Golden Heart.  Just browsing the record store and there in the K's was a new Mark Knopfler solo album.  Totally took me by surprise.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on March 03, 2017, 09:18:47 PM
I hope Van Morrisson is part of the project.
But I fear other artists singing Mark's newly written songs...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on March 03, 2017, 10:08:19 PM
I hope Van Morrisson is part of the project.
But I fear other artists singing Mark's newly written songs...

You read my mind, man... so, all the clues tells us it's going to be a MK & Friends type of thing. Interesting...
Mark never did something like that indeed, I mean not a single collaboration, but a whole project? Wow.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 03, 2017, 10:24:39 PM
Sailing To Philadelphia part two ?  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TJ on March 03, 2017, 10:37:26 PM
Sailing To Philadelphia part two ?  :)

If it turned out like STP I'd be thrilled.  He had JT, Van the Man, Squeeze, Gillian Welch/David Rawlings, plus some bv's by Vince Gill and of course the Emmylou songs that weren't included.  Am I forgetting anyone?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 04, 2017, 11:34:13 AM
Sailing To Philadelphia part two ?  :)

I'm hoping for something a lot more exciting and different (Guy's words) than STP2, which is far from being my favourite album. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on March 04, 2017, 12:39:48 PM
Sailing To Philadelphia part two ?  :)

I'm hoping for something a lot more exciting and different (Guy's words) than STP2, which is far from being my favourite album.

Like i said 20 pages ago.... Probably a new album with the help from people like Clapton Gilmour to name a few... That plus the ducumentary about MK is something looking forward to!! :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 04, 2017, 01:20:17 PM
Whatever he makes will be welcomed, even the long awaited farts album  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on March 04, 2017, 01:52:44 PM
Whatever he makes will be welcomed, even the long awaited farts album  ;D

With many musicians involved in this project, most of them are very familiar to us all :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 04, 2017, 02:07:18 PM
Whatever he makes will be welcomed, even the long awaited farts album  ;D

With many musicians involved in this project, most of them are very familiar to us all :lol

Are you sure about that?    ;D   :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on March 04, 2017, 04:20:42 PM
I don't think STP2 possible firstly because Mark since Communiqué do not repeat an album style and secondly because STP is not an album he was happy with. The real first solo album that IS Mark is TRD.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on March 05, 2017, 07:45:15 PM
I always think that the first 'solo' album was Making Movies when production and leadership are in his hands,  with the band name, like Gilmour in the era post Momentary lapse.
Remember Ed said that Dire Straits is the vehicle for Mark's songs. The solo career begin after On every street that not had continued the Brothers in Arms success, after a long tour, when he was asked after a concert in Paris of that tour if all was done for money (remember 24 heures documentary) just above his hotel room.
When new bands like Gun's n Roses and Nirvana take success in the world I think that Mark had say ^stop' with long tours and continued played his music with much liberty only for us, his true fans!!
 :wave :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on March 05, 2017, 10:01:53 PM
I always think that the first 'solo' album was Making Movies when production and leadership are in his hands,  with the band name, like Gilmour in the era post Momentary lapse.
Remember Ed said that Dire Straits is the vehicle for Mark's songs. The solo career begin after On every street that not had continued the Brothers in Arms success, after a long tour, when he was asked after a concert in Paris of that tour if all was done for money (remember 24 heures documentary) just above his hotel room.
When new bands like Gun's n Roses and Nirvana take success in the world I think that Mark had say ^stop' with long tours and continued played his music with much liberty only for us, his true fans!!
 :wave :wave
This must be Angeles speak instead of you. Thanks.
 :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on March 06, 2017, 08:38:39 AM
I always think that the first 'solo' album was Making Movies when production and leadership are in his hands,  with the band name, like Gilmour in the era post Momentary lapse.
Remember Ed said that Dire Straits is the vehicle for Mark's songs. The solo career begin after On every street that not had continued the Brothers in Arms success, after a long tour, when he was asked after a concert in Paris of that tour if all was done for money (remember 24 heures documentary) just above his hotel room.
When new bands like Gun's n Roses and Nirvana take success in the world I think that Mark had say ^stop' with long tours and continued played his music with much liberty only for us, his true fans!!
 :wave :wave
This must be Angeles speak instead of you. Thanks.
 :D

excuse me but I don't understand your reply  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on March 06, 2017, 09:29:40 AM
A nice topic/discussion going on springsteens forum about him and MK in the 80's. Perhaps he is also working with MK  :think

http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?/topic/129392-springsteen-knopfler/



Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on March 06, 2017, 01:55:32 PM
A nice topic/discussion going on springsteens forum about him and MK in the 80's. Perhaps he is also working with MK  :think

http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?/topic/129392-springsteen-knopfler/

A Knopfler and Springsteen fan says that Liz Whatley told him that Mark couldn´t stand Springsteen by that time.

In that same thread.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on March 06, 2017, 10:55:47 PM
I always think that the first 'solo' album was Making Movies when production and leadership are in his hands,  with the band name, like Gilmour in the era post Momentary lapse.
Remember Ed said that Dire Straits is the vehicle for Mark's songs. The solo career begin after On every street that not had continued the Brothers in Arms success, after a long tour, when he was asked after a concert in Paris of that tour if all was done for money (remember 24 heures documentary) just above his hotel room.
When new bands like Gun's n Roses and Nirvana take success in the world I think that Mark had say ^stop' with long tours and continued played his music with much liberty only for us, his true fans!!
 :wave :wave
This must be Angeles speak instead of you. Thanks.
 :D

excuse me but I don't understand your reply  :think
Sorry, I wanted to say that I'm familiar with your comment - sounds to me as if it has written by an angel himself!
 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on March 07, 2017, 10:52:11 AM
I always think that the first 'solo' album was Making Movies when production and leadership are in his hands,  with the band name, like Gilmour in the era post Momentary lapse.
Remember Ed said that Dire Straits is the vehicle for Mark's songs. The solo career begin after On every street that not had continued the Brothers in Arms success, after a long tour, when he was asked after a concert in Paris of that tour if all was done for money (remember 24 heures documentary) just above his hotel room.
When new bands like Gun's n Roses and Nirvana take success in the world I think that Mark had say ^stop' with long tours and continued played his music with much liberty only for us, his true fans!!
 :wave :wave
This must be Angeles speak instead of you. Thanks.
 :D

excuse me but I don't understand your reply  :think
Sorry, I wanted to say that I'm familiar with your comment - sounds to me as if it has written by an angel himself!
 :thumbsup

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on March 12, 2017, 10:45:42 AM
And another week follows another with nothing being revealed. Phew!  ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on March 12, 2017, 10:46:51 PM
So now we know....

After months of waiting...

The next album will be a concept album focusing on time..

Featuring the perfectly recorded ticks of MKs soon to be auctioned watch collection.

Track 6 — Tag Heuer is set to be the first single, featuring German made precision backed by various Scottish and Irish watches....



Sorry guys, just trying to fill the empty space...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 12, 2017, 10:55:58 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on March 13, 2017, 12:12:12 PM
The key is the word "musicians". We can discard a Rap album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on March 13, 2017, 12:21:33 PM
Or a Chris de burgh covers album
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 13, 2017, 06:15:07 PM
The key is the word "musicians". We can discard a Rap album.

Damn!  :'(

So no whistles then, because I've read they're piss easy to play.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on March 13, 2017, 08:02:08 PM

Damn!  :'(

So no whistles then, because I've read they're piss easy to play.

My son plays flute in the school  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 13, 2017, 09:52:55 PM

Damn!  :'(

So no whistles then, because I've read they're piss easy to play.

My son plays flute in the school  ;D

I played recorder at school but I'll bet they're both more difficult that the whistle!  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 14, 2017, 09:08:59 AM
I play flute too, my 3 years daughter enjoys it quite very much, not at all my wife  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on March 15, 2017, 11:29:55 AM
Guy on his forum if the new project is something like the Traveling Wilburys.
-Now that would be telling-
 :think :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 15, 2017, 02:08:06 PM
Guy on his forum if the new project is something like the Traveling Wilburys.
-Now that would be telling-
 :think :think :think :think

Joking, obviously...

Some people has been talking that maybe it might be a second album by the Notting hillbillies but it doesn´t fit with Guy clues like "it's something different" or "MK wrote all the songs"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 15, 2017, 02:34:24 PM
Guy on his forum if the new project is something like the Traveling Wilburys.
-Now that would be telling-
 :think :think :think :think

Joking, obviously...

Some people has been talking that maybe it might be a second album by the Notting hillbillies but it doesn´t fit with Guy clues like "it's something different" or "MK wrote all the songs"

It could be a super-group, though, akin to The Travelling Wilburys, but singing songs written by MK.  This would be something different and quite exciting.  I believe it ticks all the boxes!   :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on March 15, 2017, 03:46:59 PM
Guy on his forum if the new project is something like the Traveling Wilburys.
-Now that would be telling-
 :think :think :think :think

Maybe Mark was inspired by Van Morrison working in his studio on his recent "Re-Working the catalogue" album?

I recon it will be an album of duets with "musicians we all know", I almost can feel it coming.

You can put Van there, Sting, Moody, maybe even some of his bandmates. Clapton?

Who knows, anyway, he did Notting Hillbillies, but this would be new for MK.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on March 15, 2017, 04:21:12 PM
I agree with Foma! Big buck names singling, playing alongside MK. Big news and release when it happens. Paul McCartney even?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 15, 2017, 04:22:17 PM
Emmylou, James Taylor, er.... Dylan?    :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Shai on March 17, 2017, 03:10:10 AM
Imagine if it is a secret DS reunion. 40 years, 40 years!! David and Mark reunite, Alan Clark plays on Terminal, Pick, John and even Paul Franklin and Vince Gill appear!!

Hey, you never know.  :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 17, 2017, 08:42:55 AM
Imagine if it is a secret DS reunion. 40 years, 40 years!! David and Mark reunite, Alan Clark plays on Terminal, Pick, John and even Paul Franklin and Vince Gill appear!!

Hey, you never know.  :D

I´ll bet all my money in this!

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A-Ps1xfvbAQ/TmZWrVdS7eI/AAAAAAAAAE4/l-Ox3D_C17M/s1600/partirse-de-risa.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflerized on March 17, 2017, 12:41:58 PM
I am lazy to read all the topic...
Haven't read the forum for months.... Humm is there anything planned yet?
Can I have a little summary please :p
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 17, 2017, 01:21:43 PM
I am lazy to read all the topic...
Haven't read the forum for months.... Humm is there anything planned yet?
Can I have a little summary please :p

little summary?

nothing new, LOL

just check this very last page :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on March 17, 2017, 08:29:14 PM
little summary?

nothing new, LOL

just check this very last page :)
[/quote]
 :lol
 :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on March 20, 2017, 04:40:11 AM
And another week goes by . . . . . .  ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on March 20, 2017, 11:06:55 AM
Guy said in january on his forum that we will have some official news soon.....
Soon in as before Christmas  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 20, 2017, 01:19:32 PM
Guy said in january on his forum that we will have some official news soon.....
Soon in as before Christmas  :smack

Christmas 2017.   :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 20, 2017, 07:07:05 PM
Guy said in january on his forum that we will have some official news soon.....
Soon in as before Christmas  :smack

Christmas 2017.   :lol

Makes sense, for a Christmas record, as I predicted long ago
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 21, 2017, 11:26:53 AM
From Guy this morning:



YES. I can give you some news. This week we are conducting a full band session at BG. I CANNOT...repeat CANNOT say what this project is so please do not repeatedly ask me. I'm afraid you will have to be more patient than usual with this one as it involves a slightly longer-term work period. It will be well worth the wait, of that I can assure you. More to follow as and when I can.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: baloney on March 21, 2017, 04:56:29 PM
"Mark and friends"...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on March 21, 2017, 05:01:10 PM
From Guy this morning:



YES. I can give you some news. This week we are conducting a full band session at BG. I CANNOT...repeat CANNOT say what this project is so please do not repeatedly ask me. I'm afraid you will have to be more patient than usual with this one as it involves a slightly longer-term work period. It will be well worth the wait, of that I can assure you. More to follow as and when I can.

"Mark and friends"...

Don't forget "It's the best project we ever worked on" :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on March 21, 2017, 05:28:47 PM
From Guy this morning:



YES. I can give you some news. This week we are conducting a full band session at BG. I CANNOT...repeat CANNOT say what this project is so please do not repeatedly ask me. I'm afraid you will have to be more patient than usual with this one as it involves a slightly longer-term work period. It will be well worth the wait, of that I can assure you. More to follow as and when I can.

40th DS anniversary with new Arrangements of Classics?


Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on March 21, 2017, 05:54:38 PM
It´s a virtual collaborations work with Elvis, Michael Jackson and Prince among others. The technology makes it possible. Long time is for technicians work.

Or a christmas disk  :P ::) :P ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on March 21, 2017, 06:22:53 PM
project asked, long time
Musical :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 21, 2017, 09:36:38 PM
A full band session is coming... This mystery has an easy solution... Someone goes to British Grove and see who comes in and out these days...

Obviously joking, that would be invading their privacy!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on March 22, 2017, 01:08:03 PM
A full band session is coming... This mystery has an easy solution... Someone goes to British Grove and see who comes in and out these days...

Obviously joking, that would be invading their privacy!

Nada BG is for business. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 22, 2017, 02:35:58 PM
Dire Straits reunion? Mark Knopfler & friends? Tribute to Chet Atkins?

I personally think it's just another studio album with a couple of special guests - and do not expect big names.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 22, 2017, 03:23:04 PM
I bet for a MK and friends with friends... With a documentary made by Henrik Hansen combining what he already shot in Copenhagen, Barcelona, the US and Chalke Valley with footage from this sessions.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on March 22, 2017, 03:31:27 PM
A full band session is coming... This mystery has an easy solution... Someone goes to British Grove and see who comes in and out these days...

Obviously joking, that would be invading their privacy!

It's no invasion if we all pitch in for a house down the street.  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 22, 2017, 03:32:57 PM
Best idea of the year

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on March 22, 2017, 03:38:06 PM
This mystery has an easy solution... Someone goes to British Grove and see who comes in and out these days...

That's exactly what I find most astonishing about this/these project(s):
That for the last six months no AMIT get a lifer who lives in/close to London has spent some time on a Saturday morning or on a weekday evening looking what kind of musicians are coming or going.
It would help to get an idea if eg a lot of classical instruments are being brought in (soundtrack, musical) or who the well known guest musicians are.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on March 22, 2017, 04:51:26 PM
An IPcam recording in front of the studio...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on March 22, 2017, 10:32:02 PM
Nah... If Mark himself has decided to play this game, I'm going to accept the challenge and release date is the only thing I'm interested in.
Please, if somebody would get any real news, put it under a huge spoiler alert banner, preferably with the release date only. Who's in?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on March 23, 2017, 08:08:53 AM
Richard changed his pic on Facebook today.
Is this taken in British Grove? I don't think it is, so this is no news?  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on March 23, 2017, 09:06:16 AM
My opnion is that many information from studio diary, Guy forum, tour diary have take away many mystery about MK. In a way I like to know many things, but I think I preffer that my artist heros are a little bit secret and have cloud of mystery.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 23, 2017, 11:13:54 AM
I'm still going to go for an acoustic album, add in special guests now.  The guests will be lower key, possibly those he has worked with on other solo albums already.  Usually we have pictures of guitars by now but this would give the game away.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 23, 2017, 11:57:33 AM
Richard Bennett is currently rehearsing with Neil Diamond, with whom he will be on tour all what remains of 2017...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on March 23, 2017, 02:51:00 PM
Richard Bennett is currently rehearsing with Neil Diamond, with whom he will be on tour all what remains of 2017...

Yeah, i know. But they could fly him over for 1 week  :P But he is probably not part of the full band session.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on March 23, 2017, 02:56:19 PM
Some of the beauties being used

Not all acoustics...

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 23, 2017, 03:09:01 PM
Thats an old pic from Guy's instagram ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on March 23, 2017, 11:48:02 PM
Thats an old pic from Guy's instagram ;)

Yes i know. In reply to DMG. He thought an acoustic album
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 24, 2017, 08:42:30 AM
Richard changed his pic on Facebook today.
Is this taken in British Grove? I don't think it is, so this is no news?  ;D

That picture was taken in Austin, Texas, when Richard was producing Steve Earle new record, in december 2016.

Info taken from his facebook account, just next to the photo  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 24, 2017, 08:43:44 AM
Thats an old pic from Guy's instagram ;)

Yes i know. In reply to DMG. He thought an acoustic album

Guy also published in instagram a picture of the MK Les Paul, which Knopfler himself said that used for the recordings...

So, apparently not an acoustic record  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 24, 2017, 01:00:58 PM
Thats an old pic from Guy's instagram ;)

Yes i know. In reply to DMG. He thought an acoustic album

Guy also published in instagram a picture of the MK Les Paul, which Knopfler himself said that used for the recordings...

So, apparently not an acoustic record  ;D

So I can rule that out then!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 25, 2017, 01:32:41 PM
My opnion is that many information from studio diary, Guy forum, tour diary have take away many mystery about MK. In a way I like to know many things, but I think I preffer that my artist heros are a little bit secret and have cloud of mystery.

Good point, I totally understand what you mean. However, curiousity is a thing that kills you when you are a fan, sucking for information, aren't you? I guess Guy already has stopped from offering a diary for exactly the reason you mentioned.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on March 27, 2017, 11:22:13 AM
I've been off for too long.

Is Playtime Deluxe confirmed for this Project X, or not?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 27, 2017, 12:05:37 PM
I've been off for too long.

Is Playtime Deluxe confirmed for this Project X, or not?

That's something that maybe Guy would answers...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 27, 2017, 12:41:28 PM
Or not..

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 27, 2017, 12:51:33 PM
Or not..

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

As usual  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 27, 2017, 05:56:07 PM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/mark-knopfler/new-album.html     

 ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 27, 2017, 06:12:42 PM
Could not be any vaguer

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on March 27, 2017, 06:14:16 PM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/mark-knopfler/new-album.html     

 ;)

My sources say that anyone could have written that.

The related (retarded?) news articles are golden. Haven't seen this much fake news since I opened CNN this morning :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on March 27, 2017, 09:05:17 PM
Good point, I totally understand what you mean. However, curiousity is a thing that kills you when you are a fan, sucking for information, aren't you? I guess Guy already has stopped from offering a diary for exactly the reason you mentioned.
LE

A while ago he answered on his forum that it is not him and not Mark who has decided the complete silence. I am just as impatient and curious as you believe me, but I felt from the start that this silence-thing is not his choice. He must have spent endless hours writing the diaries over the years. Not because he needs to, but because he *wants* to! :) :) :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 27, 2017, 09:52:30 PM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/mark-knopfler/new-album.html     

 ;)

My sources say that anyone could have written that.

The related (retarded?) news articles are golden. Haven't seen this much fake news since I opened CNN this morning :)
Still thnx for the link!

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on March 28, 2017, 09:18:35 PM
Good point, I totally understand what you mean. However, curiousity is a thing that kills you when you are a fan, sucking for information, aren't you? I guess Guy already has stopped from offering a diary for exactly the reason you mentioned.
LE

A while ago he answered on his forum that it is not him and not Mark who has decided the complete silence. I am just as impatient and curious as you believe me, but I felt from the start that this silence-thing is not his choice. He must have spent endless hours writing the diaries over the years. Not because he needs to, but because he *wants* to! :) :) :)
:thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 29, 2017, 09:15:04 AM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/mark-knopfler/new-album.html     

 ;)

My sources say that anyone could have written that.

The related (retarded?) news articles are golden. Haven't seen this much fake news since I opened CNN this morning :)
Still thnx for the link!

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

That link is of a prank site, whatever name you type you will find the same news...

Fake.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on March 29, 2017, 10:17:59 AM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/david-gilmour/new-album.html

They work on same album?! Collaborate project???

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on March 29, 2017, 10:20:05 AM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/eric-clapton/new-album.html

WHOOO-AAAH!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 29, 2017, 10:40:49 AM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/mark-knopfler/new-album.html     

 ;)

My sources say that anyone could have written that.

The related (retarded?) news articles are golden. Haven't seen this much fake news since I opened CNN this morning :)
Still thnx for the link!

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

That link is of a prank site, whatever name you type you will find the same news...

Fake.
Then stop, no thank you ! Silly joke

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 29, 2017, 11:03:14 AM
http://en.mediamass.net/people/eric-clapton/new-album.html

WHOOO-AAAH!!!

http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project (http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project)


The Mediamass Project : Media criticism through satire

The name “Mediamass”

The project's name is an ironic reversal of portmanteau “mass-media” (media for the masses) in “media-mass” which here means “media en masse” as mass production and therefore mass consumption are the object of our criticism.
The website “mediamass.net”

The website mediamass.net is the medium of our satire to expose with humour, exaggeration and ridicule the contemporary mass production and mass consumption that we observe

Also it will not only mock the producers (mainstream media, journalists) as it is common when questioning and criticizing mass media, but also the consumers as one cannot exist without the other. Sensationalism, lack of verification of information, ethics and standards issues are only symptoms of the actual social and economic order. This is particularly obvious when observing the role of social networking sites in spreading rumours.
Our ‘People’ section

Our website is very new (launched back at the end of October 2012) and still under construction. The ‘People’ section the only active one.

The concept is to select the most typical, representative and recurrent articles across Gossip magazines and to make them available for all the celebrities in our database.

The ‘People’ section is a humorous parody of Gossip magazines, all stories are obviously not true.

Thus thousands of celebrities, Bill Gates in USA, Zhang Ziyi in China, Ranbir Kapoor in India, etc. all have a dog called “Spinee” recovering from successful surgery.

We won’t change the world, but at least we'll laugh trying.

Our project is still in its early stages. If you have any questions, comments or ideas or want to join the team please feel free to contact us.

- Mediamass (October 2012)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on March 29, 2017, 11:44:00 AM
I know site is not for real. I post links for fun.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 29, 2017, 11:53:27 AM
It's fake nooze.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopfler1 on March 30, 2017, 03:37:18 PM
Could it be a new Hillbillies album?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on March 30, 2017, 03:41:50 PM
Could it be a new Hillbillies album?

Well that would be a surprise  ;D Though I highly doubt it, GF has said many times that TNHB was only temporarily
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopfler1 on March 30, 2017, 04:09:53 PM
Could it be a new Hillbillies album?

Well that would be a surprise  ;D Though I highly doubt it, GF has said many times that TNHB was only temporarily


Yeah, maybe more hope from me than anything! been listening to Missing... a lot recently!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 30, 2017, 05:12:56 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TJ on March 30, 2017, 06:14:34 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

THIS
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on March 30, 2017, 06:51:47 PM
Yes.

Change is bad.

 :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on March 30, 2017, 08:12:35 PM
Yes.

Change is bad.

 :think

Right, DS ruled so why going solo?

Mark should have keep writing SOS shaped songs for 40 years and still get the band as a foursome, no need of extra key or sax  :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on March 30, 2017, 09:05:18 PM
Yeah, maybe more hope from me than anything! been listening to Missing... a lot recently!
[/quote]
 :thumbsup
I love them.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 30, 2017, 09:39:14 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

Maybe next time

;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 01, 2017, 07:44:56 PM
Leaked news: New MK project is a duo record with David Gilmour. MK wrote all the lyrics, as it's known Gilmour is not good with lyrics, but Gilmour is writing the music in collaboration with MK and singing most of the tracks.
Official announcement soon.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 01, 2017, 08:00:57 PM
Leaked news: New MK project is a duo record with David Gilmour. MK wrote all the lyrics, as it's known Gilmour is not good with lyrics, but Gilmour is writing the music in collaboration with MK and singing most of the tracks.
Official announcement soon.

A bit late!   An April Fool has to be before 12 noon!    ;D    :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 01, 2017, 08:03:44 PM
I'm Spanish, our fool day is December 28 and doesn't have such rules ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 01, 2017, 09:06:49 PM
Leaked news: New MK project is a duo record with David Gilmour. MK wrote all the lyrics, as it's known Gilmour is not good with lyrics, but Gilmour is writing the music in collaboration with MK and singing most of the tracks.
Official announcement soon.

My inner detective tells me that for a clue of it being the April Fools' day joke might be that you didn't create a new topic for the big leak ;D
Jokes aside, that would be so great... I'd actually want to hear that. David's recent album is magnificent, put some jazz to it and all that...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on April 02, 2017, 01:55:51 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE
do not agree. would sign for a DG/MK collaboration ANYTIME
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 02, 2017, 04:19:24 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE
do not agree. would sign for a DG/MK collaboration ANYTIME

Me too... Who knows, maybe Gilmour is in this project...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on April 02, 2017, 08:46:13 PM
I've been recently in a Gilmour mood. He is not shy of being the guitar hero he undoubtedly is.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on April 03, 2017, 05:51:27 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

THIS
Agree 100%.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 03, 2017, 05:53:58 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

THIS
Agree 100%.

Me too!   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on April 03, 2017, 06:00:20 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

THIS
Agree 100%.

Me too!

Me three!  Be a little difficult to collaborate with Jim Morrison, wouldn't it?

If it was a collaboration in the manner of STP then that would be fine but I don't really fancy anything more than that.  The more Mark K. the better.  ;D

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 03, 2017, 07:32:09 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

THIS
Agree 100%.

Me too!

Me three!  Be a little difficult to collaborate with Jim Morrison, wouldn't it?

If it was a collaboration in the manner of STP then that would be fine but I don't really fancy anything more than that.  The more Mark K. the better.  ;D

Wouldn't that be Van Morrison?  :think  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 03, 2017, 07:53:55 PM
 :lol  :lol  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on April 03, 2017, 08:18:30 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

THIS
Agree 100%.

Me too!

Me three!  Be a little difficult to collaborate with Jim Morrison, wouldn't it?

If it was a collaboration in the manner of STP then that would be fine but I don't really fancy anything more than that.  The more Mark K. the better.  ;D

Wouldn't that be Van Morrison?  :think  :lol

Just my rather silly "sense of humour."
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on April 03, 2017, 08:23:10 PM
Going of topic here but die not want to start a new one about this. In 2019 the dutch festival Pinkpop is 50 years. The festival started in 1969 and Jan Smeets the man behind the festival wants 2019 to be best line up with great names from the past. They are trying for The Police Réunion or Dire Straits. Both have played the festival. The answer they already got from MK or his management. No Way.....
Not a No Way from the Police at this moment.
Article from today: http://festileaks.com/2017/04/jan-smeets-wil-the-police-op-pinkpop-2019/

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 03, 2017, 08:40:18 PM
I don't want no collaboration,  no special guests, no Gilmour, Clapton, Morrison, no Musical, no film score no anything - all I want is pure MK music... Knopfler songs, mountains of it.

LE

THIS
Agree 100%.

Me too!

Me three!  Be a little difficult to collaborate with Jim Morrison, wouldn't it?

If it was a collaboration in the manner of STP then that would be fine but I don't really fancy anything more than that.  The more Mark K. the better.  ;D

Wouldn't that be Van Morrison?  :think  :lol

Just my rather silly "sense of humour."

I love the british sense of humour but I don't always get it, sorry... lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on April 03, 2017, 09:04:13 PM
Eric Clapton did the guitarwork on Roger Water's album "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking", Jeff Beck on RW's album "Amused to Death"... could it be that the very secretive project MK was working on is RW's forthcomming album "Is This The Life We Really Want?"?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9etnOcG3v6c

I know, i know... wishful thinking... but one can have his dreams right? :-)

RW's "Amused To Death" is probably my favourite studio album of all time. I rather see a collaberation between MK en RW, then between MK and DG.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on April 03, 2017, 10:50:22 PM
Eric Clapton did the guitarwork on Roger Water's album "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking", Jeff Beck on RW's album "Amused to Death"... could it be that the very secretive project MK was working on is RW's forthcomming album "Is This The Life We Really Want?"?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9etnOcG3v6c

I know, i know... wishful thinking... but one can have his dreams right? :-)

RW's "Amused To Death" is probably my favourite studio album of all time. I rather see a collaberation between MK en RW, then between MK and DG.
I somehow think those two are not compatible as persons

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on April 03, 2017, 11:41:13 PM
29-33 sec. British Grove Studios?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on April 04, 2017, 12:08:32 AM
Eric Clapton did the guitarwork on Roger Water's album "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking", Jeff Beck on RW's album "Amused to Death"... could it be that the very secretive project MK was working on is RW's forthcomming album "Is This The Life We Really Want?"?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9etnOcG3v6c

I know, i know... wishful thinking... but one can have his dreams right? :-)

RW's "Amused To Death" is probably my favourite studio album of all time. I rather see a collaberation between MK en RW, then between MK and DG.
I somehow think those two are not compatible as persons

sent from my galaxy s7 edge
I too love ATD.
As for the compatibility of MK and RW, very interesting question. Two strong personalities, two genius songwriters, but very different. Both are sarcastic in lyrics, but RW is much more into heavy politics while MK is more of an observer of people's behavior. MK is done with stadium rock, and RW, after saying that stadium rock is nonsense, is building ever more giantic shows... I'm sure they respect each other. RW is certainly an admirer of Telegraph Road (social content) and BIA (anti-war)).MK certainly loves SOYCD and WYWH and their melencholia. Still, could they stand each other ?
Interesting to see that RW is a great lyricist but not a great instrumentalist, while DG is the exact opposite and MK is the complete man , great mix of both. Still now that MK has moved away from the guitar hero thing towards songwriting... Might be closer to Roger :)
Anyway these 3 men are my top music heroes, the world would not have been the same without them...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on April 04, 2017, 06:18:49 AM
Eric Clapton did the guitarwork on Roger Water's album "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking", Jeff Beck on RW's album "Amused to Death"... could it be that the very secretive project MK was working on is RW's forthcomming album "Is This The Life We Really Want?"?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9etnOcG3v6c

I know, i know... wishful thinking... but one can have his dreams right? :-)

RW's "Amused To Death" is probably my favourite studio album of all time. I rather see a collaberation between MK en RW, then between MK and DG.
I somehow think those two are not compatible as persons

sent from my galaxy s7 edge
I too love ATD.
As for the compatibility of MK and RW, very interesting question. Two strong personalities, two genius songwriters, but very different. Both are sarcastic in lyrics, but RW is much more into heavy politics while MK is more of an observer of people's behavior. MK is done with stadium rock, and RW, after saying that stadium rock is nonsense, is building ever more giantic shows... I'm sure they respect each other. RW is certainly an admirer of Telegraph Road (social content) and BIA (anti-war)).MK certainly loves SOYCD and WYWH and their melencholia. Still, could they stand each other ?
Interesting to see that RW is a great lyricist but not a great instrumentalist, while DG is the exact opposite and MK is the complete man , great mix of both. Still now that MK has moved away from the guitar hero thing towards songwriting... Might be closer to Roger :)
Anyway these 3 men are my top music heroes, the world would not have been the same without them...
Fully agree!

sent from my galaxy s7 edge

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 04, 2017, 07:16:22 AM
No, it's not possible that MK worked with Roger Waters as Guy said that MK wrote all the songs for this project, and Waters always write all his songs by himself.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on April 04, 2017, 07:27:21 AM
No, it's not possible that MK worked with Roger Waters as Guy said that MK wrote all the songs for this project, and Waters always write all his songs by himself.
True dat!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on April 04, 2017, 11:16:44 AM
And another week - nothing!! Blimey!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Marnix on April 04, 2017, 12:39:31 PM
Going of topic here but die not want to start a new one about this. In 2019 the dutch festival Pinkpop is 50 years. The festival started in 1969 and Jan Smeets the man behind the festival wants 2019 to be best line up with great names from the past. They are trying for The Police Réunion or Dire Straits. Both have played the festival. The answer they already got from MK or his management. No Way.....
Not a No Way from the Police at this moment.
Article from today: http://festileaks.com/2017/04/jan-smeets-wil-the-police-op-pinkpop-2019/

Maybe is the Dire Straits Experience something for Pinkpop with some old members  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 04, 2017, 01:15:22 PM
Going of topic here but die not want to start a new one about this. In 2019 the dutch festival Pinkpop is 50 years. The festival started in 1969 and Jan Smeets the man behind the festival wants 2019 to be best line up with great names from the past. They are trying for The Police Réunion or Dire Straits. Both have played the festival. The answer they already got from MK or his management. No Way.....
Not a No Way from the Police at this moment.
Article from today: http://festileaks.com/2017/04/jan-smeets-wil-the-police-op-pinkpop-2019/

Maybe is the Dire Straits Experience something for Pinkpop with some old members  ;D ;D

I'm pretty sure Mark will finally agree to do a Dire Straits reunion at the 100th anniversary of Live Aid in 2085. Remember my words guys.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 04, 2017, 03:21:45 PM
Going of topic here but die not want to start a new one about this. In 2019 the dutch festival Pinkpop is 50 years. The festival started in 1969 and Jan Smeets the man behind the festival wants 2019 to be best line up with great names from the past. They are trying for The Police Réunion or Dire Straits. Both have played the festival. The answer they already got from MK or his management. No Way.....
Not a No Way from the Police at this moment.
Article from today: http://festileaks.com/2017/04/jan-smeets-wil-the-police-op-pinkpop-2019/

Maybe is the Dire Straits Experience something for Pinkpop with some old members  ;D ;D

I'm pretty sure Mark will finally agree to do a Dire Straits reunion at the 100th anniversary of Live Aid in 2085. Remember my words guys.

Cryogenic technology, here we go lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 05, 2017, 08:41:22 AM
It's in italian so I don´t know if there is anything worth here...

Apparently there is nothing new in it, but it gives the impression that MK has talked to the press lately regarding it...


Mark Knopfler e il suo nuovo album entro il 2017

http://www.globusmagazine.it/100229-2/ (http://www.globusmagazine.it/100229-2/)

Mark Knopfler e il suo nuovo album entro il 2017
di Alberto Bucchieri | 22/03/2017   

NUOVO ALBUM DI MARK KNOPFLER ENTRO IL 2017. L’EX LEADER DEI DIRE STRAITS RITORNA IN STUDIO DOPO “TRACKER” DI DUE ANNI FA. E LA REUNION DELLA BAND INGLESE RIMANE, PURTROPPO, SOLO UN SOGNO DEI FAN.

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Mark Knopfler di nuovo in sala, nei suoi personali “British Groove Studios” alla periferia di Londra. Ha riunito i musicisti (compreso il sempre presente ex Dire Straits Guy Fletcher) che lo seguono ormai dal 1996, anno in cui pubblicò il suo primo album da solista dopo lo scioglimento dei Dire Straits nel 1992. In questa occasione ha convocato diversi giornalisti, un modo per ripercorrere il suo cammino artistico, mentre dichiara che entro l’anno uscirà il nuovo lavoro, di cui ancora non si conosce il titolo ma in cui ci sarà, come afferma, “tanta tanta chitarra elettrica!”. “Ho messo fine ai Dire Straits perché ero davvero saturo di tour mondiali infiniti e l’energia, il feeling, stava man mano scemando. Mi chiedete se ci sarà una reunion della band e io vi dico: certamente no. Per me i Dire Straits sono un bel ricordo del passato e della mia giovinezza. Adesso sono concentrato sui miei lavori da solista e con la band cui suono adesso ho pubblicato più dischi dei Dire Straits e questo è il mio percorso. Ci sono tante cover band che suonano i pezzi dei Dire Straits e molti che recitano la mia parte in giro per il mondo e quest’anno anche mio fratello David (co-fondatore dei Dire Straits, n.d.r.) farà un tour per i 40 anni della band, che non esiste ormai da più di 20.”

L’ex leader della band britannica, considerato uno dei più grandi chitarristi al mondo, è un uomo pacato, disponibile e lontano adesso dagli atteggiamenti da rockstar. “Abito in campagna, lontano dalla città, con la mia famiglia e i miei cani e naturalmente… con le mie chitarre. Ho ancora la prima che mi regalò mio padre a 15 anni, una Hofner che somigliava ad una Fender e che collegavo alla radio, non potendo permettermi un amplificatore. Come chitarrista avrei dovuto applicarmi di più nello studio, ma adesso dopo tanti anni di palco e di sala di registrazione, ho acquisito la padronanza e la conoscenza che mi basta. Non sono Satriani e non mi piacerebbe suonare due ore di musica come la sua, dove la chitarra diventa solo un pretesto per dire guarda cosa so fare e a quale velocità! Preferisco chitarristi come Clapton, come J. J. Cale, Hank Marvin degli Shadows e il compianto, mitico e insostituibile Chuck Berry. Lo ricordiamo tutti come uno dei più grandi interpreti del rock and roll, un vero innovatore. La musica non si sarebbe evoluta allo stesso modo senza di lui. Vedendolo alla Newcastle City Hall, quando avevo 15 anni, fu una esperienza indimenticabile, mi fece un’impressione enorme: il ritmo del testo era importante quanto la musica, ed è quello che imparai. Con i primi Dire Straits mi piaceva molto suonare la sua “Nadine”, forse l’unica cover che ho mai fatto con la band. A 12 anni ascoltavo Bob Dylan. Ero innamorato per il suo approccio al rock and roll, ma ero anche attratto molto dalle parole delle sue canzoni. Non è mai stato solo musica“.

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Nato a Glasgow, in Scozia, nell’agosto del ’49 da padre ungherese e cresciuto principalmente in casa della madre nella contea di Northumberland, il quasi 68enne Knopfler ha venduto oltre 120 milioni di dischi, con i Dire Straits e da solista. “Brothers In Arms” dei Dire Straits del 1985, con i suoi oltre 30 milioni di copie, è uno dei dischi più venduti nella storia della musica, entrando nella medesima classifica in 12ª posizione. È stato uno dei primi album a essere stampato su compact disc, oltre alla classica distribuzione in vinile. Il chitarrista, cantante e autore di testi e musica, si è esibito dal vivo di fronte a milioni di persone e ha collaborato con artisti del calibro di Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Tina Turner, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison ed Eric Clapton e altre decine e decine. Anche il nostro Zucchero lo ha voluto in due dei suoi album per due canzoni, di cui una uscita recentemente lo scorso anno.

“Nella mia band attuale, sono l’anello più debole. Ho molta ammirazione per i musicisti che suonano con me e si distinguono perché conoscono davvero in profondità i loro strumenti. Io vedo la chitarra come qualcosa che mi serve per scrivere canzoni. Con questo strumento ho una storia d’amore che dura da una vita, ma quello che mi interessa sono le canzoni che ne vengono fuori: la canzone è il la regina. Più invecchio, più voglio scriverne. Forse è la sensazione che ho del tempo che passa e si esaurisce, non so… è diventata quasi una frenesia.“

Knopfler riconosce diversi filoni di ispirazione per la sua scrittura. “Ci sono canzoni “ritratto” in cui vi è un personaggio, e canzoni “situazione”, dove avviene qualcosa di particolare. In “Sultans of Swing” c’è una band con questo nome che sta suonando e non c’è nessuno nel pub, tranne un ragazzo che gioca da solo a biliardo, e io sono lì che osservo e osservando vengo ispirato, o c’è un negozio con schermi TV dove si vedono i video di MTV e l’uomo delle consegne a domicilio si lamenta di alcune rock star che non valgono nulla e sono straricche, con aerei personali e tante donne… ed ecco “Money For Nothing”. Altre volte mi ha ispirato la lettura di un libro o un viaggio, magari durante un tour, ed è così che sono nate “Telegraph Road” o “Sailing To Philadelphia”. Knopfler porta sempre un taccuino con se, alla vecchia maniera, alla ricerca di ispirazione; niente notebook o tablet. “Penso che ho un deposito di rottami sul retro della mia testa: invece di parti meccaniche ci sono frammenti di versi. Per “Money For Nothing” ho invece dovuto chiedere un pezzo di carta e mi sono messo a scrivere tutta la canzone dentro il negozio.”

Knopfler afferma che “oggi mi piace suonare un tipo di musica che ha delle radici profonde e usare gli strumenti adatti per il folk o quella con influenze celtiche, ad esempio. Ma il caro vecchio rock and roll è sempre nel mio cuore e mi piace scrivere canzoni in questo stile”.

Il musicista, laureato in letteratura inglese, aveva 28 anni quando i Dire Straits esplosero con “Sultans Of Swing” nel 1978, il loro primo successo mondiale. “Ho sempre lavorato sodo da quando avevo 14 anni, diversi tipi: di fabbrica, di stoccaggio, di allevamento, un sacco di lavoro manuale e poi il giornalismo e l’insegnamento. Sono tutte buone esperienze per un ragazzo, ti insegnano la vita. Ma quello che volevo fare era suonare in una rock and roll band e scrivere canzoni. Rivivo quei tempi con un mix di affetto e orrore, ma era quello che desideravo veramente. C’era un sacco di follia. Mi ricordo di aver fatto una serie infinita di concerti e interviste nel 1978: il primo album era il numero uno e sentivo una pressione enorme addosso, avevo paura di perdere il controllo, di essere triturato. E oggi mi sento davvero fortunato per prima cosa ad essere ancora vivo visto l’alto tasso di mortalità dei musicisti. Ho ottenuto tantissime cose grazie alla mia musica e non rinnego certo il passato. Adesso vivo secondo i miei ritmi, scrivo perché voglio farlo e non per contratto, ho una bella famiglia e i due più grandi produttori di chitarre mi hanno dedicato due modelli “signature” con la mia firma: una Fender rossa e una Gibson sunburst… what else?”
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on April 05, 2017, 10:04:19 AM
Come on our Italian friends - what does this mean?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 05, 2017, 11:35:21 AM

Mark Knopfler and his new album in 2017

http://www.globusmagazine.it/100229-2/

Mark Knopfler and his new album in 2017
Alberto Bucchieri | 03/22/2017

MARK OF NEW ALBUM KNOPFLER BY 2017. THE FORMER LEADER OF DIRE STRAITS BACK IN STUDIO AFTER "TRACKER" TWO YEARS AGO. ENGLISH AND THE REUNION OF THE BAND IS, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST A FAN OF DREAMS.

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Mark Knopfler back in the room, in his personal "British Groove Studios" on the outskirts of London. It brought together the musicians (including the ever-present Former Dire Straits Guy Fletcher) who now follow in 1996, when she released her first solo album after the dissolution of Dire Straits in 1992. On this occasion he summoned several journalists, a way to retrace his artistic career, while states that by the year released the new work, of which we still do not know the title, but in which there will be, as he says, "lots and lots of electric guitar!". "I put an end to the dire straits because I was really saturated with countless world tours and the energy, the feeling, as was waning hand. You ask me if there will be a reunion of the band and I tell you, certainly not. For me Dire Straits have good memories of the past and of my youth. Now I'm focused on my solo work and with the band whose sound now I have published several discs Dire Straits and this is my path. There are so many cover bands playing the parts of Dire Straits and many who recite my share around the world and this year my brother David (co-founder of Dire Straits, ed) will tour for the 40th anniversary of band, which does not exist now for more than 20. "

The former British leader of the band, considered one of the greatest guitarists in the world, is a soft-spoken man, and away now available on the attitudes rock star. "I live in the countryside away from the city, with my family and my dogs and of course ... with my guitars. I still have the first that gave me my father was 15, a Hofner that looked like a Fender, and I connected the radio, not being able to afford an amplifier. As a guitar player I had to apply myself more in the study, but now after so many years of stage and in the recording studio, I have gained the mastery and knowledge that is enough for me. No Satriani and I would not like to play two hours of music like his, where the guitar becomes just an excuse to say look what I can do and how fast! I prefer guitarists such as Clapton, like JJ Cale, Hank Marvin of the Shadows and the late, legendary and irreplaceable Chuck Berry. We all remember him as one of the greatest performers of rock and roll, a true innovator. The music would not have evolved in the same way without him. Seeing him at Newcastle City Hall, when I was 15, it was an unforgettable experience, it made huge impression: the rhythm of the text was as important as the music, and that's what I learned. With the first Dire Straits I loved playing his "Nadine", perhaps the only cover I've ever done with the band. At 12 I was listening to Bob Dylan. I was in love for his approach to rock and roll, but I was also very attracted by the words of her songs. It was never just music. "

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Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in August '49 by Hungarian father and grew up mainly in his mother's house in the county of Northumberland, the almost 68-year old Knopfler has sold over 120 million records, with Dire Straits and solo. "Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits in 1985, with over 30 million copies, is one of the best-selling albums in music history, entering the same ranking in 12th place. It was one of the first albums to be printed on compact disc, in addition to the classical distribution vinyl. The guitarist, singer and songwriter and music, performed live in front of millions of people and has collaborated with the likes of Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Tina Turner, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison and Eric Clapton and dozens and tens. Even our Sugar wanted him in two of his albums for two songs, one of which recently released last year.

"In my current band, they are the weakest link. I have great admiration for the musicians playing with me and stand out because they really know in depth their instruments. I see the guitar as something I need to write songs. With this tool I have a love affair that has lasted a lifetime, but what interests me are the songs that come out: the song is the queen. The older I get, the more I want to write about it. Maybe it's the feeling I have of passing time and runs out, I do not know ... it's become almost a frenzy. "

Knopfler recognizes different strands of inspiration for his writing. "There are" portrait "songs in which there is a character, and" situation "songs, which takes something special. In "Sultans of Swing" is a band with this name that is playing and there's nobody in the pub except a boy playing alone pool, and I'm there I'm watching and observing'm inspired, or c ' it is a store with TV screens where you see the video of MTV and the man home delivery complains of some rock stars that are not worth anything and are straricche with personal aircraft and many women ... and here "Money for nothing". Other times inspired me reading a book or a trip, perhaps during a tour, and that's how they were born, "Telegraph Road" or "Sailing To Philadelphia." Knopfler always carries a notebook with him, the old way, looking for inspiration; nothing notebook or tablet. "I think I have a junk yard at the back of my head: instead of mechanical parts there are fragments of verses. For "Money For Nothing" Instead I had to ask for a piece of paper and I started to write the whole song into the store. "

Knopfler stated, "Today I like to play a type of music that has deep roots, and use the right tools for the folk or the one with Celtic influences, for example. But the good old rock and roll is always in my heart and I like to write songs in this style. "

The musician, graduated in English literature, was 28 when Dire Straits exploded with "Sultans Of Swing" In 1978, their first worldwide hit. "I've always worked hard since I was 14 years old, different types: factory, storage, farming, a lot of manual and then journalism and teaching work. They are all good experiences for a boy, they teach you life. But what I wanted to do was play in a rock and roll band and write songs. Relive those days with a mix of affection and horror, but it was what I really wanted. There was a lot of craziness. I remember doing an endless series of concerts and interviews in 1978: the first album was number one and I felt a huge pressure on me, I was afraid of losing control, of being crushed. And today I feel really lucky first to be alive given the high mortality rate of the musicians. I got a lot of things through my music and certainly do not regret the past. Now I live according to my rhythm, I write because I want to do and not by contract, I have a beautiful family and the two largest manufacturers of guitars have I devoted two "signature" patterns with my signature: a Fender red and Gibson sunburst ... what else ? "
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on April 05, 2017, 11:45:29 AM
Any news in this article from a few days ago?? Probably about a documentary?

http://itapemafm.clicrbs.com.br/giramundo/2017/03/29/mark-knopfler-o-lider-da-extinta-dire-straits-revela-detalhes-do-processo-de-gravacao-no-estudio/

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 05, 2017, 11:52:47 AM
Any news in this article from a few days ago?? Probably about a documentary?

http://itapemafm.clicrbs.com.br/giramundo/2017/03/29/mark-knopfler-o-lider-da-extinta-dire-straits-revela-detalhes-do-processo-de-gravacao-no-estudio/

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 Knopfler: Extinct Dire Straits Leader Unveils Studio Recording Process Details


Announcer, presenter, publisher of GiraMundo itapema and researcher on call. Everyday On Line and On Air - "A day without music is a wasted day".

A few days ago a documentary on Mark Knopfler's eighth solo album, released in March 2015 entitled "Tracker: A Documentary" was released on the web. The Glasgow singer-songwriter reveals details about his craft, how the album is inspired by his personal story, how he finds his way through the decades, observing the people, places and things of the past, the current creative process as Musician, until you reach your sanctuary - the recording studio.


It seems that the more time passes, the more the Scottish musician raised in England wants to write and experiment, record and play live, accurately translate the current moment of creation and delivery to music.

The leader of the defunct Dire Straits is a survivor, the band is long gone and the artist's musical mind lavishes creativity. Mark recorded several albums in solo career and tracks for films, distancing more and more from the sound that consecrated him, without losing the footprint of excellent musician that made him known in the world. So much so that the previous album, "Privateering" (2012), is dedicated to the Blues, a double album that totals 20 songs packed by the genre folk / blues, so appreciated by him.


"Tracker" (2015) is the musician's eighth solo album. Of course we went ahead at the time of the release, and anticipated the debut of some tracks on the itaproma's programming as soon as they were released. One of them is the highlight of today: "River Towns".



At age 67, Mark Knopfler is considered by many to be a guitar genius, idolized primarily by the alternative style of playing, one of the best and most distinguished talents of his generation.

Proof of this is the documentary released in its entirety on the musician's official channel: "Tracker: A Documentary". Check it!


Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 05, 2017, 12:12:49 PM

Mark Knopfler and his new album in 2017

http://www.globusmagazine.it/100229-2/

Mark Knopfler and his new album in 2017
Alberto Bucchieri | 03/22/2017

MARK OF NEW ALBUM KNOPFLER BY 2017. THE FORMER LEADER OF DIRE STRAITS BACK IN STUDIO AFTER "TRACKER" TWO YEARS AGO. ENGLISH AND THE REUNION OF THE BAND IS, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST A FAN OF DREAMS.

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Mark Knopfler back in the room, in his personal "British Groove Studios" on the outskirts of London. It brought together the musicians (including the ever-present Former Dire Straits Guy Fletcher) who now follow in 1996, when she released her first solo album after the dissolution of Dire Straits in 1992. On this occasion he summoned several journalists, a way to retrace his artistic career, while states that by the year released the new work, of which we still do not know the title, but in which there will be, as he says, "lots and lots of electric guitar!". "I put an end to the dire straits because I was really saturated with countless world tours and the energy, the feeling, as was waning hand. You ask me if there will be a reunion of the band and I tell you, certainly not. For me Dire Straits have good memories of the past and of my youth. Now I'm focused on my solo work and with the band whose sound now I have published several discs Dire Straits and this is my path. There are so many cover bands playing the parts of Dire Straits and many who recite my share around the world and this year my brother David (co-founder of Dire Straits, ed) will tour for the 40th anniversary of band, which does not exist now for more than 20. "

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This looks like a recent interview... rare that only surfaced in an Italian site...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on April 05, 2017, 03:29:10 PM

Mark Knopfler and his new album in 2017

http://www.globusmagazine.it/100229-2/

Mark Knopfler and his new album in 2017
Alberto Bucchieri | 03/22/2017

MARK OF NEW ALBUM KNOPFLER BY 2017. THE FORMER LEADER OF DIRE STRAITS BACK IN STUDIO AFTER "TRACKER" TWO YEARS AGO. ENGLISH AND THE REUNION OF THE BAND IS, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST A FAN OF DREAMS.

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Mark Knopfler back in the room, in his personal "British Groove Studios" on the outskirts of London. It brought together the musicians (including the ever-present Former Dire Straits Guy Fletcher) who now follow in 1996, when she released her first solo album after the dissolution of Dire Straits in 1992. On this occasion he summoned several journalists, a way to retrace his artistic career, while states that by the year released the new work, of which we still do not know the title, but in which there will be, as he says, "lots and lots of electric guitar!". "I put an end to the dire straits because I was really saturated with countless world tours and the energy, the feeling, as was waning hand. You ask me if there will be a reunion of the band and I tell you, certainly not. For me Dire Straits have good memories of the past and of my youth. Now I'm focused on my solo work and with the band whose sound now I have published several discs Dire Straits and this is my path. There are so many cover bands playing the parts of Dire Straits and many who recite my share around the world and this year my brother David (co-founder of Dire Straits, ed) will tour for the 40th anniversary of band, which does not exist now for more than 20. "

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This looks like a recent interview... rare that only surfaced in an Italian site...

MK talking about his brother doing a DS anniversary tour? Seems fake to me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 05, 2017, 07:27:28 PM
Yeah, David part was so awkward to read, because I already got used for the fact that David Knopfler seemingly doesn't exist in Mark's world.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on April 06, 2017, 02:59:55 AM
Mark talking about David in any way has surely got to require a strong to gale force cringe warning.... :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on April 10, 2017, 04:59:40 PM
And another week goes by and nothing of note! :smack :smack :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 10, 2017, 07:24:47 PM
And many more to come
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Marijo58 on April 11, 2017, 06:00:26 PM
It´s a virtual collaborations work with Elvis, Michael Jackson and Prince among others. The technology makes it possible. Long time is for technicians work.

Or a christmas disk  ::) ;D
Yesss I think you got it Binone...

Envoyé de mon HUAWEI Y560-L01 en utilisant Tapatalk

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on April 18, 2017, 03:14:05 PM
And another week!  :smack :smack :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on April 18, 2017, 03:33:13 PM
And another week!  :smack :smack :smack

If he does have guest(s) on this album then I hope they aren't too old...   ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 18, 2017, 03:44:42 PM
He's doing a "one year in the studio" retrospective record
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 18, 2017, 07:16:25 PM
I wonder how many Mark's songs I will be able to discuss on MKSB before any news would pop up. So far I've done 20 songs clocking in at 4 hours already. Maybe I should run something like a sweepstakes or something? Give me a lesson number at which news would pop up and an album release number :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 18, 2017, 07:27:25 PM
If this project is just a regular album the only explanation for the delay that I can think of is Mark wanting to revisit the recordings after bumping into some new equipment or tech. It must be something different. Two months ago I thought that was gonna be album + documentary but now it better be something else - a good thing, of course. God forbid but I got a little scared after seeing Clapton in a wheelchair last week.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on April 18, 2017, 07:50:13 PM
The pause in activity may not be down to music at all! Sometimes life gets in the way for us all, even music legends

Just a thought
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Melcuer on April 18, 2017, 08:53:38 PM
I wonder how many Mark's songs I will be able to discuss on MKSB before any news would pop up. So far I've done 20 songs clocking in at 4 hours already. Maybe I should run something like a sweepstakes or something? Give me a lesson number at which news would pop up and an album release number :lol

Just after you (finally) discuss Northumberland and Donkeytown  :lol  :wave  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on April 18, 2017, 10:52:23 PM
We should be patient. Don't forget about his age. Mark doesn't need to do this anymore, he can if he wants. And let's hope for us he will. (soon)
Another artist I admire, John Mayer (you should definately check him out), worked for 2,5 years on his latest album, The Search For Everything (you really should check it out). The waiting was worth it.
Mark and John are totally different people/artists, but the waiting on John's album was way easier because he uses social media a lot to connect and tease his fans about what's going on with him and his music. I wish Mark, or his management, did this more. I think it makes the waiting a lot better.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 18, 2017, 10:55:28 PM
If this project is just a regular album the only explanation for the delay that I can think of is Mark wanting to revisit the recordings after bumping into some new equipment or tech. It must be something different. Two months ago I thought that was gonna be album + documentary but now it better be something else - a good thing, of course. God forbid but I got a little scared after seeing Clapton in a wheelchair last week.

It is known that is not just a regular album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on April 18, 2017, 11:19:28 PM
We should be patient. Don't forget about his age. Mark doesn't need to do this anymore, he can if he wants. And let's hope for us he will. (soon)
Another artist I admire, John Mayer (you should definately check him out), worked for 2,5 years on his latest album, The Search For Everything (you really should check it out). The waiting was worth it.
Mark and John are totally different people/artists, but the waiting on John's album was way easier because he uses social media a lot to connect and tease his fans about what's going on with him and his music. I wish Mark, or his management, did this more. I think it makes the waiting a lot better.

We are so used with social media. But you will never get the same pleasure back to the time when a new album would pop up from nowhere after years of waiting. I remember how I was stuck when I first heard Darling Pretty on the radio...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 19, 2017, 08:22:59 AM
We should be patient. Don't forget about his age. Mark doesn't need to do this anymore, he can if he wants. And let's hope for us he will. (soon)
Another artist I admire, John Mayer (you should definately check him out), worked for 2,5 years on his latest album, The Search For Everything (you really should check it out). The waiting was worth it.
Mark and John are totally different people/artists, but the waiting on John's album was way easier because he uses social media a lot to connect and tease his fans about what's going on with him and his music. I wish Mark, or his management, did this more. I think it makes the waiting a lot better.

We are so used with social media. But you will never get the same pleasure back to the time when a new album would pop up from nowhere after years of waiting. I remember how I was stuck when I first heard Darling Pretty on the radio...

Some had the DSIS newsletters... I never received one but had friends who were subscribers so I knew that MK was recording his first solo album by the time the Live at the BBC was released.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on April 19, 2017, 11:53:44 AM
If this project is just a regular album the only explanation for the delay that I can think of is Mark wanting to revisit the recordings after bumping into some new equipment or tech. It must be something different. Two months ago I thought that was gonna be album + documentary but now it better be something else - a good thing, of course. God forbid but I got a little scared after seeing Clapton in a wheelchair last week.

It is known that is not just a regular album.

Just like the last tour wasn't a regular tour - it was the best tour they ever did!  Guy has a certain way with words. Was he specific at all?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 19, 2017, 12:59:13 PM
If this project is just a regular album the only explanation for the delay that I can think of is Mark wanting to revisit the recordings after bumping into some new equipment or tech. It must be something different. Two months ago I thought that was gonna be album + documentary but now it better be something else - a good thing, of course. God forbid but I got a little scared after seeing Clapton in a wheelchair last week.

It is known that is not just a regular album.

Just like the last tour wasn't a regular tour - it was the best tour they ever did!  Guy has a certain way with words. Was he specific at all?

He refered at whatever they are doing as a "very exciting project", and sometimes like "different".

A regular album wouldnt be a more exciting project than previous albums or won´t be different than doing a MK album, and, he can't say a word about it not because of him or because MK, so, there is something related to this that makes it different than just a regular album...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 19, 2017, 01:23:18 PM
If this project is just a regular album the only explanation for the delay that I can think of is Mark wanting to revisit the recordings after bumping into some new equipment or tech. It must be something different. Two months ago I thought that was gonna be album + documentary but now it better be something else - a good thing, of course. God forbid but I got a little scared after seeing Clapton in a wheelchair last week.

It is known that is not just a regular album.

Just like the last tour wasn't a regular tour - it was the best tour they ever did!  Guy has a certain way with words. Was he specific at all?

Not really. He always says it's different and better and more exciting and blah blah blah. I'm hoping for something different but prefer to keep my expectations low.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on April 19, 2017, 02:33:22 PM
I hope 45 pages of speculation hasn't built up our expectations too much.  We now have thoughts of a significant, out of the ordinary album with superstar guests and DVD extras etc.  Guy is probably having a great laugh reading this!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 19, 2017, 03:07:04 PM
I hope 45 pages of speculation hasn't built up our expectations too much.  We now have thoughts of a significant, out of the ordinary album with superstar guests and DVD extras etc.  Guy is probably having a great laugh reading this!

Right... I'm not a big fan of this whole situation. After Guy stated that "Tracker" will be FULL of EXPERIMENTS, you thought IT would be something drastically different, but it turned out to be a rather "regular" Mark's album. The only experiments apparently was with the mics in the studio. So whatever Guy tells us you can divide it by 10. Not everyone's a winner here, because fans can be disappointed and Mark seems careless. And I don't think that artist "leaking" the news nowadays is such a big deal.

Some time ago I posted the news in the General Discussion forum about Fleet Foxes releasing the new album. And their frontman, guitar player and songwriter Robin Pecknold is extremely active with his audience, posting album snippets/teasers, photos from the studio, ect, he even answers some of the comments. Sometimes I think that Mark would do the same if there was Instagram back in 1970s.

Now, when nobody says nothing, you automatically start expecting something EPIC. You heard all the crazy experiments on Tracker album? Now you'll get an album you never heard before, because nobody talks about it. I can't say more, but it will be so crazy you better sit down for this!

Bottom line, I think some of the links here gone bad. I know, that there IS a way to make it so you wouldn't expose too much and still remain in a mystery. But exposing too much is bad and too much mystery... is also bad. We need some kind of the golden mean.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 19, 2017, 04:44:33 PM
I hope 45 pages of speculation hasn't built up our expectations too much.  We now have thoughts of a significant, out of the ordinary album with superstar guests and DVD extras etc.  Guy is probably having a great laugh reading this!

Right... I'm not a big fan of this whole situation. After Guy stated that "Tracker" will be FULL of EXPERIMENTS, you thought IT would be something drastically different, but it turned out to be a rather "regular" Mark's album. The only experiments apparently was with the mics in the studio. So whatever Guy tells us you can divide it by 10. Not everyone's a winner here, because fans can be disappointed and Mark seems careless. And I don't think that artist "leaking" the news nowadays is such a big deal.

Some time ago I posted the news in the General Discussion forum about Fleet Foxes releasing the new album. And their frontman, guitar player and songwriter Robin Pecknold is extremely active with his audience, posting album snippets/teasers, photos from the studio, ect, he even answers some of the comments. Sometimes I think that Mark would do the same if there was Instagram back in 1970s.

Now, when nobody says nothing, you automatically start expecting something EPIC. You heard all the crazy experiments on Tracker album? Now you'll get an album you never heard before, because nobody talks about it. I can't say more, but it will be so crazy you better sit down for this!

Bottom line, I think some of the links here gone bad. I know, that there IS a way to make it so you wouldn't expose too much and still remain in a mystery. But exposing too much is bad and too much mystery... is also bad. We need some kind of the golden mean.

That's the very reason why I believe the delay is due to new tech/equipment. They value that very much, those 'experiments'. They are probably playing around with mics, amps, guitars, tapes and softwares. They have all the time in the world, no need for rushing in the studio  ;D

I still think the documentary will come out along with the album though. As long as there's plenty of live performances I'm happy to wait. And I do reckon there will be special guests in the project but also that they're not related to the delay.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 19, 2017, 11:27:12 PM
Personally, I'm  starting to feel bored about this "secrecy".

Not only can't be reveal what they are doing but also is not possible to say if there is any dateline for it...

And well, I like some of the Disney movies but I'm not sure if it was I would expect from MK...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on April 20, 2017, 08:21:34 AM
Maybe it comes from your daily activity on this subject...
It's perfectly fine with me to know that we can expect something new... No need for speculating and chewing on the same stuff all the time.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 20, 2017, 10:10:31 AM
Maybe it comes from your daily activity on this subject...
It's perfectly fine with me to know that we can expect something new... No need for speculating and chewing on the same stuff all the time.

LE

There is very little of my interest about MK these days  :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Millionaire Blues on April 20, 2017, 03:48:24 PM
A very long shot, but could MK be the one to do this....

It would explain every facet of this whole saga, at least to my mind.

"In an interview with Collider.com, Reiner said he had previously approached Hairspray Tony winner Marc Shaiman, as well as Oscar winner Randy Newman and even Grammy winner John Mayer to write songs for the production; however, none of the songwriters took the project on. "It really requires finding the right composer," he said"

Full link below:

http://www.playbill.com/article/rob-reiner-says-he-still-wants-to-see-a-princess-bride-stage-musical-com-326627

X
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 20, 2017, 04:47:16 PM
A very long shot, but could MK be the one to do this....

It would explain every facet of this whole saga, at least to my mind.

"In an interview with Collider.com, Reiner said he had previously approached Hairspray Tony winner Marc Shaiman, as well as Oscar winner Randy Newman and even Grammy winner John Mayer to write songs for the production; however, none of the songwriters took the project on. "It really requires finding the right composer," he said"

Full link below:

http://www.playbill.com/article/rob-reiner-says-he-still-wants-to-see-a-princess-bride-stage-musical-com-326627

X

Could be, but I really hope not.    This wouldn't excite me at all!   

I wonder why MK's music for The Princess Bride wasn't mentioned in the article as it was such an important part of the film.    :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 20, 2017, 04:49:17 PM
A very long shot, but could MK be the one to do this....

It would explain every facet of this whole saga, at least to my mind.

"In an interview with Collider.com, Reiner said he had previously approached Hairspray Tony winner Marc Shaiman, as well as Oscar winner Randy Newman and even Grammy winner John Mayer to write songs for the production; however, none of the songwriters took the project on. "It really requires finding the right composer," he said"

Full link below:

http://www.playbill.com/article/rob-reiner-says-he-still-wants-to-see-a-princess-bride-stage-musical-com-326627

X

Wow, pretty plausible, especially after dropping names like Newman and Mayer. Sting not too long ago did a musical and it was great.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 20, 2017, 04:56:31 PM
A very long shot, but could MK be the one to do this....

It would explain every facet of this whole saga, at least to my mind.

"In an interview with Collider.com, Reiner said he had previously approached Hairspray Tony winner Marc Shaiman, as well as Oscar winner Randy Newman and even Grammy winner John Mayer to write songs for the production; however, none of the songwriters took the project on. "It really requires finding the right composer," he said"

Full link below:

http://www.playbill.com/article/rob-reiner-says-he-still-wants-to-see-a-princess-bride-stage-musical-com-326627

X

Wow, pretty plausible, especially after dropping names like Newman and Mayer. Sting not too long ago did a musical and it was great.

If you mean "The Last Ship" I seem to remember it losing a lot of money, even when Sting stepped in personally to rescue it on Broadway.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 20, 2017, 08:18:55 PM
I had the feeling that it could be something like that...

But I prefer to be a different play than the princess bride...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on April 20, 2017, 08:59:11 PM
Mark recorded something with Tommy Emmanuel today.

Source: facebook TE.
(Thanks holaknopfler for sharing;))
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Sultan of Swing on April 20, 2017, 09:02:18 PM
Mark recorded something with Tommy Emmanuel today.

Source: facebook TE.
(Thanks holaknopfler for sharing;))

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 20, 2017, 09:25:18 PM
This is the dream come true for all of us!

LE mentioned this is something from Tommy's next album, so apparently nothing was revealed concerning MK's "new project".
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Sultan of Swing on April 20, 2017, 09:26:35 PM
OH MY F*****G GOD

Did Tommy just tell something he shouldn't tell? I hope he will be okay after this!

Dream come true, yeah!

It seems Tommy is recording a duets album, so it's probably for that, and not MK's project...
Still, so good that these two master guitarists got together! Chet is probably smiling somewhere...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on April 20, 2017, 09:28:28 PM
Thanks!

Facebook is bullshit but sometimes I LOVE it!!!  ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on April 20, 2017, 10:33:45 PM
MK & TE taking over the world? :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIyQFxuiixI

Anyway, folks what do you think? MK doing a Chet Atkins tribute album, with many famous guitarplayers that also collaborated with Chet? Being the MEGA secret project. Like Clapton did with JJ Cale tribute.

Or could it be a "Collaborations" album MK is working on. Specially for the fans. After a conversation with Guy about how the fans come up all the time, on his forum, with questions about did MK play with him or her.. etc. Lets produce a collaborations album and name it "Collaborations".  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 21, 2017, 11:06:56 AM
So far, Guy has ignored the question about "The Princess Bride" stage musical on his forum, so could this actually be the secret project?    If so, I wonder who will be performing.    :think 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 21, 2017, 11:54:17 AM
So far, Guy has ignored the question about "The Princess Bride" stage musical on his forum, so could this actually be the secret project?    If so, I wonder who will be performing.    :think

Looks that is produced by Disney...

I said this on page 25 http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg113853#msg113853 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg113853#msg113853)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Millionaire Blues on April 21, 2017, 12:02:12 PM
Hi Jbaent,

We can share the prize for "best investigational jounalism relating to MK" if our prediction comes true, which given Guy's lack of response makes me think we could be on to something....

Maybe someone else could ask the same question and see if it pushes a response from Guy!!

 :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 21, 2017, 12:17:23 PM
Hi Jbaent,

We can share the prize for "best investigational jounalism relating to MK" if our prediction comes true, which given Guy's lack of response makes me think we could be on to something....

Maybe someone else could ask the same question and see if it pushes a response from Guy!!

 :wave

I dont want it, I'm just bored LOL

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on April 21, 2017, 12:40:32 PM
Oh please not something like that!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on April 21, 2017, 12:47:19 PM
Oh please not something like that!

LE

 :thumbsup

I loathe musicals.  Slackly written stories where average but catchy songs hinder the plot.  No thank you.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 21, 2017, 12:48:31 PM
Oh please not something like that!

LE

I totally agree with you. When other projects appears, like a music core, well, I enjoy them, but what I really expect is for his next studio album...

I hope that the enigmatic "lots of recording" that Guy said, I think that it was last december, means that he's not only working on whatever is the different and exciting new project but also a regular MK record. The music for a theatrical adaptation of The Princess Bride would be nice but I don´t foresee a tour of that  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 21, 2017, 01:52:40 PM
Oh please not something like that!

LE

Totally agree!   I particularly dislike musicals, so I would feel rather underwhelmed if it is true.    I'm just hoping that there is another  album being recorded alongside this possible musical.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Millionaire Blues on April 21, 2017, 02:28:26 PM
I'd be fascinated to see MK apply his talent to this kind of project. I'm not sure how much ground he has left to cover as songwriter and I mean that as a compliment of the highest form.

Be good to shake things up if only to freshen his musical pallet up.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 21, 2017, 02:30:26 PM
And THIS is the reason why I'm not a fan of this uber security thing...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on April 21, 2017, 05:34:29 PM
So far, Guy has ignored the question about "The Princess Bride" stage musical on his forum, so could this actually be the secret project?    If so, I wonder who will be performing.    :think

Looks that is produced by Disney...

I said this on page 25 http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg113853#msg113853 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg113853#msg113853)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Than why ignore this question  :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 21, 2017, 05:39:20 PM
So far, Guy has ignored the question about "The Princess Bride" stage musical on his forum, so could this actually be the secret project?    If so, I wonder who will be performing.    :think

Looks that is produced by Disney...

I said this on page 25 http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg113853#msg113853 (http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg113853#msg113853)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Than why ignore this question  :think :think :think

Two reasons to be positive about NOT being the project:

Guy published the question instead of delete it, that would be the logical thing to do if it was that

Playtime Deluxe doesn't fit with a Princess Bride musical
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Millionaire Blues on April 21, 2017, 05:42:55 PM
Interestingly, the second i asked the question, the question appeared on his site so it seems that he does not filter out which questions make it and which don't.

His response is interesting...

X
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on April 22, 2017, 04:03:49 PM
Perhaps he knows official announcement is comming soon so better for him to ignore the question with news comming in the next week(s)...... :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 23, 2017, 02:07:38 PM
You can receive alerts by email

http://www.theprincessbrideonstage.com/

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 23, 2017, 02:08:42 PM
Interestingly, the second i asked the question, the question appeared on his site so it seems that he does not filter out which questions make it and which don't.

His response is interesting...

X

But when going to answer, he can delete the question... And he didn't.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 23, 2017, 05:16:07 PM
If he's really doing a musical the next step is a world tour with a symphonic orchestra like they usually do :lol
Imagine Brothers In Arms with a real orchestra once again though... I think, Mark and classical music goes together well.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on April 23, 2017, 05:40:05 PM
I think Guy has deliberately ignored the question on his forum to make us think we have hit the nail on the head, when actually the project is something completely different.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 23, 2017, 07:13:58 PM
I think Guy paid jbaent to take us away from real news so we will be blown away completely. Because... it's the best project they ever worked on.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 23, 2017, 11:52:54 PM
I think Guy paid jbaent to take us away from real news so we will be blown away completely. Because... it's the best project they ever worked on.

I wish you were right. That is not what I would like it to be, at all.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on April 24, 2017, 12:09:02 PM
Pfft...  Haven't even watched the entire film.  Completely uninterested.  Not only do I hate musicals but I also hate the fantasy genre.  I only watched a bit to catch Peter Falk 'cos I love Columbo.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rolleyway Man on April 24, 2017, 01:22:59 PM
Everyone seems to have assumed that MK is recording a Disney soundtrack, in spite of the fact that there is virtually no evidence to suggest that this is the case and that nobody, at any point, has confirmed it. If I were you, I would just be patient and wait to see for certain what is happening, instead of jumping to conclusions.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 24, 2017, 01:26:17 PM
You are right but this rumour connect all the dots suggested by Guy's mysterious answers...

I hope this is not IT, what regularly means that is going to be it :(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on April 24, 2017, 02:53:51 PM
You are right but this rumour connect all the dots suggested by Guy's mysterious answers...

I hope this is not IT, what regularly means that is going to be it :(

But does it need a full band studio session and 8 months studio time? For a musical score?  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 24, 2017, 02:56:42 PM
You are right but this rumour connect all the dots suggested by Guy's mysterious answers...

I hope this is not IT, what regularly means that is going to be it :(

But does it need a full band studio session and 8 months studio time? For a musical score?  :think

Phil Collins spent many years writing the Tarzan score and later the Broadway adaptation, it's something in which there are lot of people involved and how fast or slow it goes doesn't depend on you but on how things goes in the many other aspects involved in the production.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on April 24, 2017, 03:28:51 PM
Julio:

It’s possible to receive email alerts about if The Princess Bride jumps to the stage!

 Guy:

Nonsense
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 24, 2017, 03:37:36 PM
No Disney and no Prince's Bride, GF has debunked both rumors. A long time ago I brought up the possibility of a Chet Atkins related project. Interestingly, someone hinted at that on Guy's forum and he did not debunk that one. Just another frivolous assumption but we might be getting a regular album/Chet Atkins Tribute/Documentary combo. Best possible scenario in my opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on April 24, 2017, 03:39:05 PM
If it is gonna be anything like the jj cale tribune, oh boy, i loved that one

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on April 24, 2017, 04:19:20 PM
If it is gonna be anything like the jj cale tribune, oh boy, i loved that one

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Maybe you're dreaming, I hope it's not so. But I hope a solo album is coming, coming also.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 24, 2017, 04:45:59 PM
If it is gonna be anything like the jj cale tribune, oh boy, i loved that one

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Yes, please! Tommy Emmanuel, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Steve Wariner... that would be tasty.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on April 24, 2017, 04:54:21 PM
But let's remember that Mark wrote all the lyrics
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 24, 2017, 04:57:18 PM
Julio:

It’s possible to receive email alerts about if The Princess Bride jumps to the stage!

 Guy:

Nonsense

LOL

Best news ever!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 24, 2017, 06:24:19 PM
And even that... I can't avoid this thought:

The fact that it's not The Princess Bride musical doesn't mean is not something similar, about a different play, a book etc
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 25, 2017, 03:38:13 PM
And even that... I can't avoid this thought:

The fact that it's not The Princess Bride musical doesn't mean is not something similar, about a different play, a book etc

I just saw your comment on Guy's forum. From my understanding he didn't say the play itself was nonsense, he meant the fact that it was hinted that Mark was involved is. I guess he was just stating they are not related to that project.

Anyway, if this misterious project has anything to do with Chet Atkins I think Brad Paisley would be a natural collaboration. On stalking duty I found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I-3Dt6gjFo

Good version!

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on April 25, 2017, 08:30:10 PM
You know what I think when it comes to the secret project?

I think Mark is very aware that he is getting older. He becomes 68 this year. Somehow I have the feeling that there is alot of material he still really wants to put on record before he isn't physically able anymore. I think his focus shifted more towards recording the things he feels the need for to get out there. Instead of putting out a few songs and then go on tour. I also expect the style is going to be a bit different than what he has put out so far. Maybe even jazz influences... who knows.
Besides that, imho, I don't find Mark really the type of person who would do/organize a tribute CD. He is a songwriter who wants to put out his own material. He might take part in a tribute project from another artist and put in his two cents by taking part in one or two songs, but that is about it.

Mark tributes artist in his own way, by writing a song about them. Examples: "Donegan's Gone", "Back To Tupelo" (tribute to Elvis), "Beryl", "Song For Sonny Liston",  "Quality Shoe" (tribute to Roger Miller) etc.

Another reason why his next solo album takes longer are probably the many little projects he does in between for other artists. And it wouldn't suprise me he produced some albums for another artists in between, like Ruth Moody. Maybe even recorded another duet album.  Little projects like this for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfVRCDb0G8Q
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 25, 2017, 09:15:49 PM
You know what I think when it comes to the secret project?

I think Mark is very aware that he is getting older. He becomes 68 this year. Somehow I have the feeling that there is alot of material he still really wants to put on record before he isn't physically able anymore. I think his focus shifted more towards recording the things he feels the need for to get out there. Instead of putting out a few songs and then go on tour. I also expect the style is going to be a bit different than what he has put out so far. Maybe even jazz influences... who knows.
Besides that, imho, I don't find Mark really the type of person who would do/organize a tribute CD. He is a songwriter who wants to put out his own material. He might take part in a tribute project from another artist and put in his two cents by taking part in one or two songs, but that is about it.

Mark tributes artist in his own way, by writing a song about them. Examples: "Donegan's Gone", "Back To Tupelo" (tribute to Elvis), "Beryl", "Song For Sonny Liston",  "Quality Shoe" (tribute to Roger Miller) etc.

Another reason why his next solo album takes longer are probably the many little projects he does in between for other artists. And it wouldn't suprise me he produced some albums for another artists in between, like Ruth Moody. Maybe even recorded another duet album.  Little projects like this for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfVRCDb0G8Q

It does make a whole lot of sense to me. That being said, it didn't take him more than 30 minutes to record those bits for Dan lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lestroid on April 25, 2017, 10:13:35 PM
That being said, it didn't take him more than 30 minutes to record those bits for Dan

Maybe so, but it took weeks to pick the mics and guitar and amp combination....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 25, 2017, 10:19:16 PM
That being said, it didn't take him more than 30 minutes to record those bits for Dan

Maybe so, but it took weeks to pick the mics and guitar and amp combination....

Got 'Em! :lol :lol :lol

The smell of tape...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on April 25, 2017, 11:10:17 PM
 nigel2b

Hi Guy, very exciting news that Tommy E was in Grove last week. Was this for the current MK project or something else ?

GF:

It was for a duets album that Tommy is making

😑
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 26, 2017, 12:59:22 AM
That being said, it didn't take him more than 30 minutes to record those bits for Dan

Maybe so, but it took weeks to pick the mics and guitar and amp combination....

Yeah, maybe months lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 26, 2017, 12:09:11 PM
And even that... I can't avoid this thought:

The fact that it's not The Princess Bride musical doesn't mean is not something similar, about a different play, a book etc

I just saw your comment on Guy's forum. From my understanding he didn't say the play itself was nonsense, he meant the fact that it was hinted that Mark was involved is. I guess he was just stating they are not related to that project.

Anyway, if this misterious project has anything to do with Chet Atkins I think Brad Paisley would be a natural collaboration. On stalking duty I found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I-3Dt6gjFo

Good version!

Guy answer:

To which album are you referring? I'm not aware of any Chet tribute album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 26, 2017, 03:13:16 PM
And even that... I can't avoid this thought:

The fact that it's not The Princess Bride musical doesn't mean is not something similar, about a different play, a book etc

I just saw your comment on Guy's forum. From my understanding he didn't say the play itself was nonsense, he meant the fact that it was hinted that Mark was involved is. I guess he was just stating they are not related to that project.

Anyway, if this misterious project has anything to do with Chet Atkins I think Brad Paisley would be a natural collaboration. On stalking duty I found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I-3Dt6gjFo

Good version!

Guy answer:

To which album are you referring? I'm not aware of any Chet tribute album.


Yeah, he didn't rise to the bait lol clever man.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on April 26, 2017, 03:38:07 PM
Maybe just stop guessing on Guy's forum... Just be patient  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 26, 2017, 05:09:37 PM
Maybe just stop guessing on Guy's forum... Just be patient  ;)

Come on, guessing, speculating and hoping is all we have for now  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on April 26, 2017, 07:48:36 PM
Maybe just stop guessing on Guy's forum... Just be patient  ;)

Come on, guessing, speculating and hoping is all we have for now  :)

On AMIT it's okay ofcourse  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 26, 2017, 08:29:54 PM
Maybe just stop guessing on Guy's forum... Just be patient  ;)

Come on, guessing, speculating and hoping is all we have for now  :)

On AMIT it's okay ofcourse  :)

Well, we learnt that Mark is not connected to any Disney musical after asking Guy. No big deal. Anything can be asked and anything he wants to answer will be answered. As long as you ask politely I don't see the problem.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 27, 2017, 12:47:34 AM
MORE JAZZ! MORE JAZZ! MORE JAZZ!

Seriously, it seems that a lot of "old" musicians tend to go to the jazz side of things in their 60s, 70s and so on (Sting, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison — he always was jazzy, Bob Dylan to name a few). As The Ragpicker's Dream being one of the jazziest and one of the best songs Mark ever made, and seeng him exploring more and more jazzy voicings on a guitar, I hope to hear more jazz from him. Laughs and jokes, and drinks, and smokes...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on April 27, 2017, 12:49:57 AM
Im sorry, but Jazz on the whole stinks.... ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 27, 2017, 01:07:32 AM
Im sorry, but Jazz on the whole stinks.... ;D

This is too much for my English understanding, can you please elaborate? :lol
I love jazz since I was born, but the funny thing is that I can't really play it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on April 27, 2017, 09:02:20 AM
Im sorry, but Jazz on the whole stinks.... ;D

This is too much for my English understanding, can you please elaborate? :lol
I love jazz since I was born, but the funny thing is that I can't really play it.

It's? easy. Just learn the most difficult chords ever. Any -maj13 sus4 dim7 will do.

Then form a group and just start to play these chords in random order with no clue what so ever about what the other guys are playing.  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on April 27, 2017, 10:35:31 AM
 :lol  ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on April 27, 2017, 10:41:18 AM
Would Rudiger go conform with Jazz criteria? Sure enough Badges, Posters, Stickers & T-Shirts?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on April 27, 2017, 11:33:29 AM
around 81-82 Mark was very interested in jazz chords, and he read a book about it (I forgot the name an the author, but sure Ingo knows it) and then he tried to include many jazz chords in his own songs.
Of course the LOG album doesn't sound "jazzy", but there are lot of chords in PI or LOG  that came from jazz theory
the Comfort and Joy soundtrack sounds jazzy, and it seems that Mark wanted to icnlude chords he just had learnt at the time
Badges is clearly jazzy
Fade to black sounds jazzy to me
some live hillbilies tracks sounds jazzy too
Whoop de doo si jazz too
and the Balooney intro too (check Foma's lesson about it  :thumbsup)
and some other songs that don't came to mind yet, but sure when you get older I guess jazz get more proeminent in your music if you are a composer

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 27, 2017, 03:50:31 PM
I hate jazz but I quite like jazzy tunes. Man, I miss those diaries...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on April 27, 2017, 04:02:50 PM
There is many style from jazz.

I don't like so much New Orelans jazz and swing and free jazz.

I love bop, hard bop, kool jazz, modal jazz, latin jazz and modern Scandinavic jazz. Music for the brein.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Marijo58 on April 28, 2017, 09:24:43 AM
Maybe just stop guessing on Guy's forum... Just be patient  ;)
Yes you're right Dutchessy... Meanwhile I spent a nice time reading this thread.. Thanks.. Wait and see...

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 28, 2017, 03:53:45 PM
Putting aside the speculation on what the whole project is about and getting a bit more grounded, I think it's the best chance we've ever had to see Eric Clapton playing in a Mark Knopfler album. As we all know, BG has two big rooms and Eric had been in quite often before his recent health issues which means they were recording their albums at the same time, literally a few steps away from one another. It had never happened before since, if I'm not mistaken, Mark was away touring when Eric recorded there for the first time back in 2015. That would be something...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on April 28, 2017, 11:09:34 PM
Putting aside the speculation on what the whole project is about and getting a bit more grounded, I think it's the best chance we've ever had to see Eric Clapton playing in a Mark Knopfler album. As we all know, BG has two big rooms and Eric had been in quite often before his recent health issues which means they were recording their albums at the same time, literally a few steps away from one another. It had never happened before since, if I'm not mistaken, Mark was away touring when Eric recorded there for the first time back in 2015. That would be something...

But they recorded both BIA and BTS in same studio in Montserrat in 1984.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: shooting_star_night on April 29, 2017, 12:18:31 AM
           Hi All :)   :wave


I haven't read the thread at all yet, but when does the album get released or around the time? (I will read the read this weekend)

Also, hopefully a tour soon (haven't looked in those threads either :)


I hope everyone has been doing well :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on April 29, 2017, 12:29:54 AM
           Hi All :)   :wave


I haven't read the thread at all yet, but when does the album get released or around the time? (I will read the read this weekend)

Also, hopefully a tour soon (haven't looked in those threads either :)


I hope everyone has been doing well :)

Hi shooting star! There's no any real news, just speculation, so you might as well skip all the thread entirely.
Also, no news means there's no any dates and no nothing, basically Mark works in the studio and that's it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 30, 2017, 07:46:24 PM
HBO is working in an adaptation for TV of "wag the dog" with most of the team that worked on the film like Barry Levinson. I guess that De Niro, Hoffman and Heche won't be in the TV series, and probably Knopfler either...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on April 30, 2017, 09:08:57 PM
HBO is working in an adaptation for TV of "wag the dog" with most of the team that worked on the film like Barry Levinson. I guess that De Niro, Hoffman and Heche won't be in the TV series, and probably Knopfler either...

De Niro is involded as exec producer. No word about music for the series...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/wag-dog-tv-series-works-at-hbo-998140

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 01, 2017, 03:59:15 PM
           Hi All :)   :wave


I haven't read the thread at all yet, but when does the album get released or around the time? (I will read the read this weekend)

Also, hopefully a tour soon (haven't looked in those threads either :)


I hope everyone has been doing well :)

hi shooting star, how is the bob tour going?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 01, 2017, 07:35:08 PM
HBO is working in an adaptation for TV of "wag the dog" with most of the team that worked on the film like Barry Levinson. I guess that De Niro, Hoffman and Heche won't be in the TV series, and probably Knopfler either...

De Niro is involded as exec producer. No word about music for the series...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/wag-dog-tv-series-works-at-hbo-998140

It might be interesting, it's going to be a comedy, maybe it would be something like West Wing but in comedy... Looking forward to watch it!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on May 02, 2017, 10:48:44 PM
How much time was there in the past before an official announcement was made??? I mean like with the tracker album we al did know from Guy they were working on a new album and at some point they went official with making it public and giving us a release date.
Since they now have been in the studio since september 2016 when could they make it official or at least give us some more details? What would be likely?
Or perhaps would they say something like new album of MK in store in 4 weeks???? Make it official when the album is totaly finished  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 02, 2017, 11:36:57 PM
How much time was there in the past before an official announcement was made??? I mean like with the tracker album we al did know from Guy they were working on a new album and at some point they went official with making it public and giving us a release date.
Since they now have been in the studio since september 2016 when could they make it official or at least give us some more details? What would be likely?
Or perhaps would they say something like new album of MK in store in 4 weeks???? Make it official when the album is totaly finished  :think

It would be telling ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 03, 2017, 08:25:11 AM
How much time was there in the past before an official announcement was made??? I mean like with the tracker album we al did know from Guy they were working on a new album and at some point they went official with making it public and giving us a release date.
Since they now have been in the studio since september 2016 when could they make it official or at least give us some more details? What would be likely?
Or perhaps would they say something like new album of MK in store in 4 weeks???? Make it official when the album is totaly finished  :think

As long as this is not a regular album but a project in which there are more people involved than MK, we cannot do comparations with the rest of previous MK albums and their schedule...

But my guess is that no sooner than late 2017 or early 2018, if I have to bet, I would do it for 2018... and it´s not clear that the project will have a tour as such...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 03, 2017, 09:17:29 AM
That Italian interview stated new mk album in 2017. Was that a real interview?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 03, 2017, 11:27:56 AM
That Italian interview stated new mk album in 2017. Was that a real interview?

It's true that is odd that MK mentions his brother David at all, and if you believe that interview, MK talks briefly about David, so, I don´t know if we can believe that is a true interview...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 07, 2017, 04:36:16 PM
That Italian interview stated new mk album in 2017. Was that a real interview?

It's true that is odd that MK mentions his brother David at all, and if you believe that interview, MK talks briefly about David, so, I don´t know if we can believe that is a true interview...

But nevertheless David WILL do the 40th anniversary tour, so seems like they talk not only on weddings and funerals.

(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18221926_1455339437860687_3207060775326005744_n.jpg?oh=f901e1cf1da11aee2484d0bba874ccf1&oe=59BB7262)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on May 08, 2017, 02:55:29 AM
Is this another incarnation of the Dire Straits name?  DS Legends? The Dire Straits Experience?  Is this outing going to be called David Straits?  I can see the fans benefit to commemorate the 40th anniversary, but I just cant see MK fronting the stage to lead the "Dire Straits Rock and Roll Band" anytime soon?!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2017, 07:45:03 AM
It is David Knopfler celebrating the 40th anniversary of HIS career that includes the early years of Dire Straits.

I don´t see MK doing something like that anyway.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2017, 08:15:28 AM
From Guy´s forum:

Question:
A hot or cold kind of question…
 This project, is something that MK has been asked to do by someone else, like when a film director asks him to compose the film score?
 Hot? Cold?

Answer:
Yes and no


Yes to "is something that MK has been asked to do by someone else"? or to "Hot"?

No to "like when a film director asks him to compose the film score"? or to "Cold"?

If it´s YES to HOT and NO to COLD, the project is a film, LOL

If it´s YES to something he´s been asked to do, and NO to film score, mmm, interesting... I bet for a documentary or a play, that would explain why there won´t be live dates...

I still think that here is the key to what MK is doing, together with this recent Guy´s answer:

It's certainly not a PR stunt, just a project agreement / obligation.

And I´m quite sure that is going to be something that we need to have faith on it... like when we say that this or that MK record need to grow on us... I mean, it´s going to be something different from what we expect from MK but he found it interesting, but it´s going to be "strange" to us and we would have to let it grow on us and accept what it is...

How strange?

I would bet for:

A/A series of documentaries for any tv channel (itv, bbc, sky) about, let´s say, History, Astronomy or something like that
B/ A musical or music for a play
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on May 08, 2017, 10:55:24 AM
That Italian interview stated new mk album in 2017. Was that a real interview?

So it seems the Dire Straits name is (ab)used for marketing purposes.
It's true that is odd that MK mentions his brother David at all, and if you believe that interview, MK talks briefly about David, so, I don´t know if we can believe that is a true interview...

But nevertheless David WILL do the 40th anniversary tour, so seems like they talk not only on weddings and funerals.

-image-

So it seems the Dire Straits name is (ab)used for marketing purposes.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 08, 2017, 11:20:45 AM
Those three dates and the size and occasions show exactly what relevance DK and AC have... 
Almost sad to read that David Knopfler has reached this level...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2017, 11:28:20 AM
Those three dates and the size and occasions show exactly what relevance DK and AC have... 
Almost sad to read that David Knopfler has reached this level...

LE

These are the remaining dates. DK already played many dates with sold outs of this tour:

https://knopfler.com/tour_dates.html (https://knopfler.com/tour_dates.html)

DS name abused for marketing purposes? yes, even promoters used for years and years the DS name when announcing MK to ensure more public goes to the concerts...

As far it doesn´t imply any lie, is ok for me. DK was a DS founder, so its true, Alan Clark played on DS, so it's true, and DK plays (always did...) early DS songs (bernadette, whats the matter, wild west end...) from his era, so, it´s true as well...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on May 08, 2017, 11:40:57 AM
There are only three concerts advertised with the six piece band and AC  as part of the 40th Anniversary Tour, the rest are David's usual concerts as I see it.   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2017, 11:45:13 AM
by the way this is the wrong topic  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 08, 2017, 11:49:09 AM
David Knopfler is always the wrong topic.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2017, 12:09:45 PM
David Knopfler is always the wrong topic.

LE

Specially if you don´t like his music. To me, anything related in any way to DS, is a nice topic :-P

Being back to topic:

Guy didn't update his forum in a week, I hope that means they are working hard and we have an announcement soon  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 08, 2017, 01:28:57 PM
Mark's new album will be named "That would be telling". Trust me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on May 08, 2017, 02:03:53 PM
What can I tell??  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on May 08, 2017, 04:18:49 PM
Forum is up to date with Guy saying that there will be all sorts of things happening as a result of this new project  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 08, 2017, 04:38:50 PM
Forum is up to date with Guy saying that there will be all sorts of things happening as a result of this new project  :think

I can't see that, the last answer is from 2nd of May. But no way! Guy might as well just say "new project exists, period".
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 08, 2017, 07:24:48 PM
It is David Knopfler celebrating the 40th anniversary of HIS career that includes the early years of Dire Straits.

I don´t see MK doing something like that anyway.

The length of time this is taking it could be Mark Knopfler at 100 album/tour 2049.  With the age his audience will be they'll be issuing tickets in large print by then!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 08, 2017, 07:26:48 PM
It is David Knopfler celebrating the 40th anniversary of HIS career that includes the early years of Dire Straits.

I don´t see MK doing something like that anyway.

The length of time this is taking it could be Mark Knopfler at 100 album/tour 2049.  With the age his audience will be they'll be issuing tickets in large print by then!

I still believe in my prediction of DS reunion on Live Aid 2085 anniversary.

(http://www.famouspictures.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/I_want_to_believe5.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on May 08, 2017, 07:43:49 PM
It is David Knopfler celebrating the 40th anniversary of HIS career that includes the early years of Dire Straits.

I don´t see MK doing something like that anyway.

The length of time this is taking it could be Mark Knopfler at 100 album/tour 2049.  With the age his audience will be they'll be issuing tickets in large print by then!

Even tickets with extra-large print won't help me in 2049 - I'll be 107 and in a home for the bewildered - still listening to MK, though, if I can!     ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 08, 2017, 07:48:23 PM
It is David Knopfler celebrating the 40th anniversary of HIS career that includes the early years of Dire Straits.

I don´t see MK doing something like that anyway.

The length of time this is taking it could be Mark Knopfler at 100 album/tour 2049.  With the age his audience will be they'll be issuing tickets in large print by then!

Even tickets with extra-large print won't help me in 2049 - I'll be 107 and in a home for the bewildered - still listening to MK, though, if I can!     ;D

 :lol

I'll come down and sneak you out for the evening!  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on May 08, 2017, 09:42:05 PM
Mark Knopfler is writing next Madonna album  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on May 09, 2017, 09:51:33 AM
Mark's new album will be named "That would be telling". Trust me.


 :lol :lol Haha! And he was trying to tell us all along. I know it is a coincidence, but he hasn't used "soon" after I told him he is driving us insane with that word
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 09, 2017, 12:13:58 PM
Q:Hello Guy, is this new project also followed by a new tour in the near future? Or will this project only be studiowork for you?

A:There will be all sorts of things happening as a result


I guess that this means a tour or at least a group of dates will take place after whatever is released...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on May 09, 2017, 01:12:42 PM
All sort of things he says. What more is possible than a tour and some interviews for radio and tv?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 09, 2017, 01:45:03 PM
All sort of things he says. What more is possible than a tour and some interviews for radio and tv?

A theater premiere if he´s doing the music for a musical or a play  ;D :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 10, 2017, 08:26:17 AM
This came to mind this morning, when Roger Waters composed a opera because two friends asked him to do it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a_Ira_(opera) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a_Ira_(opera))

And also when Sting composed a musical some years ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(musical) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(musical))

Guess who's next  ;D ;D ;D :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on May 10, 2017, 09:26:33 AM
Just an interesting aside...

A few days ago Alan Clarke updated his website news and said in one line that he had 'done a session for someone's album'. I look again today and that line has been removed. A possible clue?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on May 10, 2017, 09:26:51 AM
Let's face it - nothing is going to come out until they have finished in there is there? Didn't I read somewhere that this is likely to be June? Go to be good surely!!  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on May 10, 2017, 09:31:46 AM
This came to mind this morning, when Roger Waters composed a opera because two friends asked him to do it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a_Ira_(opera) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a_Ira_(opera))

And also when Sting composed a musical some years ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(musical) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(musical))

Guess who's next  ;D ;D ;D :lol :lol :lol

I asked Guy this question a few weeks ago:



"Hi Guy, I’m guessing it’s music & songs for a modern ballet of Romeo & Juliet!"

Guy: "nice guess"

It could be a rock opera, though!    ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 10, 2017, 11:33:50 AM
It´s a free world, well, most of it...

 ;D ;D ;D ;D :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on May 11, 2017, 07:26:21 AM
Mark and Alan working together again......errrrrr Yeah.....Nah, I don't think so! :disbelief :lol :o ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2017, 09:18:14 AM
Mark and Alan working together again......errrrrr Yeah.....Nah, I don't think so! :disbelief :lol :o ;D

It would be surprising, really!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on May 11, 2017, 10:58:54 AM
Mark and Alan working together again......errrrrr Yeah.....Nah, I don't think so! :disbelief :lol :o ;D

It would be surprising, really!

If they would play "Terminal of tribute to"... That'd be great.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on May 11, 2017, 11:13:38 AM
Two projects say Guy. Include new MK album!

Heppy now?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2017, 11:23:50 AM
Two projects say Guy. Include new MK album!

Heppy now?

YES!!!!!

That's not strictly true. There will be announcements but I am not in control of that. I can say that we are working on TWO projects now, simultaneously and one of them is a new album for Mark. I will start thinking about a new diary very soon!! We also did guitar overdubs on a session for the Killers earlier this week.


This answer really makes me very happy. It means that whatever the new project is, there is a new MK record being recorded and that would led to a new tour which is what we all want!

Right now, I don´t mind very much about the misterious project beyond curiosity. A new MK album is THE PROJECT for me, and a likely new tour, a great chance to see some of you again!

Also a colaboration with THE KILLERS!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Millionaire Blues on May 11, 2017, 11:26:53 AM
Great stuff!!
So a new album, some work with the killers and something else?
Have i understood correctly??
:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2017, 11:35:59 AM
Great stuff!!
So a new album, some work with the killers and something else?
Have i understood correctly??
:)

Yes, the misterious project, a new MK album, and the Killers thing, I guess is just another colaboration as the ones MK does from time to time.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on May 11, 2017, 11:59:40 AM
Great stuff!!
So a new album, some work with the killers and something else?
Have i understood correctly??
:)

Yes, the misterious project, a new MK album, and the Killers thing, I guess is just another colaboration as the ones MK does from time to time.

Because so much secret about second project, it can be artist with high profile. I am very curiously.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on May 11, 2017, 12:00:06 PM
Very happy to know a new MK album is in the making :-)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 11, 2017, 12:00:14 PM
Finally! Some confirmation after 53 pages (781 posts) of speculation ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 11, 2017, 12:14:46 PM
In the end looks like it's gonna be the album + documentary combo we thought it would be... :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on May 11, 2017, 12:33:56 PM
Great news! Although I can't imagine the mysterious project is the documentary. (So the documentary is off for now!?)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2017, 12:35:52 PM
In the end looks like it's gonna be the album + documentary combo we thought it would be... :D

If you mean the Henrik Hansen documentary, the misterious project it`s another different thing, Guy confirmed that documentary, and the misterious project is something Guy is not allowed to talk about, so you can add one more thing to the combo  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on May 11, 2017, 01:55:03 PM
I'm delighted to hear that a new MK album is in progress, but there is obviously more to it than that, otherwise Guy wouldn't have said that this project was very different and exciting.   I like the Killers and it's good to hear that Mark is overdubbing the guitar on their album, but he does this sort of thing with many artists pretty often.    The main thing for me is that there is definitely a new album and not just a musical or something similar.    I'm now hoping for a tour next year!     :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2017, 02:09:10 PM
I'm delighted to hear that a new MK album is in progress, but there is obviously more to it than that, otherwise Guy wouldn't have said that this project was very different and exciting.   I like the Killers and it's good to hear that Mark is overdubbing the guitar on their album, but he does this sort of thing with many artists pretty often.    The main thing for me is that there is definitely a new album and not just a musical or something similar.    I'm now hoping for a tour next year!     :)

Well, Guy says that they are working simultaneously on the misterious project and the MK album but, as he says he's thinking in start a diary soon, and that is the first time Guy mentions it, the Mk album might be in early stages... maybe too soon to guess there would be a tour next year. Guy has replied to me about the tour with a WE SHALL SEE...

Depending on how they progress and being in May, maybe they can repeat the Tracker experience, releasing in March 2018 and touring one or two months after. There are six months of 2017 to finish it, LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on May 11, 2017, 02:36:56 PM
I started this thread SO long ago - and at last some news! Now we are up and running!! ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 11, 2017, 03:05:17 PM
I started this thread SO long ago - and at last some news! Now we are up and running!! ;D

Perhaps it needs renaming now!  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: MK-47 on May 11, 2017, 08:05:38 PM
This really made my day!! Another MK album, and possibly a tour afterwards!!  ;D

It's a bit funny how long we speculated at what they were working on and now it turns out they were doing the very thing most of us I think really wanted. Maybe it was some kind of a personal joke from Guy to keep us guessing this long  :lol

Can't stop grinning  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on May 11, 2017, 09:12:33 PM
new thread: "fiddling with microphones"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on May 11, 2017, 11:49:37 PM
Is that not a criminal offence?  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Billy’s Tune on May 12, 2017, 12:28:02 AM
Mk news mentions the killers over dubs and working on songs for a future possible release.

BBC news has been full of Glastonbury secrets ... maybe, just maybe, MK or DS even are going to play! Would explain the band sessions and the secrecy as well as lots more will follow afterwards!

Ok so it's possible but don't wait up!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 12, 2017, 09:01:30 AM
Yes, thanks for the hint, MKNews said that MK "has begun"  to record songs for a possible future release.
However, last November, when that Gibson Guitar video came up, Mark mentioned that the new guitar was immediately used for recording.
Plus in the Tracker video he said, "I come here (BG) to record, not to write".  So he works already longer on recording  new material I guess.

Or maybe that Gibson recording was for that Playtime Deluxe one shot. The video ad recording might have taken place some time before.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2017, 09:40:19 AM
Yes, thanks for the hint, MKNews said that MK "has begun"  to record songs for a possible future release.
However, last November, when that Gibson Guitar video came up, Mark mentioned that the new guitar was immediately used for recording.
Plus in the Tracker video he said, "I come here (BG) to record, not to write".  So he works already longer on recording  new material I guess.

Or maybe that Gibson recording was for that Playtime Deluxe one shot. The video ad recording might have taken place some time before.

LE

I understand that it means that MK writes at home or when touring at the hotel rooms, and only goes to the studio to record the songs properly. Probably has a way to record rough demos at home with a digital recorder or something plugged to his laptop while he's composing at home or touring, and when he gets to the studio, it´s to do the final recording, when he tries guitars, amps and mics, and drinks tea...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 12, 2017, 10:52:30 AM
Thanks jbaent I know that and it was no question.  I was referring to the line "begun to record" but we know he is at BG with Guy for many many months now so I think he "begun" recordings last year already and not now like MKNews implies.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2017, 11:19:14 AM
Thanks jbaent I know that and it was no question.  I was referring to the line "begun to record" but we know he is at BG with Guy for many many months now so I think he "begun" recordings last year already and not now like MKNews implies.

LE

My mistake, my eyes reads one thing my mind process another one, LOL

I think that MK was working on the super mega fancy misterious project until recently, and the work must be almost finished or very near to complete so he started now to record his own album as well now that the has free time while finishing the other project.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 12, 2017, 11:30:08 AM
Funny thing is, at the first minutes after hearing that he played for the Tommy Emmanuel duet project, I had hopes that TE played for HIS project... and what it probably would be.. Sultans acoustic and a dream would come true... I phantasized about a Dire Straits Jubilee project where guests play DS classics... and wondered who else would play what.... and thought The Killers doing Romeo & Juliet would be great. .. and now... The Killers show up! Isn't it strange somehow...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2017, 11:47:24 AM
Funny thing is, at the first minutes after hearing that he played for the Tommy Emmanuel duet project, I had hopes that TE played for HIS project... and what it probably would be.. Sultans acoustic and a dream would come true... I phantasized about a Dire Straits Jubilee project where guests play DS classics... and wondered who else would play what.... and thought The Killers doing Romeo & Juliet would be great. .. and now... The Killers show up! Isn't it strange somehow...

LE

I like this idea, it will be very very interesting and it fits with the Guy´s statement that MK wrote all the songs...

I also hope the super mega fancy misterious project is that!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Shai on May 12, 2017, 11:56:48 AM
I hate to burst your bubble, but the wording from MK News is less definite.

   NEW SONGS: Mark has begun to record new songs for a possible future album release. (11/05/17)

   Saul :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2017, 11:58:30 AM
I hate to burst your bubble, but the wording from MK News is less definite.

   NEW SONGS: Mark has begun to record new songs for a possible future album release. (11/05/17)

   Saul :smack

And Guy´s words are:

we are working on TWO projects now, simultaneously and one of them is a new album for Mark
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 12, 2017, 12:03:15 PM
MKNews has to be careful with an announcement like this as it is not the same as an official album release announcement. I bet it is safe to say that we will have another MK solo album.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2017, 12:48:27 PM
MKNews has to be careful with an announcement like this as it is not the same as an official album release announcement. I bet it is safe to say that we will have another MK solo album.

LE

Actually I don´t get that announcement... I think that is the first time it happens.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on May 12, 2017, 02:26:44 PM
I don't think MK News and MK management are that close anymore. So they get some info and have to be careful what to write down. I never look at MK news anymore. As soon as Guy is able to say something he will and does., so I rely on him.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2017, 05:12:32 PM
I don't think MK News and MK management are that close anymore. So they get some info and have to be careful what to write down. I never look at MK news anymore. As soon as Guy is able to say something he will and does., so I rely on him.

Mk news still provides the official information for mk.com official site...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 14, 2017, 12:16:45 PM
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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 14, 2017, 01:35:10 PM
I wonder from where this list comes...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 14, 2017, 01:58:59 PM
If this is something... It looks like a documentary about environment, petrol etc
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 14, 2017, 08:51:35 PM
They sound like Mark K. songs, if you know what I mean!  Don't you think?

You Can't Beat the House > You Can't Eat the Scenery
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 14, 2017, 10:18:41 PM
They sound like Mark K. songs, if you know what I mean!  Don't you think?

You Can't Beat the House > You Can't Eat the Scenery

They certainly are, but I'm not a huge fan of knowing the song's name long before actually hearing it. Because it creates so many images in your brain, you sort of create your own world around it, which could be completely destroyed (or vice versa) after hearing the actual song.

I remember seeing the title "Terminal Of Tribute To". Who would have thought that it's just a rant over Mark's ex-bandmates? And so on...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on May 15, 2017, 06:59:55 AM
I notice that they're in alphabetical order. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 15, 2017, 09:18:57 AM
They are not in the ASCAP list...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on May 15, 2017, 11:25:23 AM
Now deleted.    :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 15, 2017, 11:36:30 AM
So it looks like something
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 15, 2017, 11:39:09 AM
So it looks like something
Sure hope so. I do not mind knowing the names all part of the game imho,  but I can understand people preferring not to know

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 15, 2017, 11:44:46 AM
Some of them were working titles probably, not definite. At least I hope so because most of them sounded pretty rubbish I thought... and what was it with the brackets? :think

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on May 15, 2017, 12:29:52 PM
Maybe it was deleted because it was false and taking a lot of screen space.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 15, 2017, 12:48:01 PM
That's a possibility, of course
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on May 15, 2017, 10:26:55 PM
DELETED by moderators (Guy Fletcher asked us to do)

Did i mis something.....????
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 15, 2017, 10:54:29 PM
DELETED by moderators (Guy Fletcher asked us to do)

Did i mis something.....????

As long as it was posted by Foma, anything got deleted :lol
Maybe I'm the most-deleted guy on AMIT ever, it's a honor.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: regmka on May 15, 2017, 10:55:30 PM
Looks like new entry in ASCAP: https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/892442652
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on May 16, 2017, 02:39:22 AM
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Did i mis something.....????

Kinda...there were some songs posted as they may or may not be written by Mark....and they may or may not be connected with an upcoming project....this upcoming project may or may not be a film score, musical or solo album...this list may or may not yield a release of an album(s) and this list may or may not go on to be performed life in an "on tour" scenario.....this speculation may or may not be entirely accurate!  :lol ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on May 16, 2017, 09:17:12 AM
Well, if Guy Fletcher asked you to delete the list, then that's the best proof that these were real song titles ... it's like an inofficial confirmation, which is the opposite of what he wanted and thus kind of funny.  :lol

Now, did you all take notes or a screenshot?  :clap

Some of theme are easy to remember, like "A Song about ****"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on May 16, 2017, 09:50:51 AM
Thank you all for the update. I wonder how does songtitles made it to the internet. There must be some securityleak???
And Guy Fletcher is reading this forum?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on May 16, 2017, 10:00:12 AM
I think North Korea did it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 16, 2017, 10:04:09 AM
I think North Korea did it.
Wannacry did it. So yes

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 16, 2017, 11:02:36 AM
Jbaent gave a hint to the poster Igor at Guy's forum that it might be better to discuss these things at AMIT, so I guess this led Guy to our forum.

I must say some of those titles sounded very strange and I hope they won't go through finally. Another possibility indeed might be that there is soundtrack work involved as on these cases short music cues often have these scenical descriptions as titles.

So IF these are real titles, to me it makes the whole story even more mysterious.

MK always had a great ability for the best sounding song titles. Sucker Row. Beachcombing. Ride Across The River. Long Cool Girl. Speedway At Nazareth. Not much of this greatness could be found in that list.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 16, 2017, 11:16:24 AM
Looks like new entry in ASCAP: https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/892442652

Do I really have to check the complete list to find out what you mean? "A" alone seems endless... Or is there another way to find out? Any hints?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 16, 2017, 11:19:32 AM
Jbaent gave a hint to the poster Igor at Guy's forum that it might be better to discuss these things at AMIT, so I guess this led Guy to our forum.

I must say some of those titles sounded very strange and I hope they won't go through finally. Another possibility indeed might be that there is soundtrack work involved as on these cases short music cues often have these scenical descriptions as titles.

So IF these are real titles, to me it makes the whole story even more mysterious.

MK always had a great ability for the best sounding song titles. Sucker Row. Beachcombing. Ride Across The River. Long Cool Girl. Speedway At Nazareth. Not much of this greatness could be found in that list.

LE
Pretty certain guy has known our forum since roundabout 2008/2009


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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Wizard on May 16, 2017, 11:22:42 AM
Looking at the song titles, a wild guess would be a musical version of local hero. One of the song titles mentioned crude oil and "You can't eat the scenery" nicely puts the case of the poor villages who want to sell out to the oilman.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 16, 2017, 11:39:48 AM
Great guess. ..

Pottel yes I know but that doesn't mean he reads it regularly does it?  ;)

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 16, 2017, 12:24:47 PM
Great guess. ..

Pottel yes I know but that doesn't mean he reads it regularly does it?  ;)

LE

I sure hope not considering some of the (well intentioned) criticisms I've written!  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 16, 2017, 12:30:41 PM
Great guess. ..

Pottel yes I know but that doesn't mean he reads it regularly does it?  ;)

LE

I sure hope not considering some of the (well intentioned) criticisms I've written!  :smack
Last time we spoke he did mention your nick yes

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 16, 2017, 12:35:53 PM
Great guess. ..

Pottel yes I know but that doesn't mean he reads it regularly does it?  ;)

LE

I sure hope not considering some of the (well intentioned) criticisms I've written!  :smack
Last time we spoke he did mention your nick yes

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Nooooooooo!   :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: regmka on May 16, 2017, 01:06:47 PM
Looks like new entry in ASCAP: https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/892442652

Do I really have to check the complete list to find out what you mean? "A" alone seems endless... Or is there another way to find out? Any hints?

LE

It's a link to the song with WorkID 892442652 (which is greater than IDs of Tracker songs, so I suppose it's a new one) and title "You don't want to get you one of those"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on May 16, 2017, 01:50:28 PM
Sound like title for track for movie music, no?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 16, 2017, 02:28:19 PM
Sounds pretty silly to be honest...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on May 16, 2017, 03:02:20 PM
Sounds pretty silly to be honest...

LE

Similar grammar as "I Used to Could"!    ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on May 16, 2017, 03:13:29 PM
The album title and the track titles seem to me to be too elaborate for a mere movie soundtrack.
I expect something different.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 16, 2017, 03:41:25 PM
I continue thinking that is going to be a)music for a documentary or a series of documentaries or b)music for a play, or a musical

I like the idea of a Local hero musical... All titles fit.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on May 16, 2017, 04:14:10 PM
Pretty certain guy has known our forum since roundabout 2008/2009


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Yes indeed. I remember that he commented something many years ago. Or was it in my dreams only?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 16, 2017, 05:11:53 PM
I recall Jack Sonni and Tommy Mandel writing here, Guy? I'm not sure he wrote here, for sure he did in the MKNEWS forum, but I can't recall reading him here...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 16, 2017, 05:54:24 PM
How would you know he read here? Lurking

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: sv on May 16, 2017, 05:59:11 PM
I continue thinking that is going to be a)music for a documentary or a series of documentaries or b)music for a play, or a musical

I like the idea of a Local hero musical... All titles fit.

Hi all, perhaps a musical to Telegraph Road? Those titles might fit there as well. I have to say I was very uncomfortable seeing Igor's post's on Guy's forum. I knew that was going to end badly. What was strange was it remained there for at least 15 hours or more before it vanished. There were some titles with brackets around certain words (actually in the middle of a word, giving it an option of being another word). But whatever happened there, it seems like BG Studios is not immune to hacks going on worldwide. Hope they installed some more security on their servers. What I was actually also thinking was whether MK might pick up Eric Clapton's Guitar Festival series. I know MK has played with a few of the folks there including Andy Fairweather and Sonny Landreth and others. But MK was never featured on any of the Crossroads Guitar Festivals. Wonder why. Just a thought.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on May 16, 2017, 06:26:25 PM
:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 16, 2017, 06:26:50 PM
How would you know he read here? Lurking

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on May 16, 2017, 06:27:06 PM
I continue thinking that is going to be a)music for a documentary or a series of documentaries or b)music for a play, or a musical

I like the idea of a Local hero musical... All titles fit.

Hi all, perhaps a musical to Telegraph Road? Those titles might fit there as well. I have to say I was very uncomfortable seeing Igor's post's on Guy's forum. I knew that was going to end badly. What was strange was it remained there for at least 15 hours or more before it vanished. There were some titles with brackets around certain words (actually in the middle of a word, giving it an option of being another word). But whatever happened there, it seems like BG Studios is not immune to hacks going on worldwide. Hope they installed some more security on their servers. What I was actually also thinking was whether MK might pick up Eric Clapton's Guitar Festival series. I know MK has played with a few of the folks there including Andy Fairweather and Sonny Landreth and others. But MK was never featured on any of the Crossroads Guitar Festivals. Wonder why. Just a thought.


He doesn't like big festivals anymore.

He don't want to be a guitar hero.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 16, 2017, 10:49:41 PM
Don't forget it's going to be the 35th anniversary of Local Hero in 2018, and a good half of the titles fits into LH universe perfectly. Lets see... :wave

Funny to see how nothing is truly secure these days. Fleet Foxes' new album has leaked a couple of days ago, Mark's songs titles has leaked.

I think they can say thanks that still no any actual recordings was revealed to this point, only some of the names :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on May 16, 2017, 11:48:57 PM
Um... Did we really censor our forum cause Guy asked us to?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on May 17, 2017, 05:26:23 AM
Um... Did we really censor our forum cause Guy asked us to?

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I think the MK management tapped on the shoulder of one of our mods and had a quiet word....

Its hardly the fault of the poster sharing the likely track listings for MK's new record, I saw the list and where it originated and again this list was a publically visible website - its hardly Wikileaks...!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: regmka on May 17, 2017, 09:37:20 AM
All titles mentioned on Guy's forum can be found in ISWC database (http://iswcnet.cisac.org) e.g. by Creator ID 00046804968. For example, "A cheeky wee pint" has ISWC T-921.078.250-6, "A song about love" - T-921.078.251-7 etc.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on May 17, 2017, 11:26:58 AM
Don't forget it's going to be the 35th anniversary of Local Hero in 2018, and a good half of the titles fits into LH universe perfectly. Lets see... :wave

Funny to see how nothing is truly secure these days. Fleet Foxes' new album has leaked a couple of days ago, Mark's songs titles has leaked.

I think they can say thanks that still no any actual recordings was revealed to this point, only some of the names :lol

Mark Knopfler is the most amazing songwriter and musician I know, which is why I love him so much, but the people who market his music (including Guy) have no clue about how that's done in a 2017 world. They get all nervous about copyright and privacy, without realizing that both of these concepts are rapidly becoming meaningless, without anybody below 30 giving a shit about either of them. You can regret that, but it's a fact nevertheless. In 2017, you don't win people by keeping things secret from them and hoping that they will pay shitloads of money when you finally let them in, but by spreading your stuff as widely as possible, thus building a large number of followers, some of which will then come to your concerts – and pay you eventually. Mark's management (and the managers of a ton of other established artists) have yet to understand this. They will – either by themselves, or with a little help of the market.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 17, 2017, 11:54:21 AM
I guess they have another view on these things. Album sales of Privateering and Tracker seemed to be ok, with the peak in the first week, live shows were all or almost all sold out or nearly sold out.
So no need to change release politics. They want to keep it exclusive of course, and as long as it is still in working progress I understand why they want to keep it secret as long as possible.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on May 17, 2017, 01:42:38 PM
I guess they have another view on these things. Album sales of Privateering and Tracker seemed to be ok, with the peak in the first week, live shows were all or almost all sold out or nearly sold out.
So no need to change release politics. They want to keep it exclusive of course, and as long as it is still in working progress I understand why they want to keep it secret as long as possible.

LE

You're right, they might be doing just fine for now (at least as long as a significant part of the record-buying crowd is still alive and can walk to concerts on their own two feet). But I'm quite sure that they could be much more successful still, without losing any of the current income. I don't see how being more open and responsive to fans would hurt their record or ticket sales. I mean, where's the problem if the world learns about a bunch of song titles? Where's the problem if the world knows that there's an album coming? It would only build up anticipation and excitement.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 17, 2017, 02:48:39 PM
Could be all just pretty pragmatic. Maybe the titles are not definitely deciced, and work is in such early stages that it IS too early for every announcement. Albums HAVE already been shelved, Dylan tours HAVE interrupted, plus press and Media work has to be planned very carefully for the very exact moment and not months before...

If you and your pregnant wife haven't decided yet what name your child will have you won't tell the list of possible names to friends, family or mates. And within the first three months you probably won't even tell it to your Boss or tell us if you expect a boy or a girl...   :lol ;)

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on May 17, 2017, 03:05:04 PM
But I'm quite sure that they could be much more successful still, without losing any of the current income.

MK don't care about record sale or play on radio. He will have success always enough to not lose money and to do what he like. To have profit of 1, 20 or 50 milion pound doesnt matter. Strongest motivation MK is self-satisfy. A fact.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: xardas on May 17, 2017, 03:12:54 PM
Finally someone with a correct view on Mark's work..
Rest of you and your theories about Mark management are just stupid to say at least..
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 17, 2017, 03:44:16 PM
Finally someone with a correct view on Mark's work..
Rest of you and your theories about Mark management are just stupid to say at least..
No need for Insults. I understand what you are trying to say, but I could be done differently

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Marijo58 on May 17, 2017, 07:09:18 PM
Well well, I stopped reading this thread a month ago when nothing happened so far.. And l'm soooo astonished this evening. Wow!! Happy to know that there's going to be a new album and probably a Tour..

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on May 17, 2017, 07:24:31 PM
Could be all just pretty pragmatic. Maybe the titles are not definitely deciced, and work is in such early stages that it IS too early for every announcement. Albums HAVE already been shelved, Dylan tours HAVE interrupted, plus press and Media work has to be planned very carefully for the very exact moment and not months before...

If you and your pregnant wife haven't decided yet what name your child will have you won't tell the list of possible names to friends, family or mates. And within the first three months you probably won't even tell it to your Boss or tell us if you expect a boy or a girl...   :lol ;)

LE

Yes they were probably just working titles, if anything at all. I can understand they want to limit what is in the public domain until the project is finished
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on May 17, 2017, 08:58:18 PM
Thank you for the music Mark
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on May 18, 2017, 09:04:12 AM
I would say it is fairly obvious. Guy has stated many times that this mystery project is something Mark was ASKED to do by someone else, and that someone else has asked for Guy not to say anything, and I think we should all just respect that, and wait for an official announcement. The fact Mark is now making his own solo album means he has pretty much finished his work on the mystery project, so an announcement can't be far off.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on May 18, 2017, 09:37:50 AM
Could be all just pretty pragmatic. Maybe the titles are not definitely deciced, and work is in such early stages that it IS too early for every announcement. Albums HAVE already been shelved, Dylan tours HAVE interrupted, plus press and Media work has to be planned very carefully for the very exact moment and not months before...

If you and your pregnant wife haven't decided yet what name your child will have you won't tell the list of possible names to friends, family or mates. And within the first three months you probably won't even tell it to your Boss or tell us if you expect a boy or a girl...   :lol ;)

LE

Actually, my wife is pregnant!  :o We're expecting a baby in July, and it's a girl. Her name will be ... ah, you got me on this, I won't tell.

But seriously, even if they don't have a name or the song titles yet, they could just post the occasional pic from the studio (studio diaries, remember them?), tell what they're working on, what guests they have, what gear they experiment with etc. So many artists do that today, and it keeps people interested - until the big day finally arrives.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on May 18, 2017, 09:44:43 AM
So many artists do that today, and it keeps people interested - until the big day finally arrives.

Only fans care about stuffs like that. Guy have told nothing but hear we are talking about project we know nothing from  ;D I think we are interested.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on May 18, 2017, 05:44:13 PM
Congratulations Rail King!  :D :D :D
Keep us posted!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on May 19, 2017, 10:21:55 AM
Congratulations Railking.  :D :-*
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on June 07, 2017, 04:23:13 PM
Guy says on his forum bandsessions are planned for the new album. I wonder when the album is finished.. Probably at the end of this year
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 07, 2017, 04:43:18 PM
Guy says on his forum bandsessions are planned for the new album. I wonder when the album is finished.. Probably at the end of this year

Jbaent/Julio did ask 2 questions (@Jbaent: you know Guy for years now, never ask more than 1 question  ;D).... It could be a 'yes' to his last question: or it´s too early for that?  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on June 08, 2017, 10:38:16 AM
Um... Did we really censor our forum cause Guy asked us to?

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I think the MK management tapped on the shoulder of one of our mods and had a quiet word....

Its hardly the fault of the poster sharing the likely track listings for MK's new record, I saw the list and where it originated and again this list was a publically visible website - its hardly Wikileaks...!
i think i would know if that were the case, and i can tell you it was NOT!
fellow mods? did i miss something, believe not.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 08, 2017, 02:01:07 PM
Um... Did we really censor our forum cause Guy asked us to?

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I think the MK management tapped on the shoulder of one of our mods and had a quiet word....

Its hardly the fault of the poster sharing the likely track listings for MK's new record, I saw the list and where it originated and again this list was a publically visible website - its hardly Wikileaks...!
i think i would know if that were the case, and i can tell you it was NOT!
fellow mods? did i miss something, believe not.

We recieved a report from Jbaent. Guy did ask him to remove the songs on Amit and Jbaent forwarded the request to us mods. I deleted the songs from Amit.

So its my mistake i guess.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on June 08, 2017, 06:10:37 PM
nobody's mistake. i just missed that.
oh well ok.
must have hit a snare there..
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: K-alberto on June 08, 2017, 11:45:04 PM
Guy says on his forum bandsessions are planned for the new album. I wonder when the album is finished.. Probably at the end of this year

Jbaent/Julio did ask 2 questions (@Jbaent: you know Guy for years now, never ask more than 1 question  ;D).... It could be a 'yes' to his last question: or it´s too early for that?  ;)
:clap :clap ;D
Guy could be the inventor of a new genre in literature
- Have you got the time? Yes
- Do you prefer travelling by car o by train? Yes
- is th project finished or at the early stages? YES!  :hmm

I'd say it was just a joke from Guy, I wouldn't try to guess which of the questions was the one for the "yes" answer :-)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 09, 2017, 01:15:49 PM
Guy says on his forum bandsessions are planned for the new album. I wonder when the album is finished.. Probably at the end of this year

Jbaent/Julio did ask 2 questions (@Jbaent: you know Guy for years now, never ask more than 1 question  ;D).... It could be a 'yes' to his last question: or it´s too early for that?  ;)

I understand that his yes is to "it´s too early"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 09, 2017, 02:36:49 PM
Guy says on his forum bandsessions are planned for the new album. I wonder when the album is finished.. Probably at the end of this year

Jbaent/Julio did ask 2 questions (@Jbaent: you know Guy for years now, never ask more than 1 question  ;D).... It could be a 'yes' to his last question: or it´s too early for that?  ;)

I understand that his yes is to "it´s too early"

I'm afraid so :-\
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on June 12, 2017, 01:48:49 PM
"Band sessions underway" while Richard is on tour probably means no Richard Bennett this time round, right? Like on "Kill to Get Crimson" and "Tracker". To be honest, I somewhat miss him on these two records. I'm of the opinion that a second guitarist generally benefits Mark's music.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on June 16, 2017, 09:49:35 PM
You don't want to unfold a candy until you are sure all present are at the table. Otherwise it is rude. I believe it's all about. Patient and respect would be the words here. No place for saliva.
 ;D

Here congrats for you Rail King!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on June 20, 2017, 09:35:24 AM
You don't want to unfold a candy until you are sure all present are at the table. Otherwise it is rude.

He used to do this for years, and I don't think it is rude to present some of it before it is finished. If the studio diaries gave unwanted consequenses, he would have stopped after the first one, wouldn't he?  I know they have their reasons this time, god knows what, but I wish he would say *something*, like "now we'll take a break for the summer, see you in september". (I don't think we will get anything before September now, or worse, Christmas) Anything will do, I miss them!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on June 20, 2017, 10:31:49 AM
They have every right to keep quiet about what they're working on, there's nothing "wrong" with that – it's just not too smart, in my opinion. They miss a ton of marketing opportunities. A photo here, a snippet there ... just imagine what would be going on in a forum like this if they'd let us witness their progress. Instead, a lot of people will silently lose interest. Not the die-hard fans, of course, but ones who don't necessarily google "Mark Knopfler" twice a day. These people - and they're the majority at every MK concert - will just turn elsewhere, somewhere where they're not being bored to death.

Now, again, passing on obvious marketing opportunities and ignoring how online communities are built and entertained these days is no crime. It's just not very smart if you want to make as much money as possible from your art. And while Mark himself may no longer give a fuck about that, rest assured that his outmoded hangers-on certainly do.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on June 20, 2017, 11:28:37 AM
Bandsession for the new MK album are confirmed today by Guy on his forum. He will also come with a new diary when the session is over....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on June 21, 2017, 09:18:13 AM
Yes, my prayers were heard  ;) He answered the forum questions, and that 's good enough. That's the *something* I needed. The mystery project is slowly gaining momentum, hmmm? :hmm I was hoping they were finished with it, and used all their time on the new album.
He also wrote that there is nothing exciting to see since it is mostly just him and Mark in the control room. I disagree, I would very much like to see some pictures of that. That's my next prayer..
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on June 28, 2017, 11:08:46 AM
The man has just posted to say a song of which we will know something soon. God, he is a tease is he not? Define soon!!! :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 28, 2017, 01:29:19 PM
The man has just posted to say a song of which we will know something soon. God, he is a tease is he not? Define soon!!! :smack

You might had missunderstoo him. He means that they rather focus on new songs (that would be known soon, when released...) than on old unreleased ones. It doesn´t mean we are going to hear soon about a song...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on June 30, 2017, 01:46:10 PM
NEW ALBUM UPDATE: Mark's as yet untitled new album is currently scheduled for completion in March 2018. (30/06/17)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: wespresso on June 30, 2017, 01:48:11 PM
NEW ALBUM UPDATE: Mark's as yet untitled new album is currently scheduled for completion in March 2018. (30/06/17)
Did Guy mention that? Also I saw the MK News update on facebook regarding the documentary by Henrik Hansen
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on June 30, 2017, 02:23:25 PM
As much as I'm looking forward to the documentary - it's the new album that gets me excited.  :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on June 30, 2017, 02:38:15 PM
Check Guy's new picture on instagram  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on June 30, 2017, 02:50:11 PM
NEW ALBUM UPDATE: Mark's as yet untitled new album is currently scheduled for completion in March 2018. (30/06/17)

Funny that they've been working so slowly for all this time on the project and now it appears that they've given themselves what appears to be a deadline.  How do they know they'll be finished by March, or does this mean that their part is already done and all that is required now is production?  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 30, 2017, 02:53:23 PM
This piece of news talks about MK album, but not about the secret project.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 30, 2017, 02:55:38 PM
NEW ALBUM UPDATE: Mark's as yet untitled new album is currently scheduled for completion in March 2018. (30/06/17)

Funny that they've been working so slowly for all this time on the project and now it appears that they've given themselves what appears to be a deadline.  How do they know they'll be finished by March, or does this mean that their part is already done and all that is required now is production?  :think

Probably MK had scheduled various band sessions during 2017  to complete songs and comping and production later 2017 -  early 2018...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on June 30, 2017, 02:57:50 PM
Check Guy's new picture on instagram  :think

I never quite manage to find it (Guy's instagram account). His website doesn't link to it properly, and he seems to have chosen a username no one will ever guess. What was it again?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 30, 2017, 03:23:59 PM
Here it is
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on June 30, 2017, 04:09:28 PM
MK News on Facebook just posted something "new". Apparently it all comes down to what we first suspected: new album + documentary. Can't say boring. Predictable perhaps.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on June 30, 2017, 04:46:38 PM
NEW ALBUM UPDATE: Mark's as yet untitled new album is currently scheduled for completion in March 2018. (30/06/17)

"Scheduled for completion in March 2018" does not automatically mean release date, does it?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on June 30, 2017, 04:49:16 PM
Yes it is very strange... I would expect a first announcement for the mysterious project in July, end of, maybe... for a Autumn/Winter/Christmas release... and around that release maybe Sept/Oct first Information about the MK solo album to be released in March 2018, following the tour schedule of Tracker 2015..
No proof or evidence for that, just out of the blue, One needs something to live along to... :-)

LE

Errm.... Just sayin'   ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on June 30, 2017, 05:12:16 PM
Here it is

I can read "Mason & Dixon" but nothing from 1985.... how comes someone could assume it is from Documentary from 1985?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on June 30, 2017, 05:15:42 PM
And the date 29.06. ... from yesterday... coincidentally? They are working on the documentary obviously, see the camera standing there on the right? Mason & Dixon... hmmm

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 30, 2017, 05:47:00 PM
MK News on Facebook just posted something "new". Apparently it all comes down to what we first suspected: new album + documentary. Can't say boring. Predictable perhaps.

You forget about the secret project in which they were and still are working in parallel to the new MK record, which is apparently in early stages.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 30, 2017, 06:27:55 PM
Do the secret song titles (which we removed from amit) relates to mason & dixon in some way?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 30, 2017, 07:34:02 PM
I didn't read the book but I guess that "a barrel of crude" is not something common of that era ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on June 30, 2017, 07:38:53 PM
I would love that piece of memorabilia.  So desirable.  :P
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 01, 2017, 01:10:22 PM
May I ask once more... Do you think it means release date March 2018? "Scheduled for completion" sounds unusual to me.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 01, 2017, 01:23:39 PM
May I ask once more... Do you think it means release date March 2018? "Scheduled for completion" sounds unusual to me.

LE

No way it's the release date, I think Mark gave himself a deadline to come up with the album name :lol
Nothing in the news indicates release of the album in March 2018, which is sad actually. So much waiting :-\
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 01, 2017, 02:56:09 PM
I wonder if he will go on tour next year? If so when will the tour start  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on July 01, 2017, 03:00:23 PM
I am pretty sure it is the release date.
With a Tour beginning April/May
summer break
Autumn Tour in US or Vice Versa

It is the optimal schedule. That was the only positive thing about the Tracker Tour.
No waiting time from Release until Tour Start.
September Release Date with April Tour Start make no sense. It is too much time in between
Anyway I think March 2018 it will be released otherwise they produce a Slow Motion Album... ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 01, 2017, 03:37:54 PM
I wonder if he will go on tour next year? If so when will the tour start  :think

Makes me think about a small scale tour, unless he takes a break over Christmas...  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Knopflerfan on July 01, 2017, 05:40:56 PM
Exciting stuff indeed! A small scale tour is what I'm thinking too DG.. :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 01, 2017, 05:49:58 PM
Like the Tracker tour or smaller?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 01, 2017, 06:58:29 PM
Like the Tracker tour or smaller?

More like the Golden Heart tour.  It would be really nice if they could find intimate venues like those instead of the hangars and warehouses of the past few tours.

The GH tour ran from end of April to beginning of August so it's still feasible to fit that schedule in, just a little later in the year.  Perhaps he won't do a world tour this time.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 01, 2017, 07:24:35 PM
Yes, the last tour already turned me off when I read about NO Royal Albert Hall but o2 Arena in London first, but offering RAH gigs then later. Really bad behaviour.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 01, 2017, 07:48:45 PM
The Golden Heart tour was great - intimate venues and a long set list.   I was at The Town & Country in Leeds and Ed Bicknell was standing next to me.  I asked for his autograph and I said I was very excited about the concert - he said he was very nervous!     I would love another tour similar to that one.    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 01, 2017, 09:03:27 PM
May I ask once more... Do you think it means release date March 2018? "Scheduled for completion" sounds unusual to me.

LE

I have the same doubt than you. I understand that they hope to have it finished in march 2018 and release it later, and maybe if they finish it before, release it in march, but I doubt it by the way they express it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 01, 2017, 09:49:34 PM
Guy said many times on his forum that tours are planned way before they start probably 1 year or so. It does not suprise me if he would know the schedule already for the next tour assuming they would start in april. Don't you all think that it is also possible that MK would hit the road one more time for places/countries he has not been since many many years??? After all these years why not do a small tour in a country like Australia for example..... Possible i think don't you? Than again his tours in the last 15 years was always Europe and USA. Perhaps no reason for him to change that..... :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 02, 2017, 01:17:53 AM
Guy said many times on his forum that tours are planned way before they start probably 1 year or so. It does not suprise me if he would know the schedule already for the next tour assuming they would start in april. Don't you all think that it is also possible that MK would hit the road one more time for places/countries he has not been since many many years??? After all these years why not do a small tour in a country like Australia for example..... Possible i think don't you? Than again his tours in the last 15 years was always Europe and USA. Perhaps no reason for him to change that..... :think

Well, sometimes they can break the mould:

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/paul-mccartney-announces-first-australian-tour-dates-almost-25-years/

But again, maybe it's because he's a sir and Mark is not? :lol

To me, any changes from the regular schedule will do. Different countries, smaller scale, okay, but not the usual "best tour ever". Please :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PortobelloBelle on July 02, 2017, 02:14:39 AM
Surprised no one here is suggesting the secret project is a musical based on Comfort & Joy. Sure, it was just a 3 song soundtrack - but it was terrific. :D



Yes, I am kidding.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 02, 2017, 02:28:15 AM
Surprised no one here is suggesting the secret project is a musical based on Comfort & Joy. Sure, it was just a 3 song soundtrack - but it was terrific. :D



Yes, I am kidding.

 :lol :lol :lol

From a man who can easily write a song for 30 years (One More Matinee) you can expect even something like this!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 02, 2017, 12:02:20 PM
From time to time they travel to places they never went, like South America in 2001, South Africa, Dubai, India and Australia in 2005... Murcia in 2010 LOL... It's been a while since they played anything that it's not Europe or NA.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 02, 2017, 12:14:12 PM
i also wonder wich project will be out first. The new MK album, secret project or the documentury  :think Perhaps the last one is nice for the Christmas holiday's  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 02, 2017, 01:37:04 PM
Whatever the release date is, I guess that May is still the best month to start a tour, if they want to do it in 2018, maybe they will go on tour before the release date, like with On Every Street...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on July 02, 2017, 01:46:07 PM
 like with Brothers In Arms too... :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 02, 2017, 02:20:42 PM
I hope this time dates fit and I can do a travel to Germany and share a wine with a dear Brother in arms from Amit :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 02, 2017, 09:12:01 PM
I hope this time all the dates roll out at the same time!!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on July 02, 2017, 11:01:30 PM
i also wonder wich project will be out first. The new MK album, secret project or the documentury  :think Perhaps the last one is nice for the Christmas holiday's  ;D
I have thought that the Secret project is the tracker tour documentary


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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 02, 2017, 11:10:28 PM
i also wonder wich project will be out first. The new MK album, secret project or the documentury  :think Perhaps the last one is nice for the Christmas holiday's  ;D
I have thought that the Secret project is the tracker tour documentary


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Double that...

By the way, as someone just stated on Guy's forum, 2018 is actually the 40th anniversary of Mark's first album ever :-\

Hmmmm... :o :o :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 02, 2017, 11:40:40 PM
What about this...

Secret project — is the new documentary. And all the famous musicians Guy talked about — maybe the ones interviewed for a documentary?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 03, 2017, 12:25:26 AM
Is the secret project nog something MK was asked to do. They were also asked to keep it out of the radar for the public... Did Guy not say this on his forum about the project?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on July 03, 2017, 11:31:29 AM
Is the secret project nog something MK was asked to do. They were also asked to keep it out of the radar for the public... Did Guy not say this on his forum about the project?

Yes, with that secret songs list... ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 03, 2017, 11:32:43 AM
The secret project IS NOT the tracker documentary.

It is something we don't know yet, which is not announced yet because it doesn't depend on MK.

So we have the new MK CD, the documentary with a part of live performances, maybe a live CD and the secret project.

I have the feeling that MK will be playing live before December in some kind of special night, maybe like the Bill Wyman birthday, maybe like the History Festival or (I hope is this...) a kind of MK and friends.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 03, 2017, 11:37:42 AM


Double that...

By the way, as someone just stated on Guy's forum, 2018 is actually the 40th anniversary of Mark's first album ever :-\

Hmmmm... :o :o :o

They completed the first album in March too!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on July 03, 2017, 01:57:23 PM
Don't know if that was published,  Mark will play in February 2018,Newcastle.

http://www.metroradioarena.co.uk/events/sunday-for-sammy-2018/
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 03, 2017, 02:14:52 PM
Perhaps I'm reading it wrong but where does it say that MK will play there??
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 03, 2017, 02:27:08 PM
Perhaps I'm reading it wrong but where does it say that MK will play there??

4th paragraph.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Banjo99uk on July 03, 2017, 04:55:17 PM
Perhaps I'm reading it wrong but where does it say that MK will play there??

4th paragraph.
That's just a list of past performers, it says the cast list is never released beforehand. So I'd be very surprised if MK is performing.
M
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 03, 2017, 06:02:44 PM
Why not... It's Newcastle... And he hopefully will have something to promote then...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on July 03, 2017, 06:07:39 PM
I really can't understand why he wouldn't release a live album. Put it on streaming music services and people will listen, get some money. Look at John Hiatt. He has a ton of live recordings on Spotify. Same with Bryan Adams, Bob Dylan. MK management is just walking behind the time, they've only just now discovered YouTube. 99,9% will stream music/video. I don't even have a DVD/Bluray player anymore.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 03, 2017, 06:37:48 PM
They were relatively quick in releasing concerts as recordings after the show finished. But yes, in general they are a bit slow with everything

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on July 03, 2017, 07:22:26 PM
Because of streaming I have buyed many new CD from artists I did not know about. I also pay for Spotify. It is not possible to hold for past time.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on July 03, 2017, 08:23:44 PM
Because of streaming I have buyed many new CD from artists I did not know about. I also pay for Spotify. It is not possible to hold for past time.

Me too, I pay for it too and from time to time I buy a cd from an artist I really like!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Billy’s Tune on July 04, 2017, 05:57:11 PM
He's played song for sammy before when he had the mickey taken by Alan Shearer I think. "Play your hit, man", which was local hero.
So no I can't see him playing there again soon.

My guess is there will be a 2018 tour but it will be small. Smaller venues and a lot less dates. The big gigs are pretty much done now I think. Looking at falling attendances over the past 3 tours he isn't even half filling some of these arenas. Some of the GH venues are probably too small so I'd say there will be more focus on RAH, bridgewater hall in Manchester, Newcastle city hall etc rather than the huge warehouses.

Oh and lots of time off for writing and the 2 week
Holiday right in the middle of dates too!

But hey if he's still doing that at nearly 70 then good on him!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 04, 2017, 06:34:22 PM
Did you attend the last tour actually?

The O2 arena in London was almost full, also the Gent Arena in Birmingham. In Spain there were some sold outs...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 04, 2017, 08:08:04 PM
I also wonder about the "falling attendances over the past 3 tours"...  sure you talk about Mark Knopfler?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 04, 2017, 10:29:24 PM
They were relatively quick in releasing concerts as recordings after the show finished. But yes, in general they are a bit slow with everything

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 :)
Yeah i know, i would just have a look at it from different point of view - i just don't give if they are slow here and there, it doesn't bother me at all, I follow the Songs, not the business trends in music industry!  and that would be just but an another reason I still follow - just because it's "different".
You know the line:
"Pick out a pretty one and toss your hair
Seems foolish when you’re older
You always felt you never had your share
A chip on both your shoulders"
Who needs chips on his shoulders?  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 05, 2017, 12:18:08 AM
Don't forget about Tommy Emmanuel collaboration, I'm sure it will be something... 8)
It's like two boxers with zero knockouts come together for a fight. But a musical one!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Billy’s Tune on July 05, 2017, 02:09:27 AM
As for falling audiences, my recollection is generally the Manchester shows. In 2001 when he played the arena, that was the only time the hall was full, even upstairs was open and full.

2005, 2006, 2008 just downstairs open, upstairs curtained off.

2010, empty space on the floor and not so full downstairs, upstairs curtained off.

2023 he played the smaller liverpool echo arena and that worked.

2015, lots of space, very far from a sell out, even downstairs only.

Ok, only one venue but a very popular one.

I love the fact every gig has new young blood in the audience but now he is Mk the folk story teller he is attracting die hard fans rather than BIA where he said the success was down to the hype and the tourists. Of course that era is gone, I just want to see our man excelling again at what he does best!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 05, 2017, 07:31:53 AM
Pigster - I can only speak for Manchester 2010 and 2015, but in 2010 only a section at the end of the arena upstairs was curtained off - the rest was full and in 2015 the arena was full, both upstairs and downstairs, but on that occasion the stage had been moved forward to create a smaller seating area, which worked very well.

MK is still excelling at what he does best - writing beautiful songs and performing them! 




Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on July 05, 2017, 01:50:37 PM




MK is still excelling at what he does best - writing beautiful songs and performing "few of" them!

Fixed

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 05, 2017, 02:01:07 PM




MK is still excelling at what he does best - writing beautiful songs and performing them!

Fixed



Please do not change my posts! >:(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on July 05, 2017, 02:02:04 PM




MK is still excelling at what he does best - writing beautiful songs and performing them!

Fixed



Please do not change my posts! >:(
Sorry,  was only a joke.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 05, 2017, 02:04:07 PM




MK is still excelling at what he does best - writing beautiful songs and performing them!

Fixed



Please do not change my posts! >:(
Sorry,  was only a joke.

Apology accepted!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on July 05, 2017, 03:13:24 PM
GF He once wrote that in 2017  we will receive a lot of new music. Hm...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: primi on July 05, 2017, 11:22:57 PM
MK is still excelling at what he does best - writing beautiful songs and performing them!

I used to love his work. Could listen to his music day in day out. Oh wait - I did!  :wave

But as far as I'm concerned, he's way past his best, which was probably somewhere around OES tour and his Chet Atkins collaboration and Notting Hillbillies. Up until that time he was doing great things with his guitar playing and it's not all just some solos or even "neverending solos". It was filling all this space around his lyrics, answering his voice with his guitar. Just brilliant. And I always loved how his songs evolved and they were only getting better with each tour. They were certainly never played twice the same. He could pull in pedal steel guitar, sax, pipes, you name it, and it all had a place somewhere in those complex but never really crowded arrangements. Albums were already great, but live was better.

After that I believe it was downhill only. You might not all agree with me and it's fine but that's how I see it. Of course he's getting older and it's to be expected that one just gets slower with age. But I don't think getting slower is the problem here. All those things that I loved were slowly dropped and now it's his folkies and his guitar strumming over some lyrics. It just doesn't work for me no matter how brilliant his lyrics might be.

Last time I saw him live was when touring with Bob. It was a shorter set obviously but I drove a long way to that concert and none of the songs worked for me. I was thinking OK, next one will surely be worth it and then suddenly they started waving goodbye! Luckily they did So Far Away then before they left and that song is not exactly something to write home about to start with is it? If you ask me which songs they played that night - honestly I have absolutely no idea. They were all too "boring" to take notice.

Not that I don't like folk songs or folk instruments. Far from it. But what he's doing now just doesn't work for me. I bought all his albums but the number of songs I listened from these solo projects (or to be more precise - the number of songs I'd consider listening again - because I don't actually) was reduced with each next album he made. And with the last one it's pretty much down to one.

So, with that off my chest  ;) I still come here, I'm still interested in him, but I'm not expecting anything from his next project. I'll buy that CD, just to support him and keep my collection complete, but I will really really be incredibly surprised if he comes up with something I'd again start listening to more regularly.

As for attending another concert. I would. Gladly. But it will likely be nowhere near me and his playing recently lets just say I'm not overly enthusiastic about even if he does an old one. Which he doesn't. And it's perhaps even better that way. If he can't do his signature guitar playing anymore that he just needs to do if he does an old song - he just better skip it. So no reason to attend I suppose. Sad but true.

Was that too much moaning?

Somebody mentioned You And Your Friend and how it would probably go well with his recent work. I'd love another live version of this. It's a great song in my mind but it was hardly ever played live. Probably only on OES tour and not even sure it was there every night. But is he up to the task even if he wanted to do it? He better not do a whistle and accordion duel over some of his strumming I tell you!

Wow, I don't think I was planning to talk so much!  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 06, 2017, 08:58:42 AM
Primi - Are you serious?    You can only listen to one song from Tracker?     :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on July 06, 2017, 10:22:05 AM
Was that too much moaning?

In my opinion, yes, it was, primi. Sure, his guitar playing isn't what it used to be. Sure, he should focus on songs that don't suffer from that fact. Like you, I don't think that he could do "You and your Friend" justice these days. But I mightily disagree on what you say about his recent songwriting. Is there a Dire Straits song that is better (better, not just equally great) than "Seattle"? Than "Lights of Taormina"? Than "the Fish & the Bird"? I don't think so. As long as he continues to write goosebump songs like that, I don't see much reason to complain.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: primi on July 06, 2017, 11:48:48 AM
Lights of Taormina I like (one of those rare ones I'd consider listening to again). I wouldn't rate it as an all time great though. The other two I have no idea about, I'll have to listen to them again. Surely they didn't strike me as anything worth noting at the time, certainly no goosebumps on my side.

His music shifted. Nothing wrong with that really. Things change, people change. As a consequence his fans will likely change as well. He will lose and has lost many and hopefully he got some (or even many) new ones as well.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when his new work comes out. But I'm not expecting anything.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 06, 2017, 12:24:02 PM
Lights of Taormina I like (one of those rare ones I'd consider listening to again). I wouldn't rate it as an all time great though. The other two I have no idea about, I'll have to listen to them again. Surely they didn't strike me as anything worth noting at the time, certainly no goosebumps on my side.

His music shifted. Nothing wrong with that really. Things change, people change. As a consequence his fans will likely change as well. He will lose and has lost many and hopefully he got some (or even many) new ones as well.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when his new work comes out. But I'm not expecting anything.

I admit I don't listen to the album at all.  After the initial excitement died, the only songs I really liked were Laughs and Jokes and Mighty Man so I prefer to listen to a live concert instead.  Silver Eagle and Skydiver are not bad but I can get Skydiver live and SE on YT so the album gathers dust.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on July 06, 2017, 11:40:19 PM
All this is making me wonder; for the fans who think MK is no longer at the top of his game in terms of songwriting… perhaps it is not that MK has changed; perhaps your tastes have changed.  :D

And for the folks who moan about MK no longer as fast and precise as he was before, let me just say he is still amazing. And really, so what if there is a slowdown?  MK is still outstanding and plays with soul.  There is no one musician on this planet that I’d like to hear playing live more than MK.  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 06, 2017, 11:44:23 PM
All this is making me wonder; for the fans who think MK is no longer at the top of his game in terms of songwriting… perhaps it is not that MK has changed; perhaps your tastes have changed.  :D

And for the folks who moan about MK no longer as fast and precise as he was before, let me just say he still has outstanding. And really, so what if there is a slowdown?  MK is still outstanding and plays with soul.  There is no one musician on this planet that I’d like to hear playing live more than MK.  :wave
Word!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 07, 2017, 12:54:37 AM
All this is making me wonder; for the fans who think MK is no longer at the top of his game in terms of songwriting… perhaps it is not that MK has changed; perhaps your tastes have changed.  :D

And for the folks who moan about MK no longer as fast and precise as he was before, let me just say he still has outstanding. And really, so what if there is a slowdown?  MK is still outstanding and plays with soul.  There is no one musician on this planet that I’d like to hear playing live more than MK.  :wave
Word!

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(and to refer to "what if there is a slowdown?" - maybe because there is not? it is just the way it is or just the way is meant to be, not because he can't.)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 07, 2017, 01:04:45 AM
Man, if you think about that... Most of the people judge Mark's current shape by all these "official" live recordings. But how you can get a good picture of it when YouTube videos of regular mortals often have a BETTER SOUND than these so called official recordings?

I remember how I was shocked when "Your Latest Trick" was played again, I went on YouTube and sure enough, the song popped up almost immediately after the show. And I loved it! Honestly I thought it was amazing! When I finally got my hands on official recording, I felt like somebody spat in my face. I imagined how beautiful it can sound, the bass, the guitar, the sax, I desperately wanted a decent recording.

Now I'm better go to YouTube again to revisit it rather than to listen to these 2015 recording masterpieces.

I mean, these recordings was meant to last forever, they came in a guitar-shaped collectible USB sticks! Not cheap! But if you cover a doo-doo in gold, it still would be a doo-doo. Imagine if these recordings would came with Mark's signature on it? Like—here, this is my seal of approval.

You know what, I'm really looking forward to Mark's 2015 live album after that. Fiat justitia ruat caelum!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on July 07, 2017, 06:33:04 AM
Listen to the SION recording.
It is one of the few with outstanding performance/sound combination.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 07, 2017, 06:43:59 AM
Listen to the SION recording.
It is one of the few with outstanding performance/sound combination.

I would if I could, Herlock!    ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 07, 2017, 09:50:07 AM
All this is making me wonder; for the fans who think MK is no longer at the top of his game in terms of songwriting… perhaps it is not that MK has changed; perhaps your tastes have changed.  :D

And for the folks who moan about MK no longer as fast and precise as he was before, let me just say he is still amazing. And really, so what if there is a slowdown?  MK is still outstanding and plays with soul.  There is no one musician on this planet that I’d like to hear playing live more than MK.  :wave

Let's play a game.

Take a picture of any of you in 1992 or 1996, and go to a mirror.

See yourself nowadays. Look at yourself at the pictures.

Get it?

Mk plays nowadays what he feels and can play as the man he's today. The man he was is in the same place of the ones in yours 92 or 96 pictures.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on July 07, 2017, 12:57:55 PM
All this is making me wonder; for the fans who think MK is no longer at the top of his game in terms of songwriting… perhaps it is not that MK has changed; perhaps your tastes have changed.  :D

And for the folks who moan about MK no longer as fast and precise as he was before, let me just say he is still amazing. And really, so what if there is a slowdown?  MK is still outstanding and plays with soul.  There is no one musician on this planet that I’d like to hear playing live more than MK.  :wave

Let's play a game.

Take a picture of any of you in 1992 or 1996, and go to a mirror.

See yourself nowadays. Look at yourself at the pictures.

Get it?

Mk plays nowadays what he feels and can play as the man he's today. The man he was is in the same place of the ones in yours 92 or 96 pictures.

 :clap :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 07, 2017, 06:05:59 PM
:clap :clap :clap
How I wish you were here!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on July 08, 2017, 02:54:31 PM
Maybe this mysterious project is about John Illsley ? :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: naif on July 08, 2017, 03:30:39 PM
Maybe this mysterious project is about John Illsley ? :D

How so?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on July 08, 2017, 03:35:15 PM
I'm just thinking, but why not?  :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on July 08, 2017, 10:46:35 PM
Quote
Listen to the SION recording.
It is one of the few with outstanding performance/sound combination.

I seriously doubt that. I haven't heard any recording so far from the 2015 tour that is good. Not from the European and not from the USA tour. The recordings from the 2010 Tour (Get Lucky) almost all are outstanding in quality. After that something changed and it went down hill from there. Also in general the recordings of the 2013 Tour aren't good, but there are some exceptions. Like for example the show of Antwerpen.  :(

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 08, 2017, 10:49:55 PM
Quote
Listen to the SION recording.
It is one of the few with outstanding performance/sound combination.

I seriously doubt that. I haven't heard any recording so far from the 2015 tour that is good. Not from the European and not from the USA tour. The recordings from the 2010 Tour (Get Lucky) almost all are outstanding in quality. After that something changed and it went down hill from there. Also in general the recordings of the 2013 Tour aren't good, but there are some exceptions. Like for example the show of Antwerpen.  :(

Exactly, I wouldn't even bother to get the Sion recording, because I've heard enough of them just to throw in a bin all of them, what a waste.
Even my non-musician friends sometimes was baffled by the sound, asking things like "Why drums sounds like out of a barrel or something?".

 :disbelief :disbelief :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on July 08, 2017, 11:12:23 PM
Why don't you just listen to it, rather than speculating about a recording you don't know ?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 08, 2017, 11:29:54 PM
Why don't you just listen to it, rather than speculating about a recording you don't know ?

Thank you for asking! In short — for the sake of it. Because 1 possibly good recording out of 80 recorded shows doesn't sound very inspiring to me. Besides, as I listened to many sticks right from the beginning of the tour, I witnessed the same mistakes done meticulously in each and every show, so why these mistakes would magically disappear in Sion? No, thanks, I'm better to wait for a proper live album to be released (I hope!). In case of the release all the 2015 recordings must be burned and buried somewhere as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on July 09, 2017, 10:14:30 AM
Well, if you know Poupistar (Elian) this french guy who listened to every single European show in FLAC format to rate them both performance and sound-wise, let me tell you that he has no complacency whatsoever. He has trashed many recordings with a mere 3/10 mark.
But he has praised a few others, good performance and great sound where every instrument can be clearly heard, and Sion was one of these few - he gave 9/10.
Anyway, if you want to spend more time explaining why you will not listen to it rather than just giving it a try with an open mind, well... That's a free world...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: mschaap on July 09, 2017, 10:58:27 AM
Where can we find Elian's ratings of the European shows on the web? I'd be interested to read his opinions.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 09, 2017, 12:46:43 PM
Well, if you know Poupistar (Elian) this french guy who listened to every single European show in FLAC format to rate them both performance and sound-wise, let me tell you that he has no complacency whatsoever. He has trashed many recordings with a mere 3/10 mark.
But he has praised a few others, good performance and great sound where every instrument can be clearly heard, and Sion was one of these few - he gave 9/10.
Anyway, if you want to spend more time explaining why you will not listen to it rather than just giving it a try with an open mind, well... That's a free world...

Makes no difference now anyway because the recording is no longer available;  only the N American leg is available on the Knopfler website to purchase. 

BTW, I think the Austin show has been mixed rather better than most and has a nice version of Sultans to boot.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on July 09, 2017, 01:08:19 PM
Where can we find Elian's ratings of the European shows on the web? I'd be interested to read his opinions.
http://i-was-there.net/2015/05/24/mk-tracker-tour-concert-stick-usb-flac-part1/

French only !!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on July 09, 2017, 01:12:29 PM
Well, if you know Poupistar (Elian) this french guy who listened to every single European show in FLAC format to rate them both performance and sound-wise, let me tell you that he has no complacency whatsoever. He has trashed many recordings with a mere 3/10 mark.
But he has praised a few others, good performance and great sound where every instrument can be clearly heard, and Sion was one of these few - he gave 9/10.
Anyway, if you want to spend more time explaining why you will not listen to it rather than just giving it a try with an open mind, well... That's a free world...

Makes no difference now anyway because the recording is no longer available;  only the N American leg is available on the Knopfler website to purchase. 

BTW, I think the Austin show has been mixed rather better than most and has a nice version of Sultans to boot.
Frankly, since they don't offer the possibility to buy them, I would feel no remorse sharing them... It has already been done... :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on July 09, 2017, 01:19:08 PM
Where can we find Elian's ratings of the European shows on the web? I'd be interested to read his opinions.
http://i-was-there.net/2015/05/24/mk-tracker-tour-concert-stick-usb-flac-part1/

French only !!

I actually think he gives high grades haha. Nice of him to do this though  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 09, 2017, 05:44:44 PM
Where can we find Elian's ratings of the European shows on the web? I'd be interested to read his opinions.
http://i-was-there.net/2015/05/24/mk-tracker-tour-concert-stick-usb-flac-part1/

French only !!

I was at both the Manchester concert and the Newcastle one and although both concerts were very good, the recording quality imo of the Manchester one is far superior to the Newcastle one, which sounds far too harsh and tinny for my ears and I never listen to it.  Interestingly, Elian rates this concert above Manchester, which I listen to often.  I would also rate the Manchester concert a tad higher for performance than Newcastle, so obviously it must be a matter of personal taste!   ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on July 10, 2017, 09:18:30 AM
Okay, and now back to the topic of this thread, studio news.

Oh, there aren't any?! :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: sabicao on July 15, 2017, 02:05:24 AM
Lights of Taormina I like (one of those rare ones I'd consider listening to again). I wouldn't rate it as an all time great though. The other two I have no idea about, I'll have to listen to them again. Surely they didn't strike me as anything worth noting at the time, certainly no goosebumps on my side.

His music shifted. Nothing wrong with that really. Things change, people change. As a consequence his fans will likely change as well. He will lose and has lost many and hopefully he got some (or even many) new ones as well.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when his new work comes out. But I'm not expecting anything.

True. And I would add this: would any of us be here if the first 6 years of his career never happened? Surely not - his best work was done over 25 years ago, it is just that some of us adapted to his newer work, some didn't. I'm with primi, here. I didn't.

I tried to like MK's post DS work. I really did, but it just didn't happen. I liked parts of STP, but that was about it.

I even skipped one of his comings to Portugal, having hated one of his previous gigs here.
In 2015, I was going to skip it again, but then, when I left work to go home, I decided to go to the concert.
Glad I did, I liked it. I reall did. He didn't play Money for Nothing nor Walk of life (songs I never really liked), I was happy with that. Also, apart for Sultans of Swing, I was surprised to see him not trying to play things he really can't play anymore.

The concert was very pleasant, I made my peace with the man. I left the venue wishing he stops trying Sultans (he really can't play it anymore), but satisfied with the gig as a whole.

So, although I am not expecting him to put out an album that hits me as the early DS days, I still wish he keeps recording, so I can hope to see him live again.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 15, 2017, 02:30:53 PM
It's true that MK has so many fans nowadays because of his DS days. His solo works are good but not enough to attract thousands of fans.

If you do a poll in any of the concerts, I'm sure that pretty much everyone would say that he is s fan since DS and just some individual cases would say they first fell in love with MK and then looked at their past.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on July 15, 2017, 03:56:38 PM
would any of us be here if the first 6 years of his career never happened?

Yes, I would. I only discovered MK when "On Every Street" came out, as a kid. And today, I listen to his solo albums more often than to his Dire-Straits records. I wouldn't say they're better or worse, just different – and somehow they seem to appeal to me more the older I get.

The question whether he would have become famous based on his solo stuff alone is a good one - maybe I would still have discovered him (I hope so), or maybe not - but that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the quality of his music. There's a lot more music being produced these days, and thus you need even more luck to be discovered than you needed in the old days. Oh, and like Noel Gallagher once said: "Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins."  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 15, 2017, 05:56:32 PM
would any of us be here if the first 6 years of his career never happened?

Yes, I would. I only discovered MK when "On Every Street" came out, as a kid. And today, I listen to his solo albums more often than to his Dire-Straits records. I wouldn't say they're better or worse, just different – and somehow they seem to appeal to me more the older I get.

The question whether he would have become famous based on his solo stuff alone is a good one - maybe I would still have discovered him (I hope so), or maybe not - but that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the quality of his music. There's a lot more music being produced these days, and thus you need even more luck to be discovered than you needed in the old days. Oh, and like Noel Gallagher once said: "Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins."  ;)

Yes, without a doubt!   I was a DS fan from '82, but when MK went solo I realised that this was the music that appealed to me more!  I have a playlist of DS/MK music, but it has 95% solo material.    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 15, 2017, 07:33:22 PM
DS material is just 60 songs, while Mark have at least triple amount of solo songs, plus, themes of the songs became wider, more love songs.
So no wonder why If I listen to Mark's music, 90% of the time it would be his solo songs. I want to play them, I want to listen to them :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Banjo99uk on July 15, 2017, 09:14:52 PM
Basil is one of the best melodies he has ever written, and that is from his last album. Nuff said.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on July 15, 2017, 10:32:42 PM
And I would add this: would any of us be here if the first 6 years of his career never happened?

Well you are on a MK fan forum.

I was a big DS fan and really liked the early solo years that followed.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on July 15, 2017, 10:35:50 PM
Basil is one of the best melodies he has ever written, and that is from his last album. Nuff said.

Basil is a Killer Song
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Shangri-La on July 15, 2017, 11:01:00 PM
I prefer Mark´s albums than DS too. More greatest songes like Basil, Terminal of Tribute to, Baloney Again, Hill Farmer, 5.15 a.m. etc.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 15, 2017, 11:19:41 PM
[quote author=Rail King link=topic=5161.msg115737#msg115737 date=15
Yes, I would. I only discovered MK when "On Every Street" came out, as a kid. And today, I listen to his solo albums more often than to his Dire-Straits records. I wouldn't say they're better or worse, just different – and somehow they seem to appeal to me more the older I get.

The question whether he would have become famous based on his solo stuff alone is a good one - maybe I would still have discovered him (I hope so), or maybe not - but that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the quality of his music. There's a lot more music being produced these days, and thus you need even more luck to be discovered than you needed in the old days. Oh, and like Noel Gallagher once said: "Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins."  ;)
[/quote]

Good point, my thoughts are exact.

Hi val, my playlists are equal btw ;D (only the fact that there are more solo out now would be the only reason why the solo is more presented on my playlists I guess  ;D)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: tngemini on July 16, 2017, 10:08:56 AM
Every period delivered their holy grails. For sure, there will be some more ...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 16, 2017, 10:22:44 AM
But my point is that MK is famous for what he did with DS. If he had done what he does now in 1977 he never would had achieved the same level.of success.

Is nowadays music is nice but it's not something that would made you achieve the success that DS gained with his records.

Basil won't made them achieve great record deals and world tours. Is a wonderful song, it is, but it's not Sultans of swing or Tunnel of love that are wonderful songs and great rock and roll hits.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 16, 2017, 12:07:24 PM
But my point is that MK is famous for what he did with DS. If he had done what he does now in 1977 he never would had achieved the same level.of success.

Is nowadays music is nice but it's not something that would made you achieve the success that DS gained with his records.

Basil won't made them achieve great record deals and world tours. Is a wonderful song, it is, but it's not Sultans of swing or Tunnel of love that are wonderful songs and great rock and roll hits.

Exactly.  Worthy though his music is, I doubt he would have got a record deal these days.  Basil is a great song, best on Tracker for me, but every song on the first album was better.  If it wasn't for the name and the established fanbase then what would sales be...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: tngemini on July 16, 2017, 01:33:20 PM
I am pretty sure that if sultans was written in 2000's, it was ignored ...
Celebrity gives the opportunity to be heard ... and with talent, to go through decades.
Same as the beatles ... The History is written only one time : to be in the right place at the right moment !
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 16, 2017, 01:58:15 PM
I am pretty sure that if sultans was written in 2000's, it was ignored ...
Celebrity gives the opportunity to be heard ... and with talent, to go through decades.
Same as the beatles ... The History is written only one time : to be in the right place at the right moment !

Omg, you read my mind! I was writing about being in the right place at the right moment, haha. MK is the perfect example of that. But of course it wasn't just the pure luck, he worked hard to do it all. And I still think that "Beryl" IS the Sultans of 2010s (just give it another 30 years).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 16, 2017, 02:20:59 PM
But my point is that MK is famous for what he did with DS. If he had done what he does now in 1977 he never would had achieved the same level.of success.


I do see your point and I agree with you, but that doesn't change the fact that I, personally, enjoy the solo material far more than DS material, with a few exceptions, of course.   As I said previously, my playlist is 95% solo, but more and more I find myself skipping some of the DS songs, unless they are played live, as inthe case of TR and R&J for example.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 16, 2017, 03:26:50 PM
Val, that's because we grow old like MK, and our tastes had changed as well, in some cases fasters than others.

People who abandoned MK in his solo career would listen to DS but never MK solo records. People that continued following him and learnt not to expect that DS style songs, but learnt to enjoy the nowadays MK songs, would rather listen to the solo records as they fut better with the MK we keep following that the one from DS which is gone long ago some would say, for good.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on July 16, 2017, 04:40:34 PM
All in all if I had to choose between DS and MK solo - without hesitation it would be DS.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 16, 2017, 10:05:48 PM
you would find more people enjoy to Brothers in Arms song of course - while I would think again between, just for an example, After the Beanstalk  :wave you know, "a hen can lay a golden egg but she still can't sing, well the hen's alright but the harp is everything,... well the harp's worth more than any fortune and fame... Brilliant.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on July 16, 2017, 10:22:39 PM
After The Beanstalk It's a key to understand better Marka Knopflera.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 16, 2017, 10:35:19 PM
All in all if I had to choose between DS and MK solo - without hesitation it would be DS.
Not that easy for me

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: tngemini on July 17, 2017, 01:34:15 AM
+1
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 17, 2017, 12:18:47 PM
I'm listening to more and more solo stuff simply because that's been played at the latest live shows, however every now and then I come to realise I'm still a rocker, don't have one foot in the grave yet and need some Straitage! ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 17, 2017, 12:30:20 PM
That´s what happens to me. I find easire to listen to the solo stuff as it´s the MK that I watch playing live, and the MK that exists nowadays.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on July 17, 2017, 12:56:09 PM
I love everything.
A lot of solo songs are DS-grade to me: WII, STP, SAN, WAM,HFB,BLT,PFP,BR,PTTE,YTC,KOG...
If these songs had been on a album with a DS sticker on it, would have any DS fan protested ? :)
Yet the solo stuff lacks epic long progressive songs...no solo equivalent to TR or TOL !
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: goon525 on July 17, 2017, 05:36:23 PM
I think Why Aye Man had the potential to be a long progressive song, but it seemed like MK got bored with it and failed to follow through. Shame.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 17, 2017, 06:27:41 PM
Guy on his forum: Studio diary in september. They are now on hold for the summer. Back at BG in september i think.....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 17, 2017, 06:35:58 PM
I asked Terry Kilburn if I would understand correctly that "date of completion" means NOT the same as release date and his answer was "not release date". Just to let you know.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on July 17, 2017, 11:48:52 PM
Val, that's because we grow old like MK, and our tastes had changed as well, in some cases fasters than others.

People who abandoned MK in his solo career would listen to DS but never MK solo records. People that continued following him and learnt not to expect that DS style songs, but learnt to enjoy the nowadays MK songs, would rather listen to the solo records as they fut better with the MK we keep following that the one from DS which is gone long ago some would say, for good.

Interesting and I really think wise words
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 18, 2017, 07:45:14 AM
Val, that's because we grow old like MK, and our tastes had changed as well, in some cases fasters than others.

People who abandoned MK in his solo career would listen to DS but never MK solo records. People that continued following him and learnt not to expect that DS style songs, but learnt to enjoy the nowadays MK songs, would rather listen to the solo records as they fut better with the MK we keep following that the one from DS which is gone long ago some would say, for good.

Interesting and I really think wise words

Agreed!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 18, 2017, 08:26:17 AM
I had a fight against myself with MK solo career... When STP cames out I was expecting that MK would leave behind all that folky and country songs from GH, and when I listened to "What It Is" I was truly happy, it looked like the old DS days were back but when I listened to the whole STP I was very angry because It hadn´t anything to do with DS days and many songs were a style of songs that I couldn't understand what in heaven was he doing...

Paradoxically, it was the next record, RPD, who made me understand what MK was doing, what MK was trying to do with STP and now that I understood that, I knew that there were only two options, keep following him and embrace what he was doing now, embrace the solo artist he wanted to be, or abandon him and stop following his career.

With that record, I learnt to love what he does, and that love kept growing record after record, not only that, but I also started listening to artists like Gillian Welch, Josh Rouse, Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams etc etc which styles kind of fit with what MK was doing.

I recall a conversation with and old friend before Ragpickers came out, during the MK and Friends concerts, regarding how angry I was with MK and his music after STP, and he said to me "MK has moved, as a fan, you have to move as well, move with him, or without him"

He was right, and I´m happy with the decision I made.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on July 18, 2017, 09:14:30 AM
Well, that's it for the Summer isn't it? Boy, this is slow, slow! Enjoy the sun one and all! :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 18, 2017, 10:09:58 AM
Well, that's it for the Summer isn't it? Boy, this is slow, slow! Enjoy the sun one and all! :wave

Resuming in september, and record scheduled for completion (not release) in March 2018 is quite a long long time...

I don´t mind waiting so much, after waiting already so long, but I fear it would means there won´t be any tour starting april/may 2018 :(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 18, 2017, 10:56:26 AM
My thoughts exactly. I would go for a August/September 2018 release then with 2019 spring tour... or US first in Oct/Nov as they obviously like it...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 18, 2017, 11:09:52 AM
My thoughts exactly. I would go for a August/September 2018 release then with 2019 spring tour... or US first in Oct/Nov as they obviously like it...

LE

There is another chance... MK usually plays in arenas and theaters during april, may, even june, so... why not an Autum/Winter tour (like the one with Dylan) playing in arenas and theaters? He will miss the open air venues and summer festivals but, logistically, maybe it's better to fill an arena that playing a square in Itally in terms of tickets that you can sell...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 18, 2017, 03:30:58 PM
We will know soon. If MK goes on tour in Europe next year starting in may/June ticket sales will start in September/oktober......
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on July 18, 2017, 05:08:49 PM

There is another chance... MK usually plays in arenas and theaters during april, may, even june, so... why not an Autum/Winter tour (like the one with Dylan) playing in arenas and theaters? He will miss the open air venues and summer festivals but, logistically, maybe it's better to fill an arena that playing a square in Itally in terms of tickets that you can sell...

I would like a winter tour, but that means at least another year until a tour  :( :'( But of course it is better than to wait until spring 2019! A winter tour would mean he would play indoors here, which I strongly prefer instead of outdoors in low temperatures and/or rain.If they could, they would probably have used mittens here in Norway in 2015. I wish we knew how the management plan things, and how much the band are involved in the decisions.

Also, I liked your thoughts about DS/MK solo jbaent!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 18, 2017, 05:58:00 PM
MK will be 70 in 2019!    :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on July 18, 2017, 06:05:20 PM
The idea of a small tour, without a new disc being launched, but with some new songs of an LP in production, would make me happy. Kindoff early bird thing, exploring with the new songs instead of playing always the same arrangements.

May-August 2018
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 18, 2017, 06:08:49 PM
The idea of a small tour, without a new disc being launched, but with some new songs of an LP in production, would make me happy. Kindoff early bird thing, exploring with the new songs instead of playing always the same arrangements.

May-August 2108

I don't think any of us will be around in 2108, including MK!    ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on July 18, 2017, 06:19:00 PM
The idea of a small tour, without a new disc being launched, but with some new songs of an LP in production, would make me happy. Kindoff early bird thing, exploring with the new songs instead of playing always the same arrangements.

May-August 2108

I don't think any of us will be around in 2108, including MK!    ;D


Believe in Cryogenization!!!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 18, 2017, 07:57:56 PM
MK will be 70 in 2019!    :think

Ruth Moody could be wheeling him on!  :o :o



Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 18, 2017, 08:06:47 PM
MK will be 70 in 2019!    :think

Ruth Moody could be wheeling him on!  :o :o

 :lol   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 18, 2017, 08:12:47 PM
Why Ruth, if you have Paul Crockford yelling Mark's name? Imagine him pushing Mark in a wheelchair painted in Union Jack colour scheme? :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on July 18, 2017, 08:20:19 PM
EC did it.
Gilmour did it
Mark can do it.

But this is the way you do it.

Mark in club with a rockin' blues band I will go. I want to have fun ala BB King.
Mark doing again the way he did the last tours - not sure to be interested anymore.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 18, 2017, 08:59:53 PM
Why Ruth, if you have Paul Crockford yelling Mark's name? Imagine him pushing Mark in a wheelchair painted in Union Jack colour scheme? :lol

Ruth can do it and look good.  PC can't.  And by the time he's gets around to touring PC might need wheeled on to introduce him!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 18, 2017, 10:04:25 PM
  :o

I love Follow the Ribbon so much btw!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: 2manyguitars on July 18, 2017, 11:09:58 PM
So, we have a few weeks to twiddle our thumbs before any more updates. How about a competition to see who can come up with the best fake knopfler news! Success judged by believability, lets go viral!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: tngemini on July 19, 2017, 11:59:21 AM
A new tour in spring 2018 with new songs and a very long tour : EU + US + EU in 2019 ...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on July 19, 2017, 12:11:18 PM
Please, no long tour. MK get bored.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 19, 2017, 01:32:10 PM
Somehow I am pretty disappointed with this time schedule and now the summer break... had expected some real news. Also March NOT release is somewhat frustrating.

Only hope is that the mysterious project will be released earlier.. as it is not in his hands...

I really wonder what takes them so long...

LE

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 19, 2017, 01:54:02 PM
Probably the fact the that they are working on the record and the project in parallel is what makes it slower....

Anyway, I hope that if the record would be complete in March, the management would had made his work and organized everything for marketing etc etc and also reserved the venues for a release in May accompanied by a tour also starting in May... maybe too hurry but... why can´t the management work in parallel to MK?

Is obvious that all depends on MK, if he says to PCM to start getting everything ready for a May release and tour, it would be ready (I Think the Emmylou record and tour happened in a short period of time already), but if MK doesn´t bother to hurry things... the waiting is going to be too long.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on July 19, 2017, 02:07:19 PM
Agree with you, the waiting is eating on us isn't it. I know we are a spoiled bunch... But there is something missing now, a kind of inner restlessness. And also a kind of worry yes, what takes so long. How about they give us a little "news present" before the big one, like kids on Christmas Eve  :lol :lol
At least here are some activity here on Amit :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 19, 2017, 02:53:33 PM
The 1983 EP is certainly a lifetime away now in terms of studio recording time, but just how much better will the new one sound?

I am even beginning to wonder if the March date will be accurate.  ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on July 19, 2017, 06:17:40 PM
The 1983 EP is certainly a lifetime away now in terms of studio recording time, but just how much better will the new one sound?

I am even beginning to wonder if the March date will be accurate.  ::)

Yup.

Anything that is scheduled can be rescheduled.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 19, 2017, 07:11:15 PM
A new tour in spring 2018 with new songs and a very long tour : EU + US + EU in 2019 ...

A new tour in the spring would be very nice and once again we would know soon enough because of ticketsales. But I doubt it would be a long one. 6 weeks Europe and 4 weeks US with a break in between. And also a short break somewhere during the European tour..Something like that I think.....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 19, 2017, 09:26:32 PM
With this long schedule, to me, it gets more and more clear that this will be MK's last "big" thing. ..
Which would make the last show of the next tour a very special one... (guess it gets more special the more I mention it...)

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on July 19, 2017, 09:40:51 PM
With this long schedule, to me, it gets more and more clear that this will be MK's last "big" thing. ..
Which would make the last show of the next tour a very special one... (guess it gets more special the more I mention it...)

LE

Aren't we saying that every album ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on July 19, 2017, 09:52:20 PM
From 2035 tour diary:

(https://druidan.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/old-guitar-hero.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 19, 2017, 10:16:26 PM
With this long schedule, to me, it gets more and more clear that this will be MK's last "big" thing. ..
Which would make the last show of the next tour a very special one... (guess it gets more special the more I mention it...)

LE

Why would this be MK last big thing??? Because he is alsmost 70 years old?? Take a look at David Gilmour. He did a big tour last year (okay his last tour before that was 10 years ago) and he is now in his studio making a new album. Paul Simon is still touring and making albums at 75.
Perhaps MK will not do any huge tours anymore after this but i'm sure he wil go on the road again when this one is done..
People are still comming in great numbers to his concerts and he gets very good reviews everywhere he goes.....
And he loves making new albums and going on tour so why stop?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 20, 2017, 04:59:12 AM
With this long schedule, to me, it gets more and more clear that this will be MK's last "big" thing. ..
Which would make the last show of the next tour a very special one... (guess it gets more special the more I mention it...)

LE

Why would this be MK last big thing??? Because he is alsmost 70 years old?? Take a look at David Gilmour. He did a big tour last year (okay his last tour before that was 10 years ago) and he is now in his studio making a new album. Paul Simon is still touring and making albums at 75.
Perhaps MK will not do any huge tours anymore after this but i'm sure he wil go on the road again when this one is done..
People are still comming in great numbers to his concerts and he gets very good reviews everywhere he goes.....
And he loves making new albums and going on tour so why stop?

It's just a feeling... with this schedule he WILL be 70 when touring... and we all know that he then again  would take his time before he goes on out again. Privateering 2012, Tracker 2015, New album maybe 2018...   That's what I meant.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 20, 2017, 09:10:20 AM
He admires a lot Bob Dylan, who is still touring after 70's, and others like Gilmour, Waters, even Clapton still play at 70's and after... Clapton less, due to his health problems.

I guess He would still tour after his 70's, but maybe shorter. Guy uses to say that they are carried on a magic carpet on tour, so the only thing they have to do if MK still wants to tour is just do one or two big cities per countries, and do the countries where the usually sell more tickets.

As long as he still wants to record and play, he will. I´m sure, and he will accomodate to whatever his health is at the moment.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 20, 2017, 12:52:32 PM
I tend to think LE may be right.  Mark may have been 66 on the last tour but he was an old 66 IMO.  He has been suffering from his RSI from at least 2001, had a bad accident in 2003 breaking a collarbone and also suffers from a bad back which had him sitting down most of the tour in 2010.  To make things worse, the last couple of tours have shown he can't keep his fingers steady either.  I don't think he'll want to play for much longer.  We should just relish every concert we attend now.  :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 20, 2017, 01:20:55 PM
I tend to think LE may be right.  Mark may have been 66 on the last tour but he was an old 66 IMO.  He has been suffering from his RSI from at least 2001, had a bad accident in 2003 breaking a collarbone and also suffers from a bad back which had him sitting down most of the tour in 2010.  To make things worse, the last couple of tours have shown he can't keep his fingers steady either.  I don't think he'll want to play for much longer.  We should just relish every concert we attend now.  :'(

That has to be a law for us anyway, live every concert as it is the last...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 20, 2017, 01:45:41 PM
I tend to think LE may be right.  Mark may have been 66 on the last tour but he was an old 66 IMO.  He has been suffering from his RSI from at least 2001, had a bad accident in 2003 breaking a collarbone and also suffers from a bad back which had him sitting down most of the tour in 2010.  To make things worse, the last couple of tours have shown he can't keep his fingers steady either.  I don't think he'll want to play for much longer.  We should just relish every concert we attend now.  :'(

That has to be a law for us anyway, live every concert as it is the last...

I already do, jbaent!    I'm pretty sure we won't know that it's the last tour until after it has happened.    I don't think MK is the type of person to do farewell tours.  I'm sure he will continue performing in a more low-key way, though, especially as a songwriter. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 20, 2017, 01:52:13 PM
I tend to think LE may be right.  Mark may have been 66 on the last tour but he was an old 66 IMO.  He has been suffering from his RSI from at least 2001, had a bad accident in 2003 breaking a collarbone and also suffers from a bad back which had him sitting down most of the tour in 2010.  To make things worse, the last couple of tours have shown he can't keep his fingers steady either.  I don't think he'll want to play for much longer.  We should just relish every concert we attend now.  :'(

That has to be a law for us anyway, live every concert as it is the last...

I already do, jbaent!    I'm pretty sure we won't know that it's the last tour until after it has happened.    I don't think MK is the type of person to do farewell tours.  I'm sure he will continue performing in a more low-key way, though, especially as a songwriter.

I usually go to the concerts with a group of friend that always says things like "I have the feeling this could be his last record or/and tour" and luckily they are wrong all the times, LOL

Touring may be tiring with the past of time, but recording, as long as he keeps writing, I think there would be more records in the future and touring... I hope that when the day arrives, he decides to keep playing even just some shows per year like Clapton does nowadays.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on July 20, 2017, 11:20:58 PM
From 2035 tour diary:

(https://druidan.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/old-guitar-hero.jpg)

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 21, 2017, 11:02:24 AM

I usually go to the concerts with a group of friend that always says things like "I have the feeling this could be his last record or/and tour" and luckily they are wrong all the times, LOL

Touring may be tiring with the past of time, but recording, as long as he keeps writing, I think there would be more records in the future and touring... I hope that when the day arrives, he decides to keep playing even just some shows per year like Clapton does nowadays.
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Yes, I would be quite happy with just a small UK tour each year.  Very happy indeed.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 24, 2017, 10:59:08 PM
As a man who even dabble in recording a bit, I can perfectly understand Mark taking a break in the summer time. You simply can't do it.
Like, things and people are constantly moving around, you can't focus on something, better to enjoy this "little life" as the poet said.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 26, 2017, 08:27:33 AM
Thinking about the secret project, I've been asking myself about one of the theories we talked about him, the possibility that MK is working in a writing music for a theatrical adaptation of whatever...

That would means that MK made the music but when that theatrical adaptation obviously will have actors singing and probably musicians playing MK songs, but MK won´t be involved in that representations. Would you travel to wherever it´s being represented to watch it anyway? It´s composed by MK, but he´s not there like he is in a concert, but... it´s MK material anyway and the only way to "see it live"

Just wondering about this possibility  ;D

PS/ I´ll probably would go, I´m such a freak  :P
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 26, 2017, 09:29:00 AM
I thought about that, but nothing super secret here to NOT to disclosure it, do you seriously want to surprise somebody with a side project like that? Next level of surprise would be a tour with a symphonic orchestra—something nobody did before, right? Musicals and operas from the likes of Waters, Sting, McCartney was interesting, but frankly... not too much. I hope if Mark decided to do it, it will be really SOMETHING different. Sting's musical was lovely though.

And no, I wouldn't travel to it, because I'm sure the prices will be over-the-top, I'll let VIPs and other hardcore fans to rattle their jewelry instead.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 26, 2017, 09:45:17 AM
Like you, I also hope it´s another thing, like a duets record with people like Clapton, Gilmour etc but... MK usually does not what we want, but the opposite LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 26, 2017, 10:43:33 AM
I'm not a fan of musicals, so I probably wouldn't travel to see it performed, especially as musicals, especially in London, usually have over-inflated prices.    I suppose it would depend on who is performing, but I would probably just buy the CD/DVD.   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Millionaire Blues on July 26, 2017, 10:56:39 AM
I still think it is the Princess Bride musical.....

 :wave

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 26, 2017, 11:47:17 AM
I still think it is the Princess Bride musical.....

 :wave

Guy said it is not.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 26, 2017, 01:15:04 PM
I think it's a compilation thing, Jubilee related... DS or 40 years MK songwriting, with many guests, maybe like the JJ Cale thing, and therefore takes it's time. "Different" could mean MK is just guesting with guitar or additional vocals on the interpretations of his work by others... The Killers come to mind, Tommy Emmanuel....

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 26, 2017, 03:19:23 PM
Certainly wouldn't travel to London to see it.  If it went on tour then I may think about travelling 25-30 miles to see it in Edinburgh or Glasgow!  Even then I reckon I would have next to no interest in it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: olazabalrok on July 27, 2017, 10:12:54 AM
I think it's a compilation thing, Jubilee related... DS or 40 years MK songwriting, with many guests, maybe like the JJ Cale thing, and therefore takes it's time. "Different" could mean MK is just guesting with guitar or additional vocals on the interpretations of his work by others... The Killers come to mind, Tommy Emmanuel....

LE

I'm also betting on some sort of compilation release, hoping they'll finally release something from the vaults!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 27, 2017, 11:54:14 AM
I think it's a compilation thing, Jubilee related... DS or 40 years MK songwriting, with many guests, maybe like the JJ Cale thing, and therefore takes it's time. "Different" could mean MK is just guesting with guitar or additional vocals on the interpretations of his work by others... The Killers come to mind, Tommy Emmanuel....

LE

I'm also betting on some sort of compilation release, hoping they'll finally release something from the vaults!

They never look back...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 27, 2017, 03:21:57 PM
I think it's a compilation thing, Jubilee related... DS or 40 years MK songwriting, with many guests, maybe like the JJ Cale thing, and therefore takes it's time. "Different" could mean MK is just guesting with guitar or additional vocals on the interpretations of his work by others... The Killers come to mind, Tommy Emmanuel....

LE

I'm also betting on some sort of compilation release, hoping they'll finally release something from the vaults!

They never look back...

Except when they're looking for a "new" setlist!  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 27, 2017, 07:22:51 PM
You're wrong. They don't look back about setlists, it's just that they look forward to tea.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: the visitor on July 27, 2017, 08:45:23 PM
I think it's a compilation thing, Jubilee related... DS or 40 years MK songwriting, with many guests, maybe like the JJ Cale thing, and therefore takes it's time. "Different" could mean MK is just guesting with guitar or additional vocals on the interpretations of his work by others... The Killers come to mind, Tommy Emmanuel....

LE

I'm also betting on some sort of compilation release, hoping they'll finally release something from the vaults!


This would be very welcomed. Just listening to the 1996 version of Water of Love performed at Vaison. Great recording but to have a studio version of this updated interpretation would be wonderful. Portobello Belle on the OES tour was also a great update. Who knows.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on July 28, 2017, 12:02:37 AM
Thinking about the secret project, I've been asking myself about one of the theories we talked about him, the possibility that MK is working in a writing music for a theatrical adaptation of whatever...

That would means that MK made the music but when that theatrical adaptation obviously will have actors singing and probably musicians playing MK songs, but MK won´t be involved in that representations. Would you travel to wherever it´s being represented to watch it anyway? It´s composed by MK, but he´s not there like he is in a concert, but... it´s MK material anyway and the only way to "see it live"

Just wondering about this possibility  ;D

PS/ I´ll probably would go, I´m such a freak  :P

I go with this one. It also explaines why other people involved in this project do not what this out in the public and with that i mean the ones also involved with this musical. writer producer director(s) to name a few. I remember Guy saying that this project has been keeping quiet because other people involved and by request of them not because of MK...........
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on July 31, 2017, 08:28:12 PM
I have really lost interest in all this mambo jambo aka secret project. Mark rarely gives us what we want so I'd rather be pessimistic - or perhaps realistic? - so that I don't get disappointed when it finally comes out.

Probably another studio album, a documentary with great visuals and poor content and a soundtrack for some obscure movie nobody cares about. Yes, Mark made me become a bitter man  :disbelief  ::)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 31, 2017, 08:35:47 PM
As long as it is no musical,  I do not care!!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on July 31, 2017, 08:56:34 PM
As long as it is no musical,  I do not care!!

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*Mark releases a musical and doesn't care*

 :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 31, 2017, 09:05:27 PM
Lolz...

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 01, 2017, 10:35:37 AM
I have really lost interest in all this mambo jambo aka secret project. Mark rarely gives us what we want so I'd rather be pessimistic - or perhaps realistic? - so that I don't get disappointed when it finally comes out.

Probably another studio album, a documentary with great visuals and poor content and a soundtrack for some obscure movie nobody cares about. Yes, Mark made me become a bitter man  :disbelief  ::)

Why people think MK owe them anything? MK make "product", you like product, you buy product. He must thank you? You don't like product, nobody mak you buy product. MK don't care - always some people will buy his product anyway. And he make enough money from royalty so he not have to worry about sale.

Young MK will to never come back. Old MK is now and what you have. Take or leave, and stop dream and be disappointed.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 01, 2017, 12:00:00 PM
I have really lost interest in all this mambo jambo aka secret project. Mark rarely gives us what we want so I'd rather be pessimistic - or perhaps realistic? - so that I don't get disappointed when it finally comes out.

Probably another studio album, a documentary with great visuals and poor content and a soundtrack for some obscure movie nobody cares about. Yes, Mark made me become a bitter man  :disbelief  ::)

Why people think MK owe them anything? MK make "product", you like product, you buy product. He must thank you? You don't like product, nobody mak you buy product. MK don't care - always some people will buy his product anyway. And he make enough money from royalty so he not have to worry about sale.

Young MK will to never come back. Old MK is now and what you have. Take or leave, and stop dream and be disappointed.

That's a bit harsh.  Mark built up a fanbase on music based on his unique sound with DS.  We don't have to go over that - we all know it.  I believe he does owe us because without loyal followers who have bought the albums, bought the concert tickets, read every article, listen to every interview and stick to his career like a limpet to a rock, he would be nothing.  He is essentially making music for the fans and to do what he wants and not bother about us, the very ones who made him, is approaching selfish.  Artistically speaking I suppose you must go where the musical path takes you, but at least try to find something for your fans.  We deserve it!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on August 01, 2017, 12:04:50 PM
I have really lost interest in all this mambo jambo aka secret project. Mark rarely gives us what we want so I'd rather be pessimistic - or perhaps realistic? - so that I don't get disappointed when it finally comes out.

Probably another studio album, a documentary with great visuals and poor content and a soundtrack for some obscure movie nobody cares about. Yes, Mark made me become a bitter man  :disbelief  ::)

Why people think MK owe them anything? MK make "product", you like product, you buy product. He must thank you? You don't like product, nobody mak you buy product. MK don't care - always some people will buy his product anyway. And he make enough money from royalty so he not have to worry about sale.

Young MK will to never come back. Old MK is now and what you have. Take or leave, and stop dream and be disappointed.

That's a bit harsh.  Mark built up a fanbase on music based on his unique sound with DS.  We don't have to go over that - we all know it.  I believe he does owe us because without loyal followers who have bought the albums, bought the concert tickets, read every article, listen to every interview and stick to his career like a limpet to a rock, he would be nothing.  He is essentially making music for the fans and to do what he wants and not bother about us, the very ones who made him, is approaching selfish.  Artistically speaking I suppose you must go where the musical path takes you, but at least try to find something for your fans.  We deserve it!
Not sure if he owes us. Thin thread. Nobody forces you to buy his stuff. So no, no obligations on his part imho

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on August 01, 2017, 12:13:20 PM
I don't think he owes us anything.   As MK has said many times - If you can't please yourself, who can you please!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 01, 2017, 12:18:26 PM
So after following his career religiously since I was a child for over 30 years it's goodbye and good luck if I don't like his stuff?  I don't think I could do that.  I've grown up with his music, it's really all I've known and I'm too old to change now.  Not that I am giving up on his music BTW!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 01, 2017, 12:19:48 PM
I believe he does owe us because without loyal followers who have bought the albums, bought the concert tickets, read every article, listen to every interview and stick to his career like a limpet to a rock, he would be nothing.

You are talking about "get life" fans. MK sell many more albums then only to these fans. MK sell many concert tickets, but I am sure most people who buy are not "get life" fan. These casual fan are many, but don't think about what to deserve or not. MK don't "need" "get life" fans. Come on.

Mark built up a fanbase on music based on his unique sound with DS.

MK was lucky (DS music fresh in disco time) and BIA and MFN big hit much thank you from new CD product. Yes, DS and Ed B. work very hard to market DS music and sell albums, but it is business, not charity or "love". They sell product - you like it? Buy it. It cost X dollar. If MK had only little success, he would do like David Knopfler: keep to make music but on small scale.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 01, 2017, 12:21:44 PM
So after following his career religiously since I was a child for over 30 years it's goodbye and good luck if I don't like his stuff?  I don't think I could do that.  I've grown up with his music, it's really all I've known and I'm too old to change now.  Not that I am giving up on his music BTW!!!

True is - MK can. And MK do.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 01, 2017, 12:24:52 PM
So after following his career religiously since I was a child for over 30 years it's goodbye and good luck if I don't like his stuff?  I don't think I could do that.  I've grown up with his music, it's really all I've known and I'm too old to change now.  Not that I am giving up on his music BTW!!!

True is - MK can. And MK do.

That my friend is true, and most of his solo career is testament to that!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 01, 2017, 12:30:27 PM
Sometimes people looks like they're being paid by Mark to protect him as if they're his attorneys or something :lol

Check Paul McCartney's 2016 Mastertapes interview on BBC, he answers this very same question... He said he's a realist, and he basically said that people have some expectations and he too have expectations toward all the other artists (!) and if he would go to Stones' show and wouldn't hear 'Satisfaction', he would feel cheated.

Here's the link: https://youtu.be/-BBJ_kB8dEE?t=23m

But come on, Mark still plays Sultans and DS songs, he released Beryl which is basically a tribute to DS in a way... So, what to complain here?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on August 01, 2017, 12:42:18 PM
So after following his career religiously since I was a child for over 30 years it's goodbye and good luck if I don't like his stuff?  I don't think I could do that.  I've grown up with his music, it's really all I've known and I'm too old to change now.  Not that I am giving up on his music BTW!!!

True is - MK can. And MK do.

That my friend is true, and most of his solo career is testament to that!

Lucky for me that I enjoy his solo career more than DS!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 01, 2017, 12:55:57 PM
Sometimes people looks like they're being paid by Mark to protect him as if they're his attorneys or something :lol

Check Paul McCartney's 2016 Mastertapes interview on BBC, he answers this very same question... He said he's a realist, and he basically said that people have some expectations and he too have expectations toward all the other artists (!) and if he would go to Stones' show and wouldn't hear 'Satisfaction', he would feel cheated.

Here's the link: https://youtu.be/-BBJ_kB8dEE?t=23m

But come on, Mark still plays Sultans and DS songs, he released Beryl which is basically a tribute to DS in a way... So, what to complain here?

I don't protect MK. Or defend to him. I don't like his thinking at all, but it is what it is. Some one on Guy forum posted quote from Pat Meteny. I think MK have same thinking like Pat say. I don't like it, but I respect it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: junkiedoll on August 01, 2017, 02:53:35 PM
So after following his career religiously since I was a child for over 30 years it's goodbye and good luck if I don't like his stuff?  I don't think I could do that.  I've grown up with his music, it's really all I've known and I'm too old to change now.  Not that I am giving up on his music BTW!!!

Sry, but your story actually is the best argument for the opposite. You owe a lot to MK, while MK owes you nothing. He obviously contributed immensely to your life in a very positive way, while you contributed, if at all, marginally to his. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 01, 2017, 03:18:04 PM
So after following his career religiously since I was a child for over 30 years it's goodbye and good luck if I don't like his stuff?  I don't think I could do that.  I've grown up with his music, it's really all I've known and I'm too old to change now.  Not that I am giving up on his music BTW!!!

Sry, but your story actually is the best argument for the opposite. You owe a lot to MK, while MK owes you nothing. He obviously contributed immensely to your life in a very positive way, while you contributed, if at all, marginally to his.

That's interesting... It reminds me the old saying "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic". While each one of us personally contributed to MK's life basically nothing, as the audience, as this famous figure of 120,000,000 sales of albums, we actually made it all happen. Because of his talent, of course, but still. Imagine how he would build his British Grove studio on Mars ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on August 01, 2017, 03:25:13 PM
I have really lost interest in all this mambo jambo aka secret project. Mark rarely gives us what we want so I'd rather be pessimistic - or perhaps realistic? - so that I don't get disappointed when it finally comes out.

Probably another studio album, a documentary with great visuals and poor content and a soundtrack for some obscure movie nobody cares about. Yes, Mark made me become a bitter man  :disbelief  ::)

Why people think MK owe them anything? MK make "product", you like product, you buy product. He must thank you? You don't like product, nobody mak you buy product. MK don't care - always some people will buy his product anyway. And he make enough money from royalty so he not have to worry about sale.

Young MK will to never come back. Old MK is now and what you have. Take or leave, and stop dream and be disappointed.

" He is essentially making music for the fans and to do what he wants and not bother about us, the very ones who made him, is approaching selfish.  Artistically speaking I suppose you must go where the musical path takes you, but at least try to find something for your fans.  We deserve it!"

Sorry, dmg, it sounds to me that you are the selfish one.    Why shouldn't MK write and play the music that gives him pleasure.   BTW he has found something for his fans - the beautiful songs from his solo career!   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 01, 2017, 03:39:22 PM
I have really lost interest in all this mambo jambo aka secret project. Mark rarely gives us what we want so I'd rather be pessimistic - or perhaps realistic? - so that I don't get disappointed when it finally comes out.

Probably another studio album, a documentary with great visuals and poor content and a soundtrack for some obscure movie nobody cares about. Yes, Mark made me become a bitter man  :disbelief  ::)

Why people think MK owe them anything? MK make "product", you like product, you buy product. He must thank you? You don't like product, nobody mak you buy product. MK don't care - always some people will buy his product anyway. And he make enough money from royalty so he not have to worry about sale.

Young MK will to never come back. Old MK is now and what you have. Take or leave, and stop dream and be disappointed.

Oh my dear god, where the hell did I write Mark owe me anything? LOL

I'm not even going there.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 01, 2017, 03:56:53 PM
Apart from KTGC and TRD (to a certain level) I love Mark's solo stuff. Yes, I think it's ridiculous that he avoids live DVD's and tours outside his little bubble but I've come to terms with that. I'm always looking forward to his new albums - and even to the blurry youtube videos from tours I never get to attend. My problem is with all the drama and secrecy that surround these projects. If it's so secret why keep dropping meaningless nuggets here and there? To tease us? Come on, we're not little kids, we are all grown-ups. That's why I said I lost interest. Not in his work, but in these silly games.

Anyway, I don't think I should need to explain myself but since there are so many lovely fans around here, people who I've learnt so much from, I am.

And please, dude with the rooster avatar, don't speculate on my words. If I want to say Mark owes me something I'll say Mark owes me something. Thanks!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 01, 2017, 03:58:21 PM


" He is essentially making music for the fans and to do what he wants and not bother about us, the very ones who made him, is approaching selfish.  Artistically speaking I suppose you must go where the musical path takes you, but at least try to find something for your fans.  We deserve it!"

Sorry, dmg, it sounds to me that you are the selfish one.    Why shouldn't MK write and play the music that gives him pleasure.   BTW he has found something for his fans - the beautiful songs from his solo career!   

By that reckoning you too are selfish because you are quite satisfied so long as you're happy with his solo songs.  That isn't my opinion though - far from it. 

I didn't say in my comment that he was selfish, only approaching it and that he should "follow his musical path" while also finding something for the old fans.

Get out of bed the wrong side this morning?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 01, 2017, 04:03:06 PM


" He is essentially making music for the fans and to do what he wants and not bother about us, the very ones who made him, is approaching selfish.  Artistically speaking I suppose you must go where the musical path takes you, but at least try to find something for your fans.  We deserve it!"

Sorry, dmg, it sounds to me that you are the selfish one.    Why shouldn't MK write and play the music that gives him pleasure.   BTW he has found something for his fans - the beautiful songs from his solo career!   

By that reckoning you too are selfish because you are quite satisfied so long as you're happy with his solo songs.  That isn't my opinion though - far from it. 

I didn't say in my comment that he was selfish, only approaching it and that he should "follow his musical path" while also finding something for the old fans.

Get out of bed the wrong side this morning?

I agree with you 100%. Does he have to? No. Would that me nice? Oh yeah...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 02, 2017, 04:56:22 PM
It reminds me when people don't listen to the new album until they get a physical copy. You're gonna listen to it anyway, so why not now? :lol
Same thing with the secret project. We will listen it eventually anyway, it will be on Wikipedia, on the website, here, there and everywhere.

Especially funny, if this project is not yet scheduled for the release, because it means we now have:

— new yet untitled album scheduled for completion in March 2018 (not release)
— new classified super secret project, and it will be released... or not, who knows?
— new Henrik Hansen documentary film with the live album, which can be released... or not, who knows?

Too much uncertainty here, what's happening? I can perfectly understand all the people who already decided to give up...

I bet it has to do with Dire Straits. Mark is going to resurrect Dire Straits in some shape or form for 40th Anniversary, and I don't think it's a good idea :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 02, 2017, 05:23:14 PM
It reminds me when people don't listen to the new album until they get a physical copy. You're gonna listen to it anyway, so why not now? :lol
Same thing with the secret project. We will listen it eventually anyway, it will be on Wikipedia, on the website, here, there and everywhere.

Especially funny, if this project is not yet scheduled for the release, because it means we now have:

— new yet untitled album scheduled for completion in March 2018 (not release)
— new classified super secret project, and it will be released... or not, who knows?
— new Henrik Hansen documentary film with the live album, which can be released... or not, who knows?

Too much uncertainty here, what's happening? I can perfectly understand all the people who already decided to give up...

I bet it has to do with Dire Straits. Mark is going to resurrect Dire Straits in some shape or form for 40th Anniversary, and I don't think it's a good idea :disbelief

I highly doubt it. I wish you were right though  :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on August 02, 2017, 05:30:32 PM
We will have a new MK album somewhere next year. We will also have a documentary with possible live album coming up and he is working on songs for a musical.... What more do we want? 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 02, 2017, 05:37:26 PM
We will have a new MK album somewhere next year. We will also have a documentary with possible live album coming up and he is working on songs for a musical.... What more do we want?

I'm happy with that, I just think it's taking too long...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on August 02, 2017, 05:59:58 PM
We will have a new MK album somewhere next year. We will also have a documentary with possible live album coming up and he is working on songs for a musical.... What more do we want?

I'm happy with that, I just think it's taking too long...

I agree with you on that. I think this musical is his first priority. For all we know the documentary could be finished and waiting for release. Because off the musical the solo album and new tour are probably for late 2018. At the best we will have a new tour starting in September 2018 I think...... But than he must let go of his usual schedule of touring...  :think
Worst case scenario is new album late 2018 and new tour starting in May 2019
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 02, 2017, 06:04:01 PM
I don't know what we want, but we deserve it now.  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on August 02, 2017, 06:27:36 PM
We will have a new MK album somewhere next year. We will also have a documentary with possible live album coming up and he is working on songs for a musical.... What more do we want?
Another tour, please!!!  And ASAP!!  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 02, 2017, 07:08:19 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 02, 2017, 07:17:41 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE

Agree, MK can't play in a DS way anymore, better let them rest for good that relive them badly.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 02, 2017, 07:26:22 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE

+1

But very not likely he will make something about DS. He like not to make celebration of himself and a past.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 02, 2017, 07:28:46 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE

Agree, MK can't play in a DS way anymore, better let them rest for good that relive them badly.

Agreed. There's no way Mark can still pull out those crazy solos he used to play back in the day. His latest versions of Sultans get painful when he gets to the final solo.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 02, 2017, 09:06:03 PM
I think Guy again has become a sort of a culprit of his own greatness and openness, leaving so much hints and hopes, that fans just need some certain information. MKNews responded and the response was basically—just sit and wait and some vague release info was provided. For the majority of the people, "something is going to happen in 2018" is enough though.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on August 02, 2017, 09:15:52 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE

Agree, MK can't play in a DS way anymore, better let them rest for good that relive them badly.

I don't agree.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on August 02, 2017, 10:13:52 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE

Agree, MK can't play in a DS way anymore, better let them rest for good that relive them badly.

I don't agree.
Neither do I.  I am so grateful that MK tours and plays, and he brings the house down (quite literally in Paris 2015) with SOS.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on August 03, 2017, 10:41:35 AM
not sure if it has been mentioned before, but the killers collaboration will be released on 22.09
it will be called:Have All The Songs Been Written?
and if it is as good as his Dan Auerbach collaboration, i for one will certainly buying it
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 03, 2017, 03:51:05 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE

Agree, MK can't play in a DS way anymore, better let them rest for good that relive them badly.

I don't agree.
Neither do I.  I am so grateful that MK tours and plays, and he brings the house down (quite literally in Paris 2015) with SOS.

Yes, because we're all fans, that's Mark playing his most iconic tune and so on, but his playing hasn't been the same since the KTGC tour. It's pretty evident, guys. Still Mark, still got the touch, but very far from being that fluid, savvy and unpredictable guitar ace he was back in the day. His vibratos and bends are still there but the solos are inconsistent and even floppy sometimes. I like saying Mark's solos were like opera performances: the dynamics, the progression, the peak, the grand finale...

Having said that, he's still Mark Knopfler, meaning unique and pleasant.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on August 03, 2017, 10:14:42 PM
About the Dire Straits comments, I really cannot understand why anyone would really wish to have one.. of course they were great, phantastic, legendary etc..but do you really really think Mark suddenly starts to play long and energetic solos again? I have the biggest fear he would do that... damaging and shredding the legacy...have you attended the Tracker tour?

LE

Agree, MK can't play in a DS way anymore, better let them rest for good that relive them badly.

I don't agree.
Neither do I.  I am so grateful that MK tours and plays, and he brings the house down (quite literally in Paris 2015) with SOS.

Yes, because we're all fans, that's Mark playing his most iconic tune and so on, but his playing hasn't been the same since the KTGC tour. It's pretty evident, guys. Still Mark, still got the touch, but very far from being that fluid, savvy and unpredictable guitar ace he was back in the day. His vibratos and bends are still there but the solos are inconsistent and even floppy sometimes. I like saying Mark's solos were like opera performances: the dynamics, the progression, the peak, the grand finale...

Having said that, he's still Mark Knopfler, meaning unique and pleasant.

I don't agree he CAN'T, only that he plays BETTER now I would say. There is the huge difference my friend.  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 05, 2017, 10:33:12 AM
Better? Different, just different. Not better.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on August 05, 2017, 11:22:20 AM
Better? Different, just different. Not better.

not "just", it should state "AND* different"
 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 05, 2017, 11:44:58 AM
Better? Different, just different. Not better.

not "just", it should state "AND* different"
 :thumbsup

That's your opinion ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 05, 2017, 06:28:58 PM
MK don't play better now. You talk BS. Big BS. He is better musician and composer, but able on a guitar is worse. That a fact.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 06:53:30 PM
If this (from 6:07)...

https://youtu.be/gwiqnJdN1Ug

Is "better" than this (from 5:00)...

https://youtu.be/ldPfPtCYQHA

Then I don't know what a guitar is lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 05, 2017, 07:07:38 PM
If this (from 6:07)...

https://youtu.be/gwiqnJdN1Ug

Is "better" than this (from 5:00)...

https://youtu.be/ldPfPtCYQHA

Then I don't know what a guitar is lol

Rome video have better mix, so sound better. I don't like Rome or Sevilla solos. He try to make jazzy, but get lost.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 07:11:26 PM
If this (from 6:07)...

https://youtu.be/gwiqnJdN1Ug

Is "better" than this (from 5:00)...

https://youtu.be/ldPfPtCYQHA

Then I don't know what a guitar is lol

Rome video have better mix, so sound better. I don't like Rome or Sevilla solos. He try to make jazzy, but get lost.

That's not jazzy at all. Anyway, take your pick, choose any version from his latest four tours and you won't find one single attempt that lives up to his peak.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on August 05, 2017, 07:25:02 PM
Forget about YouTube clips - you have to actually be there!     ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 05, 2017, 07:34:55 PM

Rome video have better mix, so sound better. I don't like Rome or Sevilla solos. He try to make jazzy, but get lost.

That's not jazzy at all. Anyway, take your pick, choose any version from his latest four tours and you won't find one single attempt that lives up to his peak.

Call what you want. I think he try to make more jazzy playing but he does not succed.

About peak I agree. He had peak as guitar player, but is now going down from peak. Like sport atlete. He is still good, but songs who need high guitar level sound worse.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 07:46:14 PM
Forget about YouTube clips - you have to actually be there!     ;)

Well, I'd love to but he won't cover my area lol

I've seen him live twice though, Rio 2001 and Christchurch 2005. He was still in top form.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 07:57:18 PM

Rome video have better mix, so sound better. I don't like Rome or Sevilla solos. He try to make jazzy, but get lost.

That's not jazzy at all. Anyway, take your pick, choose any version from his latest four tours and you won't find one single attempt that lives up to his peak.

Call what you want. I think he try to make more jazzy playing but he does not succed.

About peak I agree. He had peak as guitar player, but is now going down from peak. Like sport atlete. He is still good, but songs who need high guitar level sound worse.

I don't think you can succeed at something you're not trying to achieve, can you?

That's just a different approach, with more passing notes and less agressive and percussive licks. If it's well played it sounds good, if it's badly played it sounds floppy. Now, if he approaches the solo like that, the execution is fluid and precise but you still don't like it it's just a matter of taste rather than success.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 05, 2017, 08:08:40 PM

Rome video have better mix, so sound better. I don't like Rome or Sevilla solos. He try to make jazzy, but get lost.

That's not jazzy at all. Anyway, take your pick, choose any version from his latest four tours and you won't find one single attempt that lives up to his peak.

Call what you want. I think he try to make more jazzy playing but he does not succed.

About peak I agree. He had peak as guitar player, but is now going down from peak. Like sport atlete. He is still good, but songs who need high guitar level sound worse.

I don't think you can succeed at something you're not trying to achieve, can you?

That's just a different approach, with more passing notes and less agressive and percussive licks. If it's well played it sounds good, if it's badly played it sounds floppy. Now, if he approaches the solo like that, the execution is fluid and precise but you still don't like it it's just a matter of taste rather than success.

I didn't say I don't like jazzy style, but like you say if playd not well, you don't succeed. MK don't play this style well. He get lost, like no goal of solo, and it feel "floppy". Or you mean "sloppy"?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 08:11:12 PM

Rome video have better mix, so sound better. I don't like Rome or Sevilla solos. He try to make jazzy, but get lost.

That's not jazzy at all. Anyway, take your pick, choose any version from his latest four tours and you won't find one single attempt that lives up to his peak.

Call what you want. I think he try to make more jazzy playing but he does not succed.

About peak I agree. He had peak as guitar player, but is now going down from peak. Like sport atlete. He is still good, but songs who need high guitar level sound worse.

I don't think you can succeed at something you're not trying to achieve, can you?

That's just a different approach, with more passing notes and less agressive and percussive licks. If it's well played it sounds good, if it's badly played it sounds floppy. Now, if he approaches the solo like that, the execution is fluid and precise but you still don't like it it's just a matter of taste rather than success.

I didn't say I don't like jazzy style, but like you say if playd not well, you don't succeed. MK don't play this style well. He get lost, like no goal of solo, and it feel "floppy". Or you mean "sloppy"?

Dude, that's not jazzy... that's a different approach that YOU dislike. I rest my case, see ya.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on August 05, 2017, 09:22:04 PM

Rome video have better mix, so sound better. I don't like Rome or Sevilla solos. He try to make jazzy, but get lost.

That's not jazzy at all. Anyway, take your pick, choose any version from his latest four tours and you won't find one single attempt that lives up to his peak.

Call what you want. I think he try to make more jazzy playing but he does not succed.

About peak I agree. He had peak as guitar player, but is now going down from peak. Like sport atlete. He is still good, but songs who need high guitar level sound worse.

I don't think you can succeed at something you're not trying to achieve, can you?

That's just a different approach, with more passing notes and less agressive and percussive licks. If it's well played it sounds good, if it's badly played it sounds floppy. Now, if he approaches the solo like that, the execution is fluid and precise but you still don't like it it's just a matter of taste rather than success.

I didn't say I don't like jazzy style, but like you say if playd not well, you don't succeed. MK don't play this style well. He get lost, like no goal of solo, and it feel "floppy". Or you mean "sloppy"?

Dude, that's not jazzy... that's a different approach that YOU dislike. I rest my case, see ya.

To hell with you.

We expect members to treat other members with courtesy and respect.

Consider this a friendly, but final warning. :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on August 05, 2017, 09:25:23 PM
To hell with you.

Come on, this is unacceptable. Please mind your language. We're here to discuss MK in a friendly way, even if we disagree with each other.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 05, 2017, 09:38:30 PM
Yes, because we're all fans, that's Mark playing his most iconic tune and so on, but his playing hasn't been the same since the KTGC tour. It's pretty evident, guys. Still Mark, still got the touch, but very far from being that fluid, savvy and unpredictable guitar ace he was back in the day. His vibratos and bends are still there but the solos are inconsistent and even floppy sometimes. I like saying Mark's solos were like opera performances: the dynamics, the progression, the peak, the grand finale...

Having said that, he's still Mark Knopfler, meaning unique and pleasant.

So, Ed - here comment from you on Fletcher forum from may 2015:

I’m Brazilian and I am truly embarrassed by the comments my fellow countrymen have been posting here lately. That goes to the pachanga guy and to the Google translator lad. Said that, I’ve seen some videos on YouTube and wow, Mark’s in top form again! So good to see him play like in the good old days! The band has always been brilliant but this time it seems you guys have reached the next level, stunning.

Have you changed mind, Ed?

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 10:10:47 PM
Yes, because we're all fans, that's Mark playing his most iconic tune and so on, but his playing hasn't been the same since the KTGC tour. It's pretty evident, guys. Still Mark, still got the touch, but very far from being that fluid, savvy and unpredictable guitar ace he was back in the day. His vibratos and bends are still there but the solos are inconsistent and even floppy sometimes. I like saying Mark's solos were like opera performances: the dynamics, the progression, the peak, the grand finale...

Having said that, he's still Mark Knopfler, meaning unique and pleasant.

So, Ed - here comment from you on Fletcher forum from may 2015:

I’m Brazilian and I am truly embarrassed by the comments my fellow countrymen have been posting here lately. That goes to the pachanga guy and to the Google translator lad. Said that, I’ve seen some videos on YouTube and wow, Mark’s in top form again! So good to see him play like in the good old days! The band has always been brilliant but this time it seems you guys have reached the next level, stunning.

Have you changed mind, Ed?

Your point being? I saw some footage on YouTube and Mark had done well. What's wrong with complimenting and being kind to people? I guess you don't know.

And by the way, I don't need a stalker. I don't know if you were taught manners but it's never too late.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 05, 2017, 10:18:07 PM
Yes, because we're all fans, that's Mark playing his most iconic tune and so on, but his playing hasn't been the same since the KTGC tour. It's pretty evident, guys. Still Mark, still got the touch, but very far from being that fluid, savvy and unpredictable guitar ace he was back in the day. His vibratos and bends are still there but the solos are inconsistent and even floppy sometimes. I like saying Mark's solos were like opera performances: the dynamics, the progression, the peak, the grand finale...

Having said that, he's still Mark Knopfler, meaning unique and pleasant.

So, Ed - here comment from you on Fletcher forum from may 2015:

I’m Brazilian and I am truly embarrassed by the comments my fellow countrymen have been posting here lately. That goes to the pachanga guy and to the Google translator lad. Said that, I’ve seen some videos on YouTube and wow, Mark’s in top form again! So good to see him play like in the good old days! The band has always been brilliant but this time it seems you guys have reached the next level, stunning.

Have you changed mind, Ed?

Your point being? I saw some footage on YouTube and Mark had done well. What's wrong with complimenting and being kind to people? I guess you don't know.

And by the way, I don't need a stalker. I don't know if you were taught manners but it's never too late.

Point? You need explanation? Come on.

You funny guy, Rapotho. But not "ha-ha funny".
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 10:19:50 PM
I hope the moderators are seeing it. First he calls bullshit what another member says, then tells me to go to hell and now we have a stalker.

This guy's been rude from the get go, day one on this forum.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 05, 2017, 10:22:50 PM
You not rude? Give me break.

And stalker? You post with full name here a MK forum and on GF forum. Please.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 05, 2017, 10:28:46 PM
You not rude? Give me break.

No, I'm not. I expose my opinions, respectfully - which is something I'd be willing to change in case we were in the same room. Now please do me a favor, don't talk to me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on August 05, 2017, 11:21:39 PM
You know what guys, it's interesting to see even a discussion like that when there's no news whatsoever :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 06, 2017, 12:04:24 AM
You know what guys, it's interesting to see even a discussion like that when there's no news whatsoever :lol

Not so fun having your words twisted twice and getting cursed by an internet bully though lol

But yeah, I dig it  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on August 06, 2017, 10:51:05 PM
Moderators, please follow upon this; einz_zwei_polizei is escalating.  It's getting to the point where I don't want to be here any more.  Please do something about this. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on August 06, 2017, 10:56:39 PM
Moderators, please follow upon this; einz_zwei_polizei is escalating.  It's getting to the point where I don't want to be here any more.  Please do something about this.

Dusty gave him a friendly but final warning.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 06, 2017, 11:00:57 PM
That whole guy was a pain in the ass from day one and now it seems even his weak spelling skills were just part of his fake troll identity.. He changed his name by the way..

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on August 06, 2017, 11:03:04 PM
Yes, incredibly unpleasant from the get go.  :disbelief
I hope final really means final.   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on August 06, 2017, 11:25:47 PM
End of story. Not worth a reply anymore.now where' that new mk music?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 07, 2017, 12:50:20 AM
Moderators, please follow upon this; einz_zwei_polizei is escalating.  It's getting to the point where I don't want to be here any more.  Please do something about this.

Escalating? What are you talking about? It takes two to tango, baby (referring to Brazilian Guy).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Crusty on August 07, 2017, 12:52:23 AM
That whole guy was a pain in the ass from day one and now it seems even his weak spelling skills were just part of his fake troll identity.. He changed his name by the way..

LE

So why is there even an option to change one's avatar and name if that's so bad? The almighty quizzaciosly used to be foma, didn't he? Didn't he also use to be a severe pain in the rectum?

As for the spelling, I've taken classes plus medication. Now it's kicking in.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on August 07, 2017, 08:06:17 AM
Moderators, we have a problem.  Please remove Crusty/eins_zwei.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 07, 2017, 08:20:41 AM
You can change every 30 minutes if you want -  it is what it says about you... medication my ass. You overstepped a line, no doubt. I am with Liz here.
Your signature for example is pure offence..  I am pretty sure you are from Germany which makes it even more unbearable for me. You are not showing any signs of insight or behaviour.

Pottel, understood!  -No more posts from me in this case. This one had to be posted though.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 07, 2017, 08:41:42 AM
It reminds me when people don't listen to the new album until they get a physical copy. You're gonna listen to it anyway, so why not now? :lol
Same thing with the secret project. We will listen it eventually anyway, it will be on Wikipedia, on the website, here, there and everywhere.

Especially funny, if this project is not yet scheduled for the release, because it means we now have:

— new yet untitled album scheduled for completion in March 2018 (not release)
— new classified super secret project, and it will be released... or not, who knows?
— new Henrik Hansen documentary film with the live album, which can be released... or not, who knows?

Too much uncertainty here, what's happening? I can perfectly understand all the people who already decided to give up...

I bet it has to do with Dire Straits. Mark is going to resurrect Dire Straits in some shape or form for 40th Anniversary, and I don't think it's a good idea :disbelief

Actually what could happen is a re-edition of all DS stuff with bonus material, because of the 40th anniversary, but it won't have anything to do with MK/DS if it happens but with the record company.

I recall when Alchemy was released in dvd/BR, some journalist asked MK about it and he said he didn´t know about it, that it was something from the record company, that he was centered in his own album and next tour (I think it coincided with the Get Lucky release...)

I asked sometime ago to Guy if apart of the secret project, new MK record and tour and the Henrik Hansen thing there were anything else coming and he answered that a couple of things more, my guess is that maybe they know there is an idea from the record company to re-release all the DS stuff for the anniversary...

Let´s see what happens... also On The Night and A Night In London would have to be released in BR properly,and there are many MK solo records waiting to be released on vinyl, I know for sure that GH and STP were about to be released in LP so, there might be some more in the pipeline that we know...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on August 07, 2017, 11:40:32 AM
It reminds me when people don't listen to the new album until they get a physical copy. You're gonna listen to it anyway, so why not now? :lol
Same thing with the secret project. We will listen it eventually anyway, it will be on Wikipedia, on the website, here, there and everywhere.

Especially funny, if this project is not yet scheduled for the release, because it means we now have:

— new yet untitled album scheduled for completion in March 2018 (not release)
— new classified super secret project, and it will be released... or not, who knows?
— new Henrik Hansen documentary film with the live album, which can be released... or not, who knows?

Too much uncertainty here, what's happening? I can perfectly understand all the people who already decided to give up...

I bet it has to do with Dire Straits. Mark is going to resurrect Dire Straits in some shape or form for 40th Anniversary, and I don't think it's a good idea :disbelief

Actually what could happen is a re-edition of all DS stuff with bonus material, because of the 40th anniversary, but it won't have anything to do with MK/DS if it happens but with the record company.

I recall when Alchemy was released in dvd/BR, some journalist asked MK about it and he said he didn´t know about it, that it was something from the record company, that he was centered in his own album and next tour (I think it coincided with the Get Lucky release...)

I asked sometime ago to Guy if apart of the secret project, new MK record and tour and the Henrik Hansen thing there were anything else coming and he answered that a couple of things more, my guess is that maybe they know there is an idea from the record company to re-release all the DS stuff for the anniversary...

Let´s see what happens... also On The Night and A Night In London would have to be released in BR properly,and there are many MK solo records waiting to be released on vinyl, I know for sure that GH and STP were about to be released in LP so, there might be some more in the pipeline that we know...

Yes to everything, but the bonus material.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 07, 2017, 11:59:21 AM
The bonus material is what I (we) would like, LOL

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: asouza on August 07, 2017, 03:49:31 PM
The bonus material is what I (we) would like, LOL

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

For me too! ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 07, 2017, 03:50:24 PM
Thank you moderators for having banned the dude - and I'm sorry if I went too far too, my latin blood tends to take over sometimes.

Regarding the projects, I'd be happy with pretty much anything at this point... as long as I know what they are  ??? :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: lfblaauw on August 07, 2017, 04:26:43 PM

I recall when Alchemy was released in dvd/BR, some journalist asked MK about it and he said he didn´t know about it, that it was something from the record company, that he was centered in his own album and next tour (I think it coincided with the Get Lucky release...)

That sounds strange. The reissue of Alchemy was remixed by Chuck Ainlay (the audio part). Wouldn't surprise me if the job was done at British Grove. Normally MK is in 'total control' of almost everything, so not knowing about remixed versions of is own (old) stuff sounds strange to me.  Maybe he didn't want to tell the journalist anything about it, because it was something from the past and he's always looking forward....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on August 09, 2017, 10:02:12 AM
I just moved the reactions about the .org site issue to this topic:

-   http://www.amarkintime.nl/forum/index.php?topic=5900.0


Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on September 08, 2017, 12:15:57 PM
GF:

Mark and I are back in the studio readying ourselves for a band session for the new album in a couple of weeks.  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jeffreyvr on September 08, 2017, 01:07:48 PM
GF:

Mark and I are back in the studio readying ourselves for a band session for the new album in a couple of weeks.  ;)

He also wrote 'I will present a diary for this.' :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 08, 2017, 04:20:03 PM
GF:

Mark and I are back in the studio readying ourselves for a band session for the new album in a couple of weeks.  ;)

He's said that at least a hundred times over the past few months lol

So many band sessions... sounds like they're recording 10 albums so that Mark can retire and yet keep on releasing albums forever.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 09, 2017, 12:42:40 PM
In fact, he said it only once before, around March..  :lol
But that is what happens with threads like these when thousand of posts talk about the same stuff again and again... and again and again...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on September 09, 2017, 02:29:36 PM
Quote
So many band sessions... sounds like they're recording 10 albums so that Mark can retire and yet keep on releasing albums forever.

Nah, Mark stumbled on the Chris Rea box and thought I can do that too...  :D

Chris Rea - The Blue Guitars Project (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJl-XaAuMQ
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 09, 2017, 06:18:30 PM
In fact, he said it only once before, around March..  :lol
But that is what happens with threads like these when thousand of posts talk about the same stuff again and again... and again and again...

LE

Never trust Guy's search tool lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 09, 2017, 06:24:08 PM
Different band sessions for different projects I think. How many sessions do they usually have for a new MK solo album and should this be the first one for the new album??
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 09, 2017, 08:12:54 PM
Different band sessions for different projects I think. How many sessions do they usually have for a new MK solo album and should this be the first one for the new album??

It changed quite a bit throughout the years. Before BG they preferred live in the studio recordings with very few overdubs but after BG was finished Mark changed his approach. And it's especially hard to tell now since GF no longer provides us with proper studio diaries.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 09, 2017, 09:03:44 PM
I would say that three or four band sessions are not unusual referring to all his studio diaries so far. Of course it depends. The Privateering recordings seemed like one long session to me, for example.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 13, 2017, 12:04:01 PM
On his last 2 tours announcements were made in September for concerts in May/June the following year. Will we get lucky this month  :think
To be honest  :disbelief but there is always hope.  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 13, 2017, 12:57:31 PM
On his last 2 tours announcements were made in September for concerts in May/June the following year. Will we get lucky this month  :think
To be honest  :disbelief but there is always hope.  ;D

I don't think there is going to be any tour announcement...

As things are happening, I'd say that MK is going to work in parallel in finish the musical, sorry, the secret project and his solo album until March 2018, then probably the secret project is going to have him busy as anything that might happen would be between April and July, that's why McCusker is going to be on tour in June/July 2018, the record would be out in September, with a North American tour happening in Fall 2018 and a European one in Spring/Summer 2019.

Let's put this way

- Until March 2018, finishing the album and the secret project
- April/July 2018, the secret project
- September 2018, album release
- October/November/December, North American Tour
- March-August 2019, European Tour

This schedule makes sense to me, specially when we know the secret project might demand a certain MK presence.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 13, 2017, 02:03:19 PM
On his last run true the US official news for dates over there was in january with concerts taking place in okt/nov. No tournews before the end of january next year probably means no MK Tour in 2018....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 15, 2017, 01:47:36 PM
I know where you are coming from but I think it is important to say that these are not quotations from Guy but your own words. It very fast gets a life of it's own, especially at places like AMIT...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 15, 2017, 02:09:44 PM
I know where you are coming from but I think it is important to say that these are not quotations from Guy but your own words. It very fast gets a life of it's own, especially at places like AMIT...

LE

so did he tell us something new in these 12 months ?

They are probably working on a musical (see the other topic about the secret project). They are working on 2 projects (one is a new MK album, the other is still secret)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 15, 2017, 02:30:07 PM
I know where you are coming from but I think it is important to say that these are not quotations from Guy but your own words. It very fast gets a life of it's own, especially at places like AMIT...

LE

so did he tell us something new in these 12 months ?

They are probably working on a musical (see the other topic about the secret project). They are working on 2 projects (one is a new MK album, the other is still secret)

Yes I know, I read Guy Forum almost every day, I was asking what was wrong about writing that Guy Fletcher has not told us anything new on the new MK album in the last 12 months

Nobody said that it was wrong. LE told you that it are not Guy's words (but your own), but you wrote it down like these are Guy's quotes.

BTW, 1 year ago we didn't knew that they are working on a new MK album. Guy told us about a new MK album not so long ago.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 15, 2017, 02:53:51 PM
You can check the first pages of this long thread and see for yourself. September 2016 is discussed on page 1-3. Guy said that he and MK are in the studio. But he didn't say what they were doing. He didn't mentioned a new MK album back then.

If you think he did say, please show me what, where and when.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 15, 2017, 03:47:38 PM
"Quotation mark" is the key .. You made it look like you were quoting him... it's a purely formal thing.. it has nothing to do with when where who and what...
If you still don't understand get informed about how to quote correctly if you don't mind...

Boy oh boy... I swear I will never say something like this again...  :smack :smack

LE

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Banjo99uk on September 15, 2017, 03:58:58 PM
"you never know" GF 2018. When asked if any chance of a MK EC collaboration in the next 18 months.  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 15, 2017, 04:50:38 PM
"you never know" GF 2018. When asked if any chance of a MK EC collaboration in the next 18 months.  :think

Oh man, I really don't wanna speculate on it cos that's my dream album. Really. I'd have a heart attack for sure.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on September 15, 2017, 07:00:31 PM
you know this is not a legal proceeding where every word must be 101% accurate

"MK and I are back in the studio" always means a new album

if to you it means they are playing chess at the BG studio or anything you like you are free to think what you prefer

What's so hard about admitting Dutchessy is right? If you don't care about 100% accuracy, why the discussion? I'm here for all the interesting MK stuff and great members with a great vibe, let's keep it positive! ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 15, 2017, 07:45:26 PM
you know this is not a legal proceeding where every word must be 101% accurate

"MK and I are back in the studio" always means a new album

if to you it means they are playing chess at the BG studio or anything you like you are free to think what you prefer

What's so hard about admitting Dutchessy is right? If you don't care about 100% accuracy, why the discussion? I'm here for all the interesting MK stuff and great members with a great vibe, let's keep it positive! ;)

He deleted all his posts (again). He did the same with his old account (Pensaboy).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on September 15, 2017, 08:07:55 PM
you know this is not a legal proceeding where every word must be 101% accurate

"MK and I are back in the studio" always means a new album

if to you it means they are playing chess at the BG studio or anything you like you are free to think what you prefer

What's so hard about admitting Dutchessy is right? If you don't care about 100% accuracy, why the discussion? I'm here for all the interesting MK stuff and great members with a great vibe, let's keep it positive! ;)

He deleted all his posts (again). He did the same with his old account (Pensaboy).

it's impossible to discuss without being attacked by different people and angles who require you to do this and that, wth.
just not interested in this kind of forum.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 15, 2017, 08:14:27 PM
you know this is not a legal proceeding where every word must be 101% accurate

"MK and I are back in the studio" always means a new album

if to you it means they are playing chess at the BG studio or anything you like you are free to think what you prefer

What's so hard about admitting Dutchessy is right? If you don't care about 100% accuracy, why the discussion? I'm here for all the interesting MK stuff and great members with a great vibe, let's keep it positive! ;)

He deleted all his posts (again). He did the same with his old account (Pensaboy).

it's impossible to discuss without being attacked by different people and angles who require you to do this and that, wth.
just not interested in this kind of forum.

Please look into the mirror. Maybe it's an language thing or something, but you quoted things that Guy had never said. So it's just not true. That's what i told you. Just stop discussing about it. And you are more than welcome here on this forum.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 15, 2017, 08:24:22 PM
September half over indeed and still no news from Guy. He gave the prospect of news and a diary entry when the August holidays were over... now he said the session would take place in "a couple of weeks" (blimey, those quotation marks again..)... so maybe nothing will happen in September.

About Eric, I really hope for a surprise -  that it would NOT be a musical.. but some other project with a lot of guests like the Killers... Tommy Emmanuel and..  why not... Eric Clapton... I would however prefer a "proper" MK solo album with not too many guests.. guests hopefully many on the secret thing!  :thumbsup

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on September 15, 2017, 08:25:19 PM
you know this is not a legal proceeding where every word must be 101% accurate

"MK and I are back in the studio" always means a new album

if to you it means they are playing chess at the BG studio or anything you like you are free to think what you prefer

What's so hard about admitting Dutchessy is right? If you don't care about 100% accuracy, why the discussion? I'm here for all the interesting MK stuff and great members with a great vibe, let's keep it positive! ;)

He deleted all his posts (again). He did the same with his old account (Pensaboy).

it's impossible to discuss without being attacked by different people and angles who require you to do this and that, wth.
just not interested in this kind of forum.

Please look into the mirror. Maybe it's an language thing or something, but you quoted things that Guy had never said. So it's just not true. That's what i told you. Just stop discussing about it. And you are more than welcome here on this forum.

yes Guy did say that they were working on the new album, he often deletes a lot of messages and it was one of these.

if you check there's also a huge hole of 1 month and a half in his forum.

if you and others don't remember it's not my fault.




Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 15, 2017, 08:34:51 PM
And we didn't talked about it on this forum last year?  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on September 15, 2017, 08:38:04 PM
And we didn't talked about it on this forum last year?  ;)

When he deletes messages it's often after just few minutes/hours after being posted, he just changes idea and it was one of those messages,
but yes it's extremely strange that you missed it since you are all so great and perfect in this forum
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 15, 2017, 08:41:25 PM
And we didn't talked about it on this forum last year?  ;)

When he deletes messages it's often after just few minutes/hours after being posted, he just changes idea and it was one of those messages,
but yes it's extremely strange that you missed it since you are all so great and perfect in this forum

Stop trolling now please :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on September 15, 2017, 08:42:21 PM
And we didn't talked about it on this forum last year?  ;)

When he deletes messages it's often after just few minutes/hours after being posted, he just changes idea and it was one of those messages,
but yes it's extremely strange that you missed it since you are all so great and perfect in this forum

Stop trolling now please :)

Do this, Do that, Stop doing this, stop doing that.

See you
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 15, 2017, 08:49:08 PM


You went ballistic without even thinking about what I really meant. WHAT I meant is that 20 pages and 500 posts later nobody knows anymore who said what if we NOT quote correctly!!! So that should be one of the rules to make the forum run smoothly for everyone. You have been long enough around to know that, Pensaboy. Nobody offended you. Dutchessy's patience is admirable. Please try to see not an ememy in every person who has another opinion.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 16, 2017, 10:58:49 AM
I recognize that patience is not one of my virtues, but I don't get that, if Guy said the project is going to happen for sure, why to keep it in secrecy yet...

Specially if, like we believe, is going to be a Local Hero Musical.

Honestly, I'm more curious about all the logistics like where is going to be represented, for how long and by who than if it's a musical about Local Hero or about whatever else, because, as with many of other aMiters, thinking about travel and meet you, gives something extra and exciting to life!

London West End would be great as London always been a meeting point for fans worldwide, but Scotland always seduce me and thinking in going back to that wonder country and chat again with Dmg, Dusty or other Scottish gents from Amit... I'd love that.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 16, 2017, 01:18:55 PM
Contractual reasons I guess, he is not allowed to say anything, it's as easy as that.

Still hope that it's not a Musical...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 16, 2017, 03:15:20 PM
Yes but, reveal a death line date doesn't reveal anything about the project and work for us to guess when more or less we'll know something...

As I said, patience is not my thing lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 16, 2017, 04:31:31 PM
My guess is there are too many people involved and the more people involved the more complicated contractual demands are so the wisest thing to do is to keep quiet and avoid any kind of trouble that may come his way. I bet he desperately wants to spill the beans and at least give us a deadline but he simply can't.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 16, 2017, 04:40:53 PM
My guess is there are too many people involved and the more people involved the more complicated contractual demands are so the wisest thing to do is to keep quiet and avoid any kind of trouble that may come his way. I bet he desperately wants to spill the beans and at least give us a deadline but he simply can't.

Let's be honest, he wouldn't tell you anything about ANY project, it doesn't matter wether it's a secret project or not...
Simply because he doesn't have the rights to say something about someone else's work, after all it's not his solo record.

It's Mark who you should ask about all these things, but he doesn't use forums and social media unfortunately. So it's all one-way street.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 16, 2017, 05:05:12 PM
My guess is there are too many people involved and the more people involved the more complicated contractual demands are so the wisest thing to do is to keep quiet and avoid any kind of trouble that may come his way. I bet he desperately wants to spill the beans and at least give us a deadline but he simply can't.

Let's be honest, he wouldn't tell you anything about ANY project, it doesn't matter wether it's a secret project or not...
Simply because he doesn't have the rights to say something about someone else's work, after all it's not his solo record.

It's Mark who you should ask about all these things, but he doesn't use forums and social media unfortunately. So it's all one-way street.

That's exactly what I meant. He wants to tell us but he can't, it's not up to him.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 16, 2017, 05:07:09 PM
I stopped asking him questions about these projects a long time ago...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on September 17, 2017, 01:07:22 PM
Contractual reasons I guess, he is not allowed to say anything, it's as easy as that.

Still hope that it's not a Musical...

LE

He would be very stupid to break the contract and give us what we want, knowing that MK will never ever look at him again  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 17, 2017, 03:52:37 PM
I stopped asking him questions about these projects a long time ago...

I thought that a death line date wasn't anything secret really... It just mean which date they have as limit to finish... But yes, I'm too naive.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 17, 2017, 03:57:13 PM
Contractual reasons I guess, he is not allowed to say anything, it's as easy as that.

Still hope that it's not a Musical...

LE

He would be very stupid to break the contract and give us what we want, knowing that MK will never ever look at him again  ;D

There is a rule with MK that usually works. Think what you would love MK to do and what not.

Bet your money to what you don't like MK to do.

We all like a duets record with great artists or a compilation of great songs left out from previous records. We don't like to have a musical.

Guess what we are going to get?

Yes, exactly.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 17, 2017, 04:22:49 PM
Guess what we are going to get?

Yes, exactly.

Add to this a truck load of time what's being used to bring this project up! :think

By the way, rumours nowadays means a lot, have you seen this new Apple presentation? Everything, literally every new feature, titles and everything was known before the presentation, people already did their reviews of the iPhone X and started to work on cases and things.

I mean that there's plenty of rumours about MK musical and I tend to believe in that.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 17, 2017, 04:24:37 PM
Of course the Fort Knox kind of security in year 2017 is ridiculous when official news (or release of an album) is just a rumour becoming reality.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 17, 2017, 09:46:59 PM
Contractual reasons I guess, he is not allowed to say anything, it's as easy as that.

Still hope that it's not a Musical...

LE

He would be very stupid to break the contract and give us what we want, knowing that MK will never ever look at him again  ;D

There is a rule with MK that usually works. Think what you would love MK to do and what not.

Bet your money to what you don't like MK to do.

We all like a duets record with great artists or a compilation of great songs left out from previous records. We don't like to have a musical.

Guess what we are going to get?

Yes, exactly.

I have the same with setlists on the last 3 tours although i must admit i never thought he would play YLT and OES only too bad that TR was left out for OES.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 17, 2017, 09:54:35 PM
Both returning tracks made nearly no Impression on me to be honest. Yes, big names, classic Dire Straits material... but OES is nothing without Paul Franklin and in no way is Nigel Hitchcock able to relace Chris White. Maybe he's the better Sax player, I am not able to judge, but what I know is that Chris White was perfect and perfectly fitting for Mark's music. So just for the idea to choose two Dire Straits tracks, but two without too much guitar playing, I was not too happy with this idea...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 17, 2017, 10:44:53 PM
Both returning tracks made nearly no Impression on me to be honest. Yes, big names, classic Dire Straits material... but OES is nothing without Paul Franklin and in no way is Nigel Hitchcock able to relace Chris White. Maybe he's the better Sax player, I am not able to judge, but what I know is that Chris White was perfect and perfectly fitting for Mark's music. So just for the idea to choose two Dire Straits tracks, but two without too much guitar playing, I was not too happy with this idea...

LE

I especially love how well returning tracks co-exist with their famous "looking forward only" motto.

We're looking forward only, hence we'll play two new 20+ years old tracks, enjoy folks!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on September 17, 2017, 11:16:36 PM
Both returning tracks made nearly no Impression on me to be honest. Yes, big names, classic Dire Straits material... but OES is nothing without Paul Franklin and in no way is Nigel Hitchcock able to relace Chris White. Maybe he's the better Sax player, I am not able to judge, but what I know is that Chris White was perfect and perfectly fitting for Mark's music. So just for the idea to choose two Dire Straits tracks, but two without too much guitar playing, I was not too happy with this idea...

LE

Spot on.  It is my belief he got tired and the tour was too long so he decided to drop TR.  OES was an easy choice so the fans weren't too disappointed at a DS track being dropped.  If you listen to TR versions shortly before it being dropped they were sounding very tired. I hope the next tour is shorter.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 18, 2017, 01:03:56 AM
To be honest, I'm afraid of this musical idea because of Altamira soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful music, but VERY demanding on the mood you're in, you can't listen to it at every occasion. If this musical is something like Altamira just kill me then, but if it has some memorable songs and "Pure Imagination" type of things being thrown in there, I'll get it in every way possible (vinyl, CD, download, show, etc.).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 18, 2017, 07:55:33 AM
I agree. I don't even possess that Altamira Soundtrack, totally not interested in it. Was the first time that I totally not agree with anything he has ever released. Apart from Princess Pride Soundtrack maybe.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 18, 2017, 07:57:44 AM
A musical is a musical... Songs written to be sung by actors like they were talking.

If it's about "Local Hero", our number one bet, try to imagine the dialogue between the characters to be sung instead talk. Then you got it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 18, 2017, 08:04:34 AM
I can't see what's the problem with Altamira soundtrack. Is just like the others soundtracks, music composed to fill the scenes of the film...

At least this soundtrack has real instruments, guitars, flute, percussion, strings and orchestra, not synthetic like Last Exit to Brooklyn... Where 90% of the instruments are "fake", played by Guy with his keyboards connected to a synclavier computer.

Actually, Altamira has beautiful melodies, it's not my favourite, but I like it
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on September 18, 2017, 11:44:59 AM
I never bought a physical copy of Altamira either.  Listened to it a couple of times after downloading on iTunes but found it to be a pointless album.  Last Exit is a bit like that but the score is perfect for the film.  Local Hero soundtrack makes for a great album and good film score.  Sometimes the best scores are the ones you don't notice, the most subtle and therefore don't make great albums.  Local Hero may be an exception though although the score has become more famous than the film so it's difficult to make any judgement now!  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on September 18, 2017, 12:13:15 PM
I can't see what's the problem with Altamira soundtrack. Is just like the others soundtracks, music composed to fill the scenes of the film...

At least this soundtrack has real instruments, guitars, flute, percussion, strings and orchestra, not synthetic like Last Exit to Brooklyn... Where 90% of the instruments are "fake", played by Guy with his keyboards connected to a synclavier computer.

Actually, Altamira has beautiful melodies, it's not my favourite, but I like it

Even though I don't listen to Altamira very often,  I do like it and the melodies are lovely - I usually skip the Evelyn Glennie tracks though. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 18, 2017, 12:54:07 PM
I never bought a physical copy of Altamira either.  Listened to it a couple of times after downloading on iTunes but found it to be a pointless album.  Last Exit is a bit like that but the score is perfect for the film.  Local Hero soundtrack makes for a great album and good film score.  Sometimes the best scores are the ones you don't notice, the most subtle and therefore don't make great albums.  Local Hero may be an exception though although the score has become more famous than the film so it's difficult to make any judgement now!  :lol

Yes, pointless is the word. To me, Wag The Dog is the best Soundtrack.m. although short, it sounds very "live recorded" and it is something I can listen to from the beginning to the end without skipping but repeat!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: neco on September 18, 2017, 06:12:17 PM
I dont think it is pointless. If something is pointless, then it‘s this discussion: A soundtrack is not meant to be entertaining music - it serves as a symbiosis with images of the movie! So, a soundtrack all alone just does not have the same effect, the same with the movie without any music. And for that, I have to say, it‘s a very pretty soundtrack!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 18, 2017, 06:20:45 PM
Yes, Altamira music fits very well with the Cantabric landscapes and with the scenes of the film.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 18, 2017, 06:55:11 PM
Yes but, reveal a death line date doesn't reveal anything about the project and work for us to guess when more or less we'll know something...

As I said, patience is not my thing lol

I wonder what his answer on today's question will be....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on September 18, 2017, 06:58:17 PM
I dont think it is pointless. If something is pointless, then it‘s this discussion: A soundtrack is not meant to be entertaining music - it serves as a symbiosis with images of the movie! So, a soundtrack all alone just does not have the same effect, the same with the movie without any music. And for that, I have to say, it‘s a very pretty soundtrack!

Ok but it is released as an album so it should have some value beyond it's role for the movie. Just my opinion. So maybe I should better say: Releasing the Altamira Soundtrack was pointless to me.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 18, 2017, 07:28:00 PM
I wonder what his answer on today's question will be....

My bet is this: I can't say you anything, but just wait for my new new album diary entry, soon you'll find this is the best project we'd ever worked on :lol

Ok but it is released as an album so it should have some value beyond it's role for the movie. Just my opinion. So maybe I should better say: Releasing the Altamira Soundtrack was pointless to me.

Good point actually. I was especially surprised about this OST being released on Mark's own British Grove label, like—he's really proud of it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 18, 2017, 07:42:18 PM
So... Thousands of music scores shouldn't be released...

What a logic...  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 18, 2017, 07:58:18 PM
So... Thousands of music scores shouldn't be released...

What a logic...  :smack

I think what LE meant was that the movie's scale and quality wasn't so big to release a full soundtrack. I have troubles with this movie, too.

I'd be much happier if it was a proper BBC documentary, like they do, with some music from the giants. Not releasing the album would raise the view count of the film anyway, because you'd HAVE to watch it for your favourite musician and also hear a great true story. Why to make a feature film out of this is beyond my understanding in the first place.

What I did was after listening Altamira CD and asking questions into the void of space and time, I went on YouTube and hit "Altamira documentary". I don't know wether I'll ever watch the movie, which also got an awful 5.9 rating on IMDb .
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 18, 2017, 08:54:03 PM
... any piece of music composed and released by MK is worth to me. And Altamira are wonderful melodies beautifully played on acoustic guitar with orchestra, strings etc. What else can I ask for?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 18, 2017, 09:25:49 PM
... any piece of music composed and released by MK is worth to me. And Altamira are wonderful melodies beautifully played on acoustic guitar with orchestra, strings etc. What else can I ask for?

LOL I never said anything bad about the music itself. Of course it has to be good, although I wouldn't agree that literally everything by MK is good. I remember many odd collaborations and a couple of brilliantly put together, but still strange songs like Hot Dog and stuff. I guess people sometimes leave the part that making music is the actual and extremely high-paid job for Mark, so releasing something bad is just impossible.

But strange things happens with all sorts of Sirs and Dames... Remember Paul McCartney's collaborations with Jay Z, Rihanna and Kanye West? Oh my God... So it could get much worse than anything and Mark still is a hero on still having his own level as high as possible.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on September 19, 2017, 09:52:12 AM
Contractual reasons I guess, he is not allowed to say anything, it's as easy as that.

Still hope that it's not a Musical...

LE

Oh yes, I hope so, too. Everything in this world gets worse when turned into a musical. Mark's music will be no exception. Musicals are the single most efficient way of turning humanity's achievements into crap.  :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 19, 2017, 10:04:27 AM
Contractual reasons I guess, he is not allowed to say anything, it's as easy as that.

Still hope that it's not a Musical...

LE

Oh yes, I hope so, too. Everything in this world gets worse when turned into a musical. Mark's music will be no exception. Musicals are the single most efficient way of turning humanity's achievements into crap.  :disbelief

My position about this "musical" is that is an extra thing, something curious, something aditional to what really worths, that is the next solo album that MK will release probably in 2018.

That's the same way I consider all his music scores. Additional material to his solo albums, which remain the main thing.

I don't like either that the secret project could be a musical, but if it is, specially if it's about Local Hero as we guessed in previous posts, I'm curious about it and would like to see it.

But the main thing will remain to be the wait for the next album and hope the next tour :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on September 19, 2017, 10:31:49 AM

Oh yes, I hope so, too. Everything in this world gets worse when turned into a musical. Mark's music will be no exception. Musicals are the single most efficient way of turning humanity's achievements into crap.  :disbelief

Sir, I tend to agree with you wholeheartedly.  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 19, 2017, 11:46:08 AM

Oh yes, I hope so, too. Everything in this world gets worse when turned into a musical. Mark's music will be no exception. Musicals are the single most efficient way of turning humanity's achievements into crap.  :disbelief

Sir, I tend to agree with you wholeheartedly.  :wave

I think that he is doing it just because he was asked to by a friend and couldn't say no, I can't imagine MK thinking himself in doing a musical...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on September 19, 2017, 11:50:04 AM

Oh yes, I hope so, too. Everything in this world gets worse when turned into a musical. Mark's music will be no exception. Musicals are the single most efficient way of turning humanity's achievements into crap.  :disbelief

Sir, I tend to agree with you wholeheartedly.  :wave

Me too, and very well said I may say!   :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on September 19, 2017, 12:08:16 PM

Oh yes, I hope so, too. Everything in this world gets worse when turned into a musical. Mark's music will be no exception. Musicals are the single most efficient way of turning humanity's achievements into crap.  :disbelief

Sir, I tend to agree with you wholeheartedly.  :wave

Me too, and very well said I may say!   :clap

I agree too!  I have seen musicals at the cinema many moons ago - Carousel, Oklahoma, etc and did enjoy them at the time - even bought the LPs, but I inadvertently stumbled upon the film version of Mama Mia on TV recently and it was toe-curlingly awful.   The stage versions don't have real scenery either, which doesn't help.    One exception for me was Les Mis, which had lovely songs and scenery wasn't so important.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 19, 2017, 02:42:47 PM
Yes but, reveal a death line date doesn't reveal anything about the project and work for us to guess when more or less we'll know something...

As I said, patience is not my thing lol

I wonder what his answer on today's question will be....

And his answer today:
 Thankfully it is one of mine. No worries

Oh well by the end of this year we will have some news i hope  :-\
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on September 19, 2017, 02:47:10 PM
I stopped asking him questions about these projects a long time ago...

I thought that a death line date wasn't anything secret really... It just mean which date they have as limit to finish... But yes, I'm too naive.
surely you mean a deadline and not a death line? :-)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 19, 2017, 04:22:37 PM
GF is not gonna give anything away at this point, guys. He surely knows when the announcement will be made but is not allowed to tell us. As jbaent said Mark does what he wants, when he wants and the way he wants, we are mere passengers on his bus. Sometimes I miss the good old days when I was clueless about his developments and would randomly run into new stuff I didn't even know was coming out. I still remember walking into a CD store to get a present for my girlfriend and spotting A Night in London on the shelf. That was almost better than *censored*.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 19, 2017, 04:42:05 PM
I stopped asking him questions about these projects a long time ago...

I thought that a death line date wasn't anything secret really... It just mean which date they have as limit to finish... But yes, I'm too naive.
surely you mean a deadline and not a death line? :-)

No... Waiting from September 2016... It's a death line...  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on September 19, 2017, 07:02:28 PM
Muhahhaaa

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 19, 2017, 10:26:25 PM
"OK, who still doesn't want me to do a musical? You?"

(https://pp.userapi.com/c638417/v638417041/6b3c2/Qm-9rV3vZQo.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 19, 2017, 10:52:11 PM
GF is not gonna give anything away at this point, guys. He surely knows when the announcement will be made but is not allowed to tell us. As jbaent said Mark does what he wants, when he wants and the way he wants, we are mere passengers on his bus. Sometimes I miss the good old days when I was clueless about his developments and would randomly run into new stuff I didn't even know was coming out. I still remember walking into a CD store to get a present for my girlfriend and spotting A Night in London on the shelf. That was almost better than *censored*.

I can perfectly understand that and I wish it would be like that, but we live in another dimension where on concerts you're bound to see a smartphone instead of a lighter and overall artists become more and more engaged with their audience, posting pictures, tweets and stuff. Mark is an old school kind of guy, and don't tell me he doesn't want to do that or can't, because it's not his job, but rather a job for his team. And what about his team? They're also old school as well as him :lol

Guy tries to be on par with the modern world and it kind of works to his credit. Every his Instagram pic is like WOW, I WANT MORE.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on September 20, 2017, 09:56:03 AM


I can perfectly understand that and I wish it would be like that, but we live in another dimension where on concerts you're bound to see a smartphone instead of a lighter and overall artists become more and more engaged with their audience, posting pictures, tweets and stuff. Mark is an old school kind of guy, and don't tell me he doesn't want to do that or can't, because it's not his job, but rather a job for his team. And what about his team? They're also old school as well as him :lol

Guy tries to be on par with the modern world and it kind of works to his credit. Every his Instagram pic is like WOW, I WANT MORE.

+1

This is so true!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on September 20, 2017, 10:07:24 AM
"OK, who still doesn't want me to do a musical? You?"

(https://pp.userapi.com/c638417/v638417041/6b3c2/Qm-9rV3vZQo.jpg)

Hehehe. Well, if I should come across a guy with a rifle and THESE sunglasses, I guess I wouldn't be too afraid. Frankly, he doesn't look like he'd hit any target.

(Where's that pic from? Might have been taken on the day he wrote "Kingdom Come".)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on September 20, 2017, 10:31:10 AM
...sustainable private banking since 1841...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 20, 2017, 04:00:49 PM
GF is not gonna give anything away at this point, guys. He surely knows when the announcement will be made but is not allowed to tell us. As jbaent said Mark does what he wants, when he wants and the way he wants, we are mere passengers on his bus. Sometimes I miss the good old days when I was clueless about his developments and would randomly run into new stuff I didn't even know was coming out. I still remember walking into a CD store to get a present for my girlfriend and spotting A Night in London on the shelf. That was almost better than *censored*.

I can perfectly understand that and I wish it would be like that, but we live in another dimension where on concerts you're bound to see a smartphone instead of a lighter and overall artists become more and more engaged with their audience, posting pictures, tweets and stuff. Mark is an old school kind of guy, and don't tell me he doesn't want to do that or can't, because it's not his job, but rather a job for his team. And what about his team? They're also old school as well as him :lol

Guy tries to be on par with the modern world and it kind of works to his credit. Every his Instagram pic is like WOW, I WANT MORE.

I agree to a certain extent. His team is old fashioned too? Yes, but that's the team Mark wants. As far as publicity and marketing go he doesn't want a team that is in synth with today's world. Despite some idiocy and arrogance here and there Guy seems to be a fine chap indeed but his hands are tied when it comes to Mark's stuff.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on September 20, 2017, 09:27:30 PM
...sustainable private banking since 1841...

 ;D :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 22, 2017, 11:19:39 PM
They just added Martin Scorsese Teaches Filmmaking masterclass, how cool is that:

https://www.facebook.com/masterclassofficial/videos/1559915184100240/

Still waiting for Mark Knopfler Teaches Songwriting lol.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on September 24, 2017, 12:44:25 PM
They just added Martin Scorsese Teaches Filmmaking masterclass, how cool is that:

https://www.facebook.com/masterclassofficial/videos/1559915184100240/

Still waiting for Mark Knopfler Teaches Songwriting lol.

It wasn´t recorded. I contacted with the school and that is what they told me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 24, 2017, 01:06:26 PM
It wasn´t recorded. I contacted with the school and that is what they told me.

Did you hear that? That's the sound of my dreams being crushed. So it's going to be a musical, right?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 24, 2017, 06:36:07 PM
It is.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on September 24, 2017, 09:29:33 PM
Can somebody please help, what is meant by phoning the school and that that means it is going to be a musical?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 24, 2017, 11:06:45 PM
There is not any relationship between both things. It's going to be a musical anyway
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on September 25, 2017, 08:41:54 AM
What I mean is how comes it that all of a sudden you and Dutchessy are certain the secret project is going to be a musical.
There was no info posted here during the last days that would confirm that.
Or have I missed something?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 25, 2017, 09:55:15 AM
Richard Bennett said it in an interview which was posted in this very same thread. Just dig in the pages and you will find it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on September 25, 2017, 10:55:08 AM
Ok, thanks, I remember.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on September 25, 2017, 11:45:21 AM
But Guy told us on his forum that Richard was misquoted  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 25, 2017, 12:31:43 PM
But Guy told us on his forum that Richard was misquoted  :smack

"misquoted" meaning that "he shouldn't had been quoted about it", as it's still a secret.

"misquoted" meaning that is not "for Broadway", which won't make sense for a musical related about Scotland "things"

"Scotland things" meaning that the leaked song titles for the secret project have lot of references and Scottish expressions.

White and in a crystal bottel?

Milk.

 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 26, 2017, 05:09:26 PM
The only thing I'm positively sure about at this point is that this secret project involves other artists otherwise the secrecy would make no sense, either a Knopfler-Harris sort of album or a musical. In both cases it's not entirely up to Mark to divulge info on it. But again, I no longer care. In my opinion Guy made a huge mistake when he announced they were hitting the studio and then started teasing us with all this idiotic mistery.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 26, 2017, 05:56:47 PM
It's been more than a year... If Guy had said nothing, after one year of "well deserved rest", fans would had been asking anyway because two years of nothing are too much.

It would had been clever to simply say they are recording slowly than saying they were recording something that they can't talk about...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 26, 2017, 09:17:47 PM
Exactly, that would've been smarter. All he had to do was to say that and post a new picture every now and then. But he likes teasing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 26, 2017, 10:08:41 PM
We like it too  ;D :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 27, 2017, 12:28:21 AM
Yeah, as long as it doesn't take a lifetime to materialize lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on September 27, 2017, 12:02:18 PM
Guy's site is down :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on September 27, 2017, 12:20:15 PM
Guy's site is down :o

Noticed that too. He likely has server issues or he is building something new.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on September 27, 2017, 02:33:01 PM
Guy's site is down :o

Noticed that too. He likely has server issues or he is building something new.

Uploading guitar porn perhaps...  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: qjamesfloyd on September 27, 2017, 04:29:58 PM
 In my opinion Guy made a huge mistake when he announced they were hitting the studio and then started teasing us with all this idiotic mistery.
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Is that fair? Firstly, Guy is human, and when lots of fans keep on at him to "reveal" some news, he will slip up some time. Also, to call it idiotic mistery (Sic) is not good either, Guy has clearly been told by Mark not to say anything, and Mark has been asked by whoever not to say anything, so Guy is doing what he is meant to be doing by not saying anything. We don't know why he has been asked that, but IF it is a musical, then these things take years in planning, and then have a massive promotion plug, so it would not be right for Guy to tell us all about it. I say we just wait and see what happens. Roger Waters has been teasing a stage musical version of The Wall for decades!! so, we don't really have a time frame for anything except Mark's new solo album in2018
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 27, 2017, 07:37:20 PM
Well, it became an idiotic mistery because he teased us. If he'd just said they were recording a new album and taking their time to finish it there'd be no mistery. He created it. If you can't tell people what you're working on don't keep giving hints away. That was the mistake I think he made.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on September 27, 2017, 08:02:07 PM
Everyone gets nervous and makes mistakes sometimes, slipping and sliding, life's roller ball  8)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 27, 2017, 08:25:25 PM
Everyone gets nervous and makes mistakes sometimes, slipping and sliding, life's roller ball  8)

Sure thing, but sometimes I have the impression Guy does it just to keep his forum relevant.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on September 29, 2017, 11:54:09 PM
Just listened to the unreleased track "You don't wanna get you one of those", which Tommy Emmanuel plays live, and made me think about what the possible style of the new/forthcomming album could be. Somehow I get the feeling the next album might be a very jazzy album. I remember Mark once said that he liked the Norah Jones album. As we know Mark is a guy with a vision and he probably realizes that it becomes time for something else then country, folk and blues.

What do you guys and gals think? And would you like MK to put out a jazz album?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on September 30, 2017, 12:06:52 AM
Just listened to the unreleased track "You don't wanna get you one of those", which Tommy Emmanuel plays live, and made me think about what the possible style of the new/forthcomming album could be. Somehow I get the feeling the next album might be a very jazzy album. I remember Mark once said that he liked the Norah Jones album. As we know Mark is a guy with a vision and he probably realizes that it becomes time for something else then country, folk and blues.

What do you guys and gals think? And would you like MK to put out a jazz album?

I think this TE collaboration has nothing to do with the new album, it just happened that Mark had a suitable song laying in a drawer, which makes me think he have so much brilliant songs just laying around...

Older people seems to became more jazzy by default for some reason, you can find jazz in recent Sting's albums, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney... I don't know why, I always was a jazz nerd right from the childhood, so any Mark's jazz efforts I enjoy very much. In fact, my favourite song of his, The Ragpicker's Dream, is one of his jazziest tunes ever.

I want to hear more jazz, more waltzes, more double bass and strings. Rock'n'Roll? Not so much...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on September 30, 2017, 12:10:59 PM
This track is for the next Tommy Emmanuel album and for me, it has a style that MK has used before, like in Quality Shoe or After the beanstalk...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 30, 2017, 04:37:38 PM
I'll take anything Mark releases at this stage really. Rock, jazz, country, folk, blues, celtic, reggae, tango, samba, trance... put all those in the mix and change your name to DJ Mark Straight but release the damn thing already for god's sake!  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on September 30, 2017, 10:16:13 PM
"There'll be a rider
And there'll be a wall
As long as the dreamer remains"

I rely on that that Mark knows the best what is up(meant) to be for the next album.

"Well if you're inclined
To go up on the wall
It can only be fast and high"
good one!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 03, 2017, 05:45:06 PM
According to Guy bandsession is happening at this moment so i hope his new diary will be up in a week or two....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 03, 2017, 06:25:47 PM
According to Guy bandsession is happening at this moment so i hope his new diary will be up in a week or two....

That would be too quick...






 :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 03, 2017, 07:05:15 PM
Oh my god, I just realised that Tommy Emmanuel's new album is coming NEXT YEAR. Even Tommy's guilty of all this snail mail stuff.

Let's wait for MK2018 and TE2018 now, great.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 05, 2017, 03:14:22 PM
According to Guy bandsession is happening at this moment so i hope his new diary will be up in a week or two....

That would be too quick...

 :lol :lol :lol

Guy may be able to fix your motorcycle and spectacles, as Mark liked to say, but he clearly doesn't know how to use his phone and social media. "Studio Diary", wtf. Just take some pics and share them, like everybody does, okay? It's not that difficult. ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 05, 2017, 03:43:53 PM
According to Guy bandsession is happening at this moment so i hope his new diary will be up in a week or two....

That would be too quick...

 :lol :lol :lol

Guy may be able to fix your motorcycle and spectacles, as Mark liked to say, but he clearly doesn't know how to use his phone and social media. "Studio Diary", wtf. Just take some pics and share them, like everybody does, okay? It's not that difficult. ::)

Yes! As a matter of fact I still can't believe there's no picture of Mark and Eric Clapton recording those JJ Cale songs together. And even if he doesn't want to share anything on Instagram or Facebook, uploading photos onto his website is not rocket science. Guy used to be so proactive, what a shame.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 05, 2017, 03:59:25 PM
According to Guy bandsession is happening at this moment so i hope his new diary will be up in a week or two....

That would be too quick...

 

Guy may be able to fix your motorcycle and spectacles, as Mark liked to say, but he clearly doesn't know how to use his phone and social media. "Studio Diary", wtf. Just take some pics and share them, like everybody does, okay? It's not that difficult. ::)

Yes! As a matter of fact I still can't believe there's no picture of Mark and Eric Clapton recording those JJ Cale songs together. And even if he doesn't want to share anything on Instagram or Facebook, uploading photos onto his website is not rocket science. Guy used to be so proactive, what a shame.
True, soooooooo many missed opportunities

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on October 06, 2017, 08:01:32 AM
John McCusker (with Mike McGoldrick) is posting on Instagram from Canada while there is currently a band session at BG. Maybe John touring in June/July 2018 does not exclude the possibility of MK touring in 2018?
Or is the band session already over?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 06, 2017, 09:15:15 AM
John McCusker (with Mike McGoldrick) is posting on Instagram from Canada while there is currently a band session at BG. Maybe John touring in June/July 2018 does not exclude the possibility of MK touring in 2018?
Or is the band session already over?

It's a mystery to me...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on October 06, 2017, 09:42:24 AM
John McCusker (with Mike McGoldrick) is posting on Instagram from Canada while there is currently a band session at BG. Maybe John touring in June/July 2018 does not exclude the possibility of MK touring in 2018?
Or is the band session already over?

He was in Glasgow visiting the Neil Diamond show with Richard before
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 06, 2017, 01:46:50 PM
John McCusker (with Mike McGoldrick) is posting on Instagram from Canada while there is currently a band session at BG. Maybe John touring in June/July 2018 does not exclude the possibility of MK touring in 2018?
Or is the band session already over?

He was in Glasgow visiting the Neil Diamond show with Richard before
Where did you read that?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 06, 2017, 04:16:01 PM
John McCusker (with Mike McGoldrick) is posting on Instagram from Canada while there is currently a band session at BG. Maybe John touring in June/July 2018 does not exclude the possibility of MK touring in 2018?
Or is the band session already over?

It's a mystery to me...

John is not in every song Mark records - and even if it's not the case his parts can be added later in the process. Since BG became fully functional Mark changed his recording approach, he's no longer so keen on recording everything live in studio. Still, a mystery to me too lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on October 06, 2017, 05:38:11 PM
John McCusker (with Mike McGoldrick) is posting on Instagram from Canada while there is currently a band session at BG. Maybe John touring in June/July 2018 does not exclude the possibility of MK touring in 2018?
Or is the band session already over?

He was in Glasgow visiting the Neil Diamond show with Richard before
Where did you read that?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 06, 2017, 06:24:53 PM
John and Richard away, Glenn recording with Kevin Welch, Guy saying it's a mistery to me, rock & roll hall of fame induction around the corner... puzzle solved, it's a Dire Straits album.













Just kidding  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on October 06, 2017, 09:04:08 PM
Oh come on, you nearly got me  :smack ;D :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 08, 2017, 02:03:40 PM
McCusker and McGoldrick don't have to be necessarily be part of every band session for the New album and it is most possibly not only one session but a couple of some more.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 08, 2017, 04:56:33 PM
There will be more band sessions for sure, scheduled date for finishing is March 2018, 5 months yet.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 08, 2017, 05:33:50 PM
There will be more band sessions for sure, scheduled date for finishing is March 2018, 5 months yet.

I think they record the same material over and over on each band session, the only difference is different microphones...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 08, 2017, 07:09:25 PM
There will be more band sessions for sure, scheduled date for finishing is March 2018, 5 months yet.

I think they record the same material over and over on each band session, the only difference is different microphones...

They are all at an age now where high frequency deafness negates any difference in mic quality.   :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 08, 2017, 07:28:31 PM
There will be more band sessions for sure, scheduled date for finishing is March 2018, 5 months yet.

I think they record the same material over and over on each band session, the only difference is different microphones...

Actually I doubt very much that happen in the band sessions. I'd say they do two or three takes as maximum, and that would be too much.

Is before the band sessions, when MK and Guy are alone, where they spend days and weeks just trying mics and amps.

Band sessions are expensive, each musicians gets paid for hours of work, that's why when they come, everything is ready to record quickly.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 08, 2017, 07:44:28 PM
There will be more band sessions for sure, scheduled date for finishing is March 2018, 5 months yet.

I think they record the same material over and over on each band session, the only difference is different microphones...

They are all at an age now where high frequency deafness negates any difference in mic quality.   :lol
maybe lol
but I don't think so, even if you were right, think of Beethoven, he had become completely deaf by the time...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 11, 2017, 04:36:12 PM
Guys, I'd like to share with you some info I got just today - with a clear warning it must me taken with a huge grain of salt.

I have a friend from New Zealand that knows a technician who's worked for both Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton. According to him MK and EC discussed further collaborations during the recordings for the JJ Cale tribute. The guy wasn't at BG at the time but has connections and apparently that's what he heard.

As I said, as much as I trust my mate this is NOT official! He heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it... but can it be true? I'd like to think so.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 11, 2017, 05:38:22 PM
Guys, I'd like to share with you some info I got just today - with a clear warning it must me taken with a huge grain of salt.

I have a friend from New Zealand that knows a technician who's worked for both Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton. According to him MK and EC discussed further collaborations during the recordings for the JJ Cale tribute. The guy wasn't at BG at the time but has connections and apparently that's what he heard.

As I said, as much as I trust my mate this is NOT official! He heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it... but can it be true? I'd like to think so.
I already insinuated a similar idea earlier. Am convinced
And them saying Musical is only to put us of from the exciting truth

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 11, 2017, 06:24:26 PM
I already insinuated a similar idea earlier. Am convinced
And them saying Musical is only to put us of from the exciting truth

I was reading this topic as I listened to "Wonderful Tonight" with you-know-who. I'm in a fair spot here, because I'm not a huge fan of Eric's. I like his music, but not too overly excited about it. Although their collaborations with MK has always been great, so if this is the news — I'm looking forward to it!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 11, 2017, 06:37:53 PM
Guys, I'd like to share with you some info I got just today - with a clear warning it must me taken with a huge grain of salt.

I have a friend from New Zealand that knows a technician who's worked for both Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton. According to him MK and EC discussed further collaborations during the recordings for the JJ Cale tribute. The guy wasn't at BG at the time but has connections and apparently that's what he heard.

As I said, as much as I trust my mate this is NOT official! He heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it... but can it be true? I'd like to think so.
I already insinuated a similar idea earlier. Am convinced
And them saying Musical is only to put us of from the exciting truth

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So Richard saying in an interview MK is working on songs for a musical is not true.  :hmm
Somehow i found that very hard to believe, he would be lying  :disbelief, no way.
But i hope you are right  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on October 12, 2017, 10:34:34 AM
Hasn't Eric Clapton all but hung up his guitar now?  I'm sure I heard he had some health problems, was it shoulder/arm issues combined with some partial deafness?...I cant recall, but anyhoo I thought this put a stop to his guitar playing...?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 12, 2017, 03:51:46 PM
Hasn't Eric Clapton all but hung up his guitar now?  I'm sure I heard he had some health problems, was it shoulder/arm issues combined with some partial deafness?...I cant recall, but anyhoo I thought this put a stop to his guitar playing...?

He's back on track. Even did some gigs in NY and LA a couple of weeks ago.

Again, regarding the collaboration, it's just a rumour. I asked my friend to dig into more details but he said that would be too invasive.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 13, 2017, 08:24:31 AM
Guy in his forum about the awaited diary:

"It's been a very busy few weeks. I have taken some images and WILL put together a diary of sorts. It won't be massively revealing initially as we are ongoing and aren't done recording"

- we are ongoing
- we aren't done recording

So... the band session, wasn't for the record? if it was for the record... if they aren't done recording... why they haf a band session?

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on October 13, 2017, 08:36:59 AM
For the last MK records there were/are always multiple band sessions.
So normal procedure.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 13, 2017, 08:52:13 AM
Guy in his forum about the awaited diary:

"It's been a very busy few weeks. I have taken some images and WILL put together a diary of sorts. It won't be massively revealing initially as we are ongoing and aren't done recording"

- we are ongoing
- we aren't done recording

So... the band session, wasn't for the record? if it was for the record... if they aren't done recording... why they haf a band session?

Hmmmm sometimes there are indeed more bandsessions but that has not always been so....
Perhaps they are working on songs for his new album and also on songs for this secret project...
What i do believe now is that a new MK album is far from finished..... Keep in mind that they are in studio working now for more than 1 year!  :think :hmm ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 13, 2017, 08:59:50 AM
For the last MK records there were/are always multiple band sessions.
So normal procedure.

band sessions without done recording?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on October 13, 2017, 09:11:42 AM
For the last MK records there were/are always multiple band sessions.
So normal procedure.

band sessions without done recording?

"done recording" means "although we have already done some recording we have not yet finished all of the recording necessary for this record".
Just check past studio diaries and you will see it is perfectly normal to have multiple band sessions in the studio.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 13, 2017, 03:53:50 PM
For the last MK records there were/are always multiple band sessions.
So normal procedure.

band sessions without done recording?

It means they've recorded things but they're still going to record more stuff. When you're done recording you have finished it all.

These multiple band sessions have become a thing now that they have all the time in the world to spend in the studio. At first I thought it would be a great thing but now it seems to be a step back in terms of productivity. Mark's a very slow human being as he said himself multiple times. If there's nothing pushing him he'll take his time - and it will take too long as we can see.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on October 13, 2017, 08:22:00 PM
Mark's a very slow human being as he said himself multiple times. If there's nothing pushing him he'll take his time - and it will take too long as we can see.

He is just being modest. 9 records, 4 film scores, 8 large and 3 small tours and a state-the-art studio in the last 20 years (plus all the guest appearances), one can only hope to be as productive as this man.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 13, 2017, 08:49:36 PM
Mark's a very slow human being as he said himself multiple times. If there's nothing pushing him he'll take his time - and it will take too long as we can see.

He is just being modest. 9 records, 4 film scores, 8 large and 3 small tours and a state-the-art studio in the last 20 years (plus all the guest appearances), one can only hope to be as productive as this man.

I tend to agree with Mark. He doesn't mean he's lazy and stuff, he says it because just compared to other writers/musicians/composers he's on "average" at best in the terms of quantity. Van Morrison have 37 studio albums (THIRTY SEVEN :o), Paul McCartney have 24 + The Beatles (and The Beatles alone had as much songs as had been written by Mark over his whole career). Bruce Springsteen have dozens of live and studio albums and so on.

Mark, on the other hand, have only 14 albums for both DS and solo career and roughly 218 songs released (leaving instrumentals).

It's really not the highest achievements in the quantity department, but you know it's all about the quality. That's why we all love Mark.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 15, 2017, 06:37:30 PM
The Pwincess Bwide returns to the big screen. Hmmmmmmmmm :think
https://twitter.com/20thcenturyfox/status/919593724534972416
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 15, 2017, 08:07:28 PM
Never watched this film in full simply because I just don't like the genre.  I watched part of it for Columbo.  Oh, one more thing - I listened to it for the music!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 15, 2017, 08:25:46 PM
Never watched this film in full simply because I just don't like the genre.  I watched part of it for Columbo.  Oh, one more thing - I listened to it for the music!
I loved it. Find it's cult following to be well deserved

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 15, 2017, 08:50:57 PM
+1 Pottel.Great movie which I liked despite the fact that generally I don't like movies set in medieval times.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 15, 2017, 08:51:51 PM
I watched the movie several times, once when i was kid, and few times recently because of music as well to show it to my nephews :-), and I did not regret, it takes you back!  8)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 15, 2017, 11:19:30 PM
"What we're after takes time" :lol

Lol, classic Guy! I wonder why Mark didn't write a whole album based on Guy's quotes and predictions yet :hmm :lol

Songs like "The Set List Question", "A Happy Microphone", "The Smell Of Tape", "Looking Forward Only"...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on October 16, 2017, 01:59:41 PM
"What we're after takes time" :lol

Lol, classic Guy! I wonder why Mark didn't write a whole album based on Guy's quotes and predictions yet :hmm :lol

Songs like "The Set List Question", "A Happy Microphone", "The Smell Of Tape", "Looking Forward Only"...

 :lol :lol :lol :lol And "Soon". Very very soon.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 16, 2017, 02:31:45 PM
"What we're after takes time" :lol

Lol, classic Guy! I wonder why Mark didn't write a whole album based on Guy's quotes and predictions yet :hmm :lol

Songs like "The Set List Question", "A Happy Microphone", "The Smell Of Tape", "Looking Forward Only"...

That would be epic lol

But I appreciate the fact that he's been giving us more substance along with those lately instead of just the typical two or three words.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 16, 2017, 11:05:23 PM
Studio diary in the works:
At the moment the link from his website to the diary not working but will be in the next day or so, i think....
http://guyfletcher.co.uk

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 17, 2017, 09:23:03 AM
Studio diary in the works:
At the moment the link from his website to the diary not working but will be in the next day or so, i think....
http://guyfletcher.co.uk

I can't wait for pictures of microphones and cups of tea  ;D

Seriously, even it would be so very little information, it would be something after so much time of nothing. I´m really looking forward to whatever it is.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on October 17, 2017, 09:59:08 AM
I agree with you jbeant, even if there is little actually new, I have been missing the diaries more than I thought was possible. At least he is trying to give us something.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 17, 2017, 01:02:55 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 17, 2017, 01:09:18 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 17, 2017, 02:14:44 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap

 :-[ wow... I never thought I will reach 7000 nonsenses so quick  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 17, 2017, 02:19:16 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap

 :-[ wow... I never thought I will reach 7000 nonsenses so quick  ;D
The happy few, or two...

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 17, 2017, 02:24:46 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap


 :-[ wow... I never thought I will reach 7000 nonsenses so quick  ;D
The happy few, or two...

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According the forum stats, just you and I  ;D :lol

Next will be DMG  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 17, 2017, 04:06:45 PM
Studio diary in the works:
At the moment the link from his website to the diary not working but will be in the next day or so, i think....
http://guyfletcher.co.uk

Very optimistic of you lol more like next year or so!

Do I see a bit of sarcasm in Guy's entry? The secret...?

As jbaent said, probably just a bunch of fancy equipments and happy smiles around BG. Great visuals though, Guy is a pretty good photographer - and bike fixer.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 17, 2017, 04:16:51 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap

That's impressive! It feels like I'm here all day everyday and I haven't even hit 300! Congrats!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 17, 2017, 04:19:58 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap


 :-[ wow... I never thought I will reach 7000 nonsenses so quick  ;D
The happy few, or two...

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According the forum stats, just you and I  ;D :lol

Next will be DMG  :wave
need a new status now, as soon as i hit 8000...what is "more" then "Mark knopfler"??? mmmmmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 17, 2017, 04:27:13 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap


 :-[ wow... I never thought I will reach 7000 nonsenses so quick  ;D
The happy few, or two...

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According the forum stats, just you and I  ;D :lol

Next will be DMG  :wave
need a new status now, as soon as i hit 8000...what is "more" then "Mark knopfler"??? mmmmmm

More than Mark Knopfler? I suggest "the song is king" lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 17, 2017, 07:24:29 PM
Actually, the picture he used for the link to the diary is, if I´m not wrong, one of the desks that we saw many many times in other diaries, so... we're going to see machines and mics a lot  ;D

Congrats on 7k posts Jbaent!   :clap


 :-[ wow... I never thought I will reach 7000 nonsenses so quick  ;D
The happy few, or two...

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According the forum stats, just you and I  ;D :lol

Next will be DMG  :wave
need a new status now, as soon as i hit 8000...what is "more" then "Mark knopfler"??? mmmmmm

In an other post from you, you said 'David Gilmour'  :P
But we can add the 8000+ status 'Dire Straits'  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 17, 2017, 07:27:02 PM
It's live!

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/ (http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/)

Session musicians:

- Mark Knopfler
- Guy Fletcher
- Danny Cummings
- Ian Thomas
- Glenn Worf
- Jim Cox

No pic of MK :-\ And more news in January. So, very soon  ;D

The text:

It is often said that what we look for in the record-making process takes time. This luxury is something few artists are able to afford themselves but you’ll find no apologies here for us using it to the full. Studio Two at British Grove has become our well-worn playground and the toys that lie within generate warmth, body and soul. The gorgeous API Legacy console on which ‘Tracker’ was mixed (on the monitor section, no EQ, thus avoiding as much circuitry as possible) get a well earned rest whilst the Neve 88R takes over in Studio One. Outboard? The Neves, Broadhurst Gardens and the new addition of the ancient and lovingly restored 4-channel RCA broadcast console and its fearsome microphone amps. Compressors and limiters such as the Fairchild and our ‘warm-as-a-fireplace’ Decca (it’s full of valves!) are still a happy part of the recording chain. None of this is of any use without a good song, material is key and from Mark’s prolific presentations of the songs, the arranging, recording, overdubbing, post-producing, mixing through to mastering, we prefer to take every care and not simply go ahead with the first sound or idea that comes to mind. The first of two ‘band tracking sessions’ took place recently with in-house engineer Martin Hollis at the helm assisted by none other than Rowan McIntosh (yes, son of Robbie) and Poppy Kavanagh. The tea flowed as freely as the performances. We had the luxury of three drum kits set up simultaneously, just to save a little bit of time and to give instant gratification of drum spaces. There was the usual splendid array of basses (only a fraction of which are pictured) and amps and a slightly larger than usual keyboard setup bolstered by various in-DAW bits and bobs which include a wonderfully lush set of soft synths from the boys at UVI in France called Falcon. The Yamaha CS-80 still needs a bit of a tune-up (no mean feat as I can testify having once blown up the power supply trying) but isn’t that part of it’s charm? A Prophet 5, Vox Continental, Wurly, B3, Nord, Roland Juno 60 and very rare Yamaha GS-1 all at the ready. It was great to have band genius Jim Cox over from LA along with Glenn Worf lending his usual sublime basslyness. With Danny and Ianto providing a luxury engine room, what could be nicer? More in January…!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 17, 2017, 08:13:54 PM
So it's about time for a new thread here, perhaps "At The Gro(o)ve"
 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 17, 2017, 08:18:39 PM
And who said Mark is playing on this record?  No pictures of him, no guitars, nothing.  :o

What I thought was most interesting of all is Danny being in the studio.  I never thought I'd see him play on one of Mark's records again.  Maybe AC could make a comeback too?   :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 17, 2017, 08:20:14 PM
And who said Mark is playing on this record?  No pictures of him, no guitars, nothing.  :o

What I thought was most interesting of all is Danny being in the studio.  I never thought I'd see him play on one of Mark's records again.  Maybe AC could make a comeback too?   
There are a few Gibsons with a man, is that Glenn Saggers?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 17, 2017, 08:22:37 PM
Great to see Danny back again, on percussion this time I think.    :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on October 17, 2017, 08:33:47 PM
Great to see Danny back again, on percussion this time I think.    :D

+1!  And I like to see Jim Cox there, too!  :D :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 17, 2017, 08:36:36 PM
Great to see Danny. If he is on board, it will be good for sure! He knows Mark and his music better than only a few others.. He has the feel for it!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Knopflerfan on October 17, 2017, 08:38:47 PM
Great little diary appetiser with some nice photo's too. Nice to see DC back along with a 'streamlined' Ianto and Jim Cox too... Bit of a teaser showing Mr Saggers with an array of Guitars!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 17, 2017, 08:52:02 PM
All the guitars Mark? :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 17, 2017, 09:11:28 PM
A lot of keyboards, or am I wrong?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 17, 2017, 09:11:35 PM
Great little diary appetiser with some nice photo's too. Nice to see DC back along with a 'streamlined' Ianto and Jim Cox too... Bit of a teaser showing Mr Saggers with an array of Guitars!!!

but all for good (fun) for sure!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 17, 2017, 10:13:37 PM
Great little diary appetiser with some nice photo's too. Nice to see DC back along with a 'streamlined' Ianto and Jim Cox too... Bit of a teaser showing Mr Saggers with an array of Guitars!!!

but all for good (fun) for sure!
Is Richard still on the road? Also, no kelt boys?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on October 17, 2017, 11:24:32 PM
And who said Mark is playing on this record?  No pictures of him, no guitars, nothing.  :o

I guess Mark is in the picture with Jim Cox, far to the right, behind the glass.

Just like most of us, I think the biggest suprise is Danny there.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 17, 2017, 11:35:47 PM
Great to see Danny back again, on percussion this time I think.    :D

Danny's contribution on percussion was invaluable on the OES album/tour so I'm sure something nice will come of this.

Must have missed the guitars somewhere.  I wish the pictures were available separately to scroll down and view instead of this slideshow idea.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on October 17, 2017, 11:46:32 PM
I am so happy to see Danny back.  :D :D :D :D :D :D
This news made my day
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 17, 2017, 11:57:51 PM
I am so happy to see Danny back.  :D :D :D :D :D :D
This news made my day

Yeah, especially after listening to his drumming on 2007 and 2009 albums I wish he would drum again, but hey, percussion is fine, too. As somebody said, he "feels" Mark's music as well as Ringo Starr feels The Beatles' songs. Seems like a nice chap, too. Made my day as well.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 18, 2017, 08:17:23 AM
Danny's percussion on last David Gilmour record was just brilliant.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 18, 2017, 09:50:11 AM
And who said Mark is playing on this record?  No pictures of him, no guitars, nothing.  :o

I guess Mark is in the picture with Jim Cox, far to the right, behind the glass.

Just like most of us, I think the biggest suprise is Danny there.

Indeed, looks like MK.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 18, 2017, 10:19:45 AM
Nice to be reminded how Studio 2 looks like (I almost forgot!), but isn't it fascinating that after months and months of working on the most exciting thing – new MK songs! – all Guy has to share is a list of the gear they used. I can totally see how he's helpful in the studio, but he surely must be the most boring person on earth.  ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 18, 2017, 11:05:16 AM
Yes boring old farts. ..

But to be fair this might be all he is allowed to share.
 
They just have no idea how modern internet promotion works these days and don't care for fans the slightest. There are thousand bands outside there who take more interest in their buyers, listeners and consumers. It is just that we are all a bunch of poor and desperate masochists  in following this man... hoping the best but expecting the worst...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 18, 2017, 11:33:53 AM
Why are you complaining? There are artists who do not show anything. More optimism  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 11:43:23 AM
Why are you complaining? There are artists who do not show anything. More optimism  :)

I agree!    Anyway there are other things to look forward to.   I'm going to see John Illsley on Wednesday and I'm quite excited as I've never seen him live before and it's a very intimate venue.   Also I've booked for Transatlantic Sessions in Gateshead in February - so there are other things happening outside of BG!   :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on October 18, 2017, 12:22:56 PM
Hi
My impression is that for listen to something will take a long time yet. Tracker was released in March 2015, his next one probably September 2018....will be a long wait  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 18, 2017, 12:55:44 PM
Why are you complaining? There are artists who do not show anything. More optimism  :)

I am not complaining but giving an opinion. I do it because a can! And I am allowed to so so.   :wave

LE

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 18, 2017, 01:02:38 PM
And who said Mark is playing on this record?  No pictures of him, no guitars, nothing.  :o

I guess Mark is in the picture with Jim Cox, far to the right, behind the glass.

Just like most of us, I think the biggest suprise is Danny there.

I like all those papers with the song and lyrics on them  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 18, 2017, 01:09:33 PM
Nice to be reminded how Studio 2 looks like (I almost forgot!), but isn't it fascinating that after months and months of working on the most exciting thing – new MK songs! – all Guy has to share is a list of the gear they used. I can totally see how he's helpful in the studio, but he surely must be the most boring person on earth.  ::)

If you mean the big one, that's Studio 1. The Studio 2 is just a small room where MK goes to record guitar and vocals alone, and sometimes other instruments, but alone as it's too small to have more than one "big instrument" like keyboards, drums etc.

Studio2 is where Mk and Guy work when they are alone, usually MK inside the studio and Guy from the control room.

This is studio 1
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 18, 2017, 01:30:33 PM
This is the control room of the studio 2, you can see the studio throught the windows at the right part of the picture.

Just notice the "other picture" in the left part  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 18, 2017, 02:08:50 PM
Yes boring old farts. ..

But to be fair this might be all he is allowed to share.
 
They just have no idea how modern internet promotion works these days and don't care for fans the slightest. There are thousand bands outside there who take more interest in their buyers, listeners and consumers. It is just that we are all a bunch of poor and desperate masochists  in following this man... hoping the best but expecting the worst...

LE

You're right, he might not even be allowed to share anyhting more interesting even if he wanted to. And yes, we're masochists to some extent. It's not that bad though. If we'll get some great new music eventually - which is what really matters -, I'll stop complaining immediately; I'll be too busy listening too it.

Which brings me to your question, Robson, why are we complaining? Well, simply because their promotion is so sub-standard. They do create "diaries", but they're bad diaries. They do post on Instagram etc., but they're bad posts. They do reveal stuff, but it's boring stuff. Get it? That's the nature of complaining. You don't like something, you complain about it. And yes, I'm sure that there are artists who don't share anything. I just haven't heard of them, haha.

I think the diary idea worked very well at the beginning (Sailing to Philadelphia era), with lots of interesting posts. It went downward ever since. Now, in my opinion, Guy should either get his act together and do it properly, or just leave it be, saying that they're too old for that stuff. I'd understand that. What I don't understand and what annoys me is the half-heartedness.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 02:53:52 PM
Yes boring old farts. ..

But to be fair this might be all he is allowed to share.
 
They just have no idea how modern internet promotion works these days and don't care for fans the slightest. There are thousand bands outside there who take more interest in their buyers, listeners and consumers. It is just that we are all a bunch of poor and desperate masochists  in following this man... hoping the best but expecting the worst...

LE

You're right, he might not even be allowed to share anyhting more interesting even if he wanted to. And yes, we're masochists to some extent. It's not that bad though. If we'll get some great new music eventually - which is what really matters -, I'll stop complaining immediately; I'll be too busy listening too it.

Which brings me to your question, Robson, why are we complaining? Well, simply because their promotion is so sub-standard. They do create "diaries", but they're bad diaries. They do post on Instagram etc., but they're bad posts. They do reveal stuff, but it's boring stuff. Get it? That's the nature of complaining. You don't like something, you complain about it. And yes, I'm sure that there are artists who don't share anything. I just haven't heard of them, haha.

I think the diary idea worked very well at the beginning (Sailing to Philadelphia era), with lots of interesting posts. It went downward ever since. Now, in my opinion, Guy should either get his act together and do it properly, or just leave it be, saying that they're too old for that stuff. I'd understand that. What I don't understand and what annoys me is the half-heartedness.

I'm on your team, guys. I've been saying that for many years, they don't really care about their fans. They do what they want, when they want, the way they want - and if you like it, good for you. If you don't... well, that's life I guess.

I know some people here will say otherwise but I have the impression that most fans crave a proper live DVD, a B-side compilation and less static setlists. And for those who live outside the USA-Europe bubble, a world tour too. I don't think we'll ever get any of those and I kinda have come to terms with that but come on... they at least sounded passionate in the past. Now it feels like they moved to another dimension.

As LE said, just an opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 18, 2017, 02:56:24 PM
You're right, he might not even be allowed to share anyhting more interesting even if he wanted to. And yes, we're masochists to some extent. It's not that bad though. If we'll get some great new music eventually - which is what really matters -, I'll stop complaining immediately; I'll be too busy listening too it.

Which brings me to your question, Robson, why are we complaining? Well, simply because their promotion is so sub-standard. They do create "diaries", but they're bad diaries. They do post on Instagram etc., but they're bad posts. They do reveal stuff, but it's boring stuff. Get it? That's the nature of complaining. You don't like something, you complain about it. And yes, I'm sure that there are artists who don't share anything. I just haven't heard of them, haha.

I think the diary idea worked very well at the beginning (Sailing to Philadelphia era), with lots of interesting posts. It went downward ever since. Now, in my opinion, Guy should either get his act together and do it properly, or just leave it be, saying that they're too old for that stuff. I'd understand that. What I don't understand and what annoys me is the half-heartedness.

Bravo! :clap

Now it feels like they moved to another dimension.

New dimension of pleasing themselves. Yeah. Look at this luxury touring life and this luxury recording studio. Oh, we got to play music, too :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 03:06:41 PM
And how about cancelling those russian gigs? I mean, do you really think the local government could care less? The only people who got hurt were Mark's fans.

"That's the perfect excuse to skip Russia, Mark! That's bloody far."
Paul Crockford

Fake quote, needless to explain. Or maybe not.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 03:19:03 PM
So why not do something more constructive whilst waiting for something to happen in the studio?    Life's too short to waste time and energy complaining about a diary or lack of one! ;)    There's a certain clique of males on this forum, who are not happy unless they're complaining about something or other!   Hi boys!  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 03:31:45 PM
So why not do something more constructive whilst waiting for something to happen in the studio?    Life's too short to waste time and energy complaining about a diary or lack of one! ;)    There's a certain clique of males on this forum, who are not happy unless they're complaining about something or other!   Hi boys!  :wave

I do do other things with my time you know. I work, study, eat, sleep, play tennis, work out, play with my dogs, see friends and family, play the guitar, watch movies and series... but here's the only place where I can talk about Mark Knopfler so why should I not say what I think? Is it censored? I think it's rather offensive to claim it's a male issue. If you say anything similar about women these days you're likely to be crucified. For example, I could say that there's a certain clique of females on this forum who like telling men what they can or cannot do... but I won't  8)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Melcuer on October 18, 2017, 03:34:44 PM
Getting emotional to hear Danny Cummings is back and in a few months realise he just plays tambourine 5 seconds in song number 8   :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 18, 2017, 03:40:53 PM
Pretty astonished about Val's comment, too!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 03:42:57 PM
So why not do something more constructive whilst waiting for something to happen in the studio?    Life's too short to waste time and energy complaining about a diary or lack of one! ;)    There's a certain clique of males on this forum, who are not happy unless they're complaining about something or other!   Hi boys!  :wave

I do do other things with my time you know. I work, study, eat, sleep, play tennis, work out, play with my dogs, see friends and family, play the guitar, watch movies and series... but here's the only place where I can talk about Mark Knopfler so why should I not say what I think? Is it censored? I think it's rather offensive to claim it's a male issue. If you say anything similar about women these days you're likely to be crucified. For example, I could say that there's a certain clique of females on this forum who like telling men what they can or cannot do... but I won't  8)

Of course it's not censored and you are quite entitled to say exactly what you think (no, you don't have to thank me  ;D), but it does become rather boring to hear the same old criticisms trotted out ad nauseum.   The male issue happens to be true and wasn't meant to be offensive, but perhaps I just touched a raw nerve!

I have just returned from a few weeks holiday and didn't even look at this forum, but here it is again - the same old, same old..... just the same as before I went away!    ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 03:51:03 PM
Pretty astonished about Val's comment, too!

LE

What comment was that, LE?   You mean "male clique"?   That was purely because they happen to be all males - probably because there are three times more males than females on the forum.  I apologise for my lack of PC!  It could easily have been "female clique" in a different thread.  I must remember not to mention gender!  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 18, 2017, 04:02:07 PM
Fake quote, needless to explain. Or maybe not.

Mark said "It was a good thing to do". And of course it wasn't.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 04:04:40 PM
So why not do something more constructive whilst waiting for something to happen in the studio?    Life's too short to waste time and energy complaining about a diary or lack of one! ;)    There's a certain clique of males on this forum, who are not happy unless they're complaining about something or other!   Hi boys!  :wave

I do do other things with my time you know. I work, study, eat, sleep, play tennis, work out, play with my dogs, see friends and family, play the guitar, watch movies and series... but here's the only place where I can talk about Mark Knopfler so why should I not say what I think? Is it censored? I think it's rather offensive to claim it's a male issue. If you say anything similar about women these days you're likely to be crucified. For example, I could say that there's a certain clique of females on this forum who like telling men what they can or cannot do... but I won't  8)

Of course it's not censored and you are quite entitled to say exactly what you think (no, you don't have to thank me  ;D), but it does become rather boring to hear the same old criticisms trotted out ad nauseum.   The male issue happens to be true and wasn't meant to be offensive, but perhaps I just touched a raw nerve!

I have just returned from a few weeks holiday and didn't even look at this forum, but here it is again - the same old, same old..... just the same as before I went away!    ::)

That's life - and democracy. If you can't handle different opinions and perspectives I don't think Internet forums suit your nature.

Looking forward to new content provided by you.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 18, 2017, 04:09:03 PM
Can we keep it nice please?

Finally we have our diary and now we start 'fighting' each other over here? Come on... :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 04:14:00 PM
Can we keep it nice please?

As long as I can express myself freely without anyone judging me and throwing in gender issues for no reason I'll always be nice.

Funny how someone can think that criticizing is boring but criticizing criticism is good. Go figure.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 18, 2017, 04:24:08 PM
We live in times when we want to know more and faster. Maybe this time the diary will be different. I understand it and respect it. It must not always be the same :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on October 18, 2017, 04:33:10 PM
Pretty astonished about Val's comment, too!

LE

What comment was that, LE?   You mean "male clique"?   That was purely because they happen to be all males.  ;)


That it's male clique makes sense, because most of the members are males ;-)
To be precise: 3.7 man to 1 woman. And I am sure the rate is even higher if the statistics would show active men versus women
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on October 18, 2017, 04:38:09 PM
But I am extremely happy to see Danny back. Hopefully he will be in the line up on next tour as well.
Not all studio musicians join the tour as we know.

That said....... I WANT A TOUR!!!!!!  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 04:38:40 PM
Pretty astonished about Val's comment, too!

LE

What comment was that, LE?   You mean "male clique"?   That was purely because they happen to be all males.  ;)


That it's male clique makes sense, because most of the members are males ;-)
To be precise: 3.7 man to 1 woman. And I am sure the rate is even higher if the statistics would show active men versus women

Quite true, Ingrid.  In fact I have just edited my post to LE whilst you were posting!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 04:41:05 PM
Pretty astonished about Val's comment, too!

LE

What comment was that, LE?   You mean "male clique"?   That was purely because they happen to be all males.  ;)


That it's male clique makes sense, because most of the members are males ;-)
To be precise: 3.7 man to 1 woman. And I am sure the rate is even higher if the statistics would show active men versus women

You're probably right:)

I just don't get why everything these days has to be about gender, race or s**ual orientation. We're all human beings who happen to admire the same musician, that's how I see it. No need to play the gender card to legitimize a statement.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 04:45:35 PM
Pretty astonished about Val's comment, too!

LE

What comment was that, LE?   You mean "male clique"?   That was purely because they happen to be all males.  ;)


That it's male clique makes sense, because most of the members are males ;-)
To be precise: 3.7 man to 1 woman. And I am sure the rate is even higher if the statistics would show active men versus women

You're probably right:)

I just don't get why everything these days has to be about gender, race or s**ual orientation. We're all human beings who happen to admire the same musician, that's how I see it. No need to play the gender card here.

Just to be clear - I wasn't playing the gender card!   No need to make mountains out of molehills!  OK?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on October 18, 2017, 04:47:03 PM
Don't take it that seriously or literally Ed. I think we are a group that is not caring about gender, race or s**ual orientation at all.
I remember all the good times that we were together in Amsterdam, London or wherever.
Youngest one 16-17, oldest one in 70's. Male, female. Not knowing everyone but sure also orientation of all kind.
Together and talking like good old friends, only knowing eachother from this forum.

And that included Val's presence, who is not caring at all about gender or whatever.
That's why I said don't take it too seriously or literally.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 04:50:06 PM
Don't take it that seriously or literally Ed. I think we are a group that is not caring about gender, race or s**ual orientation at all.
I remember all the good times that we were together in Amsterdam, London or wherever.
Youngest one 16-17, oldest one in 70's. Male, female. Not knowing everyone but sure also orientation of all kind.
Together and talking like good old friends, only knowing eachother from this forum.

And that included Val's presence, who is not caring at all about gender or whatever.
That's why I said don't take it too seriously or literally.

Thanks, Ingrid!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 05:02:16 PM
Pretty astonished about Val's comment, too!

LE

What comment was that, LE?   You mean "male clique"?   That was purely because they happen to be all males.  ;)


That it's male clique makes sense, because most of the members are males ;-)
To be precise: 3.7 man to 1 woman. And I am sure the rate is even higher if the statistics would show active men versus women

You're probably right:)

I just don't get why everything these days has to be about gender, race or s**ual orientation. We're all human beings who happen to admire the same musician, that's how I see it. No need to play the gender card here.

Just to be clear - I wasn't playing the gender card!   No need to make mountains out of molehills!  OK?

I'll have to trust you on that one but you can put that aside and focus on accepting the fact that people think differently as well. You might be happy about the way Mark administrates his career but there are people who aren't and we're entitled to express it freely on this forum I think. And as you pointed out yourself I'm not alone here so if you don't like it you can always ignore it and give your opinion without having to turn it into a ideological issue. Welcome to the internet.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on October 18, 2017, 05:05:21 PM
OK, case closed. Back to topic. Speculations about the album, a tour, whatever!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 05:07:18 PM
Don't take it that seriously or literally Ed. I think we are a group that is not caring about gender, race or s**ual orientation at all.
I remember all the good times that we were together in Amsterdam, London or wherever.
Youngest one 16-17, oldest one in 70's. Male, female. Not knowing everyone but sure also orientation of all kind.
Together and talking like good old friends, only knowing eachother from this forum.

And that included Val's presence, who is not caring at all about gender or whatever.
That's why I said don't take it too seriously or literally.

I believe you and that's exactly how I see this group - and also the very reason why Val's comment sounded so bitter to my ears. Maybe I was wrong and in that case I appologize.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 18, 2017, 05:17:51 PM
Don't take it that seriously or literally Ed. I think we are a group that is not caring about gender, race or s**ual orientation at all.
I remember all the good times that we were together in Amsterdam, London or wherever.
Youngest one 16-17, oldest one in 70's. Male, female. Not knowing everyone but sure also orientation of all kind.
Together and talking like good old friends, only knowing eachother from this forum.

And that included Val's presence, who is not caring at all about gender or whatever.
That's why I said don't take it too seriously or literally.

I believe you and that's exactly how I see this group - and also the very reason why Val's comment sounded so bitter to my ears. Maybe I was wrong and in that case I appologize.

Ed - I have met many fans and enjoyed many forum meetings over the years at various concerts and, as Ingrid said, we have all had a good time together.   Things always seem much worse in black and white than talking face to face.   I accept your apology and hope you will accept mine for mentioning gender - I must remember to become more PC in my old age!     ;)

BTW My original post was really intended to be lighthearted - that's why I ended it  "Hi boys"!  I never intended it to be taken so seriously, but I was wrong!    :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 05:27:04 PM
Don't take it that seriously or literally Ed. I think we are a group that is not caring about gender, race or s**ual orientation at all.
I remember all the good times that we were together in Amsterdam, London or wherever.
Youngest one 16-17, oldest one in 70's. Male, female. Not knowing everyone but sure also orientation of all kind.
Together and talking like good old friends, only knowing eachother from this forum.

And that included Val's presence, who is not caring at all about gender or whatever.
That's why I said don't take it too seriously or literally.

I believe you and that's exactly how I see this group - and also the very reason why Val's comment sounded so bitter to my ears. Maybe I was wrong and in that case I appologize.

Ed - I have met many fans and enjoyed many forum meetings over the years at various concerts and, as Ingrid said, we have all had a good time together.   Things always seem much worse in black and white than talking face to face.   I accept your apology and hope you will accept mine for mentioning gender - I must remember to become more PC in my old age!     ;)

Apology accepted but please don't become more PC! PC sucks lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 18, 2017, 06:00:35 PM
Does anyone know if the folk blokes have been spotted at BG since Mark started recording? I might be seeing too much into it but this diary entry kind of reinforced the possibility of a MK/EC collaboration to me.

I know they can add their parts later down the road through overdubs but I can't help thinking that their absence might mean more guitars and considering that Richard isn't there either... two keyboards, bass, drums and percussion, that sounds like the kind of band Mark and Eric could use. Am I getting carried away by the prospects or it makes sense to someone else?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 18, 2017, 07:06:07 PM
Really laughing my ass off reading the recent posts. I am the one being attacked only because I uttered something that included a rant against MK .. and suddenly also because I am male... then the usual "why always negative" and PC mentioning and "case closed" stuff.. that is really a sentence by the way I learned to hate because it so often comes far too early ... why not let the discussing parties decide when and if a case is closed?  What is this? What has this place become and when? Totally sucks. It only confirms a lot things that have become part of this forum during the last three or four years..

I am totally not accepting the fact that my Initial rant post should be the "wrong" one and deserved some editors action in the end and that the Lady's post is just funny. It is vice versa if you think about it. The Lady should have been warned because of her ridiculous statement.

I KNEW exactly what kind of answers I would get but had the hope it would be possible to utter some criticism about MK here nevertheless. Obviously not.

A lot of Amiters seem to want to live in a "perfect world bubble" obviously. Anything else not tolerated.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 18, 2017, 07:35:58 PM
Really laughing my ass off reading the recent posts. I am the one being attacked only because I uttered something that included a rant against MK .. and suddenly also because I am male... then the usual "why always negative" and PC mentioning and "case closed" stuff.. that is really a sentence by the way I learned to hate because it so often comes far too early ... why not let the discussing parties decide when and if a case is closed?  What is this? What has this place become and when? Totally sucks. It only confirms a lot things that have become part of this forum during the last three or four years..

I am totally not accepting the fact that my Initial rant post should be the "wrong" one and deserved some editors action in the end and that the Lady's post is just funny. It is vice versa if you think about it. The Lady should have been warned because of her ridiculous statement.

I KNEW exactly what kind of answers I would get but had the hope it would be possible to utter some criticism about MK here nevertheless. Obviously not.

A lot of Amiters seem to want to live in a "perfect world bubble" obviously. Anything else not tolerated.

LE
Come on! Why again?? Nobody said your post is wrong and deserved some editor action! Nobody did an editor action as far i can see? So what is the problem?

I want this forum to be nice place. I think i am not the only one here?! Ofcourse we can discuss and complain, but have some respect to each other, even when someone complains about the complaints. You knew it was coming, so accept it then. It wasnt that worse at all.

Val explained herself and made an excuse. She didnt mentioned it like that. And ofcourse people are saying case closed. Nobody wants to read all this crap and 'fighting between members' in an MK topic.

Can we move on now LE? Or do you want to decide it yourself this time?

I am saying this as a member of amit, not as part of the editor team. They probably wont approve my post but im done with it!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 18, 2017, 08:20:20 PM
That's exactly what I meant. It seems you did not understand the slightest what I was talking about.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 18, 2017, 08:22:05 PM
That's exactly what I meant. It seems you did not understand the slightest what I was talking about.

LE
Explain to me personally then please. You can talk to me on FB, as you are a FB friend. No need to take this further on amit imo.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on October 18, 2017, 08:34:10 PM
Smart thing to do guys. Private talks clear a lot!
I meant to say, let’s go back to the news.
I don’t like the list of gear either, I am a technical idiot.
But I know that a lot of people are interested in it, when i see the questions on guy’s Forum.
Sometimes I think that some people want to know which screws were used to put things together.
But hey, who cares!

We do have real unexpected news and that’s that Danny is back.  :thumbsup :clap :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 18, 2017, 08:44:43 PM
This is the control room of the studio 2, you can see the studio throught the windows at the right part of the picture.

Just notice the "other picture" in the left part  ;D
who are on that pic? cannot decipher it..
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 18, 2017, 08:51:51 PM
Really laughing my ass off reading the recent posts. I am the one being attacked only because I uttered something that included a rant against MK .. and suddenly also because I am male... then the usual "why always negative" and PC mentioning and "case closed" stuff.. that is really a sentence by the way I learned to hate because it so often comes far too early ... why not let the discussing parties decide when and if a case is closed?  What is this? What has this place become and when? Totally sucks. It only confirms a lot things that have become part of this forum during the last three or four years..

I am totally not accepting the fact that my Initial rant post should be the "wrong" one and deserved some editors action in the end and that the Lady's post is just funny. It is vice versa if you think about it. The Lady should have been warned because of her ridiculous statement.

I KNEW exactly what kind of answers I would get but had the hope it would be possible to utter some criticism about MK here nevertheless. Obviously not.

A lot of Amiters seem to want to live in a "perfect world bubble" obviously. Anything else not tolerated.

LE
calm down, the others seem to have done so too.
no need to further discuss this as it is a non issue, seriously.
BACK TO TOPIC (any further comment on this will be deleted. simple. PM, or even better, drop it, EVERYONE)


so, yes, were the folkies spotted near BG?
any big EC fan also posting here? any word from his end? any hidden hints, indications?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 18, 2017, 08:53:31 PM
I tought the folkies were in Canada for a tour or something? There werent at BG

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 18, 2017, 09:43:54 PM
15 photos in a new diary and 10 pages with Mark Knopfler's lyrics before Jim Cox ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 18, 2017, 09:49:20 PM
This is the control room of the studio 2, you can see the studio throught the windows at the right part of the picture.

Just notice the "other picture" in the left part  ;D
who are on that pic? cannot decipher it..

It's a pic of Ianto and Nigel Hitchcock
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 18, 2017, 09:59:27 PM
Nigel Hitchcock ? Where?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 18, 2017, 10:25:34 PM
I see Mark behind the glass. A photo with Jim Cox :)
 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 18, 2017, 11:02:16 PM
Nigel Hitchcock ? Where?

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg117188#msg117188
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 18, 2017, 11:06:05 PM
Nigel Hitchcock ? Where?

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5161.msg117188#msg117188
On the picture (inside Guys pic) at the desk in the studio.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 18, 2017, 11:17:24 PM
A Photography! Yes :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 19, 2017, 08:58:25 AM
Is Guy serious about that? My guess is that he's trolling:
"It's more fun making it than listening to it". Or...
It explains both the setlist and the waiting :lol

By the way, Sir Van Morrison's official Instagram started to upload some new photographs:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BaaaKUBllel/

It's funny if you know that he's even more crazy about privacy than even Mark. Rare interviews, rare photos, rare autographs, but Instagram.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on October 19, 2017, 09:50:55 AM
Is Guy serious about that? My guess is that he's trolling:
"It's more fun making it than listening to it". Or...
It explains both the setlist and the waiting :lol

Agree, strange thing to say. None the less, I am grateful that he bothers to write to us. It seems to be more a duty than something fun for him to do nowadays. It is so good to read that he and the others have fun, and they know how lucky they are. It is good to see the pictures again too, even with no GF and MK in them. And I appreciate that he wrote there will be more in january, that way I don't wait for more now. His "soon"s was making me crazy. I am looking for the positive things, not the negatives  :wave

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 19, 2017, 01:39:29 PM
I have just returned from a few weeks holiday and didn't even look at this forum, but here it is again - the same old, same old..... just the same as before I went away!    ::)

That's really not our mistake, Val, but Guy's and Mark's.  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 19, 2017, 01:59:11 PM
I have just returned from a few weeks holiday and didn't even look at this forum, but here it is again - the same old, same old..... just the same as before I went away!    ::)

That's really not our mistake, Val, but Guy's and Mark's.  :lol

That's right, if they give us new reasons to rant, we will rant about different things, not the same old

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 19, 2017, 02:03:35 PM
How about not ranting at all, until something actually new happens?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 19, 2017, 02:13:31 PM
How about not ranting at all, until something actually new happens?

Yeah right. You can see at the picture with Jim Cox he's sitting there with a bunch of papers with lyrics.
So, they're going to play songs with lyrics? How old and pathetic. Can't even come up with something new.

 :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 19, 2017, 02:15:03 PM
Interesting things (at least to me) about the diarie entry:

- the basses and MK guitars are inside of oneof the booths in studio1, there are also machines to connect the wires and plug amps so I guess they used them to store the instruments and at the same time record, depending on the set up for every song I guess...

- one of the drum kits is set up inside of one of the booths (and they need some light inside apparently, LOL), and they also have another one in the control room, that's quite curious as until now we only saw guitars and keyboards in the control room. In one of the pics you can see Ian playing drums inside the control room and throught the glass you can see Jim playing keyboards inside the studio1 that, funnily, looks full of space to have Ian playing there as well, lol

- we also see Glenn Saggers setting up many of the MK guitars (three Gibson Les Paul, one Fender Stratocaster and two martins) probably in studio2, as the size of the room looks bigger than the booths, and the many mics you can see, made me think that picture was taken while MK was recording alone with Guy. When a band session, MK usually use the booths to not interfere with the ambient mics in the big studio1

- it looks like MK is inside the control room in the Jim Cox picture, but I can't say it for sure

- Danny Cummings percussion seems to be also setup inside a booth, because of the size of it when you see Danny's pic, and then there is another pic of studio1 when you see Danny going out of one of the booths

- In the picture of the control room for studio2 you can see at least two keyboards, also MK guitar amps, and the picture of Ianto and Nigel I mentioned earlier. That's probably taken during MK and Guy alone sessions

Just some silly thoughts when seeing the pics  ;D

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 19, 2017, 02:16:21 PM
How about not ranting at all, until something actually new happens?

Since Tracker tour ended, that's a lot of time without ranting  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 19, 2017, 02:18:40 PM
Oh, I totally forgot we are in a fan forum.  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 19, 2017, 02:33:37 PM
Interesting thing is that they now use Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones with British Grove Studios logo it seems. Logo on the headphones!

It's so cool. Reminds me of logos on equipment in Capitol Studios.

(https://pp.userapi.com/c841539/v841539041/2d699/KPliIqy9sbQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 19, 2017, 02:49:11 PM
Direct reply to vgonis' last post:
 Editors or founders should really and honestly think about changing or adding the rules and make it clear that rant is not allowed and saying something critical, let alone negative against MK and anything related to him or his fanbase, is totally not allowed. After that is done this will be the perfect place for all MK fans on earth who look after a perfect bubble world. Also it is only fair to any new members to tell them before they decide to participate in something that started with the best intensions but has become something like MKNews 2.0 over the last couple of years.

After more than 30 years of being a Hardcore fan it must be allowed to utter doubts and criticism about the way his career and direction goes, ESPECIALLY in a fan forum. It was the idea and the reason of AMIT to get back to the freedom of spreech after Terry's great place was moderated more and more. Now PC and totally wrong understanding of the meaning of the word "fan" and uncritical fan boy and ...sorry of course also fan GIRL behaviour plus too many partly overextended Editors/Mods who at the slightest sign of what could become a controversion or an interesting discussion put the brakes on as if their only interest is tp keep up that perfect bubble world. It's really sad.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on October 19, 2017, 02:57:00 PM
Direct reply to vgonis' last post:
 Editors or founders should really and honestly think about changing or adding the rules and make it clear that rant is not allowed and saying something critical, let alone negative against MK and anything related to him or his fanbase, is totally not allowed. After that is done this will be the perfect place for all MK fans on earth who look after a perfect bubble world. Also it is only fair to any new members to tell them before they decide to participate in something that started with the best intensions but has become something like MKNews 2.0 over the last couple of years.

After more than 30 years of being a Hardcore fan it must be allowed to utter doubts and criticism about the way his career and direction goes, ESPECIALLY in a fan forum. It was the idea and the reason of AMIT to get back to the freedom of spreech after Terry's great place was moderated more and more. Now PC and totally wrong understanding of the meaning of the word "fan" and uncritical fan boy and ...sorry of course also fan GIRL behaviour plus too many partly overextended Editors/Mods who at the slightest sign of what could become a controversion or an interesting discussion put the brakes on as if their only interest is tp keep up that perfect bubble world. It's really sad.

LE

Mind your blood pressure, LE....:-) It’s alright to be critical and I don’t think anyone will deny that. There is always a difference between critics and moaning. If I speak for myself, I think you are being very reasonable and objective when describing critics. And if you keep doing that, there’s no one who will complain. I hope. I won’t! So please keep posting and don’t let it get to you. I enjoy your posts.

Hola
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 19, 2017, 03:05:57 PM
Direct reply to vgonis' last post:
 Editors or founders should really and honestly think about changing or adding the rules and make it clear that rant is not allowed and saying something critical, let alone negative against MK and anything related to him or his fanbase, is totally not allowed. After that is done this will be the perfect place for all MK fans on earth who look after a perfect bubble world. Also it is only fair to any new members to tell them before they decide to participate in something that started with the best intensions but has become something like MKNews 2.0 over the last couple of years.

After more than 30 years of being a Hardcore fan it must be allowed to utter doubts and criticism about the way his career and direction goes, ESPECIALLY in a fan forum. It was the idea and the reason of AMIT to get back to the freedom of spreech after Terry's great place was moderated more and more. Now PC and totally wrong understanding of the meaning of the word "fan" and uncritical fan boy and ...sorry of course also fan GIRL behaviour plus too many partly overextended Editors/Mods who at the slightest sign of what could become a controversion or an interesting discussion put the brakes on as if their only interest is tp keep up that perfect bubble world. It's really sad.

LE

Leaving yesterday's argument behind and looking at LE's post in a much broader sense, he's got a pretty valid point there. I have no interest in being part of a fan forum if I can't express my opinion on it freely. Again, I'm not talking about yesterday's event, I'm just exposing my concerns about the path this forum might be taking.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 19, 2017, 03:13:26 PM
Interesting thing is that they now use Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones with British Grove Studios logo it seems. Logo on the headphones!

It's so cool. Reminds me of logos on equipment in Capitol Studios.

(https://pp.userapi.com/c841539/v841539041/2d699/KPliIqy9sbQ.jpg)

You sir got an eye for detail! You could've shown me that picture 1000 times over and over again and I'd have never spotted that. In fact I still haven't lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 19, 2017, 03:57:54 PM
Direct reply to vgonis' last post:
 Editors or founders should really and honestly think about changing or adding the rules and make it clear that rant is not allowed and saying something critical, let alone negative against MK and anything related to him or his fanbase, is totally not allowed. After that is done this will be the perfect place for all MK fans on earth who look after a perfect bubble world. Also it is only fair to any new members to tell them before they decide to participate in something that started with the best intensions but has become something like MKNews 2.0 over the last couple of years.

After more than 30 years of being a Hardcore fan it must be allowed to utter doubts and criticism about the way his career and direction goes, ESPECIALLY in a fan forum. It was the idea and the reason of AMIT to get back to the freedom of spreech after Terry's great place was moderated more and more. Now PC and totally wrong understanding of the meaning of the word "fan" and uncritical fan boy and ...sorry of course also fan GIRL behaviour plus too many partly overextended Editors/Mods who at the slightest sign of what could become a controversion or an interesting discussion put the brakes on as if their only interest is tp keep up that perfect bubble world. It's really sad.

LE

As i said to you yesterday also, it sure is allowed to rant and complain. Everybody has freedom of speech here. Nothing has changed that.
But that means it is also allowed that members react to the complainers, that's totally normal.

You are indeed right that i tried (yesterday) to avoid an escalation because I don't want a fight here.

Message to all: Just be respectful to each other and treat each other the way you want to be treated
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 19, 2017, 04:22:19 PM
Interesting thing is that they now use Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones with British Grove Studios logo it seems. Logo on the headphones!

It's so cool. Reminds me of logos on equipment in Capitol Studios.

(https://pp.userapi.com/c841539/v841539041/2d699/KPliIqy9sbQ.jpg)

You sir got an eye for detail! You could've shown me that picture 1000 times over and over again and I'd have never spotted that. In fact I still haven't lol

Somehow it looks like glued to it jokingly... or quizzafoma  just photoshopped it..  ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on October 19, 2017, 04:39:44 PM
For some reason this thread is 93 pages long but only a few pages contain actual news or something interesting.
The way some (mostly regular) posters write here is untastefull in my opinion.
I used to come here everyday to see if anything new is up in the world of MK because I don't want to miss a thing.
This thread (and other ones) and some posters I won't name have taken all the fun away from that.
Thanks.

I'm hoping for an album, tour and real news soon, so some valuable threads show up here. And bring me back to fun to be a die hard fan.
For now, I'm out.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 19, 2017, 04:55:30 PM
 Criticism and freedom of speech is essential to any fan forum, this one is no exception and long may it continue.  Everything is good in moderation and I agree we must respect each others views.   

Also, please can we have more laughs and fun like in the earlier days!   It is a much more serious forum these days and I really miss laughing out loud behind my computer at someone's witticism!   Anyone remember Gayle (Gbobmi)?  Now she had a great sense of humour!

 LE,  I really hope that we can be friends again, because I know we shared opinions a lot of the time and it was lovely to meet you in London.   Oh, and please don't call me the Lady any more, it didn't feel right at all - I'm Val!   :wave

Finally, Dutchessy,  Thank you for your patience, tolerance and common sense in resolving things for us.   :)




Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 19, 2017, 05:06:48 PM
For some reason this thread is 93 pages long but only a few pages contain actual news or something interesting.
The way some (mostly regular) posters write here is untastefull in my opinion.
I used to come here everyday to see if anything new is up in the world of MK because I don't want to miss a thing.
This thread (and other ones) and some posters I won't name have taken all the fun away from that.
Thanks.

I'm hoping for an album, tour and real news soon, so some valuable threads show up here. And bring me back to fun to be a die hard fan.
For now, I'm out.

Well, Guy dropped the bomb and very little has happened ever since. It's natural that a bunch of diehard fans will keep speculating on what's been divulged. This is a forum after all, not BBC news:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 19, 2017, 05:19:37 PM
Do you know why I love this forum no matter what? I don't think anyone in my country "knows" Mark better than me, but when I enter this environment I feel like a junior watching Sampras x Becker in the centre court. I learn so much here everyday and that's the main reason why I keep coming back.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 19, 2017, 06:01:03 PM
For some reason this thread is 93 pages long but only a few pages contain actual news or something interesting.
The way some (mostly regular) posters write here is untastefull in my opinion.
I used to come here everyday to see if anything new is up in the world of MK because I don't want to miss a thing.
This thread (and other ones) and some posters I won't name have taken all the fun away from that.
Thanks.

I'm hoping for an album, tour and real news soon, so some valuable threads show up here. And bring me back to fun to be a die hard fan.
For now, I'm out.

I can't help but feel addressed somehow  ::)
.. Just wanted to comment to your last paragraph that this of course lies in the hands of every poster also.. if it is not fun enough anymore, contribute to make it funny again! I also miss some people posting here who had "fun" as their middle name. But we have that guy from Russia now so that's a start don't you think?  :wave

The forum lives from posting, the more post the more life. And the more post, the less important are the annoying ones!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on October 19, 2017, 06:54:48 PM
Only...
I have seen (too many times), where members have posted things, only to get slammed, for not knowing something.  This happens on a regular basis -- even for brand new members. 

This absolutely sucks the fun out of posting, and must be a HUGE turn-off to potential regular AMITers. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 19, 2017, 09:43:49 PM
Going back on-topic.. I don't know if I am the only one who wondered about it but I asked Guy today and he confirmed that Danny indeed is "only" on percussion, not on drums. Ianto is doing all the drumming.

Must say the many synths and keyboards make me looking forward to it more than just another new guitar or so... together with percussions here's hope for maybe a little musical change or at least a re-visit to some classic (DS) sounds... Calling Elvis, Planet of New Orleans or Ride Across The River came to my mind. Would be very welcome.

LE 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 19, 2017, 10:06:23 PM
Going back on-topic.. I don't know if I am the only one who wondered about it but I asked Guy today and he confirmed that Danny indeed is "only" on percussion, not on drums. Ianto is doing all the drumming.

Must say the many synths and keyboards make me looking forward to it more than just another new guitar or so... together with percussions here's hope for maybe a little musical change or at least a re-visit to some classic (DS) sounds... Calling Elvis, Planet of New Orleans or Ride Across The River came to my mind. Would be very welcome.

LE

Will wait for the January when the folk boys will arrive :lol

Yeah, for all my skepticism towards Guy Fletcher, I respect him as one of the best keyboard players out there. His samples always on point (except for these 80s synths, but hey), and many times his work goes almost unnoticed, but crucial to the sound (think "A Place Where We Used To Live"). And of course Jim Cox is a monster in the studio, although in live performances I still prefer and miss the jazz giant Matt Rollings.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on October 20, 2017, 12:03:01 AM
My opinion:

Complaining about MK: good.

Complaining about fellow fans: Not good.

Also, pleased see Danny back. He's a better procussionist than drummer anyway (fact).

Sent from my Tab2A7-20F using Tapatalk

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 20, 2017, 08:39:31 AM
Going back on-topic.. I don't know if I am the only one who wondered about it but I asked Guy today and he confirmed that Danny indeed is "only" on percussion, not on drums. Ianto is doing all the drumming.

As Danny is pictures with his percussion rig, I assumed he was just playing percussion. Having Ianto looks like another drummer is not needed.

Quote
Must say the many synths and keyboards make me looking forward to it more than just another new guitar or so... together with percussions here's hope for maybe a little musical change or at least a re-visit to some classic (DS) sounds... Calling Elvis, Planet of New Orleans or Ride Across The River came to my mind. Would be very welcome.

LE

I thought the same, this musicians setup looks quite rocker, quite DS sound, but I fear that another band sessions with the folkies would be waiting... Don't get me wromg, I like the folkies, but I won't mind if they only had bits here and there like in "Yon Two Crows" :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 20, 2017, 08:43:28 AM
Only...
I have seen (too many times), where members have posted things, only to get slammed, for not knowing something.  This happens on a regular basis -- even for brand new members. 

This absolutely sucks the fun out of posting, and must be a HUGE turn-off to potential regular AMITers.

You're right Lis, and I recognize myself in this, and must apologize... I try to be helpful when someone new arrives with what Val called "same old same old" but sometimes I think... "Again... after so many years, this question?". Must control myself and be more emphatetic.

It's good that people like Lis remember that many of us didn't know a thing some years ago, and we lernt from someone / somewhere else.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 20, 2017, 08:49:58 AM
Interesting thing is that they now use Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones with British Grove Studios logo it seems. Logo on the headphones!

It's so cool. Reminds me of logos on equipment in Capitol Studios.

http://pp.userapi.com/c841539/v841539041/2d699/KPliIqy9sbQ.jpg

Quite small, what an eye you have, foma...

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 20, 2017, 08:53:41 AM
For some reason this thread is 93 pages long but only a few pages contain actual news or something interesting.
The way some (mostly regular) posters write here is untastefull in my opinion.
I used to come here everyday to see if anything new is up in the world of MK because I don't want to miss a thing.
This thread (and other ones) and some posters I won't name have taken all the fun away from that.
Thanks.

I'm hoping for an album, tour and real news soon, so some valuable threads show up here. And bring me back to fun to be a die hard fan.
For now, I'm out.

If we only post when there are real news... this forum would had been in almost totally silence since the Tracker tour ended. Since that day, the only "real news" were some MK colaborations...

It doesn't have sense to have a forum for real news, for that, we already have MKNEWS site.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 20, 2017, 11:10:43 AM
Quite logical about the drums but maybe it had to do with Guy telling us about three drum kits and because of that a little dreaming of a drum duel..  :lol

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on October 20, 2017, 12:03:54 PM
Has anyone ever returned to DS/MK band after being replaced? I can only think of Jim Cox but his departure was unfortunate and not some dispute with MK. With Danny back on percussion and Nigel being on board more or less, we only need Paul Franklin for some OES magic ;D

Just kidding but I'm really exited for the new record. I always love the little touches of GF's pads and synths, he's incredibly important to MK's sound. Also good to have Rowan and Poppy in the studio, I never heard of them and they might not have a lot of influence musically but it's great to have some young people around.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on October 20, 2017, 12:50:32 PM
Has anyone ever returned to DS/MK band after being replaced? I can only think of Jim Cox but his departure was unfortunate and not some dispute with MK. With Danny back on percussion and Nigel being on board more or less, we only need Paul Franklin for some OES magic ;D

Just kidding but I'm really exited for the new record. I always love the little touches of GF's pads and synths, he's incredibly important to MK's sound. Also good to have Rowan and Poppy in the studio, I never heard of them and they might not have a lot of influence musically but it's great to have some young people around.

You could say that Danny had already returned to MK band (in 2001 on the shot glory soundtrack and on 2005 tour), after being "replaced" from OES days...
And you could alos say that Terry Williams returned for the BIA tour after being replaced in studio, but that's not excatly the same case

there is also the MK & friends gigs in 2002 where John and Danny "returned", but again, it was a special concert

Luke Brighty or Marcus Cliffe played with MK from time to time. Does it counts ?



And even more, you could say that Alan Clark played with NHB in 93 for swan hunter, after the OES tour ended.....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 20, 2017, 01:08:42 PM
Quite logical about the drums but maybe it had to do with Guy telling us about three drum kits and because of that a little dreaming of a drum duel..  :lol

LE

That would be fantastic, LOL

Apparently, to have three drum kits set up at the same time would be in order to pursue the perfect sound for the perfect song, you know  ;D ;D :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 20, 2017, 03:18:02 PM
I like the folk blokes very much but I also prefer them to show up here and there doing bits and pieces rather than lead parts. Maybe in one or two songs they are given the opportunity to shine but generally speaking I like it better when they take the back seat while Mark does the talking.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 21, 2017, 08:30:48 AM
Tommy Emmanuel finally announced his duets album with MK in the track, written by MK that we already know.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Tommy-Emmanuel-Announces-Accomplice-One-Duets-Album-20171020

The relevant thing to this topic is that MK or TE said that MK accepted to play in Tommy's record if he played in one or two of the MK's song too, so apparently Tommy would be in next MK album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 21, 2017, 09:25:30 AM
Thank you jbaent for the news about the duets. Sometimes I feel as if these duets or guest playing is done just for the publicity, or for a boost of sales, by bringing a well known artist in to play. It has been quite sometime since I heard an MK collaboration that made me say: "wow, what a strike of genius to bring these two together". Of course Tommy Emmanuel is a different thing altogether, so I will wait for this with great hopes.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 21, 2017, 09:28:30 AM
https://youtu.be/X9paN3CRS74
And P gives a wonderful pre-taste! Thanks P!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 21, 2017, 10:41:52 AM
The relevant thing to this topic is that MK or TE said that MK accepted to play in Tommy's record if he played in one or two of the MK's song too, so apparently Tommy would be in next MK album.

Yeah,this brings so much hope into it. Tommy is one of the artists who can turn everything he touches in gold, let alone turning what's already GOLD into... gold. So if they two would screw it up it would mean the end of the world, but it's unlikely. The lineup is awesome!

https://youtu.be/X9paN3CRS74
And P gives a wonderful pre-taste! Thanks P!

LOL thanks! The guitar is out of tune, what a rubbish on this one! I'm pretty sure the album version is completely different beast than all of our live versions. Mark probably would play the rhythm and Tommy as always coming up with as crazy solos as even possible.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 21, 2017, 11:23:33 AM
It is so great that Mark does collaborations.. shows that he is not too isolated... LOVE how he puts his trademark style on totally different artists, young and old.

We can be soo happy that he still is working AND touring and coming up with new stuff still instead of only recycling the old hits instead... He is 68 after all! We are truely blessed!










 ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 21, 2017, 11:27:40 AM
It is so great that Mark does collaborations.. shows that he is not too isolated... LOVE how he puts his trademark style on totally different artists, young and old.

We can be soo happy that he still is working AND touring and coming up with new stuff still instead of only recycling the old hits instead... He is 68 after all! We are truely blessed!










 ;D

LE
See, its not that hard ;) hahaha

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 21, 2017, 11:28:14 AM
"Guitar and vocal duet" .. so both will also sing on it. Nice.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 21, 2017, 02:22:43 PM
How do we know all the stuff we see in the diary is for a new MK album? Perhaps Guy also took some pictures when they were working on this secret project?? Or am i totaly wrong here ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: zeta on October 21, 2017, 02:52:35 PM
"I plan to finish this new record for myself that I’ve been chipping away at for so long.  I’ve done some more writing while on tour and will record these tunes, throw them on the pile already in the can, choose the best of it and finally get it all wrapped up.  I’ll also be recording with Mark Knopfler and really looking forward to that.  Some other odds and ends already coming in for sessions so I plan to keep busy through the autumn and winter months"

From Richard's new diary post - http://richard-bennett.com/blog/nashville/664-home-again-2 (http://richard-bennett.com/blog/nashville/664-home-again-2)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 21, 2017, 03:11:01 PM
https://youtu.be/X9paN3CRS74
And P gives a wonderful pre-taste! Thanks P!



Buddy, you are a legend! Jaw-dropping job! As someone who tried to emulate MK for years and years (success rate sitting at 2.49% lol) I know how hard it is to play that kind of stuff, let alone singing along with it. I was too busy drooling to notice any tuning issue.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 21, 2017, 03:14:54 PM
"I plan to finish this new record for myself that I’ve been chipping away at for so long.  I’ve done some more writing while on tour and will record these tunes, throw them on the pile already in the can, choose the best of it and finally get it all wrapped up.  I’ll also be recording with Mark Knopfler and really looking forward to that.  Some other odds and ends already coming in for sessions so I plan to keep busy through the autumn and winter months"

From Richard's new diary post - http://richard-bennett.com/blog/nashville/664-home-again-2 (http://richard-bennett.com/blog/nashville/664-home-again-2)

As much as I like Richard I don't like this news. His absence made me believe the MK/EC collaboration was a possibility  :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 21, 2017, 03:52:46 PM
Buddy, you are a legend! Jaw-dropping job! As someone who tried to emulate MK for years and years (success rate sitting at 2.49% lol) I know how hard it is to play that kind of stuff, let alone singing along with it. I was too busy drooling to notice any tuning issue.

Thanks! Tommy plays a lots of songs like this, so it was easy to do for him I SUPPOSE. And for me too, because I played a lot of his stuff back in the day. It's not that hard except you have to come up with your own "coda" of course. And Tommy never plays this song the same twice. Legend!

As much as I like Richard I don't like this news. His absence made me believe the MK/EC collaboration was a possibility  :'(

I think Tommy might have spoiled it a little saying he recorded two songs with Mark. Because that's a really strong hint for a collaboration album with guests, maybe even with Eric Clapton, who knows. Collaboration album with new material only — that sounds so "MK" to me :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 21, 2017, 03:59:20 PM
Tommy Emmanuel worked on this record for two years. Mark is faster  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 21, 2017, 04:14:42 PM
As much as I like Richard I don't like this news. His absence made me believe the MK/EC collaboration was a possibility  :'(

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I think Tommy might have spoiled it a little saying he recorded two songs with Mark. Because that's a really strong hint for a collaboration album with guests, maybe even with Eric Clapton, who knows. Collaboration album with new material only — that sounds so "MK" to me :think

Yeah, I noticed that too... but I was in the hopes it could be a full MK/EC album. Richard being there doesn't necessarily mean it won't be a duets album, especially because he plays pretty much anything with strings, maybe even tennis rackets, but if you think of Mark and Eric only I don't see room for him. Yet another mistery, oh god... I'd promissed myself not to get hooked up on this again  :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 21, 2017, 04:30:09 PM
How do we know all the stuff we see in the diary is for a new MK album? Perhaps Guy also took some pictures when they were working on this secret project?? Or am i totaly wrong here ???

Any comments from the experts  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 21, 2017, 04:30:21 PM
Guys... You really like to dream wild... Don't you?

We're talking about MK, did you forget about it?

You know... He won't do what we want, but what he wants, that usually it's the opposite
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 21, 2017, 05:10:04 PM
How do we know all the stuff we see in the diary is for a new MK album? Perhaps Guy also took some pictures when they were working on this secret project?? Or am i totaly wrong here ???

Any comments from the experts  ;D

It's virtually impossible do tell considering the so called secret project is music related for sure. Just a bunch of top musicians hanging out at BG surrounded by very fancy equipment. They could be doing pretty much anything really.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 21, 2017, 05:18:18 PM
Guys... You really like to dream wild... Don't you?

We're talking about MK, did you forget about it?

You know... He won't do what we want, but what he wants, that usually it's the opposite

So... what if I tell Guy we all want a collaboration with Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Bono Vox, a hip hop live performance in Trump's office and a pink Ibanez signature model?  :lol :lol :lol

But yeah, sad but true, you're totally right. I don't know why I keep hoping for what will never come our way.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 21, 2017, 05:24:42 PM
I really hope that a MK & EC could happen any day, but time goes by and both of them grow old, specially Clapton with several diseases... Last year, with so many news of rock legends dying from one day to another made me feel that they should hurry in doing something together...

However, I think that what MK is doing is just another MK album. If it was something with EC, it would be another secret project, and we won't know that he's even recording, or in the contrary, there will be also info of EC recording. And there are not...

Best thing is expect more of the same and be happy if it's that, and if it's something better, being extremely happy with it!

Lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on October 21, 2017, 05:28:30 PM
"I plan to finish this new record for myself that I’ve been chipping away at for so long.  I’ve done some more writing while on tour and will record these tunes, throw them on the pile already in the can, choose the best of it and finally get it all wrapped up.  I’ll also be recording with Mark Knopfler and really looking forward to that.  Some other odds and ends already coming in for sessions so I plan to keep busy through the autumn and winter months"

From Richard's new diary post - http://richard-bennett.com/blog/nashville/664-home-again-2 (http://richard-bennett.com/blog/nashville/664-home-again-2)

That is excellent news! I really miss Richard's sound on Tracker and KTGC.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 21, 2017, 05:54:19 PM
I must admit that I much prefer when it is an album 100% Mark.  That is partly why I like and admire him in the first instance; the fact he is able to complete the whole process on his own and with no shortcomings.  So often it's a case of Jack of all trades, master of none, but with Mark he manages to master all.



Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 21, 2017, 07:47:55 PM
Totally agree with you, dmg. It really is what makes him so unique. He knows about it. I love that there is the "MK" signature under all credits/liner notes since .... Love Over Gold? Makes his albums a piece of art somehow.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 21, 2017, 09:30:56 PM
Yeah, I agree, good pointing dmg

ps
ALWAYS comes the BIGGEST difference is in a subtle TINY twiddly bits. Intangible. Mark has it.
 ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 22, 2017, 12:05:58 PM
Someone seems to tease Guy... Asks if release date is April 1st and working title is "Cullercoats" ...
That title would sound very promising to my ears if it was true...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on October 22, 2017, 02:53:56 PM
Saw it, too. And it makes me sad.
Although people know Guy is not allowed to give away any news or details, people keep mollesting him, trying to extract any kind of details sometimes asking many times in a row.
The result will be one day no news at all, some spoiling it for all.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 22, 2017, 03:00:06 PM
Someone seems to tease Guy... Asks if release date is April 1st and working title is "Cullercoats" ...
That title would sound very promising to my ears if it was true...

LE

There are some sites that publish future releases, I recall seeing in one of those a MK record but without title, with release date of September and TBA as description. I think it was Privateering...

With this kind of teases, I like to see the sources to take it seriously. It's like when the secret project song titles appeared, after it was known the source of the leak, I knew it was something good.

It could make sense because of Guy diary. When there is a band session is because there are songs ready for the band parts. His diary says that next will be in January. So until there it looks like they will have ready more songs for a new band session. Who knows if this is the last and April could be a release date...

I hope it is. September 2018 is so far yet, lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on October 22, 2017, 03:24:07 PM
Cullercoats - where do these guys get this information from? Actually 'Cullercoats' is a village in North East England..  Fits n with the man's heritage. Off we go with the speculation. . . . .
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 22, 2017, 04:03:51 PM
 Guy's last post in Instagram.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 22, 2017, 08:15:47 PM
Someone seems to tease Guy... Asks if release date is April 1st and working title is "Cullercoats" ...
That title would sound very promising to my ears if it was true...

At least now we know Mark's nickname on the internet! :lol :lol :lol

Guy's last post in Instagram.

Very informative as always. Like in Atari 2600 — use your imagination! Old school right there.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 22, 2017, 09:21:14 PM
Someone seems to tease Guy... Asks if release date is April 1st and working title is "Cullercoats" ...
That title would sound very promising to my ears if it was true...

At least now we know Mark's nickname on the internet! :lol :lol :lol

Guy's last post in Instagram.

Very informative as always. Like in Atari 2600 — use your imagination! Old school right there.

For me, it says... I'm mixing in protools the last band sessions ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 22, 2017, 09:24:11 PM
It is so great that Mark does collaborations.. shows that he is not too isolated... LOVE how he puts his trademark style on totally different artists, young and old.

We can be soo happy that he still is working AND touring and coming up with new stuff still instead of only recycling the old hits instead... He is 68 after all! We are truely blessed!












 ;D

LE

Do I detect a touch of facetiousness in your post, LE?    ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on October 22, 2017, 09:40:10 PM
To analyze the pics from him is funny, I do it too, but it really is pure guessing. I don't know if this one has a secret meaning, but I am quite sure it was just to be nice. I asked him if he had stopped posting. He said he had forgotten, and posted this shortly after.  Just to say "I'm here"  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 22, 2017, 10:29:11 PM
To analyze the pics from him is funny, I do it too, but it really is pure guessing. I don't know if this one has a secret meaning, but I am quite sure it was just to be nice. I asked him if he had stopped posting. He said he had forgotten, and posted this shortly after.  Just to say "I'm here"  :)

Guy is a cool guy after all. Although it seems like he decided to ignore my "In The Sky" question. Better to ask some setlist quiestions I guess :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on October 22, 2017, 11:14:52 PM
Cullercoats - where do these guys get this information from? Actually 'Cullercoats' is a village in North East England..  Fits n with the man's heritage. Off we go with the speculation. . . . .

From Cullercoats and Whitley bay out to rock away
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on October 22, 2017, 11:38:06 PM
The songs that explore his youth, the rivers and hometowns and his personal  past are among his best from my point of view ... Basil,  5.15am, Tunnel of Love, Southbound Again, Get Lucky, Before Gas & TV...

I was often joking that his then next album would be called Geordieland for years now as that term sums up pretty well what's HIS ... where his roots are, where he comes from, what shaped him... I must say that an album called CULLERCOATS would fit in with these my dreams pretty perfect ...

Laughs & Jokes... and Basil are his most personal song ever, with mentioning Vince and the Gatehead Girl, and the Note in the letterbox... really hope he carries on to write more really personal stuff and does less book-in-lyric-transformations... lyrically wise spoken...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 22, 2017, 11:56:18 PM
"The songs that explore his youth, the rivers and hometowns and his personal  past are among his best from my point of view ... Basil,  5.15am, Tunnel of Love, Southbound Again, Get Lucky, Before Gas & TV...

I was often joking that his then next album would be called Geordieland for years now as that term sums up pretty well what's HIS ... where his roots are, where he comes from, what shaped him... I must say that an album called CULLERCOATS would fit in with these my dreams pretty perfect .."

LE totally agee with you.

I would not mind if the whole album was very personal
 



Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 22, 2017, 11:57:56 PM
CULLERCOAST

Where did the title come from?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2017, 12:15:34 AM
The songs that explore his youth, the rivers and hometowns and his personal  past are among his best from my point of view ... Basil,  5.15am, Tunnel of Love, Southbound Again, Get Lucky, Before Gas & TV...

Man, coincidentally today I was reading lyrics (yup, just the text) for "Tunnel Of Love" and I got the biggest goose bumps bomb in a whole week.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2017, 12:33:54 AM
CULLERCOAST

Where did the title come from?

To be honest, I'm not a fan of one word titles in pretty much everything and since there already was one-worded Privateering and one-worded Tracker, I hope Mark will come up with something longer than that. But this picture would be perfect for an album named "CULLERCOAST" :lol

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Cullercoats_from_the_South_by_John_Wilson_Carmichael.jpg/640px-Cullercoats_from_the_South_by_John_Wilson_Carmichael.jpg)
Cullercoats from the South by John Wilson Carmichael
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 23, 2017, 09:33:21 AM
Should the person who teased Guy with "Cullercoats" ever visit this forum, I hope he or she will speak out. It might have been just a joke (a friend of mine once posted a fake Dylan tracklist on "Expecting Rain", and the forum took it for real and went mad  ;D) OR there might actually be some truth in it, and the upcoming album was mentioned in some obscure record-company catalogue which our anonymous friend might have stumbled upon ... Anyway, I wouldn't put too much weight on the fact that Guy denied it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: olazabalrok on October 23, 2017, 09:45:52 AM
CULLERCOAST

Where did the title come from?

It’s Cullercoats as in ToL and that would be an early April Fool’s joke.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2017, 09:47:11 AM
Guy didn't deny it.

If there are posts after this, that are answered, Guy ignoring it could mean it's fake or that it might be real, in this case is hard to know.

If he delete it, it's clear there is something true on it.

If he says it's not true, obviously, is not true.

Right now we don't know if he already read it or not.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: olazabalrok on October 23, 2017, 10:07:35 AM
Guy didn't deny it.

If there are posts after this, that are answered, Guy ignoring it could mean it's fake or that it might be real, in this case is hard to know.

If he delete it, it's clear there is something true on it.

If he says it's not true, obviously, is not true.

Right now we don't know if he already read it or not.

I like the title so hope it’s true and especially the release date but it’s obviously more likely that the release will slip on a year from present. All the post-production, artwork, vinyl press, distribution etc. takes time and if they finish it up in March as mentioned, there’s no way it would be out on April 1st.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 23, 2017, 10:11:54 AM
Should the person who teased Guy with "Cullercoats" ever visit this forum, I hope he or she will speak out. It might have been just a joke (a friend of mine once posted a fake Dylan tracklist on "Expecting Rain", and the forum took it for real and went mad  ;D) OR there might actually be some truth in it, and the upcoming album was mentioned in some obscure record-company catalogue which our anonymous friend might have stumbled upon ... Anyway, I wouldn't put too much weight on the fact that Guy denied it.
Oh I I can so imagine them going bonkers (as would we)

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2017, 10:11:55 AM
I wonder why people post such things in Guy's forum instead of fan forums. What they pretend, show how cool are they?

Tell such things in a fan forum has sense, we fans want things like that but... In Guy's forum?

Nonsense.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2017, 10:20:26 AM
I wonder why people post such things in Guy's forum instead of fan forums. What they pretend, show how cool are they?

Tell such things in a fan forum has sense, we fans want things like that but... In Guy's forum?

Nonsense.

Nothing beats the stupidness of the guy who posted leaked Albert Hall mixes on official MK forum. That guy deserves a golden statue in my opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2017, 10:23:24 AM
I wonder why people post such things in Guy's forum instead of fan forums. What they pretend, show how cool are they?

Tell such things in a fan forum has sense, we fans want things like that but... In Guy's forum?

Nonsense.

Nothing beats the stupidness of the guy who posted leaked Albert Hall mixes on official MK forum. That guy deserves a golden statue in my opinion.

Actually in those years it was the only available fan forum so I kind of understand him. He should had written some of the most active fans with audio recordings in private instead but I can understand his mistake. He wanted to share it with all forumers but in the wrong and only one forum.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2017, 01:18:03 PM
Guy clearly ignored the post about April 1st and the working title.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 23, 2017, 03:47:58 PM
Guy clearly ignored the post about April 1st and the working title.

Rightfully so... But I love leaks, I love that today the actual date of announcement of something means almost nothing as everything was already leaked somewhere. Of course, It has to be something big so the leak would worth it. I love all the rumours around new MK album, keep it up!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 23, 2017, 06:41:21 PM
Tommy Emmanuel's album has a title and a release date: Accomplice One 19 January 2018.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 23, 2017, 07:05:58 PM
Tommy Emmanuel's album has a title and a release date: Accomplice One 19 January 2018.
Strange title

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 23, 2017, 08:17:57 PM
Clever, not strange. Partners in music (hopefully not) crimes
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 23, 2017, 08:39:49 PM
Strange. We have the title of Tommy Emmanuel's new album. We know the tracklist and the album only in January
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 23, 2017, 09:32:16 PM
April 1 2018 is Sunday. So if it was two days earlier  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 23, 2017, 09:45:08 PM
Guy clearly ignored the post about April 1st and the working title.

Perhaps i am missing something but how does somebody can get a hold of this information???
It has to be someone from the recordcompagny or so if the info is correct.....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 23, 2017, 09:55:37 PM
This discussion about the name of the new album and the date of release really changed my life. All the precious minutes I wasted doing anything else, I now regret. So the next album is going to be released in February 30,  and the name will be "In search of Wasted time", and will be based upon the Proust masterpiece of the (almost) similar name. In fact it will be only the first 100 pages of the first book, that is to be put into music. The album will be spread on 5 CDs or 12 LPs. There will be a deluxe edition with extra 20 pages (1 CD) that will be awarded to the fans with more time to waste.  For an advance experience, read the first volume of Proust's work.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2017, 09:56:33 PM
April 1 2018 is Sunday. So if it was two days earlier  :wave

Records get released on Fridays
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 23, 2017, 09:57:48 PM
This discussion about the name of the new album and the date of release really changed my life. All the precious minutes I wasted doing anything else, I now regret. So the next album is going to be released in February 30,  and the name will be "In search of Wasted time", and will be based upon the Proust masterpiece of the (almost) similar name. In fact it will be only the first 100 pages of the first book, that is to be put into music. The album will be spread on 5 CDs or 12 LPs. There will be a deluxe edition with extra 20 pages (1 CD) that will be awarded to the fans with more time to waste.  For an advance experience, read the first volume of Proust's work.

The world is full of places to waste time. But you choose Amit. That might means something.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 23, 2017, 10:03:14 PM
"Records get released on Fridays"

exactly
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on October 23, 2017, 10:10:22 PM
I wonder why people post such things in Guy's forum instead of fan forums. What they pretend, show how cool are they?

Tell such things in a fan forum has sense, we fans want things like that but... In Guy's forum?

Nonsense.

Nothing beats the stupidness of the guy who posted leaked Albert Hall mixes on official MK forum. That guy deserves a golden statue in my opinion.

Actually in those years it was the only available fan forum so I kind of understand him. He should had written some of the most active fans with audio recordings in private instead but I can understand his mistake. He wanted to share it with all forumers but in the wrong and only one forum.
No, he was stupid.

I for one warned him by PM to remove the thread and distribute discretely but he refused to believe that there was any issue, claiming that all soundboards were unidentifiable by MK's management.

Less than 24 hours later he was being threatened with legal action/criminal charges by PCM, ha.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 23, 2017, 11:23:29 PM
Guy clearly ignored the post about April 1st and the working title.

Perhaps i am missing something but how does somebody can get a hold of this information???
It has to be someone from the recordcompagny or so if the info is correct.....

Anyone ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on October 23, 2017, 11:57:11 PM
As much as I like Richard I don't like this news. His absence made me believe the MK/EC collaboration was a possibility  :'(

Richard's presence on the recording doesn't mean Mark won't play with Eric.
There are plenty boring parts to play you know (strummed acoutics and all that stuff) that neither Mark or Eric bother to play  ;D

on albums like JJ cale tribute or road to escondido, there are plenty other guitarists to do boring rhythm parts, so there could be the same here.

You know, when Richard wasn't there (KTGC or tracker) there were far less Mark typic rhythm fingerstyle than on the records with Richard.
For examples, rhyhtm parts like this is us, cleaning my gun, silvertown blues, boom like that, you don't know you're born, postcards, remembrance day etc...all these songs have Richard on a third or 4th guitar while Mark plays THAT typical rhythm thing. and on the contrario, on albums where he is alone on guitars, there isn't any rhythm part like this  :smack never understood that  :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 24, 2017, 12:09:49 AM
Perhaps i am missing something but how does somebody can get a hold of this information???
It has to be someone from the recordcompagny or so if the info is correct.....

Anyone ???

Too many variables... It could be anything from six degrees of separation to a simple mistake by a website administrator. It's like Apple released a tweet about new iPhone 7 before it was even announced and Get Lucky leaked a whole month before official release date. This question has no answer... Today you can just google up where Mark was born and find his exact house in Glasgow and look at it through Google Maps, so no surprises when information about new album would leak since so many people are involved and I don't think all of them sign a document about not sharing any information about it. Partly because of that artists nowadays share a lot of stuff in social media by themselves so these leaks doesn't make any sense.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 24, 2017, 09:50:09 AM

Quote
I don't think all of them sign a document about not sharing any information about it.

That, and: Not everybody who signs a document will also act accordingly.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 24, 2017, 09:56:02 AM
Another question for Guy on his forum about it. He will probably ignore it again....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on October 24, 2017, 10:47:01 AM
Yes, as I said the other day, it makes me so sad and so angry to see it.
Some won't stop mollesting Guy again and again and again till they have destroyed everything.
No wonder we get less and less info if some behave like greedy predatory.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 24, 2017, 10:53:41 AM
Another question for Guy on his forum about it. He will probably ignore it again....
Thats a message from our Jbaent i see.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 24, 2017, 11:15:21 AM
Tommy Emmanuel's album has a title and a release date: Accomplice One 19 January 2018.
Strange title

Clever, not strange. Partners in music (hopefully not) crimes

I love the title. Also, what I love the most, it seems the title is just "Accomplice" and "One" means that it's just the first part of duets. I'm pretty sure there'll be "Accomplice Two" after that. But I may be wrong.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 24, 2017, 11:31:38 AM
Another question for Guy on his forum about it. He will probably ignore it again....
Thats a message from our Jbaent i see.

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Yes, it's not looking for Guy to answer but to push the poster of the information to say something else ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 24, 2017, 12:27:11 PM
Reply :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 24, 2017, 12:51:39 PM
Now try the same question with Friday 30 march 2018  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 24, 2017, 01:06:28 PM
Too early for the release date and the title of the album
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 24, 2017, 01:19:34 PM
Another question for Guy on his forum about it. He will probably ignore it again....
Thats a message from our Jbaent i see.

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Yes, it's not looking for Guy to answer but to push the poster of the information to say something else ;)
:thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 24, 2017, 02:31:20 PM
Can someone share Guy's instagram handle, please? Thanks! The link from his site doesn't seem to work, and I can't find him by his name, but when he decides to share a pic of some cables, knobs or his keyboard rig every two years or so, i wouldn't want to miss that.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 24, 2017, 02:32:45 PM
100 pages already of what Vgonis would call wasting time  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :lol :lol :lol :lol

 :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 24, 2017, 02:54:35 PM
100 pages already of what Vgonis would call wasting time  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :lol :lol :lol :lol

 :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

It's officially out, amiters!

Album title: the pros and cons of time-wasting

Track listing:

1. That's life I guess
2. Onwards and upwards
3. More fun making it
4. More in January
5. A long piece of string
6. Not done recording
7. Far more interesting now
8. It's a mistery to me
9. You'll know when you know
10. Band sessions and cups of tea

Source: classified

P.S.: please don't show this to PCM, don't wanna get sued!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on October 24, 2017, 06:34:06 PM
100 pages already of what Vgonis would call wasting time  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

It's officially out, amiters!

Album title: the pros and cons of time-wasting

Track listing:

1. That's life I guess
2. Onwards and upwards
3. More fun making it
4. More in January
5. A long piece of string
6. Not done recording
7. Far more interesting now
8. It's a mistery to me
9. You'll know when you know
10. Band sessions and cups of tea

Source: classified

P.S.: please don't show this to PCM, don't wanna get sued!
come on, be nice to him

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 24, 2017, 07:31:05 PM
100 pages already of what Vgonis would call wasting time  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

It's officially out, amiters!

Album title: the pros and cons of time-wasting

Track listing:

1. That's life I guess
2. Onwards and upwards
3. More fun making it
4. More in January
5. A long piece of string
6. Not done recording
7. Far more interesting now
8. It's a mistery to me
9. You'll know when you know
10. Band sessions and cups of tea

Source: classified

P.S.: please don't show this to PCM, don't wanna get sued!
come on, be nice to him

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I posted it on his forum actually lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on October 24, 2017, 07:52:32 PM
Good one Ed!  No wonder they like the studio sessions so much.  They're probably linked up to AMIT in there too!    :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 24, 2017, 08:22:40 PM
Querido Eduardo

 :clap :clap :clap :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 24, 2017, 09:42:37 PM
Glorious results of  misspent time in the AMIT forum.  ;)   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 25, 2017, 12:09:44 AM
MKNews: FALSE RUMOUR: Posts on unofficial Facebook pages stating that Mark wiill be a special guest on John Illsley's UK tour are incorrect. Such rumours are false. (23/10/17)

My version: FALSE RUMOUR: Thoughts that Mark will do something that actual fans want are incorrect. Such rumours are false. (23/10/17)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 25, 2017, 06:39:39 AM
Can someone share Guy's instagram handle, please? Thanks! The link from his site doesn't seem to work, and I can't find him by his name, but when he decides to share a pic of some cables, knobs or his keyboard rig every two years or so, i wouldn't want to miss that.

https://www.instagram.com/guyus_maximus/
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 25, 2017, 07:04:54 AM
100 pages already of what Vgonis would call wasting time  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

It's officially out, amiters!

Album title: the pros and cons of time-wasting

Track listing:

1. That's life I guess
2. Onwards and upwards
3. More fun making it
4. More in January
5. A long piece of string
6. Not done recording
7. Far more interesting now
8. It's a mistery to me
9. You'll know when you know
10. Band sessions and cups of tea

Source: classified

P.S.: please don't show this to PCM, don't wanna get sued!
Special b-side: "our best album yet"

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 25, 2017, 09:13:59 AM
MKNews: FALSE RUMOUR: Posts on unofficial Facebook pages stating that Mark wiill be a special guest on John Illsley's UK tour are incorrect. Such rumours are false. (23/10/17)

My version: FALSE RUMOUR: Thoughts that Mark will do something that actual fans want are incorrect. Such rumours are false. (23/10/17)

There has been many times the two could have performed together. I always wondered why John never did show up as a guest for MK during a RAH concert. Just to a play a song or, 2 PI and sultans. Why not, whats the harm in that after 25 years??????? It's not like they never seen each other since DS was disbanded......
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 25, 2017, 09:17:09 AM
There has been many times the two could have performed together. I always wondered why John never did show up as a guest for MK during a RAH concert. Just to a play a song or, 2 PI and sultans. Why not, whats the harm in that after 25 years??????? It's not like they never seen each other since DS was disbanded......

WE LOOK FORWARD ONLY




let's play on every street
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 25, 2017, 09:44:47 AM
There has been many times the two could have performed together. I always wondered why John never did show up as a guest for MK during a RAH concert. Just to a play a song or, 2 PI and sultans. Why not, whats the harm in that after 25 years??????? It's not like they never seen each other since DS was disbanded......

WE LOOK FORWARD ONLY




let's play on every street

I'm going to see John tonight, so it would be amazing if MK turned up!     :D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 25, 2017, 01:08:04 PM
Meanwhile, Instagram account of a non-smoker.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on October 25, 2017, 01:26:51 PM
Can someone share Guy's instagram handle, please? Thanks! The link from his site doesn't seem to work, and I can't find him by his name, but when he decides to share a pic of some cables, knobs or his keyboard rig every two years or so, i wouldn't want to miss that.

https://www.instagram.com/guyus_maximus/

Thanks, Jbaent! Not that I would expect to get much out if it, though ... ;)

And I just realized that the account is "private", meaning that Guy will have to approve of anyone wanting to follow him. How silly is that, given that all the pictures end up on his website, anyway (just barely recognizable)? He seems to feel trapped in an almighty dilemma, as to whether he should share stuff or not share stuff. Make up your mind, Guy!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 25, 2017, 02:36:02 PM
Happy to entertain you, guys lol hopefully Guy won't get offended...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 25, 2017, 02:57:08 PM
Happy to entertain you, guys lol hopefully Guy won't get offended...

It's a thin line, yeah... But funny for us ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 25, 2017, 03:17:36 PM
Happy to entertain you, guys lol hopefully Guy won't get offended...

It's a thin line, yeah... But funny for us ;)

His sense of humor seems to be pretty acid but you never know...  :think  ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TJ on October 25, 2017, 06:10:29 PM
Special b-side: "our best album yet"

Other tracks on Deluxe limited edition:

"Soon"
"The Smell of Tape"
"Whatever Happened to Greg Pearle?"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 25, 2017, 06:58:38 PM
Going back to the topic. I think it is worth asking Guy Fletcher whether this year there is a chance to get news on new CDs ? For example, in December will give a date of release? January? March? Spring?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 25, 2017, 07:00:29 PM
I am curious if Playtime Deluxe is part of the new MK album, that track appeared a while ago now
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 25, 2017, 07:05:35 PM
GF he wrote no
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 25, 2017, 07:08:26 PM
Going back to the topic. I think it is worth asking Guy Fletcher whether this year there is a chance to get news on new CDs ? For example, in December will give a date of release? January? March? Spring?
Valid point

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 25, 2017, 07:08:38 PM
GF he wrote no
Pity!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 25, 2017, 07:20:47 PM
Going back to the topic. I think it is worth asking Guy Fletcher whether this year there is a chance to get news on new CDs ? For example, in December will give a date of release? January? March? Spring?
Valid point

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I agree but the answer from Guy will be: you'll know when i know / i'm sorry but i can not say at this moment / Soon i'm sure............
But it's worth trying
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 25, 2017, 08:16:06 PM
GF he wrote no

When and where Guy said that?

If you search in his forum for Playtime deluxe there is not any question where he answered that, at least in the q&a one
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 25, 2017, 08:19:12 PM
GF he wrote no

When and where Guy said that?

If you search in his forum for Playtime deluxe there is not any question where he answered that, at least in the q&a one
I cant remember that question or answer.  I thought maybe we could ask Guy. I like to know where he said it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 25, 2017, 08:19:42 PM
someone asked in the forum. A long time ago. I did not invent it  ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Banjo99uk on October 25, 2017, 08:25:25 PM
GF he wrote no

When and where Guy said that?

If you search in his forum for Playtime deluxe there is not any question where he answered that, at least in the q&a one
He said the following about playtime deluxd
"no, it wasn't written specifically for Bill...more than that I cannot say"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 25, 2017, 08:47:40 PM
And the question is whether this song will be on the new album but maybe something I did not understand. I do not remember
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on October 25, 2017, 10:13:08 PM
Well Guy said more in January, so maybe some news will be in January? Anyway, it seems it's easier just to wait till March.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 25, 2017, 10:26:45 PM
I really need a new music Mark Knopfler :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 27, 2017, 03:00:30 PM
Looks like Guy didn't appreciate the track listing joke I made, he ignored it  ;D

He doesn't handle criticism really well, even if it's just a little joke. Guy's been like that for years now, he loves tech questions and bootlickers but if you touch upon anything he does and don't praise it you're either ignored or get the typical fletch response. I don't know why I keep posting on there, I think it's just because it's cool to interect with someone I used to look up to and I can't help it...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on October 27, 2017, 04:26:54 PM
Or maybe fans can't handle the fact that it is a GUY FLETCHER (producer, keyboardist, songwriter, etc) website and the fact that it has never been an official Mark Knopfler / Dire Straits website  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 27, 2017, 04:52:20 PM
Or maybe fans can't handle the fact that it is a GUY FLETCHER (producer, keyboardist, songwriter, etc) website and the fact that it has never been an official Mark Knopfler / Dire Straits website  :)

Do you really think people visit and comment on his forum because of Guy Fletcher? Really? If Mark ever fires Guy his forum will become as relevant as a popsicle in Siberia.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 27, 2017, 06:08:17 PM
Or maybe fans can't handle the fact that it is a GUY FLETCHER (producer, keyboardist, songwriter, etc) website and the fact that it has never been an official Mark Knopfler / Dire Straits website  :)

Do you really think people visit and comment on his forum because of Guy Fletcher? Really? If Mark ever fires Guy his forum will become as relevant as a popsicle in Siberia.

That's true.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on October 27, 2017, 06:10:37 PM
Or maybe fans can't handle the fact that it is a GUY FLETCHER (producer, keyboardist, songwriter, etc) website and the fact that it has never been an official Mark Knopfler / Dire Straits website  :)

Do you really think people visit and comment on his forum because of Guy Fletcher? Really? If Mark ever fires Guy his forum will become as relevant as a popsicle in Siberia.

No,  I don't think they do.
But still, it is a GUY FLETCHER website / forum.

When it comes to sound engineering / music questions, he answers very nicely and offers his help. So I guess it will still be a very interesting place for musicians and sound freaks, just not for Mark Knopfler fans.

He doesn't need to do this obviously, he doesn't make a living out of this, so everything he gives us is a bonus, something we would never have anyway because MK would never run a forum or a diary anyway.

Just be thankful he's doing it as long he still bothers doing it.
Just my opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 27, 2017, 07:30:02 PM

"He doesn't need to do this obviously, he doesn't make a living out of this, so everything he gives us is a bonus, something we would never have anyway because MK would never run a forum or a diary anyway.

Just be thankful he's doing it as long he still bothers doing it.
Just my opinion"

Exactly
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 27, 2017, 07:33:36 PM

"He doesn't need to do this obviously, he doesn't make a living out of this, so everything he gives us is a bonus, something we would never have anyway because MK would never run a forum or a diary anyway.

Just be thankful he's doing it as long he still bothers doing it.
Just my opinion"

Exactly

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on October 27, 2017, 09:00:17 PM

"He doesn't need to do this obviously, he doesn't make a living out of this, so everything he gives us is a bonus, something we would never have anyway because MK would never run a forum or a diary anyway.

Just be thankful he's doing it as long he still bothers doing it.
Just my opinion"

Exactly

 :thumbsup

Good point.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on October 28, 2017, 12:25:56 AM

"He doesn't need to do this obviously, he doesn't make a living out of this, so everything he gives us is a bonus, something we would never have anyway because MK would never run a forum or a diary anyway.

Just be thankful he's doing it as long he still bothers doing it.
Just my opinion"

Exactly
I agree, indeed a good point but than again what is the bonus? A diary wich tells us nothing more than a couple of mucisions who are making a new album with MK. The surprise for us die hard fans is to see that Danny C is on board but thats all... With all respect...... He never gives us news about a new tour when it's gonna start or something like that. But okay, i understand he is paid by MK and that's the one in charge.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 28, 2017, 12:47:58 AM
I looked up "die-hard fan"
die-hard fan
A die-hard fan is somebody who is completely 100% obsessed with their favorite game, band, movie, etc. these people wait in long lines, in the blistering cold, just to bring home the new "thing" they are fans of.

I am sorry but I am not a die hard fan. I have been listening and collecting DS & MK for nearly 30 years, but this is already recognized as an obsession that (perhaps) hurts only me. But when it comes to a person, I always try to put myself in the famous person's shoes. If one's fame means that he has to take everything from his fans (and in this case someone else's fans) I would feel so frustrated, outraged and tired of the human race that I would close, gently,  every door of communication.

 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 28, 2017, 01:04:10 AM
Again, 95% of people who post there are MK fans. Guy knows that and if he wants to keep it running he needs to cope with that. To be honest? It’s nice to have it but I wouldn’t miss it very much if he shut it down. At least for as long as he provides forumers with such poor content.

And just for the record, it’s just my opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 28, 2017, 12:21:16 PM
If Guy closed his site there are a lot of things we would miss.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on October 28, 2017, 12:24:37 PM
I would miss it very much.   We are fortunate to have a member of the band to communicate with, even if we don't always get the answer we want, or even an answer at all!   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on October 28, 2017, 12:26:49 PM
I would miss it very much.   We are fortunate to have a member of the band to communicate with, even if we don't always get the answer we want, or even an answer at all!
This
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on October 28, 2017, 12:49:29 PM
I believe that Guy shares with us what is allowed. We are still very lucky.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 28, 2017, 02:49:27 PM
I understand people who think Guy's website is still relevant, I really do. But for me, and maybe it's his fault for having spoilt me, it feels like the end of the party. The band is gone, someone sweeps the floor, a drunken couple making out in the corner, but you still have a beer and don't wanna go home. It used to be awesome and now is just better than nothing. At least that's how I feel.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on October 28, 2017, 09:28:35 PM

No,  I don't think they do.
But still, it is a GUY FLETCHER website / forum.

When it comes to sound engineering / music questions, he answers very nicely and offers his help. So I guess it will still be a very interesting place for musicians and sound freaks, just not for Mark Knopfler fans.

He doesn't need to do this obviously, he doesn't make a living out of this, so everything he gives us is a bonus, something we would never have anyway because MK would never run a forum or a diary anyway.

Just be thankful he's doing it as long he still bothers doing it.
Just my opinion.

Exactly :) He can not announce official things like a tour or a new album, and he can not announce song titles without MKs permission. So what can we expect? Nobody *needs* to follow him, you know you will get the official news anyway, but I do it, because I like the man  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on October 28, 2017, 09:30:05 PM
I would miss it very much.   We are fortunate to have a member of the band to communicate with, even if we don't always get the answer we want, or even an answer at all!
Agree

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on October 28, 2017, 09:41:16 PM
"He can not announce official things like a tour or a new album, and he can not announce song titles without MKs permission. So what can we expect? Nobody *needs* to follow him, you know you will get the official news anyway, but I do it, because I like the man"

 Exactly. MKNews announces release date, tracklist, album cover, etc. It seems we are expecting too much from Guy Fletcher. Patience : )
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 28, 2017, 09:50:19 PM
"The band is gone, someone sweeps the floor, a drunken couple making out in the corner, but you still have a beer and don't wanna go home"

I know that feeling  ;D, you become comfortably numb, the child is grown, the dream is gone ...and then, suddenly, all is getting better
 :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 28, 2017, 10:00:47 PM
Who cares when the new album of MK comes out when you have something real and special in your hands. A good beer is all you need.
Ah, never mind that. You have to be the one half of the couple at the corner, instead of roaming around with a beer in your hands looking for answers at a simile.
Try a metaphor.   ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on October 28, 2017, 10:23:41 PM
Who needs a fan forum anyway...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 28, 2017, 10:38:24 PM
when it comes to nursing a beer, the car was the one actually!
 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 28, 2017, 11:38:16 PM
Who cares when the new album of MK comes out when you have something real and special in your hands. A good beer is all you need.
Ah, never mind that. You have to be the one half of the couple at the corner, instead of roaming around with a beer in your hands looking for answers at a simile.
Try a metaphor.   ;)

I might ask the lady that’s sweeping the floor out, how about that?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 28, 2017, 11:39:11 PM
Who needs a fan forum anyway...

I do!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on October 29, 2017, 12:01:44 AM
Who needs a fan forum anyway...

It's the next best thing to a good old fashioned mailing list.  ;)

Facebook groups has got nothing on this!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on October 29, 2017, 12:04:39 AM
and another song has appeared,
"Behind With The Rent"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 29, 2017, 01:30:05 AM
 ::)
and another song has appeared,
"Behind With The Rent"

 :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 29, 2017, 06:38:08 PM
Who cares when the new album of MK comes out when you have something real and special in your hands. A good beer is all you need.
Ah, never mind that. You have to be the one half of the couple at the corner, instead of roaming around with a beer in your hands looking for answers at a simile.
Try a metaphor.   ;)

I might ask the lady that’s sweeping the floor out, how about that?

You do that, even if you are a bit too old and shabby for her.  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 29, 2017, 08:33:25 PM
Who cares when the new album of MK comes out when you have something real and special in your hands. A good beer is all you need.
Ah, never mind that. You have to be the one half of the couple at the corner, instead of roaming around with a beer in your hands looking for answers at a simile.
Try a metaphor.   ;)

I might ask the lady that’s sweeping the floor out, how about that?

You do that, even if you are a bit too old and shabby for her.  ;)

Those I’m not, my friend lol I’ll remember to ask you for advice when I get to that though...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: vgonis on October 29, 2017, 08:38:43 PM
No need, no more advice on a MK fan forum. After all,  nature will show you the way.   :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 29, 2017, 08:47:25 PM
Ok, I’ll get back to you when I need help with sarcasm then:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: stormbreaker on November 01, 2017, 05:58:53 PM
Does somebody know when a possible album and tour announcement and schedule will come? We keep waiting, and waiting.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 01, 2017, 07:18:24 PM
Does somebody know when a possible album and tour announcement and schedule will come? We keep waiting, and waiting.

Soon
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 01, 2017, 08:08:55 PM
Does somebody know when a possible album and tour announcement and schedule will come? We keep waiting, and waiting.

Soon
  :smack :smack :smack

I expect nothing anytime soon. If we get lucky the new album will be out in April with a tour starting shortley after. But then we are very very very lucky. More likely is a new album in september with a tour starting in  ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 01, 2017, 09:03:23 PM
Album would be out in September 2018 with an autumn tour in NA and an European tour starting March or April 2019.

In the meantime, hopefully, before the record release we might have news about the secret project and the Henrik Hansen documentary.

I don't expect any official announcement until march 2018 as sooner.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 01, 2017, 10:43:44 PM
Album would be out in September 2018 with an autumn tour in NA and an European tour starting March or April 2019.

In the meantime, hopefully, before the record release we might have news about the secret project and the Henrik Hansen documentary.

I don't expect any official announcement until march 2018 as sooner.

If autumn tour 2018 in NA is possible than the tour will be anounced before the album release. I believe last autumn tours in NA were anounced in January.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on November 02, 2017, 08:58:27 AM
Someone's asking the man if there is to be announcement on Cullercoats next week. I think I am on safe ground by saying the Guy is not going to answer that one. Maybe something is in the wind, however!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 02, 2017, 09:20:34 AM
Someone's asking the man if there is to be announcement on Cullercoats next week. I think I am on safe ground by saying the Guy is not going to answer that one. Maybe something is in the wind, however!

Lol it's the same guy who asked Guy about Cullercoats in the first place. But seriously, I'm starting to think that Mark can actually name an album like that... I can almost hear him saying things like "Getting a band together on tour is like a funfair, so I used this name after my childhood experience, because there's a famous funfair in Cullercoats, but I can't call it Spanish City because" and blah-blah-blah.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 02, 2017, 09:51:29 AM
Someone's asking the man if there is to be announcement on Cullercoats next week. I think I am on safe ground by saying the Guy is not going to answer that one. Maybe something is in the wind, however!

With a scheduled date of finish recordings on March 2018, I think it's way to early to have a name for a record that it's not even complete.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 02, 2017, 02:12:17 PM
Someone's asking the man if there is to be announcement on Cullercoats next week. I think I am on safe ground by saying the Guy is not going to answer that one. Maybe something is in the wind, however!

With a scheduled date of finish recordings on March 2018, I think it's way to early to have a name for a record that it's not even complete.

It depends. I'm sure that at this point they know exactly which songs they are recording for the album. They will discard some like they always do, but there are others that have already made the cut and if they think that one of them represents the main idea of the album it's totally possible the title has been chosen. But... it's also possible that one of the songs they haven't recorded yet ends up being a pleasant surprise, who knows.

But in my opinion it's pretty safe to assume the album title was chosen a while ago.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 02, 2017, 02:14:39 PM
Actually, that's a good question for Guy. How and when they usually decide it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on November 02, 2017, 09:16:22 PM
Someone's asking the man if there is to be announcement on Cullercoats next week. I think I am on safe ground by saying the Guy is not going to answer that one. Maybe something is in the wind, however!

Is Cullercoats the new album title or what is this? I think I've missed something :hmm ??? :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on November 02, 2017, 09:58:31 PM
I think the name Cullercoats falls into the "Wild Fan Speculation without any real basis in fact" category.....but who knows, they may know something we don't and we will all have a pleasant surprise.  If it is the album title, its another of those 'going back in history' albums.....lots of river/docks/mining/Billy Fury type references I suspect. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 02, 2017, 10:27:12 PM
Wel Guy is not answering the question. Seems like he is denying it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 02, 2017, 10:52:57 PM
An answer was already there

Julio

October 24, 2017

“New album on April 1st? Working title ‘cullercoats’?” Way too early for April Fools, don’t you think? By the way. Albums get released on friday. April 1st is Sunday. belljon1, good try, but trolling must not be welcomed here.

GF:

well that's that idea out the window
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on November 02, 2017, 11:33:45 PM
if the new album is named "cullercoats", then he MUST play TOL again on the next tour ;)  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 03, 2017, 12:05:53 AM
An answer was already there

Julio

October 24, 2017

“New album on April 1st? Working title ‘cullercoats’?” Way too early for April Fools, don’t you think? By the way. Albums get released on friday. April 1st is Sunday. belljon1, good try, but trolling must not be welcomed here.

GF:

well that's that idea out the window

But that was not the original question. He was also avoiding that one. After that one came Julio's question.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on November 03, 2017, 07:14:37 AM
An answer was already there

Julio

October 24, 2017

“New album on April 1st? Working title ‘cullercoats’?” Way too early for April Fools, don’t you think? By the way. Albums get released on friday. April 1st is Sunday. belljon1, good try, but trolling must not be welcomed here.

GF:

well that's that idea out the window

But that was not the original question. He was also avoiding that one. After that one came Julio's question.

Ah now it is clear. Thanks!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 03, 2017, 08:08:17 AM
I wonder if something is going to happen next week like someone is suggesting on his forum  ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 03, 2017, 08:18:47 AM
I wonder if something is going to happen next week like someone is suggesting on his forum  ???

I don't think so. Guy already adressed us to january for another band sessions diary, probably the one with Richard Bennett and probably with the folkies... so I don't expect until later that band sessions.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 03, 2017, 09:39:45 AM
I wonder if something is going to happen next week like someone is suggesting on his forum  ???

I don't think so. Guy already adressed us to january for another band sessions diary, probably the one with Richard Bennett and probably with the folkies... so I don't expect until later that band sessions.
Good point! Perhaps news about the documentary?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 03, 2017, 10:14:17 AM
Waiting is intolerable
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 03, 2017, 10:15:41 AM
Waiting is intolerable

And patience a virtue
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 03, 2017, 10:19:10 AM
That's true, but this time the silence is too long.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 03, 2017, 10:54:46 AM
Waiting is hard, specially since the last MK release and tour is from 2015, it's been a two years wait and it looks like there's still more waiting... but I'm sure that at least next year there will be news and releases...

I have a naive hope that next year the record company will re-issue the DS back catalogue with special editions with bonus material, as it will mark the 40th anniversary of the first DS release, but, as I say, it's a naive hope.  :hmm

For sure, 2018 will have the documentary dvd release, and the announcements of the secret project, the next MK record and tour, so after two years of waiting, it's just around the corner  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 03, 2017, 11:08:23 AM
"I have a naive hope that next year the record company will re-issue the DS back catalogue with special editions with bonus material, as it will mark the 40th anniversary of the first DS release, but, as I say, it's a naive hope"

It would be beautiful  :) I have a naive hope too
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 03, 2017, 12:18:06 PM
if the new album is named "cullercoats", then he MUST play TOL again on the next tour ;)  ;D

Well, you never know.  He was fed up with TR during the last tour to the point he dropped it from the set...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on November 03, 2017, 03:03:49 PM
I have a naive hope that next year the record company will re-issue the DS back catalogue with special editions with bonus material, as it will mark the 40th anniversary of the first DS release, but, as I say, it's a naive hope.  :hmm

For the 20th anniversary, the sultans of swing comp was released and it contained bonus material from 96 tour

For the 30th anniversay, nothing has been released, but Mark was on tour

I would love to have same hope as you, but in 98, Ed was still there, and you can see that after his departure bonus material from previous years hasn't been released.
Well, The PI comp in 2005 contained few more bars in STP and a "new" song (ATRR) that has been released few months later.....what a big deal ! :smack
Ok you will say that the privateering box set contained reherseal stuff...but not really gems

so if you look at 1998 and 2008, I don't see why in 2018 would suddendly come those special editions we all are waiting for....but I (really) hope I'm wrong
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on November 03, 2017, 05:03:06 PM
Well, a "deluxe" edition of their debut album including SOS single version, Let's Boogie Around plus unreleased material from the Hope and Anchor gig, the whole pathway demo. I know I am dreaming

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RxbE4soF_U/U5f2bKZ5swI/AAAAAAAAIs8/73-LgvNpM2o/s1600/dreamer-smiley.png)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on November 03, 2017, 06:49:45 PM
Yes i would love to have this !!! :P :P :P :P
but at least, we already know these recordings

far more "unreleased" would be a deluxe edition of Communique with the entire album in demo versions ! THAT would be a total NEW unreleased material, because we never heard this, apart WDYTYG
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 07, 2017, 10:29:03 AM
I am very curious what will be the answer  :)

bombur:

"Hi Doc – hope all good and the musicality is flowing. Coming to the end of the year – any chance of any 'news' before 2018 is heralded in? Just asking"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 07, 2017, 01:39:29 PM
How about: Soon i'm sure.... :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 08, 2017, 12:13:22 PM
I am very curious what will be the answer  :)

bombur:

"Hi Doc – hope all good and the musicality is flowing. Coming to the end of the year – any chance of any 'news' before 2018 is heralded in? Just asking"

He has choosen not to answer this question  ??? ???
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 08, 2017, 01:44:03 PM
It's the consequences  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 14, 2017, 11:24:36 AM
When I read that Richard Bennett would be recording again with MK, I don't know why I thought that it might be in the January sessions that Guy mentioned us, or at least that in January he would upload a new diary entry, and I read again Bennett's words and it looks like he will be playing with MK perhaps right now, perhaps very soon, but in December at last...

I’ll also be recording with Mark Knopfler and really looking forward to that.  Some other odds and ends already coming in for sessions so I plan to keep busy through the autumn and winter months   And then… the holidays.

That's good news because it means that recording sessions are quite advanced. If in december Richard had travelled and recorded his parts it means that early 2018 they could also record the folkies, or maybe the folkies would be in that sessions this winter,and have the record quite advanced early 2018...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 14, 2017, 04:35:28 PM
I have the impression they will take months mixing it and wouldn't be surprised if some retakes take place during the process. They seem to be working on this one like never done before, either polishing a true diamond or fixing a lot of stuff. Or maybe both. Perhaps just drinking too much tea. I don't know, at this point I just want a deadline and then a good album. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: stormbreaker on November 15, 2017, 04:27:16 PM
The problem is MK needs to announce the tour and album at least +/- 6 months before the first concert and release of the album. I don't understand the whole thing: in 2015 the album was released on March 16. In september 2014 there was an announcement. Now it is middle november 2018 and there is nothing! So, what the hell are they doing?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 15, 2017, 06:00:20 PM
Recording
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on November 15, 2017, 07:22:03 PM
40 years of musical career
It has to be celebrated and you sure smell what they're cooking
Just be patient  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Justme on November 15, 2017, 08:21:08 PM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 16, 2017, 10:30:49 AM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."

Quite accurate, LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 16, 2017, 01:40:33 PM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."

Given the lack of enthusiasm Mark has been displaying when soloing over the last few tours it's pretty safe to assume they went straight for the flutes lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 16, 2017, 01:54:47 PM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."

Given the lack of enthusiasm Mark has been displaying when soloing over the last few tours it's pretty safe to assume they went straight for the flutes lol

The thing is MK is "too much" into that folkie style, that makes him choose the songs that will go in the record depending on if they fit with each other, with maybe one or two songs out of the style, and sometimes great songs are left out...

Do you remember when the Get Lucky diary, Guy told us about a song in which MK Les Paul was recorded at a high volume and with a great number of mics positioned in different places? It was a song that didn't make on the record because it was so rockier that didn't fit with the rest, and having "Cleaning my gun" in the record already was enough.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 16, 2017, 02:20:25 PM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."

Given the lack of enthusiasm Mark has been displaying when soloing over the last few tours it's pretty safe to assume they went straight for the flutes lol

The thing is MK is "too much" into that folkie style, that makes him choose the songs that will go in the record depending on if they fit with each other, with maybe one or two songs out of the style, and sometimes great songs are left out...

Do you remember when the Get Lucky diary, Guy told us about a song in which MK Les Paul was recorded at a high volume and with a great number of mics positioned in different places? It was a song that didn't make on the record because it was so rockier that didn't fit with the rest, and having "Cleaning my gun" in the record already was enough.

I do remember that and will never forgive Guy for making me drool over nothing  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on November 16, 2017, 02:23:04 PM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."

Given the lack of enthusiasm Mark has been displaying when soloing over the last few tours it's pretty safe to assume they went straight for the flutes lol

The thing is MK is "too much" into that folkie style, that makes him choose the songs that will go in the record depending on if they fit with each other, with maybe one or two songs out of the style, and sometimes great songs are left out...

Do you remember when the Get Lucky diary, Guy told us about a song in which MK Les Paul was recorded at a high volume and with a great number of mics positioned in different places? It was a song that didn't make on the record because it was so rockier that didn't fit with the rest, and having "Cleaning my gun" in the record already was enough.

I do remember that and will never forgive Guy for making me drool over nothing  :lol

Are you sure that song was dropped? I always assumed it was "Too Far from the Clyde".
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 16, 2017, 02:33:15 PM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."

Given the lack of enthusiasm Mark has been displaying when soloing over the last few tours it's pretty safe to assume they went straight for the flutes lol

The thing is MK is "too much" into that folkie style, that makes him choose the songs that will go in the record depending on if they fit with each other, with maybe one or two songs out of the style, and sometimes great songs are left out...

Do you remember when the Get Lucky diary, Guy told us about a song in which MK Les Paul was recorded at a high volume and with a great number of mics positioned in different places? It was a song that didn't make on the record because it was so rockier that didn't fit with the rest, and having "Cleaning my gun" in the record already was enough.

I do remember that and will never forgive Guy for making me drool over nothing  :lol

Are you sure that song was dropped? I always assumed it was "Too Far from the Clyde".

It was a song titled "Bonfire's night", you might remember when Guy accidentally revealed the titles of some unreleased tracks in a contest in its diary, and someone asked him about it in the old forum.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on November 16, 2017, 02:57:29 PM
Bonfire Night.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on November 16, 2017, 04:02:56 PM
I always thought Guy said that the 'loud' song was 'Cleaning my gun'
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on November 16, 2017, 09:29:29 PM
I always thought Guy said that the 'loud' song was 'Cleaning my gun'
yes I always thought that too
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 16, 2017, 10:19:57 PM
I would quite like Mark to get back to the country rocker from the OES/Hillbillies/Chet days.  Personally I think that style suits him, but most of all I like it!  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 17, 2017, 07:58:45 AM
I always thought Guy said that the 'loud' song was 'Cleaning my gun'
yes I always thou gfght that too

No, it was bonfire night.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on November 20, 2017, 08:09:30 PM
I always thought Guy said that the 'loud' song was 'Cleaning my gun'
yes I always thou gfght that too

No, it was bonfire night.

I confirm that the song remained unreleased.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 20, 2017, 11:02:27 PM
RB on tour with Neil again in 2018??
http://scenestr.com.au/music/neil-diamond-sweet-australia-tour-2018

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on November 21, 2017, 01:14:35 AM
If RB is on tour with Neil in 2018, 2 comments - I live in that part of the world, but wont be seeing him and secondly its going to be the only time RB will visit Australia as its not like MK visits this part of the world (for whatever reason).  Does anyone know Neil's set list structure?  Are they static night after night or does he do a Bruce and ANYTHING can get played??
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 21, 2017, 10:05:54 AM
If RB is on tour with Neil in 2018, 2 comments - I live in that part of the world, but wont be seeing him and secondly its going to be the only time RB will visit Australia as its not like MK visits this part of the world (for whatever reason).  Does anyone know Neil's set list structure?  Are they static night after night or does he do a Bruce and ANYTHING can get played??
https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/neil-diamond-bd6bd42.html

 :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on November 21, 2017, 11:11:06 AM
Wow, typically 28 or so tracks, that sounds like “The Boss” concert durations!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 21, 2017, 12:14:21 PM
If RB is on tour with Neil in 2018, 2 comments - I live in that part of the world, but wont be seeing him and secondly its going to be the only time RB will visit Australia as its not like MK visits this part of the world (for whatever reason).  Does anyone know Neil's set list structure?  Are they static night after night or does he do a Bruce and ANYTHING can get played??

Looking at the two London shows there are only two changes, so basically the same as Knopfler shows.  Perhaps Ricardo likes the static sets and the rest of the band would like to alter it... :think

P.S.  RB visited Australia with Mark back in 2005, although I reckon they won't be back any time soon.  Prove me wrong Mark!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 21, 2017, 12:21:10 PM
RB on tour with Neil again in 2018??
http://scenestr.com.au/music/neil-diamond-sweet-australia-tour-2018

Did Richard confirmed he would be in the band in that leg of the Neil's tour?

If yes, it means that MK is not going to tour in Europe this spring/summer, as Richard would be with Neil Diamond, and McCusker will be touring in June/July 2018...

Our only chance for last year is Fall 2018, and he did it in previous tours, I guess, he would play North America in Fall. I don't know why, as Europe is warmer than North America in Fall, but, that's how he did it in 2013 and 2015...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on November 21, 2017, 10:11:38 PM
"....well, today we had been recording a screamin' 10 minute guitar solo, but in the end decided that the song is the boss and replaced that track with flutes...."
LOL  man
 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 22, 2017, 03:57:54 PM
RB on tour with Neil again in 2018??
http://scenestr.com.au/music/neil-diamond-sweet-australia-tour-2018

Did Richard confirmed he would be in the band in that leg of the Neil's tour?

If yes, it means that MK is not going to tour in Europe this spring/summer, as Richard would be with Neil Diamond, and McCusker will be touring in June/July 2018...

Our only chance for last year is Fall 2018, and he did it in previous tours, I guess, he would play North America in Fall. I don't know why, as Europe is warmer than North America in Fall, but, that's how he did it in 2013 and 2015...

Excuse me but this sucks!  You shouldn't have to book RB in advance just so that you can record your album and go on tour!  You're Mark Knopfler!  There are other guitarists.  Granted, you've fallen out with a few over the years and insulted your old pals with a certain song but I'm sure you can find someone!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 22, 2017, 04:01:37 PM
Maybe the other guitarist is... Eric Clapton  :o  :clap  ;D

The duet album rumour lives on!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 22, 2017, 04:03:33 PM
The thing is Mk and Richard are good friends, RB only said yes to his old boss and friend Neil Diamond after asking MK if the agenda was free...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Lis on November 22, 2017, 04:36:16 PM
Neil's tour dates (from the article) are 20 March to 14 April.  These dates would not interfere with Mark's typical schedule. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 22, 2017, 04:52:45 PM
As far as I recall, Mk tours usually starts in April/May. Tracker was on May 15th if I'm right, and previous tours started in April and May as well. Rehearsals usually happens in march and April so, yes, it kind of interfere...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on November 22, 2017, 06:21:48 PM
Robbie Mc Intosh could make the deal ?  ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 22, 2017, 07:04:08 PM
Robbie Mc Intosh could make the deal ?  ::)

Again, it's what we want against what MK wants.

We have also to consider that we totally ignore the schedule of the secret project. I'm quite sure that it would be the "guilt" of having MK busy and not having a tour in 2018.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 22, 2017, 07:46:06 PM
I think they will tour but it will be late 2018. Oktober november and the frist week in december.
Something like that. Probably US.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 22, 2017, 09:22:06 PM
With the new record out for sure in september next year i see no reason why to wait with the tour untill 2019. Makes no sence i think  :think
But yes indeed there is still that secret project and we do not know what obligations MK has with that...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 22, 2017, 11:23:43 PM
RB has confirmed he will be on tour with Neil next year.
I've send him an email true his website and he replied within the hour.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 23, 2017, 09:09:57 AM
RB has confirmed he will be on tour with Neil next year.
I've send him an email true his website and he replied within the hour.

Now that' some real fan service right there! I love Richard.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on November 23, 2017, 10:09:05 AM
RB has confirmed he will be on tour with Neil next year.
I've send him an email true his website and he replied within the hour.

Did you also ask him when MK is touring again? ;D  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on November 23, 2017, 10:19:47 PM
Would RB really go for two tours in 2018????  Me not think so....That's a lot of touring would take him away from Nashville for most of the year....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 24, 2017, 12:03:10 PM
Would RB really go for two tours in 2018????  Me not think so....That's a lot of touring would take him away from Nashville for most of the year....

If MK tours in 2018, for Richard would be two months in Spring and two months in autumn, with plenty of months free in between to be in Nashville.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 24, 2017, 01:26:11 PM
I'm sure RB can handle two tours, especially if those are not proper world tours.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on November 25, 2017, 12:35:19 AM
I'm sure RB can handle two tours, especially if those are not proper world tours.

Since he only has to learn 2-3 new songs for each tour with MK he should be perfectly fine.  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 25, 2017, 02:49:47 AM
I'm sure RB can handle two tours, especially if those are not proper world tours.

Since he only has to learn 2-3 new songs for each tour with MK he should be perfectly fine.  ;D

He takes longer finding the best guitar/amp/mic combo than learning the songs themselves  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 25, 2017, 02:03:37 PM
Familiar faces in British Grove these days... Marcus Cliffe was working on a project there and now is Chris Whitten...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 25, 2017, 02:39:54 PM
Chris Whitten? Third drummer?  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 25, 2017, 04:03:49 PM
Marcus Cliffe? From this information ?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 26, 2017, 10:50:10 AM
From their Facebook and Instagram accounts. They are working in other projects that have nothing to do with MK. They are working in mk studio with other artists.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on November 26, 2017, 01:21:07 PM
 I understand. Thanks :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on November 26, 2017, 08:04:23 PM
That is some serious drum recording. Besides the drums fully miked there are also 4 room mikes.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on November 26, 2017, 10:29:48 PM
Familiar faces in British Grove these days... Marcus Cliffe was working on a project there and now is Chris Whitten...

Sorry for an off-topic, but Mark's studio with its round windows on the roof reminds me of our marketplace here in St. Petersburg which I visited often when I was a kid and it still exist. If only Mark knew with what his multi-million studio associates with :lol :lol :lol

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/31382/51667439.665/0_11ce3e_a5cb9678_XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on November 27, 2017, 12:57:32 PM
Familiar faces in British Grove these days... Marcus Cliffe was working on a project there and now is Chris Whitten...

Sorry for an off-topic, but Mark's studio with its round windows on the roof reminds me of our marketplace here in St. Petersburg which I visited often when I was a kid and it still exist. If only Mark knew with what his multi-million studio associates with :lol :lol :lol

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/31382/51667439.665/0_11ce3e_a5cb9678_XL.jpg)

He'd probably write a song about it  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on November 27, 2017, 08:22:24 PM
Familiar faces in British Grove these days... Marcus Cliffe was working on a project there and now is Chris Whitten...

Sorry for an off-topic, but Mark's studio with its round windows on the roof reminds me of our marketplace here in St. Petersburg which I visited often when I was a kid and it still exist. If only Mark knew with what his multi-million studio associates with :lol :lol :lol

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/31382/51667439.665/0_11ce3e_a5cb9678_XL.jpg)

He'd probably write a song about it  ;D

Richard, Guy and the folky team would have to learn Balalaika playing.
(so cliché)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 28, 2017, 01:47:40 PM
Another one in British Grove recording, apparently something that has nothing to do with MK...

According John McCusker instagram, he's recording in BG a movie soundtrack.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on November 28, 2017, 02:24:18 PM
Another one in British Grove recording, apparently something that has nothing to do with MK...

According John McCusker instagram, he's recording in BG a movie soundtrack.

Whistle Down the Wind maybe?  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on November 28, 2017, 04:28:09 PM
Someone asks Guy if is possible that MK would join Clapton, Santana, Steve Winwood at Hyde Park summer festival (all these play in the same date) and he answers:

Anything is possible

Do you really think he means it or is just fooling us?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on November 28, 2017, 06:28:10 PM
Someone asks Guy if is possible that MK would join Clapton, Santana, Steve Winwood at Hyde Park summer festival (all these play in the same date) and he answers:

Anything is possible

Do you really think he means it or is just fooling us?

About 1 week someone also asked Guy about the possibility to see MK somewhere on stage in 2018 or would they spent more time in the studio working on the projects.
He replied by saying it was difficult for him to answer that question at this moment...

Perhaps something is cooking.......
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on November 28, 2017, 09:41:49 PM
Familiar faces in British Grove these days... Marcus Cliffe was working on a project there and now is Chris Whitten...

Sorry for an off-topic, but Mark's studio with its round windows on the roof reminds me of our marketplace here in St. Petersburg which I visited often when I was a kid and it still exist. If only Mark knew with what his multi-million studio associates with :lol :lol :lol

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/31382/51667439.665/0_11ce3e_a5cb9678_XL.jpg)

He'd probably write a song about it  ;D

Richard, Guy and the folky team would have to learn Balalaika playing.
(so cliché)
I can't but reply, Wind of Change has just started in the pub...
 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on November 28, 2017, 09:45:22 PM
Familiar faces in British Grove these days... Marcus Cliffe was working on a project there and now is Chris Whitten...

Sorry for an off-topic, but Mark's studio with its round windows on the roof reminds me of our marketplace here in St. Petersburg which I visited often when I was a kid and it still exist. If only Mark knew with what his multi-million studio associates with

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/31382/51667439.665/0_11ce3e_a5cb9678_XL.jpg)

He'd probably write a song about it  ;D

Richard, Guy and the folky team would have to learn Balalaika playing.
(so cliché)
I can't but reply, Wind of Change has just started in the pub...
 ;D
Love that song
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: stormbreaker on November 29, 2017, 10:51:08 AM
Saint Petersburg Russia or USA?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 01, 2017, 10:45:53 AM
Future looks promising of good news... 2018 is around the corner...

- A new Guy diary entry about the recording of the new album
- A scheduled date of finishing the album in March
- The announcement of the release of the Henrik Hansen documentary
- An announcement for the new record release, hopefully for 2018 as well?
- An announcement for the secret project?

It's been a long waiting but it's just around the corner  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on December 01, 2017, 10:53:57 AM
Why separate the Hansen documentary from the other stuff... I always thought that it would "only" be part of another Deluxe Box Set or let's say a special Edition of the album.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 01, 2017, 10:59:40 AM
Why separate the Hansen documentary from the other stuff... I always thought that it would "only" be part of another Deluxe Box Set or let's say a special Edition of the album.

LE

I thought the same, but it was announced in MKNEWS as a separated release, or that's what I understood...

I preffer it that way, would do the waiting shorter until the album, in case is release before, of course  :lol

http://www.markknopfler.com/henrick-hansen-documentary/ (http://www.markknopfler.com/henrick-hansen-documentary/)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on December 01, 2017, 11:13:49 AM
Future looks promising of good news... 2018 is around the corner...

- A new Guy diary entry about the recording of the new album
- A scheduled date of finishing the album in March
- The announcement of the release of the Henrik Hansen documentary
- An announcement for the new record release, hopefully for 2018 as well?
- An announcement for the secret project?

It's been a long waiting but it's just around the corner  :lol


 :thumbsup

I am waiting with great impatience

and two  songs with Tommy Emmanuel :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 01, 2017, 11:28:12 AM
Future looks promising of good news... 2018 is around the corner...

- A new Guy diary entry about the recording of the new album
- A scheduled date of finishing the album in March
- The announcement of the release of the Henrik Hansen documentary
- An announcement for the new record release, hopefully for 2018 as well?
- An announcement for the secret project?

It's been a long waiting but it's just around the corner  :lol


 :thumbsup

I am waiting with great impatience

and two  songs with Tommy Emmanuel :)

And one MK song in the new Tommy Emmanuel record as well!!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on December 01, 2017, 11:37:12 AM
Right. One :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 01, 2017, 11:40:42 AM
Right. One :)

But you are right, Tommy Emmanuel played in a couple of MK songs, but for the MK record... so in total they are three, one in TE record, and two in MK record!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on December 01, 2017, 11:42:42 AM
Right. One :)

But you are right, Tommy Emmanuel played in a couple of MK songs, but for the MK record... so in total they are three, one in TE record, and two in MK record!
How do you know that?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on December 01, 2017, 11:45:58 AM
 "Tommy Emmanuel played in a couple of MK songs..."

?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 01, 2017, 11:54:22 AM
Right. One :)

But you are right, Tommy Emmanuel played in a couple of MK songs, but for the MK record... so in total they are three, one in TE record, and two in MK record!
How do you know that?

Because MK or TE said that in an interview regarding their colaboration. I think it was Tommy who said that, something like "I asked MK to play in my record and he say yes, but you have to play in a couple of songs in my record", something like that.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on December 01, 2017, 11:58:06 AM
Right. One :)

But you are right, Tommy Emmanuel played in a couple of MK songs, but for the MK record... so in total they are three, one in TE record, and two in MK record!
How do you know that?

Because MK or TE said that in an interview regarding their colaboration. I think it was Tommy who said that, something like "I asked MK to play in my record and he say yes, but you have to play in a couple of songs in my record", something like that.
Havent seen that posted on here before. Did i miss it?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 01, 2017, 12:00:16 PM
Right. One :)

But you are right, Tommy Emmanuel played in a couple of MK songs, but for the MK record... so in total they are three, one in TE record, and two in MK record!
How do you know that?

Because MK or TE said that in an interview regarding their colaboration. I think it was Tommy who said that, something like "I asked MK to play in my record and he say yes, but you have to play in a couple of songs in my record", something like that.
Havent seen that posted on here before. Did i miss it?

I believe it was posted in AMIT. It has to be one of the articles that were released when it was announced the record.

Maybe it's in this post where I read it... I remember things but can't remember where I read/heard that things... My memory is not like it uses to be, LOL

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5833.msg115393#msg115393 (https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5833.msg115393#msg115393)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on December 01, 2017, 12:35:23 PM
GF:

we are in the studio working on the multitude of new songs soon to be coming your way. yes, next year looks busy and yes, I will update the diary during January when the full band return.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on December 01, 2017, 12:45:08 PM
GF:

we are in the studio working on the multitude of new songs soon to be coming your way. yes, next year looks busy and yes, I will update the diary during January when the full band return.

That sounds nice  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on December 01, 2017, 12:46:15 PM
Yes  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on December 01, 2017, 08:45:57 PM
GF:

we are in the studio working on the multitude of new songs soon to be coming your way. yes, next year looks busy and yes, I will update the diary during January when the full band return.

I prefer just 5 songs with the first lasting 14:15
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on December 01, 2017, 08:59:55 PM
As for Love Over Gold?   ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on December 02, 2017, 06:34:37 PM
GF:

we are in the studio working on the multitude of new songs soon to be coming your way. yes, next year looks busy and yes, I will update the diary during January when the full band return.

That sounds nice  :)

Guy using the word soon probably means in the next 12 months  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on December 03, 2017, 04:15:34 PM
On Guy's forum, Louise Wickson dreams about 20plus songs and Guy answered "at least".. seems like a real "news" to me? Maybe the long wait shows it's reason in really a lot of new stuff...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on December 03, 2017, 07:20:33 PM
On Guy's forum, Louise Wickson dreams about 20plus songs and Guy answered "at least".. seems like a real "news" to me? Maybe the long wait shows it's reason in really a lot of new stuff...

LE

For me Guy's answer is just an ironic kind of hoax.
It is much too early to give away hints towards the possibility of another double album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 03, 2017, 07:25:23 PM
On Guy's forum, Louise Wickson dreams about 20plus songs and Guy answered "at least".. seems like a real "news" to me? Maybe the long wait shows it's reason in really a lot of new stuff...

LE
great to hear! it sounds like the time frame for a forgotten treasure to be show up is finally closing!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 03, 2017, 08:46:44 PM
On Guy's forum, Louise Wickson dreams about 20plus songs and Guy answered "at least".. seems like a real "news" to me? Maybe the long wait shows it's reason in really a lot of new stuff...

LE

For me Guy's answer is just an ironic kind of hoax.
It is much too early to give away hints towards the possibility of another double album.

Mk used to say that during Tracker tour he tried to allow more free days between concerts so he could write more songs... Tracker tour was in 2015, almost three years ago. If he's so prolific writing, he might have material for three double albums at least...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on December 03, 2017, 08:56:23 PM
How many really good ones?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 03, 2017, 09:00:58 PM
How many really good ones?

Exactly. As it was discussed before, I'd cut Privateering into 1 normal album without this "first double album" thing. A first triple album? Oh, no...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 04, 2017, 09:52:30 AM
How many really good ones?

Exactly.

That's what makes easier to MK cut a record in the band sessions. When MK and Guy are alone they try all the songs MK brings, they decide which ones deserve to work on, they do the basic tracks for them so when the band arrives they can record them quickly.

I'm quite sure than more of half the songs are recorded, maybe more.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on December 04, 2017, 01:39:01 PM
It is amazing how Amit'ers can make every little piece of information we all are longing for, into something bad. Guy replied "At least", as in "as least 20 songs". Amit translation: -It is a hoax. - It is said to create expectation and to disappoint us. - It is too many songs, which can only mean they are not good ones.

It may well have been just a fun reply from him, but I have never seen him written anything where he is intentionally lying to us. I don't care if it is 20 songs or not. Let SOME hope live, please.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 04, 2017, 01:40:55 PM
On Guy's forum, Louise Wickson dreams about 20plus songs and Guy answered "at least".. seems like a real "news" to me? Maybe the long wait shows it's reason in really a lot of new stuff...

LE
Yet another double album, love it!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on December 04, 2017, 01:42:29 PM
How many really good ones?

Exactly. As it was discussed before, I'd cut Privateering into 1 normal album without this "first double album" thing. A first triple album? Oh, no...
Dylan did it before. So yeah, and old, I would take every mk brainfart

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on December 04, 2017, 01:43:15 PM
It is amazing how Amit'ers can make every little piece of information we all are longing for, into something bad. Guy replied "At least", as in "as least 20 songs". Amit translation: -It is a hoax. - It is said to create expectation and to disappoint us. - It is too many songs, which can only mean they are not good ones.

It may well have been just a fun reply from him, but I have never seen him written anything where he is intentionally lying to us. I don't care if it is 20 songs or not. Let SOME hope live, please.

Totally agree, Elin!     :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 04, 2017, 02:17:00 PM
I'm quite sure that they recorded, at least as demos, more than 20 songs for sure, and probably they are going to record with the band about 20 or even more, to have enough material to choose for the record, and bonus tracks for the deluxe editions.

Just check the previous records (except Privateering), the number of songs released plus the bonus tracks released. Then we should add between 5-10 more that didn't get a consideration for the record or the bonus tracks, but were recorded anyway... it's quite usual.

Ian Thomas said in an interview that for Privateering they recorded 45 songs... and it was only double, with just three (or five with the amazon and itunes only digital bonus?) songs...

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=2466.0 (https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=2466.0)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: goon525 on December 06, 2017, 12:35:55 PM
I see that Terry has just done a complete update of the website. No new news yet, but it does rather suggest that something is imminent.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on December 06, 2017, 02:54:21 PM
I see that Terry has just done a complete update of the website. No new news yet, but it does rather suggest that something is imminent.

Just announced that the new album is to be named Tracker.  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on December 06, 2017, 03:05:28 PM
I see that Terry has just done a complete update of the website. No new news yet, but it does rather suggest that something is imminent.

Just announced that the new album is to be named Tracker.  ;)

http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/releases/new-album/#new-album (http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/releases/new-album/#new-album)

Artwork of the new album? ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on December 18, 2017, 02:36:52 PM
Guy: "Yes, we have delved into the world of modelling. It's a useful tool. "The old with the new" "

This is very surprising, but maybe it doesn't mean they are using modelling
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on December 18, 2017, 03:07:13 PM
Guy: "Yes, we have delved into the world of modelling. It's a useful tool. "The old with the new" "

This is very surprising, but maybe it doesn't mean they are using modelling

What does it mean exactly? I don't understand what modelling is. Can you explain?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on December 18, 2017, 03:39:26 PM
Guy: "Yes, we have delved into the world of modelling. It's a useful tool. "The old with the new" "

This is very surprising, but maybe it doesn't mean they are using modelling

What does it mean exactly? I don't understand what modelling is. Can you explain?

Technology has improved so much in the last years that there are softwares for PC or dedicate hardwares (like the Kemper) that simulate the sound of an infinite number of amps/guitars/microphones etc with a quality close to the real thing
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on December 18, 2017, 03:42:39 PM
Guy: "Yes, we have delved into the world of modelling. It's a useful tool. "The old with the new" "

This is very surprising, but maybe it doesn't mean they are using modelling

What does it mean exactly? I don't understand what modelling is. Can you explain?

Modelling is basically a digital representation of an amp, pedal, etc. In the old days, modelling was awful, but nowadays it's so good you can barely distinguish it from the real deal. Imagine playing your video game console emulated on a computer, this is what it means by modelling — emulating. And playing the "real deal" is sitting on a couch with a controller playing the game "the traditional way".

I have nothing to say against modelling. In fact, in half of my videos I used modelling amps, but sometimes I used transistor amps as well as relatively expensive valve amplifiers... And you really can't say which is which, especially via YouTube. They're just that good.

Technology has improved so much in the last years that there are softwares for PC or dedicate hardwares (like the Kemper) that simulate the sound of an infinite number of amps/guitars/microphones etc with a quality close to the real thing

And the quality of these thing sometimes baffles me! Especially given the vast number of hundreds of variations it gives you.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on December 18, 2017, 03:49:04 PM
The Kemper costs about 2K and is considered maybe the best of all the modelers.

Terence Reis of the Dire Straits Experience uses it live on stage
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on December 18, 2017, 10:12:45 PM
Ok, does that thing has a soul? If does I surrender  ;D
just kidding but one thing is for sure,  you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on December 18, 2017, 11:10:00 PM
Thank you for explaining Pensa and Quizzy
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on December 23, 2017, 09:49:49 AM
New post on Richard's HP.
Notes from the Road.

He mentions a recording in London in January. Just short that. Not that it is MKs record.
Maybe MK suggested him to say nothing concerning his projects. uuurgggghhh
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 23, 2017, 10:19:25 AM
New post on Richard's HP.
Notes from the Road.

He mentions a recording in London in January. Just short that. Not that it is MKs record.
Maybe MK suggested him to say nothing concerning his projects. uuurgggghhh

If I understood last notes from Richard, sessions with Mk were in December, as he mentioned MK sessions, other sessions, and after, Christmas holidays.

So, I'd say Richard already went to London to record with MK. You can always ask Guy
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on December 23, 2017, 10:22:55 AM
New post on Richard's HP.
Notes from the Road.

He mentions a recording in London in January. Just short that. Not that it is MKs record.
Maybe MK suggested him to say nothing concerning his projects. uuurgggghhh

If I understood last notes from Richard, sessions with Mk were in December, as he mentioned MK sessions, other sessions, and after, Christmas holidays.

So, I'd say Richard already went to London to record with MK. You can always ask Guy

I don't think so.
Guy mentioned Sessions in January and Richard also flying to London will only mean one thing. RB will join the MK recording session
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on December 23, 2017, 11:56:38 AM
You should be right. In previous post Richard listed all his next recordings, including MK one and then Christmas holidays, but if he says he'll go to London in January, that makes sense, I didn't read Richard new notes until now.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on December 24, 2017, 09:08:21 AM
I counted 1 and 1 together.
Guy mentioned Band recordings in January and RB is coming to London then, so...

Time that the Album gets finished. Tension is killing me. MK was absent too long now.

Merry Christmas to all AMITs
May 2018 bring us a lot of new MK stuff and 1 DS Live performance... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 01, 2018, 07:08:53 PM
So this is January already, there's the new diary entry?

* sarcasm mode on *
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on January 01, 2018, 07:13:40 PM
So this is January already, there's the new diary entry?

* sarcasm mode on *
:thumbsup
mood* stands well as well!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 01, 2018, 09:09:06 PM
This topic went almost 10 days without a comment. Looks like even we lost interest in this tale lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 01, 2018, 10:17:15 PM
Tracker was released in 2015...

We are in 2018 and in the meantime we only had MK performance at the History Festival and Bill Wyman birthday in 2016.

When patient is not your virtue... That's quite a waiting...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on January 01, 2018, 10:24:44 PM
Tracker was released in 2015...

We are in 2018 and in the meantime we only had MK performance at the History Festival and Bill Wyman birthday in 2016.

When patient is not your virtue... That's quite a waiting...

There was the exciting BBC Folk thing with Haul Away too.  Surprised that slipped your mind.  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 01, 2018, 10:26:18 PM
Mmmm I forgot about it.

I'm sure tomorrow I will forget about again.

LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on January 02, 2018, 10:58:52 AM
 ;D ;D ;DLOL ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on January 02, 2018, 11:20:37 AM
And of course in 2016 he gave an exclusive masterclass at the Royal College of Music in London...

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 02, 2018, 01:26:38 PM
And of course in 2016 he gave an exclusive masterclass at the Royal College of Music in London...

Which wasn't recorded... Thanks Royal College of Music, you could've easily leave this masterclass without an advertisement.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 02, 2018, 03:23:29 PM
Nothing but the best for the new record  :lol

http://www.audiomediainternational.com/recording/british-grove-invests-in-prism-sound-pt-hdx-interface-cards/07179

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 02, 2018, 08:48:27 PM
Cool, now they have enough channels for all 192 folk blokes  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 02, 2018, 09:23:48 PM
Cool, now they have enough channels for all 192 folk blokes  :lol

Or 192 channels for multiple fiddles, whistles, flutes and pipes...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on January 03, 2018, 08:17:19 PM
Cool, now they have enough channels for all 192 folk blokes  :lol

Or 192 channels for multiple fiddles, whistles, flutes and pipes...

And mikeS
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2018, 09:05:50 AM
Cool, now they have enough channels for all 192 folk blokes  :lol

Or 192 channels for multiple fiddles, whistles, flutes and pipes...

And mikeS

The joke is even funnier when you discover that they use just one channel to the three folkies together  ;D :lol

(http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/StudioComp2.jpg)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 04, 2018, 10:17:36 AM
New photo?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2018, 10:20:18 AM
New photo?

It's from the Tracker diary in Guy's forum.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 04, 2018, 10:22:44 AM
A Tracker. I thought something new :) Thank You
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2018, 11:11:10 AM
A Tracker. I thought something new :) Thank You

Something new... I guess in the few months we will finally have exciting news!!!

March is the scheduling date for finishing the album, it would be great that when they know it's finished, they announce:

- The release date
- Tour dates for autumm 2018, Spring 2019 (this is what I think would happen, just my opinion)
- Release date for the dvd documentary by Henrik Hansen
- Hopefully a live tracker cd together with the live-in documentary also by Henrik Hansen
- The secret project

Plenty of things to announce, again, hopefully!!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 04, 2018, 11:41:17 AM
The record is to be ready in March. I am afraid that the premiere in autumn and the concert tour only in 2019 :(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 04, 2018, 11:44:36 AM
Cool, now they have enough channels for all 192 folk blokes 

Or 192 channels for multiple fiddles, whistles, flutes and pipes...

And mikeS

The joke is even funnier when you discover that they use just one channel to the three folkies together  ;D

(http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/StudioComp2.jpg)
So they call them the folkies too? Too funny

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2018, 11:54:28 AM
The record is to be ready in March. I am afraid that the premiere in autumn and the concert tour only in 2019 :(

yes, that's the usual but thinking that the last North American tours were in autumm, after the spring/summer European leg, maybe this time, given that MK didn't tour since 2015, would do it the other way and play the North American autumm leg first in 2018, and then the spring/summer Europen in 2019, or if MK recall that the European autumm tour with Dylan was succesful, maybe he tours some indoor arenas in autumm. Actually in Spring he plays many indoor venues anyway so it really doesn't matter if the play in those venues in october or in april  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 04, 2018, 12:08:29 PM
Cool, now they have enough channels for all 192 folk blokes  :lol

Or 192 channels for multiple fiddles, whistles, flutes and pipes...

And mikeS

The joke is even funnier when you discover that they use just one channel to the three folkies together  ;D :lol

(http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/StudioComp2.jpg)

I don’t think that’s the case because you use multiple channels for the drums for example and there’s only one there. Maybe that was for the rehearsals? But still, the joke goes on, maybe Mark’s secret project is a folk orchestra  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on January 04, 2018, 12:25:07 PM
Three folkies?    John, Mike and....... who else?   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2018, 12:33:22 PM
Three folkies?    John, Mike and....... who else?   

Phil Cunnigham
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 04, 2018, 12:36:05 PM
Maybe the mysterious project will be spring  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 04, 2018, 03:39:30 PM
The joke is even funnier when you discover that they use just one channel to the three folkies together  ;D :lol

(http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/StudioComp2.jpg)

I think since this is a group channel, it doesn't automatically mean they didn't have separate channels for each folkie. I can't believe they've used just one channel for many instruments, it would be too old school even for MK. What baffles me more is that according to this desk, this album revolves around KEYS more than it revolves around mk gtr + vocal lol.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jabbathehut on January 04, 2018, 03:41:33 PM
probably you all know this already but Richard Bennett will be in London in Jan to do some recording. :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 04, 2018, 04:21:29 PM
The joke is even funnier when you discover that they use just one channel to the three folkies together  ;D :lol

(http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/StudioComp2.jpg)

I think since this is a group channel, it doesn't automatically mean they didn't have separate channels for each folkie. I can't believe they've used just one channel for many instruments, it would be too old school even for MK. What baffles me more is that according to this desk, this album revolves around KEYS more than it revolves around mk gtr + vocal lol.

That album was Tracker.

In the various pictures of the sessions you can be the follies playing together. Even each would have its own mic, the sound of the rest will be captured as well...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 04, 2018, 04:56:27 PM
Yeah, but that’s ok, just like when you record drums for example. I’m not surprised Mark likes this approach actually. I remember him saying that live studio recordings are cool because it allows instruments to breath through others or something like that. To be honest I’m not sure if it was Mark or Clapton.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: primi on January 04, 2018, 11:26:08 PM
They have many channels for the folkies, you can't have 5 mics that all go to a single channel. One way or another you have to mix them and it only makes sense to do so at a desk - this one or any of the other ones they have. Each mic has it's own channel and then they are mixed together and sent to a group channel.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 05, 2018, 12:25:38 AM
Yeah, but that’s ok, just like when you record drums for example. I’m not surprised Mark likes this approach actually. I remember him saying that live studio recordings are cool because it allows instruments to breath through others or something like that. To be honest I’m not sure if it was Mark or Clapton.
I believe that was mark

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 07, 2018, 02:21:55 PM
Soon, two weeks of recording of the whole band :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 07, 2018, 09:40:30 PM
Soon, two weeks of recording of the whole band :)

Indeed, two weeks  :think. For the new album and secret project  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 07, 2018, 09:45:48 PM
I think it's about the MK solo album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 08, 2018, 01:01:09 AM
Three years ago tourdates for the NA leg of the tour in the fall were announced at the end of january.....

https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2015/01/26/mark-knopfler-new-album-tracker-tour-new-single-beryl-listen/

Just saying  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 01:24:55 AM
cannibals and suddenly, I hope it can be a replay. Only on the MKNews website one word: >completion< in March takes away my hope.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 08, 2018, 10:22:16 AM
Which hope?

March as a completion date was announced long ago, I think in the summer... Do you think completion would change its meaning from them to today?  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on January 08, 2018, 10:24:22 AM
Which hope?

March as a completion date was announced long ago, I think in the summer... Do you think completion would change its meaning from them to today?  ;D

The hope of a tour this year he means (if i understood correctly)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 08, 2018, 10:31:57 AM
A tour this year could happen still... The record would be probably released in September, as usual with MK and lately MK has toured North America in October or November.

Since he's been out of touring since November 2015, he might release in September and start his tour in NA in October, stop at December and come back to Europe in march 2019...

That's been my bet since march 2018 was announced as completion date.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 08, 2018, 10:36:21 AM
And don't forget Mk agenda is compromised by the secret project as well.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 08, 2018, 05:58:54 PM
And don't forget Mk agenda is compromised by the secret project as well.

And that could also be a reason not to go on tour this year. Finishing and mixing the new album the first half of 2018. Releasing and some promo stuff for the new album in the second half of this year. Also the secret project will take (some/many) of his time. Tour start in 2019????
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 08, 2018, 06:01:47 PM
And don't forget Mk agenda is compromised by the secret project as well.

And that could also be a reason not to go on tour this year. Finishing and mixing the new album the first half of 2018. Releasing and some promo stuff for the new album in the second half of this year. Also the secret project will take (some/many) of his time. Tour start in 2019????

When Guy is asked about this he always answers they don't know yet... Strange as touring needs lots of booking specially venues, with anticipation.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 08, 2018, 06:10:02 PM
Agreed, point taken but Guy is not allowed to say anything about a new tour so even if he would know they will go on tour or not his answer will always be mysterious
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 06:11:25 PM
Does anyone remember when you could have bought a ticket on the Tracker tour? When was the tour announcement?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 08, 2018, 06:13:58 PM
But i do recall him saying at the end of 2016 when he was asked about touring in 2017 that they would spend a lot of time in the studio. So not much touring and Richard B was also very clear about that.
Now indeed Guy is more mysterious.....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 08, 2018, 06:15:08 PM
Does anyone remember when you could have bought a ticket on the Tracker tour? When was the tour announcement?

January 26 for the US
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 08, 2018, 06:20:43 PM
Perhaps with all the media attention on the Hall of Fame induction they will announce tourdates somewhere in April for a tour to start sept/okt in the US. It will surely give the ticketsales a boost.  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 06:26:58 PM
Actually 26.01. If the album will be released after the holidays, maybe in a few days it will be a tour of the US.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on January 08, 2018, 08:01:26 PM
Tickets for Norway for Tracker and Privateering was on sale in September/October for concerts in June/July. I don't expect any summer tour in Europe this year, and I wish they could just say "no tour this year" instead of this forever waiting and waiting and waiting. What's the point??! Do they realize that people often need to plan days off work, travelling, plane tickets and hotels beforehand? And I still don't get the surprise element in the secret project. Any film, theatre, concert and musical (god forbid) is announced well ahead. So what's so secret??
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 08:28:50 PM
For sure an exciting year awaits us  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 08, 2018, 09:27:53 PM
For sure an exciting year awaits us  :)

Legacy are going on tour so, yes!!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on January 08, 2018, 09:38:56 PM
Tickets for Norway for Tracker and Privateering was on sale in September/October for concerts in June/July. I don't expect any summer tour in Europe this year, and I wish they could just say "no tour this year" instead of this forever waiting and waiting and waiting. What's the point??! Do they realize that people often need to plan days off work, travelling, plane tickets and hotels beforehand? And I still don't get the surprise element in the secret project. Any film, theatre, concert and musical (god forbid) is announced well ahead. So what's so secret??

I reluctantly agree with you regarding the tour.  I keep kidding myself it'll be different this time and a tour will happen, however deep down I know it won't.  In time honoured fashion we shall be ordering our tickets about a year in advance for a Mark Knopfler concert!

We also are getting to the point where this secret project will never deliver on the hype, no matter what it is!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 09:53:18 PM
"Legacy are going on tour so, yes!!!!

If Mark had something with Roger Waters, then this band would end a long time ago :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 08, 2018, 10:02:49 PM
The announcement of another band session now in January together with "completion" in March means that we cannot expect the album before August/September.. even when mixing and coming would be done by then, which I doubt, the distribution and PR part starts and takes it's time - usually some months.  I totally go for the usual September/October release date and think the same about tour dates as jbaent, starting off in the US this time in autumn 2018 and come to Europe when season 8 of Game of Thrones starts which is just a little trick to see if you really read my post until the end ...  ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 08, 2018, 10:19:44 PM
Game of thrones... Like it!

;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 08, 2018, 10:20:58 PM
You mean when peaky blinders season 5 hits our screens  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 09, 2018, 09:44:04 AM
Off to London to setting up for two more weeks of band sessions... hmmm

How much they would spend setting up?  :hmm  :lol

It would be a long month of wait for the next diary entry...

So, guessing again. I guess this band sessions are the definitive and they would spend February and March mixing and with overdubs if they are needed, and getting to the famous announced completion date.

The thrill is about to start  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 09, 2018, 09:50:57 AM
The announcement of another band session now in January together with "completion" in March means that we cannot expect the album before August/September.. even when mixing and coming would be done by then, which I doubt, the distribution and PR part starts and takes it's time - usually some months.  I totally go for the usual September/October release date and think the same about tour dates as jbaent, starting off in the US this time in autumn 2018 and come to Europe when season 8 of Game of Thrones starts which is just a little trick to see if you really read my post until the end ...  ;D

LE

I cross my fingers in the hope that they think that it doesn't matter to play the big indoors arena in autumm or in spring... and they start touring in october in Europe  ;D

They will only miss the summer festivals but, hey, there are many bands during an European leg, then playing the US and coming back to Europe to play open air venues and summer festivals!!!

 :lol :lol :lol :lol

Anyway... I truly believe that when Guy says they don't know about touring is because of the secret project. He also said they know the scheduling dates but probably the secret project can be modified and present delays to the whole MK schedule...

I'm so much looking forward to plan travels around concerts or/and the secret project if it implies any live thing that nowadays my song of the day, everyday is "Wanderlust"

 :smack ;D :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 09, 2018, 02:42:42 PM
"So, guessing again. I guess this band sessions are the definitive and they would spend February and March mixing and with overdubs if they are needed, and getting to the famous announced completion date"

I think that's how it will be. We will see the CD cover and tracklist soon  :clap
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 09, 2018, 03:35:31 PM
Richard Bennett is in the British Grove studio :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 09, 2018, 04:21:48 PM
Richard Bennett is in the British Grove studio :)

Source?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 09, 2018, 04:44:37 PM
GF Of course :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on January 09, 2018, 05:31:16 PM
RB said that in his diary a while ago, so we knew that he takes part in this recording sessions.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 09, 2018, 05:42:18 PM
I know. I just wanted to write that this is happening :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on January 15, 2018, 08:12:50 AM
Surely some news sometime soon! Anything would be good - even the choice of teabags being used and consumed!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 15, 2018, 01:39:13 PM
Surely some news sometime soon! Anything would be good - even the choice of teabags being used and consumed!!

This is the last week of the studiosessions. With a little luck we will have a new diary from Guy by the end of next week. That's the first and only news we will get this month i think  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on January 16, 2018, 01:34:42 PM
Yesterday Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries past away  :disbelief
She was in London for a short recording session....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: straitsway75 on January 16, 2018, 10:47:26 PM
Yesterday Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries past away  :disbelief
She was in London for a short recording session....
I really love the voice and the music of Dolores, Im very sad, 46 years old, oh god why.... :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 17, 2018, 05:55:37 PM
Yesterday Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries past away  :disbelief
She was in London for a short recording session....
I really love the voice and the music of Dolores, Im very sad, 46 years old, oh god why.... :'( :'( :'( :'(
Totally am not. Had a girlfriend back then who totally loved them and I simply had to listen to it too often. Of course, on a personal level, rip, but then again, people die all the time

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 19, 2018, 12:43:52 PM
Arthur Brendler:

You and the boys are recording the 2 MK projects?

GF: at the moment, just the new album

Will the new MK album be released faster than the mysterious project? Or maybe the mysterious project is ready?  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 19, 2018, 01:32:47 PM
Arthur Brendler:

You and the boys are recording the 2 MK projects?

GF: at the moment, just the new album

Will the new MK album be released faster than the mysterious project? Or maybe the mysterious project is ready?  :think

Or the new album IS the secret project? :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 19, 2018, 01:34:32 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 19, 2018, 08:31:55 PM
During this band sessions, the folkies are posting pictures of them recording... But with other artists...

And they weren't at the November band sessions either...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 19, 2018, 08:40:31 PM
Rock album? Without a flute, accordion, violin and pipe?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 19, 2018, 09:13:03 PM
Dreams!  :lol

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on January 19, 2018, 09:16:28 PM
And Celtic Connections is on right now until 4th Feb and they are both involved with that... :think

 ;D :lol ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 19, 2018, 09:39:08 PM
Maybe the folkies recorded with MK even before the band sessions from the first diary?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 19, 2018, 09:48:07 PM
We do not know much. Guy Fletcher wrote that Richard Bennett is in the studio no one asked if they were John McCusker and Michael McGoldrick
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 19, 2018, 10:57:56 PM
Maybe the folkies recorded with MK even before the band sessions from the first diary?

Highly unlikely. It's totally unusual to record those before drums and bass for example. Usually it would be drums and bass first, then keys and guitars followed by the folk lot and vocals.

Looks like they won't be around this time  8)

But to be honest... I like it when it's just one song or two.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 20, 2018, 10:53:01 AM
I'm sure the folkies recorded with MK for its secret project.

March is scheduled as completion date, maybe the folkies have gaps already planned to go to BG and record their parts, or maybe they already did before. It's likely that there were band sessions before the one in the first diary entry. I recall Guy talking about it in his forum when he said they were working in parallel in MK new album and the secret project.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 20, 2018, 11:02:28 AM
We do not know much. Guy Fletcher wrote that Richard Bennett is in the studio no one asked if they were John McCusker and Michael McGoldrick

Mccusker and Cunningham are posting pictures in Instagram where they say they are recording and playing at their own, so right now they are not with MK.

Unless MK just needed for a short period and they are back to their own work...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 20, 2018, 11:47:34 AM
I'm sure the folkies recorded with MK for its secret project.

March is scheduled as completion date, maybe the folkies have gaps already planned to go to BG and record their parts, or maybe they already did before. It's likely that there were band sessions before the one in the first diary entry. I recall Guy talking about it in his forum when he said they were working in parallel in MK new album and the secret project.

That's totally possible.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 20, 2018, 01:50:57 PM
Guy comfirmed they will be finishing the new MK album in march. So september release is very possible. Could this indeed mean they will tour after the release :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 20, 2018, 02:40:11 PM
The album will be ready in March, but also mixing, cover and etc. Under good circumstances, the album could be released before July.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 20, 2018, 03:47:25 PM
The album will be ready in March, but also mixing, cover and etc. Under good circumstances, the album could be released before July.

They've probably mixed a lot of stuff in between sessions and the album design has probably been in the works for a while now. But yeah, July sounds pretty doable.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on January 20, 2018, 05:06:09 PM
No, too quick.

It will be September earliest.
All MK albums were released then.
Only Tracker and Golden Heart not...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 20, 2018, 05:10:39 PM
Unfortunately. But I think so too  :(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 20, 2018, 05:12:18 PM
Indeed, and those two came out in spring (March). Summer seems not a good time for album releases.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on January 20, 2018, 05:44:35 PM
True, but those albums (the September releases) were finished in May i think. This one is finished in March.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 20, 2018, 05:56:34 PM
Exactly. From March to September or October a lot of time.  :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 20, 2018, 06:15:14 PM
Exactly. From March to September or October a lot of time.  :hmm

Don't you forget MK might be still working in the secret project, so he would be busy to customary promotion...

September would be the most logical release date.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 20, 2018, 06:18:21 PM
It is well known that this time is needed. When Guy says the album is ready from their point of view, it's just that the machinery starts.. physical CDs have to be produced, promotion, dates, Interviews, press, Media has to be planned and scheduled, it has to be made clear that copies are in the stores world wide on release day. All these things have to be coordinated and so on. It's a complicate thing that takes several months usual. I guess September is a pretty good date, or maybe mid or late August (as with Shangri-La)..
Plus, Guy and MKNews are scheduling only the album's completion for March. This might also change.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 20, 2018, 06:18:31 PM
Yes. it is true
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on January 20, 2018, 06:44:42 PM
It is well known that this time is needed. When Guy says the album is ready from their point of view, it's just that the machinery starts.. physical CDs have to be produced, promotion, dates, Interviews, press, Media has to be planned and scheduled, it has to be made clear that copies are in the stores world wide on release day. All these things have to be coordinated and so on. It's a complicate thing that takes several months usual. I guess September is a pretty good date, or maybe mid or late August (as with Shangri-La)..
Plus, Guy and MKNews are scheduling only the album's completion for March. This might also change.

LE

Exactly.  If the album was going to be released in March we would probably have promo appearances at the moment and an album name at the very least.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 20, 2018, 07:33:48 PM
We have a name... Cullercoats

 :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 20, 2018, 08:35:06 PM
You know, that would be the coolest name on earth for an MK album. Would totally sum up everything and could be the last album of him as well. Going back to where it all started and so on..how I wish this guy at Guy's forum would be right!  :lol

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 20, 2018, 08:46:13 PM
Where does this title come from?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on January 20, 2018, 09:53:56 PM
Where does this title come from?

It was posted by a some random guy on Guy's forum and was either ignored or denied. I personally think it was Mark trolling :lol
My real question is: Why March? Why the date is so exact? Did that happen before? Why we need to know the date of completion?

First thought — they did it just to throw in some detailed news and a date so fans won't go mad. But seriously, they care about fans now? ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 20, 2018, 10:02:46 PM
Yes, I remember. I'm just wondering who is behind this to publish it. And where does this information come from
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on January 20, 2018, 10:13:40 PM
The album will be ready in March, but also mixing, cover and etc. Under good circumstances, the album could be released before July.

All I can say is that it was totally bulls**t to release the Album in September and then start the Tour in late April the next year.
The Gap was too big.
The Tracker schedule was way better than that.
Touring directly after Album release is strategically better imho.
So I hope he does USA this year and starts in Europe next... yeah : April, cannot Imagine a european tour in Feb or March.
Maybe he finally adds Australia in that period. Makes sense and is long overdue
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on January 20, 2018, 10:57:35 PM
Guy comfirmed they will be finishing the new MK album in march. So september release is very possible. Could this indeed mean they will tour after the release :think :think :think
from here with love  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 21, 2018, 09:41:31 AM
The album will be ready in March, but also mixing, cover and etc. Under good circumstances, the album could be released before July.

All I can say is that it was totally bulls**t to release the Album in September and then start the Tour in late April the next year.
The Gap was too big.
The Tracker schedule was way better than that.
Touring directly after Album release is strategically better imho.
So I hope he does USA this year and starts in Europe next... yeah : April, cannot Imagine a european tour in Feb or March.
Maybe he finally adds Australia in that period. Makes sense and is long overdue

Or he tours south America in January/February. It's summer in most countries...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on January 21, 2018, 11:39:48 AM
yeah South America is waiting a long time now.
Also possible.
Or Asia, South Africa...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 21, 2018, 03:46:08 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on January 21, 2018, 04:58:02 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

definately
Maybe MK is afraid of them because they are so loud and rowdy    ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 21, 2018, 05:30:36 PM
I wonder if Ruth Moody will sing on the new album  :hmm
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 21, 2018, 06:52:48 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

definately
Maybe MK is afraid of them because they are so loud and rowdy    ;D ;D ;D

As a Brazilian citizen I can confirm that if you generalize we are loud and rowdy but people who are willing to pay a large amount of money to see an artist like Mark Knopfler tend to be very different from the average Brazilian. The problem here is the longer it takes the more anxious and excited we get, and the more anxious and excited... the louder lol

But don't worry, if Mark comes to South America we'll make sure he feels at home.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 21, 2018, 06:54:08 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

Thanks for your support, amigo:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on January 21, 2018, 07:56:09 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

definately
Maybe MK is afraid of them because they are so loud and rowdy    ;D ;D ;D

As a Brazilian citizen I can confirm that if you generalize we are loud and rowdy but people who are willing to pay a large amount of money to see an artist like Mark Knopfler tend to be very different from the average Brazilian. The problem here is the longer it takes the more anxious and excited we get, and the more anxious and excited... the louder lol

But don't worry, if Mark comes to South America we'll make sure he feels at home.

I know. And I absolutely understand you. But every Music Artist must enjoy to play such an enthusiastic audience.
I visited 2 venues MK played 2001. Buenos Aires Luna Park and I also stood on the stage of Montevideo's Teatro de Verano.
Wished I could attend the shows with such a great audience
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 22, 2018, 11:24:37 AM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

definately
Maybe MK is afraid of them because they are so loud and rowdy    ;D ;D ;D

As a Brazilian citizen I can confirm that if you generalize we are loud and rowdy but people who are willing to pay a large amount of money to see an artist like Mark Knopfler tend to be very different from the average Brazilian. The problem here is the longer it takes the more anxious and excited we get, and the more anxious and excited... the louder lol

But don't worry, if Mark comes to South America we'll make sure he feels at home.

I know. And I absolutely understand you. But every Music Artist must enjoy to play such an enthusiastic audience.
I visited 2 venues MK played 2001. Buenos Aires Luna Park and I also stood on the stage of Montevideo's Teatro de Verano.
Wished I could attend the shows with such a great audience

I went to the Rio gig and it was truly indescribable but I don't think Mark would cause the same impact on the audience now. People would probably moan about the lack of DS songs. Brazil went through a very severe miseducation process over the last 15 days, especially here in Rio. The population is more and more uneducated and averse to law and order, and culture standards have hit rock bottom. But I truly hope that if Mark does visit us again we can gather at least 10.000 people with good taste in music and decent manners to appreciate the man lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 22, 2018, 01:29:19 PM
GF:

"John and Mike have been in the studio as well as Nigel and Tom with their horns"

 :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 22, 2018, 03:58:00 PM
I don't mind them as long as it's just a couple of songs.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 22, 2018, 04:24:38 PM
Mark has not changed the course since 2007 (Kill To Get Crimson) I am happy :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: crimmer on January 22, 2018, 04:32:21 PM
Brillant, bluesy and folky album, i would be over the moon   :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 22, 2018, 05:10:32 PM
GF:

"John and Mike have been in the studio as well as Nigel and Tom with their horns"

 :wave

Don't forget they were also recording the secret project.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 22, 2018, 05:20:23 PM
Yes, but the question was about the new album. There was no secret  project in the question
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 22, 2018, 05:24:05 PM
Maybe the so called secret project is actually Mark Knopfler revisits Dire Straits: Mark records new versions of his own hits replacing all the guitar solos with flutes, horns and accordions. Just imagine, Nigel playing all the solos and licks of Sultans of Swing and Mike nailing Brothers in Arms. That would be dope. Or maybe not...

 :lol  :hmm  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 22, 2018, 05:40:53 PM
Yes, but the question was about the new album. There was no secret  project in the question

The question was if any of the folkies went to BG. And the answer said they were. Not any mention to if it was now or one year ago and for what project
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 22, 2018, 05:41:38 PM
Maybe the so called secret project is actually Mark Knopfler revisits Dire Straits: Mark records new versions of his own hits replacing all the guitar solos with flutes, horns and accordions. Just imagine, Nigel playing all the solos and licks of Sultans of Swing and Mike nailing Brothers in Arms. That would be dope. Or maybe not...

 :lol  :hmm  :smack

I won't bet any cent on that ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 22, 2018, 06:15:14 PM
No. The question is: a new album. Nothing else
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 22, 2018, 07:50:10 PM
No. The question is: a new album. Nothing else

If you're happy believing that...

The folkies recorded for the secret project FOR SURE.

And I'll bet that the rest of the band too
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 22, 2018, 08:26:18 PM
I do not deny and I am in favor :) But I read this question in connection with the new solo album
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: El Macho on January 22, 2018, 09:55:36 PM
GF:

"John and Mike have been in the studio as well as Nigel and Tom with their horns"


Well, excuse me but who's Tom ?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 22, 2018, 09:59:11 PM
Tom Walsh.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 22, 2018, 10:10:55 PM
Tom Walsh.
Who is he?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 22, 2018, 10:12:59 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

Thanks for your support, amigo:)
Why the change from raposo to fox Eddie?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 22, 2018, 10:17:07 PM
He probably played only one song on Tracker album.

On the trumpet
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on January 22, 2018, 10:58:17 PM
Some info we already know but I wondered: from JM site a few months ago
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After 10 years of touring the world in each others bands, writing songs together & recording on solo albums, Myself & Heidi Talbot have decided to make a duo Ep! To celebrate a decade of music making together, we are recording a 5 track EP and embarking on an extensive UK and European tour in 2018. We’re really excited about recording & the tour next year
---

They are talking about an extensive UK and European tour. For now they have a lot off dates until the end of july but only Ireland and the UK. http://www.heiditalbot.com/tour.php
So the rest of Europe after the summer what probably means  :think :think :think :think :think :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: zeta on January 23, 2018, 11:32:35 AM
Neil Diamond announced his retirement from touring and his March tour dates for Australia and New Zealand are cancelled. Sad news, but it's mean that Richard Bennett is free from his obligation to Neil.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42784305
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 23, 2018, 11:58:20 AM
Neil Diamond announced his retirement from touring and his March tour dates for Australia and New Zealand are cancelled. Sad news, but it's mean that Richard Bennett is free from his obligation to Neil.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42784305

but John McCusker has a tour planned for june-august yet. And what's more important MK has not planned any tour for that dates.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 23, 2018, 02:51:44 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

Thanks for your support, amigo:)
Why the change from raposo to fox Eddie?

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Raposo means fox in Portuguese  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 23, 2018, 02:54:42 PM
Our friends from South America only had a chance to see MK once in their life, in 2001... They need another one!

Thanks for your support, amigo:)
Why the change from raposo to fox Eddie?

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Raposo means fox in Portuguese  ;)
Aaaahh

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: rmarques821 on January 25, 2018, 12:26:44 PM
So is Guy going to give us something on 31st January 2018 at 23:59? By the looks of it...

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 25, 2018, 01:05:04 PM
Diary studio

GF:

I will do it within the next week.

:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on January 25, 2018, 07:19:36 PM
Somehow I have the feeling the next album will be a less folkie album, when I look at the pictures of the 2017 studio diary. Many synths/keys and alot of electric guitars (gibsons & strats).

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 25, 2018, 07:39:07 PM
Somehow I have the feeling the next album will be a less folkie album, when I look at the pictures of the 2017 studio diary. Many synths/keys and alot of electric guitars (gibsons & strats).

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/

Especially the Synths are unusual, you are absolutely right. I also hope for something that maybe gives more room for the "new old" Les Paul. Stuff like Don't You Get It, Gravy Train, Vic and Ray, Silvertown Blues, Sucker Row, Long Highway ...

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on January 25, 2018, 08:01:02 PM
Posts about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame moved to:

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=3174.390
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 25, 2018, 09:00:35 PM
"Somehow I have the feeling the next album will be a less folkie album, when I look at the pictures of the 2017 studio diary. Many synths/keys and alot of electric guitars (gibsons & strats).

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/

Especially the Synths are unusual, you are absolutely right. I also hope for something that maybe gives more room for the "new old" Les Paul. Stuff like Don't You Get It, Gravy Train, Vic and Ray, Silvertown Blues, Sucker Row, Long Highway ...

 :thumbsup

But I also count on folk atmosphere
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 26, 2018, 11:52:03 AM
Not really willing to step into Legacy territory once again but maybe this whole tribute issue encouraged Mark to revisit his DS roots in terms of songwriting.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 26, 2018, 01:11:49 PM
Not really willing to step into Legacy territory once again but maybe this whole tribute issue encouraged Mark to revisit his DS roots in terms of songwriting.

I don't think so. I'd say that the tribute issue is done for him with his song "Terminal Of Tribute To". If he revisit his DS past would be because he wants to, not because there are tribute bands using the name.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 26, 2018, 01:38:28 PM
Not really willing to step into Legacy territory once again but maybe this whole tribute issue encouraged Mark to revisit his DS roots in terms of songwriting.

I don't think so. I'd say that the tribute issue is done for him with his song "Terminal Of Tribute To". If he revisit his DS past would be because he wants to, not because there are tribute bands using the name.

You're right but sometimes it's not a conscious choice. As a songwriter (not comparing myself to Mark of course) I can say that there's no logic to that. When I say it might have encouraged Mark to revisit his roots I mean that in case he's written songs that were subconsciously influenced by this situation or just happen to be DS-like he might not discard them as he would before these events. Perhaps Beryl is an example...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 26, 2018, 01:43:01 PM
Not really willing to step into Legacy territory once again but maybe this whole tribute issue encouraged Mark to revisit his DS roots in terms of songwriting.

I don't think so. I'd say that the tribute issue is done for him with his song "Terminal Of Tribute To". If he revisit his DS past would be because he wants to, not because there are tribute bands using the name.

You're right but sometimes it's not a conscious choice. As a songwriter (not comparing myself to Mark of course) I can say that there's no logic to that. When I say it might have encouraged Mark to revisit his roots I mean that in case he's written songs that were subconsciously influenced by this situation or just happen to be DS-like he might not discard them as he would before these events. Perhaps Beryl is an example...

Is true that MK sometimes had written more than one song about the same thing, like about the Elvis manager (Back to Tupelo/Gator blood) but when MK was asked about those tribute bands with ex members he just said a polite "Poor souls" and wrote a song about it that it was hidden in the special editions... I'd say that is a matter that he doesn't feel it deserve more attention than the song he already wrote and released...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 26, 2018, 02:04:02 PM
Not really willing to step into Legacy territory once again but maybe this whole tribute issue encouraged Mark to revisit his DS roots in terms of songwriting.

I don't think so. I'd say that the tribute issue is done for him with his song "Terminal Of Tribute To". If he revisit his DS past would be because he wants to, not because there are tribute bands using the name.

You're right but sometimes it's not a conscious choice. As a songwriter (not comparing myself to Mark of course) I can say that there's no logic to that. When I say it might have encouraged Mark to revisit his roots I mean that in case he's written songs that were subconsciously influenced by this situation or just happen to be DS-like he might not discard them as he would before these events. Perhaps Beryl is an example...

I have the hope that anything folkie in his head had gone into the secret project and the material for his new solo record could be more upbeat but I won't bet that that situation you mention made him, subsconsciously or not, influence him about his new material... he's more a kind of person who gets imspired by a pair of shoes  in a shop LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 26, 2018, 02:21:32 PM
No, no! I don't mean he'll write lyrics about tribute bands again, god forbid lol I'm talking about music style, songs that you listen and think they could be from Communique or Love Over Gold, for example.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on January 26, 2018, 07:05:44 PM
Somehow I have the feeling the next album will be a less folkie album, when I look at the pictures of the 2017 studio diary. Many synths/keys and alot of electric guitars (gibsons & strats).

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/

Especially the Synths are unusual, you are absolutely right. I also hope for something that maybe gives more room for the "new old" Les Paul. Stuff like Don't You Get It, Gravy Train, Vic and Ray, Silvertown Blues, Sucker Row, Long Highway ...

LE

LE, I know that you meant the guitar/song style/sound in general, and not the exact guitar used, but just for info :

- Gravy Train : Pensa-Shur MKI
- Vic and Ray : black Pensa
- Sucker row : : Sig Strat (not sure)

3 other songs are indeed the LP (58 or 59, difficult to say)

 :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on January 26, 2018, 07:10:57 PM
Somehow I have the feeling the next album will be a less folkie album, when I look at the pictures of the 2017 studio diary. Many synths/keys and alot of electric guitars (gibsons & strats).

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/

I don't see that much more guitars than on previous albums-diaries ?
The pic with Glenn show 3 LP and a strat, nothing exceptional imho

Maybe a little bit more keys than usual, but nothing that gives clues imho
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 26, 2018, 07:47:26 PM
Somehow I have the feeling the next album will be a less folkie album, when I look at the pictures of the 2017 studio diary. Many synths/keys and alot of electric guitars (gibsons & strats).

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/studio-diary-2017/

Especially the Synths are unusual, you are absolutely right. I also hope for something that maybe gives more room for the "new old" Les Paul. Stuff like Don't You Get It, Gravy Train, Vic and Ray, Silvertown Blues, Sucker Row, Long Highway ...

LE

LE, I know that you meant the guitar/song style/sound in general, and not the exact guitar used, but just for info :

- Gravy Train : Pensa-Shur MKI
- Vic and Ray : black Pensa
- Sucker row : : Sig Strat (not sure)

3 other songs are indeed the LP (58 or 59, difficult to say)

 :)

Thanks a lot JF.. In fact I was exactly thinking about it WHILE typing...  :lol  but I was sure someone would know all the details.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 27, 2018, 12:24:55 PM
I miss that sound too! It's about the overdrive and the sustain plus a bit of reverb I think. I asked Guy about it a few years ago, Mark using less and less effects, and he confirmed it. I like this new sound, sometimes all you need is a Strat or a LP through a good amp, but I like that vivid sound as well.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2018, 12:40:31 PM
Mk usually says songs are the king.

But who write the songs?

At his age he looks more comfortable with clean sounds.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 27, 2018, 01:56:33 PM
Mk usually says songs are the king.

But who write the songs?

At his age he looks more comfortable with clean sounds.

That's exactly what LE said. He's in the hopes that there will be songs that will ask for that kind of setup and sound. Mark won't use it if it doesn't suit the tune.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2018, 02:04:01 PM
... the tunes that he writes...

... And he discard many of the tunes he writes and choose what he feel are the best...

... Which are perfect for clean sounds, flutes and pipes...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 27, 2018, 02:07:34 PM
... the tunes that he writes...

... And he discard many of the tunes he writes and choose what he feel are the best...

... Which are perfect for clean sounds, flutes and pipes...

It's Saturday, don't make me cry  :'(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2018, 02:09:23 PM
... the tunes that he writes...

... And he discard many of the tunes he writes and choose what he feel are the best...

... Which are perfect for clean sounds, flutes and pipes...

It's Saturday, don't make me cry  :'(

When in Dire Straits there were never songs that being kings, asked for flutes or pipes, lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 27, 2018, 02:16:39 PM
Guess what would happen if Your Latest Trick was written now...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2018, 02:23:42 PM
Actually LP guitars have natural distortion, which I like a lot.

;)

My hopes are in the fact that the kings ask for percussion ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 27, 2018, 02:29:09 PM
That's because of the humbucking pickups whereas Strats usually have single coils. But I was actually talking about the sax which would probably be replaced with guess what lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 27, 2018, 02:49:01 PM
I could have mentioned Sands Of Nevada or Speedway the same. What I love is loud, fat or crystal clear guitar sound, Paula, Strat, whatever, laid over a nice synth "carpet" so to say.. Not that cheap sound from Beryl but that symphonic style from Private Investigations or the Man's Too Strong... the last seconds of this song, pure bliss ..

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 27, 2018, 02:58:32 PM
I wonder if we will get an album with a full set, or there will be a bonus disc with additional songs  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2018, 03:49:18 PM
I could have mentioned Sands Of Nevada or Speedway the same. What I love is loud, far or crystal clear guitar sound, Paula, Strat, whatever, lais over a nice synth "carpet" so to say.. Not that cheap sound from Beryl but that symphonic style from Private Investigations or the Man's Too Strong... the last seconds of this song, pure bliss ..

LE

So what you miss is Alan Clark.

Just kidding, LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 27, 2018, 04:42:27 PM
His addition to Dire Straits music was absolutely essential and important and without question phantastic and a big part of what made Dire Straits what they were, so, yes.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 27, 2018, 05:39:09 PM
I wonder if we will get an album with a full set, or there will be a bonus disc with additional songs  :think

I am convinced that he has so much stuff and material that we will get the full monty. Remember that Tracker was nearly as much music as Privateering which was offered as a double album. An album with 10 to 12 songs and nothing more would be surprising. And there are Deluxe Box releases always which contain bonus songs for sure. So the pure number of songs will probably be immense. I go for another double or a triple album to be honest.  :wave

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on January 27, 2018, 05:44:29 PM
I think I will splash out on the box set this time, just in case it's his last!    I hope not, of course!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 27, 2018, 05:54:04 PM
It is true. The last album is Kill To Get Crimson without bonus
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 27, 2018, 05:54:55 PM
If it's a good one. The Tracker box is not able to stand stable on it's own as the Get Lucky or Privateering box which makes me sick. There are so many possibilities to fill them with great content, just watch several Queen boxes..
Tracker Deluxe Box was by far the one made most uncompassionate. But CULLERCOATS LIMITED DELUXE BOX SET or PLAYTIME DELUXE SQUARED SET would be something.  ;D

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 27, 2018, 06:00:55 PM
I see that the unofficial title of Cullercoats begins to function  8)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 27, 2018, 06:01:51 PM
Best possible title!   :lol

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 27, 2018, 06:08:49 PM
I like it too because the beginning of the Making Movies album ... ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 27, 2018, 06:26:13 PM
Cullercoats would be a hell of a title!!!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 27, 2018, 07:02:06 PM
"To rockaway rockaway from Cullercoats and Whitley bay out to rockaway...

Maybe in March we will get to know the title of the album :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 27, 2018, 07:53:12 PM
Alan is the best rock’n roll keyboardist Mark’s ever had in my opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Don70 on January 27, 2018, 08:01:38 PM
Jim Cox, Matt Rollins, Alan Clark --- all world class musicians. Hard to say which one's best, really.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on January 27, 2018, 08:07:48 PM
Jim Cox, Matt Rollins, Alan Clark --- all world class musicians. Hard to say which one's best, really.

Never heard Matt or Alan play anything approaching the level of Jim.  Of course he's no rock 'n' roll guy!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 27, 2018, 08:14:26 PM
Alan Clark was very good at the first stage. But the new keyboard players were great too. MK's music has changed and new musicians have fulfilled their role in a sufficient way
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 27, 2018, 08:15:50 PM
Indeed all stellar musicians but I personally like Alan better when it comes to rockier tunes.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 27, 2018, 08:21:28 PM
At the stage of DS (MM, LOG, BIA, OES) keyboards were very often in the foreground and Alan Clark was able to display them beautifully
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on January 27, 2018, 11:40:17 PM
At the stage of DS (MM, LOG, BIA, OES) keyboards were very often in the foreground and Alan Clark was able to display them beautifully

The wonderful Roy Bittan played on Making Movies. The best keyboards player MK ever played with IMHO.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 28, 2018, 09:59:22 AM
I always had a soft spot for Matt Rollings. I know that Jim obviously can do everything, but it sounds always like Jim. To me it is more a sign of quality if a player is versatile and plays dedicated to the song more than to showing off. I always found these quality in Matt more than in Jim. Of course Jim isn't exactly showing off, he's not that kind of charakter, but he has always those parts you know (plinki pling)

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 28, 2018, 10:07:36 AM
I always had a soft spot for Matt Rollings. I know that Jim obviously can do everything, but it sounds always like Jim. To me it is more a sign of quality if a player is versatile and plays dedicated to the song more than to showing off. I always found these quality in Matt more than in Jim. Of course Jim isn't exactly showing off, he's not that kind of charakter, but he has always those parts you know (plinki pling)

LE
I love plinki pling

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 28, 2018, 10:09:03 AM
Cullercoats would be a hell of a title!!!
We should all, and I mean, ALL write to guy, and suggesting it.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on January 28, 2018, 10:37:21 AM
Cullercoats would be a hell of a title!!!
We should all, and I mean, ALL write to guy, and suggesting it.

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Done!   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 28, 2018, 10:55:03 AM
Cullercoats would be a hell of a title!!!
We should all, and I mean, ALL write to guy, and suggesting it.

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Done!   

Me too.

Come on amiters!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on January 28, 2018, 10:55:54 AM
Did it. Come on folks!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 28, 2018, 10:56:37 AM
I always had a soft spot for Matt Rollings. I know that Jim obviously can do everything, but it sounds always like Jim. To me it is more a sign of quality if a player is versatile and plays dedicated to the song more than to showing off. I always found these quality in Matt more than in Jim. Of course Jim isn't exactly showing off, he's not that kind of charakter, but he has always those parts you know (plinki pling)

LE

I also prefer Matt Rollings. After Alan Clark, to me he was the best keyboard player MK had with him.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on January 28, 2018, 11:04:05 AM
I really loved Matt Rollings'   piano playing, especially in songs such as STP and Piper to the End.   His piano perfectly complemented MK's guitar.   I still miss him in the band, even though Jim is excellent too, but in a different way.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: zeta on January 28, 2018, 12:47:53 PM
The wonderful Roy Bittan played on Making Movies. The best keyboards player MK ever played with IMHO.

And The Professor was an important part of DS sound at the moment, because Mark was inspired to add keyboards after he heard 'Because the Night'. I love Alan with all my heart, but Bittan is mostly the reason DS got a keyboard player.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on January 28, 2018, 03:45:00 PM
The wonderful Roy Bittan played on Making Movies. The best keyboards player MK ever played with IMHO.

And The Professor was an important part of DS sound at the moment, because Mark was inspired to add keyboards after he heard 'Because the Night'. I love Alan with all my heart, but Bittan is mostly the reason DS got a keyboard player.

I thought that it was Jimmy Iovine who suggested Roy Bittan...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on January 28, 2018, 04:32:11 PM
In Oldfileld's book, Ed Bicknell says Jimmy Iovine introduced Roy Bittan.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on January 28, 2018, 04:52:11 PM
In Oldfileld's book, Ed Bicknell says Jimmy Iovine introduced Roy Bittan.
Anyone got that book in pdf format by chance? Assuming it is no longer on the market

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Post by: Trawlerman on January 28, 2018, 05:04:15 PM
Bittan was indeed one of the reasons why Tunnel of love and R&J sounded that great, and the album as a whole. It sounds like no other DS album obviously because of his personal touch.
It's obvious Mark didn't compose those piano parts.

Alan Clark... his influence is probably a bit different. Synths are not really my cup of tea to be honest but realistically, the songs would probably have been as good without synths.

I'd rank Matt Rollins second. Fantastic soulful player.
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Post by: Robson on January 28, 2018, 09:44:27 PM
I wonder how many languages ​​Michael Oldfield's book "Sultans Of Swing" has been translated and it is a pity that after 1985 it is not so penetrating.
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Post by: jbaent on January 28, 2018, 10:04:38 PM
I wonder how many languages ​​Michael Oldfield's book "Sultans Of Swing" has been translated and it is a pity that after 1985 it is not so penetrating.

Michael Oldfield's book has not sultans of swing as title.

It was translated to french and polish if I recall well.

https://goo.gl/images/tQ9xH7
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Post by: Robson on January 28, 2018, 10:08:21 PM
That's rigt. Title: Dire Straits. She appeared in Polish for sure :)
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Post by: zeta on January 29, 2018, 01:12:59 AM
In Oldfileld's book, Ed Bicknell says Jimmy Iovine introduced Roy Bittan.

Yeah, you right - my mistake. :smack But you've got the point haha. And btw Roy himself is very proud of Making Movies - when he was signing my LP a few years back, he told that it's his finest work.

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Post by: jbaent on January 29, 2018, 07:47:15 AM
In Oldfileld's book, Ed Bicknell says Jimmy Iovine introduced Roy Bittan.

Yeah, you right - my mistake. :smack But you've got the point haha. And btw Roy himself is very proud of Making Movies - when he was signing my LP a few years back, he told that it's his finest work.

He was very polite. He's done very good things with Springsteen ;)
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Post by: ds1984 on January 29, 2018, 08:46:16 PM
I really loved Matt Rollings' piano playing too. Very much in the spirit of Alan.

But Jim Cox is top notch. Just that in '96 I could not and still can't stand the way he performed the piano solo on SOS. :disbelief
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Post by: Love Expresso on January 29, 2018, 09:22:06 PM
Funny!   I loved it!  :lol

LE
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Post by: crimmer on January 29, 2018, 10:21:26 PM
think matts playing is so much better than Alan's , as he is much more classical approach and routs music approach, which I always prefer and listen too over the dire straits stuff which some of it I cringe over sometimes (not all though!!!!!!!!) ,the guitar playing is great ,but the rest of the synths up beat stuff I really don't like ( due too being a folk and blues man I guess) , really love knopflers, and the sound he had since 1996, and the sound these days , much more simpler playing than he did , but think it sounds so much better ,(just my option  of course) love the band he has and the sound they make

do agree A FEW of 2015 concerts werent up too knopfler standards ( but dont we all have bad day sometimes, and the ones i saw werent that bad, he was 65 for some of them, the usa tour sounded better too

2016 at o2 28th october shows he still has it

2010 i thought were below par, did enjoy them but he was sitting down ( with a back problem) etc,  the dates i went too in 2011-2013 think he stepped back up ( due not having a issue with his back

, sorry for a bit of a rant just want us all looking forward too a new tour and meeting up , and enjoying marks music together

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Post by: quizzaciously on January 30, 2018, 09:19:16 AM
There's no sense in comparing Clark to Rollings, because they're just in different leagues. It's like comparing Knopfler to Bennett. Both brilliant guitar players, although it's Mark who take lessons from Richard and not the opposite. Jazz musicians are always superior to any rock musician technically, no questions about it. I tried to become a jazz musician, but failed miserably, so I can tell from the experience.
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Post by: Robson on January 30, 2018, 11:34:16 AM
To organize the composition of the team. What we know:

Mark Knopfler: voc,  guitars
Guy Fletcher: keyboards
Jim Cox - keyboards
Richard Bennett - guitar
John McCusker: Fiddle and cittern
Mike McGoldrick: Whistle and wooden flute
Glenn Worf: Upright and electric bass
Ian Thomas: Drums
Tom Walsh: Trumpet
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Post by: jbaent on January 30, 2018, 11:43:24 AM
To organize the composition of the team. What we know:

Mark Knopfler: voc,  guitars
Guy Fletcher: keyboards
Jim Cox - keyboards
Richard Bennett - guitar
John McCusker: Fiddle and cittern
Mike McGoldrick: Whistle and wooden flute
Glenn Worf: Upright and electric bass
Ian Thomas: Drums
Tom Walsh: Trumpet

Danny Cummings: Percussion

Nigel Hitchcock: Saxophone
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Post by: Robson on January 30, 2018, 11:47:08 AM
Fact. He escaped me :)
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Post by: quizzaciously on January 30, 2018, 11:47:27 AM
Wow, what an unexpected line-up, who would have thought  :lol :lol :lol
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Post by: jbaent on January 30, 2018, 11:50:23 AM
I have the impression that the secret project would have a long schedule date and seeing that, MK has decided to use some of the death time to work on a new album as well, we know that in one period of time they were working in paralel in both projects but in the last months of 2017 and the firsts of 2018 they are working just in the new album...

I'd like to think that in this small period of time, comparing with previous record, MK would had focussed in his best stuff to not loose time and makes me wonder if it would be a great record of great straight songs...
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Post by: Robson on January 30, 2018, 11:51:26 AM
I just wanted to remind. Someone can be helpful
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Post by: Robson on January 30, 2018, 11:59:20 AM
" in the last months of 2017 and the firsts of 2018 they are working just in the new album...

I think the same
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Post by: quizzaciously on January 30, 2018, 01:19:58 PM
I wonder why no one is discussing Guy's answer that "It's not a secret project as such"? This answer seems boring to me, so don't expect much.
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Post by: Robson on January 30, 2018, 01:36:56 PM
This answer refers to the question about SpaceX. And besides, fans called it a "mysterious project" no one else
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Post by: jbaent on January 30, 2018, 01:51:06 PM
I wonder why no one is discussing Guy's answer that "It's not a secret project as such"? This answer seems boring to me, so don't expect much.

"As Such" is because it's secret just because they can't talk about it yet. It's something they are working on from september 2016 more or less and it looks they have still work to do about it.

Actually, we talked a lot about it and in the end we got to know what exactly by many clues but we keep it quiet until they decide to mention. You just have to read in this same thread and you'll find what it is  ;D
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Post by: cannibals on January 30, 2018, 02:04:58 PM
Thanks to Richard B for that........ :)
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Post by: Robson on January 31, 2018, 11:06:32 AM
GF:

We are still working on it and therefore, no release dates exist, as yet.
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Post by: jbaent on January 31, 2018, 11:32:30 AM
GF:

We are still working on it and therefore, no release dates exist, as yet.

The fact that they have a completion date scheduled in March means that they have a schedule, so, there are not release date announced, but I'm sure they have one planned and a tour also planned, but, as always delays can happen, they won't announce anything until they end working in the new record.
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Post by: Robson on January 31, 2018, 11:46:57 AM
Yes. It all makes sense
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Post by: Robson on January 31, 2018, 01:37:13 PM
GF:

In actual fact it will be completed at the end of March
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Post by: dustyvalentino on January 31, 2018, 11:54:40 PM
To go back a little bit, the best rock and roll pianist MK worked with was Geraint Watkins. For the plinky stuff, not so much.

Best all rounder IMO is Matt Rollings. No surprise that he continues to be the most in demand session player out of all of them.

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Post by: jbaent on February 01, 2018, 09:59:11 AM
To go back a little bit, the best rock and roll pianist MK worked with was Geraint Watkins. For the plinky stuff, not so much.

Best all rounder IMO is Matt Rollings. No surprise that he continues to be the most in demand session player out of all of them.

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Yes, Watkins has a name by himself, but I don't know why, I don't like what he did with MK. He was good, I'd say correct, but I don't know why, I didn't like him.
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Post by: mschaap on February 01, 2018, 09:52:56 PM
I do not agree entirely about Geraint Watkins, to me he's not up to MK's level, he's seems a nice chap and an ok rock'n'roll pianist but I think the likes of Matt Rollings and Jim Cox are in an entirely other leage. They are so much more diverse and able to play even the most complicated things seemingly effortless. Personally I think Jim might be the best but Matt tends to be more disciplined with regard to the 'song is king' approach.
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Post by: border_reiver on February 02, 2018, 11:51:24 AM
Maybe I'm the only one but I really liked Geraint.

He played a great cajun accordion and got so into his soloing that he almost fell off his stage riser in either Copenhagen or Stockholm. Can't recall precisely.

Have there been better musicians? Yes. But you can't beat such stage presence. Jim Cox o.t.o.h. has the aura of a biology teacher. :)
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Post by: dmg on February 02, 2018, 12:03:28 PM
Maybe I'm the only one but I really liked Geraint.

He played a great cajun accordion and got so into his soloing that he almost fell off his stage riser in either Copenhagen or Stockholm. Can't recall precisely.

Have there been better musicians? Yes. But you can't beat such stage presence. Jim Cox o.t.o.h. has the aura of a biology teacher. :)

I agree.  He had a good stage presence.  I thought he was quite amusing with his accordion in tow and his work on things like Junkie Doll was pretty impressive.

Biology teacher.   :lol :lol
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Post by: Love Expresso on February 02, 2018, 12:12:14 PM
Indeed he has!  ;D

LE
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Post by: Robson on February 02, 2018, 01:17:33 PM
Waiting becomes unbearable  :-X
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Post by: jbaent on February 02, 2018, 01:32:29 PM
Maybe I'm the only one but I really liked Geraint.

He played a great cajun accordion and got so into his soloing that he almost fell off his stage riser in either Copenhagen or Stockholm. Can't recall precisely.

Have there been better musicians? Yes. But you can't beat such stage presence. Jim Cox o.t.o.h. has the aura of a biology teacher. :)

I agree.  He had a good stage presence.  I thought he was quite amusing with his accordion in tow and his work on things like Junkie Doll was pretty impressive.

Biology teacher.   :lol :lol

In Spanish City we used to called him Fester Addams  ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: dmg on February 02, 2018, 07:45:38 PM
Maybe I'm the only one but I really liked Geraint.

He played a great cajun accordion and got so into his soloing that he almost fell off his stage riser in either Copenhagen or Stockholm. Can't recall precisely.

Have there been better musicians? Yes. But you can't beat such stage presence. Jim Cox o.t.o.h. has the aura of a biology teacher. :)

I agree.  He had a good stage presence.  I thought he was quite amusing with his accordion in tow and his work on things like Junkie Doll was pretty impressive.

Biology teacher.   :lol :lol

In Spanish City we used to called him Fester Addams  ;D ;D ;D ;D

 :lol :lol :lol
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Post by: ds1984 on February 02, 2018, 07:53:57 PM
Good pointed, Geraint is a show man.

Just that Dire Straits and later MK & Band were not a showman act.

We are not there for entertainment but for spiritual experience.
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Post by: jbaent on February 02, 2018, 08:12:47 PM
Good pointed, Geraint is a show man.

Just that Dire Straits and later MK & Band were not a showman act.

We are not there for entertainment but for spiritual experience.

I'm here for the ales
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Post by: border_reiver on February 02, 2018, 10:03:44 PM
Good pointed, Geraint is a show man.

Just that Dire Straits and later MK & Band were not a showman act.

We are not there for entertainment but for spiritual experience.

I'm here for the ales

I was bummed when MK's doctor overruled him and said there was no place for disco dancing throughout the tour.
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Post by: dmg on February 02, 2018, 10:49:29 PM
Good pointed, Geraint is a show man.

Just that Dire Straits and later MK & Band were not a showman act.

We are not there for entertainment but for spiritual experience.

I'm here for the ales

I was bummed when MK's doctor overruled him and said there was no place for disco dancing throughout the tour.

I really miss Jack Sonni for this dancing and stage antics.  Also his red jacket and ski goggles at Live Aid are the stuff of legend.
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Post by: Eddie Fox on February 03, 2018, 01:34:49 AM
Is it true that Hal was fired because he shook his ass too much? Cos if that was the case hiring Jack wasn’t really clever.
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Post by: jbaent on February 03, 2018, 08:37:18 AM
Is it true that Hal was fired because he shook his ass too much? Cos if that was the case hiring Jack wasn’t really clever.

Officially, he left because he wanted to concentrate on compose film scores.

Unofficially, it is said MK had zero tolerance with alcohol and drugs abuse. It's said that some of the members that were "not called again" or "substituted" had to do with that.
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Post by: Banjo99uk on February 03, 2018, 09:43:45 AM
Is it true that Hal was fired because he shook his ass too much? Cos if that was the case hiring Jack wasn’t really clever.

Officially, he left because he wanted to concentrate on compose film scores.

Unofficially, it is said MK had zero tolerance with alcohol and drugs abuse. It's said that some of the members that were "not called again" or "substituted" had to do with that.
Wow, I’ve never heard that before.
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Post by: jbaent on February 03, 2018, 11:54:45 AM
Secret project revealed

http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/local-hero-stage-version-david-greig-old-vic-lyceum_45705.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=03feb2018

Local Hero, the musical, is due to open at The Lyceum in Spring 2019 before transferring to The Old Vic in London.
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Post by: Dutchessy on February 03, 2018, 11:55:57 AM
Secret project revealed

Local Hero, the musical, is due to open at The Lyceum in Spring 2019 before transferring to The Old Vic in London.
See other topic for discussion

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=6064.0
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Post by: jbaent on February 03, 2018, 12:21:56 PM
I saw it but since we spent so long talking about it here, I thought it was fair to say it here as well.
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Post by: Pottel on February 03, 2018, 01:03:37 PM
I saw it but since we spent so long talking about it here, I thought it was fair to say it here as well.
Correct. Now this thread remains about the new album and the other one about the project

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Post by: jbaent on February 05, 2018, 10:32:42 AM
Guy today:

At the moment, yes, just me and Mark although we do have a band session next week.

 ;D

A band session that happened in autumn 2016...

And another band session

From Guy this morning:



YES. I can give you some news. This week we are conducting a full band session at BG. I CANNOT...repeat CANNOT say what this project is so please do not repeatedly ask me. I'm afraid you will have to be more patient than usual with this one as it involves a slightly longer-term work period. It will be well worth the wait, of that I can assure you. More to follow as and when I can.
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Post by: jbaent on February 05, 2018, 01:25:22 PM
I was boring today so I decided to create the prize "I Told You" to see who was the first to guess correctly the secret project and I find this:

Nah - working on a musical of the life and times of MK!

So even as a joke, Neville Sherman got right that it was a musical, on page 11  ;D

Then on page 24 I kind of get close...

Guy also said earlier that for 2016 there will be "lots of recording"

I guess MK is working on various things at the same time, or one very complicated that needs lot of work...

Is maybe composing an opera, like Roger Waters did years ago? Something like Sting previous album?

It's something different, that's all we know.

And on page 25 I did another close one

I'd say that whatever MK is doing in his studio, it might be not HIS project, as far as they can't tell because it doesn´t depend on them... it´s something that MK has been approached to do, like when a film director calls him for a soundtrack...

Maybe he´s writting music to a big film, a documentary, a play etc etc etc, something that doesn´t comes from him directly but has been asked to do it and he thought that would be interesting.

That will explain why they can´t talk about it, as it´s not his project, and why are just MK and Guy working together, with a small band session...

So, if it´s this, it´s not a new album... but we already suspected that this was more than a MK album, which is not so mysterious at all...

And again me in the same page:

From Guy´s forum:

Question:
A hot or cold kind of question…
 This project, is something that MK has been asked to do by someone else, like when a film director asks him to compose the film score?
 Hot? Cold?

Answer:
Yes and no


Yes to "is something that MK has been asked to do by someone else"? or to "Hot"?

No to "like when a film director asks him to compose the film score"? or to "Cold"?

If it´s YES to HOT and NO to COLD, the project is a film, LOL

If it´s YES to something he´s been asked to do, and NO to film score, mmm, interesting... I bet for a documentary or a play, that would explain why there won´t be live dates...

So, until the track list appeared and our Scottsmen (Dusty and/or Dmg I guess they were...) pointed to Local Hero, I would give the prize to Neville Sherman

 :clap :clap :clap
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Post by: Robson on February 06, 2018, 10:49:00 PM
We are sure that Michael McGoldrick and John McCusker will be on the new album MK :)
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Post by: Robson on February 13, 2018, 10:03:40 PM
Flugelhorn and Trombone will be on the new album  :)
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Post by: cannibals on February 15, 2018, 06:27:57 PM
Did Guy not gold us "more in january"  about the new diary  ;D
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Post by: jbaent on February 15, 2018, 07:58:53 PM
Did Guy not gold us "more in january"  about the new diary  ;D

He didn't say January 2018

Lol
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Post by: Dutchessy on February 15, 2018, 07:59:13 PM
Indeed, still no new diary :-\
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Post by: Robson on February 17, 2018, 05:07:47 PM
New photos on the GF website :)
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Post by: Dutchessy on February 17, 2018, 05:27:02 PM
http://guyfletcher.co.uk/the-diaries-2/studio-diary-2018/
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Post by: Eddie Fox on February 17, 2018, 05:27:19 PM
All I can say is I miss the old diaries. Cool photos but that display format sucks. And man... the tech talk can be boring sometimes.

Anyway, the new round of speculations is officially open lol the pictures don't say much but we don't need much to exercise our creativity and imagination, do we?
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Post by: Robson on February 17, 2018, 05:41:07 PM
Instrumentally, it will be a very rich album :)
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Post by: Eddie Fox on February 17, 2018, 06:22:11 PM
I like the idea of having horns on the album. Not so keen on the folkies though, unless it's just a couple of songs.
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Post by: rmarques821 on February 17, 2018, 06:48:26 PM
I like the idea of having horns on the album. Not so keen on the folkies though, unless it's just a couple of songs.

I also think a couple of songs with the folkies would be great. Some of my favourite songs have their fingerprint (Haul Away, Border Reiver, Kingdom Of Gold).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 17, 2018, 07:15:15 PM
Much more: Get Lucky, Before Gas and TV, So Far From The Clyde, Privateering, Yon Two Crows, Dream Of The Drowned Submariner, Laughs and Jokes...River Towns...
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Post by: jbaent on February 17, 2018, 07:54:41 PM
Guy is developing a incredible capacity of write a lot of things without saying nothing at all  :lol
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Post by: dmg on February 17, 2018, 08:31:38 PM
Was that a fly landing in one of the teas?

Also, in the music sheet where is says Mark solo x2(?) please remove the ? - thanks.  ;D
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Post by: binone on February 17, 2018, 09:24:39 PM
Was that a fly landing in one of the teas?

Also, in the music sheet where is says Mark solo x2(?) please remove the ? - thanks.  ;D

We are all dreaming about this solo. Now we know the x2 is just a 2 notes solo  ;D
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Post by: Stanko on February 17, 2018, 09:55:37 PM
looking forward!
and a quote for fun:
"you, yes you, stand still laddie!!!...
four star daydream!.... absolute rubbish!"
 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on February 17, 2018, 10:30:01 PM
Much more: Get Lucky, Before Gas and TV, So Far From The Clyde, Privateering, Yon Two Crows, Dream Of The Drowned Submariner, Laughs and Jokes...River Towns...

No folkies on DOTDS and River Towns...

LE
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Post by: Pottel on February 17, 2018, 10:38:13 PM
looking forward!
and a quote for fun:
"you, yes you, stand still laddie!!!...
four star daydream!.... absolute rubbish!"
 ;D
How can you have any pudding?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: DS on February 18, 2018, 12:23:07 AM
Also, in the music sheet where is says Mark solo x2(?) please remove the ? - thanks.  ;D

Are you able to understand what's written in the blurred line at the top of the page?
Here's the zoomed version of the image: http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Notes1400x788.jpg
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 18, 2018, 03:06:47 AM
"No folkies on DOTDS and River Towns"

I know. I thought about all the guests and added Nigel Hitchcock and John Charnee
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on February 18, 2018, 08:24:46 AM
Also, in the music sheet where is says Mark solo x2(?) please remove the ? - thanks.  ;D

Are you able to understand what's written in the blurred line at the top of the page?
Here's the zoomed version of the image: http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Notes1400x788.jpg

I guess it is from the manufacturer of that sheet music paper.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 18, 2018, 02:11:27 PM
Also, in the music sheet where is says Mark solo (x2?) please remove the ? - thanks.  ;D

Are you able to understand what's written in the blurred line at the top of the page?
Here's the zoomed version of the image: http://guyfletcher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Notes1400x788.jpg

2nd from top line.
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Post by: Elin N on February 18, 2018, 02:54:24 PM
On a computer the pictures moves kind of fast, and I can't save them. Only option I get is "save page as", and that is the whole page, not just the pic. Any tips? The pictures says much more than the tech stuff for me, and now he writes only about the tech stuff.., so I appriciate the few pics we get.

*It helps to "say it loud", I worked out how to save them :-)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 18, 2018, 02:56:50 PM
On a computer the pictures moves kind of fast, and I can't save them. Only option I get is "save page as", and that is the whole page, not just the pic. Any tips? The pictures says much more than the tech stuff for me, and now he writes only about the tech stuff.., so I appriciate the few pics we get.
On mobile you can control it

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 18, 2018, 03:06:06 PM
Cullercoats

GF: that is not the album title.

I think the title of the album is already there. We will know soon. Album cover also :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on February 18, 2018, 04:31:00 PM
What's that thing growing out of Dannys head? Is he morfing into a teletubby?
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Post by: binone on February 18, 2018, 08:05:38 PM
Cullercoats

GF: that is not the album title.

I think the title of the album is already there. We will know soon. Album cover also :)

We have to press for this to be an un unnoficial title (Real name, AKA Cullercoats), and still talking in the forums with that name, at least until the real title is revealed
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 18, 2018, 08:23:19 PM
There is no such thing as an unofficial title. I am more interested in whether there will be a title song or maybe the title will be hidden.
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Post by: Robson on February 18, 2018, 09:14:42 PM
or he will not be :) (Tracker)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 18, 2018, 09:29:38 PM
looking forward!
and a quote for fun:
"you, yes you, stand still laddie!!!...
four star daydream!.... absolute rubbish!"
 ;D
How can you have any pudding?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 19, 2018, 12:14:18 PM
Maybe there will be more jazz elements on the new album. Nigel Hitchcock (sax) Tom Walsh (trumpet) and Trevor Mires (trombone).  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on February 19, 2018, 06:38:57 PM
why not.
Would be cool
ballads,some blues, some jazz, some rock, some folk
a mixture would be killer
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 19, 2018, 06:44:01 PM
 ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 19, 2018, 06:44:53 PM
Nothing new but jazz performed by MK is a rarity :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 19, 2018, 07:45:39 PM
I’m curious to see if there will be any guests on it...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 19, 2018, 07:56:47 PM
For example Ruth Moody :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 19, 2018, 08:16:14 PM
Arthur Blendler:

"Based on the the combination: Gibson Hollow-Body, Gibson Amp, Upright Bass, Percussion, Trombone… I guess there are some New Orleans Blues coming.
It’s only a guess"

GF:

"guess away"

:)


Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on February 19, 2018, 09:06:05 PM
Don't think so
But 1 or 2 Jazz Numbers can be
That big Gibson in the diaries is a hint
Also Ian is a brilliant jazz drummer

Oh man it is really time for some new stuff. How I missed MK the last 3 years
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 19, 2018, 09:15:46 PM
Me too. We wait too long  :o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 19, 2018, 10:02:11 PM
For example Ruth Moody :)

Don't let LE hear you say that!  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 20, 2018, 01:03:32 AM
For example Ruth Moody :)

Don't let LE hear you say that!  :lol

As long as she’s doing backing vocals I’m ok with that lol

Didn’t Tommy mentioned having played in a couple of Mark’s songs? I have the feeling that Eric is on as well. Maybe the band that recorded R&J? I genuinely forgot their name...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 20, 2018, 01:04:26 AM
The Killers! Lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 20, 2018, 08:33:53 AM
I find all this conversation quite funny... jazz, blues, rock LOL

All of this from photos of instruments  :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 20, 2018, 10:29:18 AM
The instruments will tell you the truth:) The conversation is a typical conversation of fans
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 20, 2018, 11:38:46 AM
The instruments will tell you the truth:) The conversation is a typical conversation of fans

... after 131 pages  ;D ;D :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 20, 2018, 11:47:10 AM
Fact  :)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on February 20, 2018, 03:04:06 PM
100 more to come
 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on February 20, 2018, 03:22:33 PM
well the big Lady and the Horns will not point a Rock Song
The Fiddles and flutes not a Blues song

so Robson is quite right
Here is only hope
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 20, 2018, 03:37:22 PM
Instruments can indeed point at a certain direction, yes. I might be wrong but I think Mark is playing a semi acoustic Gibson in one of those photos, a guitar that's usually linked to jazzy or bluesy tunes. Of course you can play pretty much anything with a good Strat through a Marshall amp if you have to but having endless options to choose from and all the time in the world allows Mark to be more picky and choose his axes very carefully. Same goes for other instruments.

I just hope it's a diverse album with a bit of everything. I can't handle another KTGC or TRD.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 20, 2018, 03:42:40 PM
It does not leave me the impression that it will be the most diverse album of MK.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 20, 2018, 04:18:47 PM
Instruments can indeed point at a certain direction, yes. I might be wrong but I think Mark is playing a semi acoustic Gibson in one of those photos, a guitar that's usually linked to jazzy or bluesy tunes. Of course you can play pretty much anything with a good Strat through a Marshall amp if you have to but having endless options to choose from and all the time in the world allows Mark to be more picky and choose his axes very carefully. Same goes for other instruments.

I just hope it's a diverse album with a bit of everything. I can't handle another KTGC or TRD.

Totally agree with you.
The albums i like the best are GH STP GL and his last one Tracker.  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on February 20, 2018, 05:19:46 PM
TRD is a brilliant album !
WAM, HFB, Coyote, A place we used to live, the title track... All gems !!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on February 20, 2018, 05:35:20 PM
TRD is a brilliant album !
WAM, HFB, Coyote, A place we used to live, the title track... All gems !!

I agree and don't forget Fare Thee Well Northumberland, You Don't Know You're Born, Devil Baby, Old Pigweed.....in fact the whole album is excellent!   A fantastic album - only surpassed by Tracker!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 20, 2018, 05:52:50 PM
Ktgc is my favourite album. I sign for another one like it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: neco on February 20, 2018, 06:01:37 PM
Funny how we all prefer different albums  ;D

I reeally like privateering (so many great songs - haul away, go love, privateering, bluebird, yon two crows.....) and TRD as well. I would love it to hear why aye man live!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 20, 2018, 06:06:15 PM
Thank god we are all different  :clap

Having said that, I like TRD. Well, I really like Why Aye Man, Hillfarmer's Blues and A Place Where We Used to Live... I just think it's repetitive.

On the other hand, I can't stand KTGC. That's the very only MK/DS album I NEVER revisit. I not only dislike most of the songs but also find it extremely repetitive and unidimensional.

But yeah, just my own opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 20, 2018, 06:07:11 PM
I envy you. I can not point to my favorite. Since 1996, everyone has been enjoying with great joy and it is always a special album for me :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 20, 2018, 06:12:40 PM
Funny how we all prefer different albums  ;D

I reeally like privateering (so many great songs - haul away, go love, privateering, bluebird, yon two crows.....) and TRD as well. I would love it to hear why aye man live!

I love Privateering too! My absolute favorite is STP, closely followed by GH, Tracker, Privateering, GL and SL, not in any particular order. TRD comes after and only then KTGC, far behind. When I say far behind I mean Roger Federer to club players behind lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 20, 2018, 09:04:37 PM
TRD is a brilliant album !
WAM, HFB, Coyote, A place we used to live, the title track... All gems !!
So true. As mentioned in other places, ktgc, I cannot stand, as far as I remember, there is not one song that ticked any of my boxes

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 20, 2018, 09:26:23 PM
Not even "heart full of holes"?

And what about "the scaffolders wife"?

Two very beautiful songs with beautiful melodies...

The only two songs I don't like very much are True Love and In The Sky...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on February 20, 2018, 09:27:47 PM
Well, KTGC is not an easy album to get into, but it has some qualities. When it came out I actually liked it better than Shangri-La. Punish the Monkey has a great groove. Heart full of holes is touching. Ms Geneva is interesting. True it sounds repetitive, and has no easy hit, but it still a quality MK album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 20, 2018, 09:50:38 PM
It is true. And it is very British, English. It has a unique atmosphere and depth. And Let It All Go is very important to me
 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on February 20, 2018, 09:54:55 PM
yeah it is very british.
For me KTGC is also his weakest but has some nice songs on it.
Fizzy, Scaffolder and Rent.
But too much clean Strat Sound. Easy Guitar noodlin . Weak Drums
It sounds thin all in all. Hard to describe.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 20, 2018, 10:07:48 PM
Not even "heart full of holes"?

And what about "the scaffolders wife"?

Two very beautiful songs with beautiful melodies...

The only two songs I don't like very much are True Love and In The Sky...
True bout those two. But my god if I ever have to hear true love again...

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 20, 2018, 10:08:54 PM
Not even "heart full of holes"?

And what about "the scaffolders wife"?

Two very beautiful songs with beautiful melodies...

The only two songs I don't like very much are True Love and In The Sky...
True bout those two. But my god if I ever have to hear true love again...

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Ok, ok, I will check it again tomorrow

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 20, 2018, 10:16:36 PM
Heart Full Of Holes is touching. And these mysterious voices at the end ...
 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: rmarques821 on February 21, 2018, 12:17:20 AM
I agree with some of the posts here about KTGC. I don't like it very much and I'd say it's probably his weakest album. As for The Ragpicker's Dream, Hill Farmer's Blues (as one would guess by my signature) is one of my all-time favourite songs and that makes the album great  :lol

Though Golden Heart takes the #1 spot for me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on February 21, 2018, 08:35:06 AM
I think KTGC is a very underrated album.    It has a very retro feel about it reminding me of the 50s, especially We Can Get Wild, which mentions the DA haircut and also "Billy Fury on the gramophone" - even Bert Weedon's "Play in a day" is in there too!  It's not my favourite album, but I don't dislike it and there are many really lovely songs - Heart Full of Holes, Punish the Monkey, We Can Get Wild, The Scaffolders Wife, Madam Geneva and also In the Sky, which I do like!    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on February 21, 2018, 09:45:45 AM
I agree that KTGC is easily the weakest MK album. Which just means that it's a very strong album.  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 21, 2018, 11:27:54 AM
I think KTGC is a very underrated album.    It has a very retro feel about it reminding me of the 50s, especially We Can Get Wild, which mentions the DA haircut and also "Billy Fury on the gramophone" - even Bert Weedon's "Play in a day" is in there too!  It's not my favourite album, but I don't dislike it and there are many really lovely songs - Heart Full of Holes, Punish the Monkey, We Can Get Wild, The Scaffolders Wife, Madam Geneva and also In the Sky, which I do like!    :)

Reminds you of the 50s?  Something your Mum must've told you about Val.  ;)

Always struck me as his Hank tribute album.  Very relaxed, mellow and easy listening.  Very repetitive.  Twang, twang, twang...  True love will never fade, True love will never fade, True love will never fade...  Monkey is quite a cool song though and I wish we had heard that one live.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 21, 2018, 11:45:31 AM
"Always struck me as his Hank tribute album.  Very relaxed, mellow and easy listening.  Very repetitive.  Twang, twang, twang...  True love will never fade, True love will never fade, True love will never fade...  Monkey is quite a cool song though and I wish we had heard that one live"

I think it is the key to understand this album. It recalls the 1950s when rock n roll music was born and yet it was very simple and natural
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 21, 2018, 01:18:21 PM
we can get wild, forgot how much i loved that. also hear full of holes. so it is truly only the fishy birdy and the true love song that annoy me.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on February 21, 2018, 01:35:41 PM
KTGC is very nice to me, all the melodies are nice

I think some people don't like it just because the style/kind of sound is far away from DS
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 21, 2018, 01:56:37 PM
I think In The Sky is the biggest missed opportunity in human history. The song itself is beautiful but the arrangement is so bloody bland!

That song could've been Mark's solo career's Brothers in Arms. Forget about guitar tremolos and saxphones, I love those but not in this one. I can hear the keyboards and the folkies as a bed in the background, creating that mellow and slightly trippy atmosphere. Now I can feel the buildup, first drums and bass show up and then start pushing a bit harder, Mark's Les Paul firing those stunning and melodic licks in between his vocals, it's gaining momentum... Then we explode into the chorus, In the Sky, In The Sky... everything is roaring, but Mark's kind of roaring, classy, harmonious and emotional. The song continues with this dynamics until the last bit before the final chorus. It's just Mark's voice and Guy's keyboards. So moving and delicate... then the Les Paul tears into it, shortly followed by the drums and everyone else, we hit the last chorus and then... oh, and then Mark plays the most beautiful, melodic and spiritual solo ever! And it's long, very long.

But no, we got saxphone solos and yet another repetitive arrangement. Sorry, I can't forgive that album  :disbelief
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: rmarques821 on February 21, 2018, 03:04:08 PM
KTGC is very nice to me, all the melodies are nice

I think some people don't like it just because the style/kind of sound is far away from DS

Privateering is also very different from the DS sound and still it is a fan favourite.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 21, 2018, 03:15:51 PM
KTGC is very nice to me, all the melodies are nice

I think some people don't like it just because the style/kind of sound is far away from DS

Privateering is also very different from the DS sound and still it is a fan favourite.

Exactly. The only two albums that carry that DS sound are GH and STP. Maybe SL, if you push it a little.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 21, 2018, 03:51:28 PM
Really? The DS spirit is more or less present on each album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 21, 2018, 03:55:37 PM
Too The Ragpicker's Dream
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on February 21, 2018, 04:01:32 PM
KTGC is very nice to me, all the melodies are nice

I think some people don't like it just because the style/kind of sound is far away from DS

Privateering is also very different from the DS sound and still it is a fan favourite.

Exactly. The only two albums that carry that DS sound are GH and STP. Maybe SL, if you push it a little.
I can agree that STP is a DS album in disguise.
But GH is not very DS to me. Very folky.
And SL is not either. Or maybe in the league of Communiqué, with a mix of melencholia and send.
GL is much more DS to me, with BR an energetic opener like DTTW, Before gaz and TV lyrically akin to TR, and Piper - the new BIA !
Privateering has some DS-like elements like Yon Two Crows...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 21, 2018, 04:48:18 PM
KTGC is very nice to me, all the melodies are nice

I think some people don't like it just because the style/kind of sound is far away from DS

Privateering is also very different from the DS sound and still it is a fan favourite.

Exactly. The only two albums that carry that DS sound are GH and STP. Maybe SL, if you push it a little.
I can agree that STP is a DS album in disguise.
But GH is not very DS to me. Very folky.
And SL is not either. Or maybe in the league of Communiqué, with a mix of melencholia and send.
GL is much more DS to me, with BR an energetic opener like DTTW, Before gaz and TV lyrically akin to TR, and Piper - the new BIA !
Privateering has some DS-like elements like Yon Two Crows...

Maybe I didn't make myself clear, sorry. I meant those albums sound more like DS than the others to my ears. I say that based on its instruments and arrangements, that predominantly avoid violins, accordions and so on and also have far more eletric than acoustic guitars. TRD was built around Mark's acoustic guitar and from KTGC onwards Mark has been privileging the folkies to the detriment of his guitar.

But yeah, it's Mark Knopfler and we all know that everything he touches sounds unique and DS-like.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 21, 2018, 05:20:55 PM
"But yeah, it's Mark Knopfler and we all know that everything he touches sounds unique and DS-like"

I fully agree :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on February 21, 2018, 05:58:57 PM
I think KTGC is a very underrated album.    It has a very retro feel about it reminding me of the 50s, especially We Can Get Wild, which mentions the DA haircut and also "Billy Fury on the gramophone" - even Bert Weedon's "Play in a day" is in there too!  It's not my favourite album, but I don't dislike it and there are many really lovely songs - Heart Full of Holes, Punish the Monkey, We Can Get Wild, The Scaffolders Wife, Madam Geneva and also In the Sky, which I do like!    :)

Reminds you of the 50s?  Something your Mum must've told you about Val.  ;)


LOL!   Flattery will get you nowhere, dmg - you should have gone to Specsavers!    :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on February 21, 2018, 07:27:27 PM
I think In The Sky is the biggest missed opportunity in human history. The song itself is beautiful but the arrangement is so bloody bland!

That song could've been Mark's solo career's Brothers in Arms. Forget about guitar tremolos and saxphones, I love those but not in this one. I can hear the keyboards and the folkies as a bed in the background, creating that mellow and slightly trippy atmosphere. Now I can feel the buildup, first drums and bass show up and then start pushing a bit harder, Mark's Les Paul firing those stunning and melodic licks in between his vocals, it's gaining momentum... Then we explode into the chorus, In the Sky, In The Sky... everything is roaring, but Mark's kind of roaring, classy, harmonious and emotional. The song continues with this dynamics until the last bit before the final chorus. It's just Mark's voice and Guy's keyboards. So moving and delicate... then the Les Paul tears into it, shortly followed by the drums and everyone else, we hit the last chorus and then... oh, and then Mark plays the most beautiful, melodic and spiritual solo ever! And it's long, very long.

But no, we got saxphone solos and yet another repetitive arrangement. Sorry, I can't forgive that album  :disbelief

Now this is a great post!

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 21, 2018, 09:50:17 PM
I think KTGC is a very underrated album.    It has a very retro feel about it reminding me of the 50s, especially We Can Get Wild, which mentions the DA haircut and also "Billy Fury on the gramophone" - even Bert Weedon's "Play in a day" is in there too!  It's not my favourite album, but I don't dislike it and there are many really lovely songs - Heart Full of Holes, Punish the Monkey, We Can Get Wild, The Scaffolders Wife, Madam Geneva and also In the Sky, which I do like!    :)

Reminds you of the 50s?  Something your Mum must've told you about Val.  ;)


LOL!   Flattery will get you nowhere, dmg - you should have gone to Specsavers!    :wave
luckily, today one does't have to be born in the 30's to know how does 50's sounds eh? ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 21, 2018, 10:00:21 PM
When it comes to Kill To Get Crimson, all great songs, personally I can't make a decision if any song is better than another.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: TheTimeWasWrong on February 22, 2018, 10:31:10 AM
I think In The Sky is the biggest missed opportunity in human history. The song itself is beautiful but the arrangement is so bloody bland!

That song could've been Mark's solo career's Brothers in Arms. Forget about guitar tremolos and saxphones, I love those but not in this one. I can hear the keyboards and the folkies as a bed in the background, creating that mellow and slightly trippy atmosphere. Now I can feel the buildup, first drums and bass show up and then start pushing a bit harder, Mark's Les Paul firing those stunning and melodic licks in between his vocals, it's gaining momentum... Then we explode into the chorus, In the Sky, In The Sky... everything is roaring, but Mark's kind of roaring, classy, harmonious and emotional. The song continues with this dynamics until the last bit before the final chorus. It's just Mark's voice and Guy's keyboards. So moving and delicate... then the Les Paul tears into it, shortly followed by the drums and everyone else, we hit the last chorus and then... oh, and then Mark plays the most beautiful, melodic and spiritual solo ever! And it's long, very long.

But no, we got saxphone solos and yet another repetitive arrangement. Sorry, I can't forgive that album  :disbelief

I think that's the great thing about Mark, why would he want to produce another Brothers in Arms? He has done that, why do it again? I don't think it fits the lyrics and personally I think the arrangement of In The Sky is brilliant, I could listen to it for hours. There is enormous amount of tension but it's still very calm, very few can do that.

What I love about KTGC is that it's different, a turning point in MK's solo career. It's the least DS-like record but still very much Mark. Just as you can't compare the first DS record with OES, you can't compare KTGC with GH or STP. He moved on and that's one of the things I didn't like about Tracker, it's just more of the same. Every record until Tracker had something new but I think every song on Tracker has been done before. Honestly I think he's running out of ideas (musically).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 22, 2018, 10:42:18 AM
"I think that's the great thing about Mark, why would he want to produce another Brothers in Arms? He has done that, why do it again? I don't think it fits the lyrics and personally I think the arrangement of In The Sky is brilliant, I could listen to it for hours. There is enormous amount of tension but it's still very calm, very few can do that.
What I love about KTGC is that it's different, a turning point in MK's solo career"

I agree with that :)

Words In The Sky fits beautifully with music
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on February 22, 2018, 10:47:07 AM
I think In The Sky is the biggest missed opportunity in human history. The song itself is beautiful but the arrangement is so bloody bland!

That song could've been Mark's solo career's Brothers in Arms. Forget about guitar tremolos and saxphones, I love those but not in this one. I can hear the keyboards and the folkies as a bed in the background, creating that mellow and slightly trippy atmosphere. Now I can feel the buildup, first drums and bass show up and then start pushing a bit harder, Mark's Les Paul firing those stunning and melodic licks in between his vocals, it's gaining momentum... Then we explode into the chorus, In the Sky, In The Sky... everything is roaring, but Mark's kind of roaring, classy, harmonious and emotional. The song continues with this dynamics until the last bit before the final chorus. It's just Mark's voice and Guy's keyboards. So moving and delicate... then the Les Paul tears into it, shortly followed by the drums and everyone else, we hit the last chorus and then... oh, and then Mark plays the most beautiful, melodic and spiritual solo ever! And it's long, very long.

But no, we got saxphone solos and yet another repetitive arrangement. Sorry, I can't forgive that album  :disbelief

I think that's the great thing about Mark, why would he want to produce another Brothers in Arms? He has done that, why do it again? I don't think it fits the lyrics and personally I think the arrangement of In The Sky is brilliant, I could listen to it for hours. There is enormous amount of tension but it's still very calm, very few can do that.

What I love about KTGC is that it's different, a turning point in MK's solo career. It's the least DS-like record but still very much Mark. Just as you can't compare the first DS record with OES, you can't compare KTGC with GH or STP. He moved on and that's one of the things I didn't like about Tracker, it's just more of the same. Every record until Tracker had something new but I think every song on Tracker has been done before. Honestly I think he's running out of ideas (musically).

Whilst I agree with you about "In the Sky" - I like it very much too.  I disagree about Tracker.  For me it's Mark's best album to date and I listen to it from beginning to end with no skippers.   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 22, 2018, 10:54:54 AM
Exactly
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 22, 2018, 11:54:43 AM
I think In The Sky is the biggest missed opportunity in human history. The song itself is beautiful but the arrangement is so bloody bland!

That song could've been Mark's solo career's Brothers in Arms. Forget about guitar tremolos and saxphones, I love those but not in this one. I can hear the keyboards and the folkies as a bed in the background, creating that mellow and slightly trippy atmosphere. Now I can feel the buildup, first drums and bass show up and then start pushing a bit harder, Mark's Les Paul firing those stunning and melodic licks in between his vocals, it's gaining momentum... Then we explode into the chorus, In the Sky, In The Sky... everything is roaring, but Mark's kind of roaring, classy, harmonious and emotional. The song continues with this dynamics until the last bit before the final chorus. It's just Mark's voice and Guy's keyboards. So moving and delicate... then the Les Paul tears into it, shortly followed by the drums and everyone else, we hit the last chorus and then... oh, and then Mark plays the most beautiful, melodic and spiritual solo ever! And it's long, very long.

But no, we got saxphone solos and yet another repetitive arrangement. Sorry, I can't forgive that album  :disbelief

I think that's the great thing about Mark, why would he want to produce another Brothers in Arms? He has done that, why do it again? I don't think it fits the lyrics and personally I think the arrangement of In The Sky is brilliant, I could listen to it for hours. There is enormous amount of tension but it's still very calm, very few can do that.

What I love about KTGC is that it's different, a turning point in MK's solo career. It's the least DS-like record but still very much Mark. Just as you can't compare the first DS record with OES, you can't compare KTGC with GH or STP. He moved on and that's one of the things I didn't like about Tracker, it's just more of the same. Every record until Tracker had something new but I think every song on Tracker has been done before. Honestly I think he's running out of ideas (musically).

Whilst I agree with you about "In the Sky" - I like it very much too.  I disagree about Tracker.  For me it's Mark's best album to date and I listen to it from beginning to end with no skippers.

I'm listening to Tracker these days while driving to work and I have to say that I only listen three songs in a row (Laughs, Basil and Rivertowns) and from the fourth I skip ALL the songs until "Silver Eagle" and again skip tracks until the bonus tracks "Heart of Oak", "Oklahoma Ponnies" and "Time Will End All Sorrow". Just 4 songs of the main record and 3 from the bonus.

I can't stand the rest of songs, some sounds boring to me, some sounds like too low profile to me, it's from all MK records the one with more skippers. Maybe it has to do with that poor, very poor slide guitar. I don't understand why he does that. He's not good at slide, or maybe I should say he's too lazy at slide guitar to be good at it.

In the contrary, I found as a surprise that Privateering is a record which had aged very very well and I listen to it almost without skip any tracks.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on February 22, 2018, 01:26:51 PM
How can anyone not like "In the sky", it's a mystery.. I don't listen much to KTGC either, but I am watching the youtube videos of "In the sky" and "Let it all go" again and again. I love the overall feeling of "Let it all go", and the lyrics and the keyboard. Both such comforting songs, like Why worry.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on February 22, 2018, 01:43:40 PM
Beautiful song but I don't get it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 22, 2018, 01:50:06 PM
"Here’s the end of the thirties
no time for arties
over in Poland...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 22, 2018, 02:07:07 PM
In the Sky: love the song, hate the arrangement. And I love Tracker. And I hate KTGC. Peaks and valleys, I know.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 22, 2018, 02:09:54 PM
Guy Fletcher is more slippery than a wet soap covered in oil  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on February 22, 2018, 03:00:04 PM
Guy Fletcher is more slippery than a wet soap covered in oil  :lol

 :lol :lol I don't mind that image in my head at all
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 22, 2018, 03:51:59 PM
Guy Fletcher is more slippery than a wet soap covered in oil  :lol

 :lol :lol I don't mind that image in my head at all

Did you really picture GF covered in soap and oil? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you  :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on February 22, 2018, 04:18:49 PM
Guy Fletcher is more slippery than a wet soap covered in oil 

  I don't mind that image in my head at all

Did you really picture GF covered in soap and oil? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you 
"Worse", I meant it. I like him. So I'm already disturbed haha

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 22, 2018, 04:26:36 PM
Guy Fletcher is more slippery than a wet soap covered in oil 

  I don't mind that image in my head at all

Did you really picture GF covered in soap and oil? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you 
"Worse", I meant it. I like him. So I'm already disturbed haha

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I'm officially confused now lol

I said that because I asked him a question on his forum and his answer was vague. And now I have this image in my head that will hopefully disappear soon! lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on February 22, 2018, 04:35:23 PM
Guy Fletcher is more slippery than a wet soap covered in oil 

  I don't mind that image in my head at all

Did you really picture GF covered in soap and oil? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you 
"Worse", I meant it. I like him. So I'm already disturbed haha

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I'm officially confused now lol

I said that because I asked him a question on his forum and his answer was vague. And now I have this image in my head that will hopefully disappear soon! lol
(Laughing) ok I'll try. I understood that you meant by it, we know his answers often are   vague. But I am a woman, and kind of like him. So the image of it was quite nice in my disturbed brain

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 22, 2018, 04:40:00 PM
Naughty naughty  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Don70 on February 23, 2018, 01:19:50 AM
You can say that Mark's slide playing doesn't do it for you. But, calling him a very poor slide player is simply absurd.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 23, 2018, 01:35:06 AM
Don 70  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on February 23, 2018, 08:12:50 AM
You can say that Mark's slide playing doesn't do it for you. But, calling him a very poor slide player is simply absurd.

Thanks for having the courage to say it.

The overbearing and disrespectful words with which some here judge Mark and Guy are hard to bear anymore.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 09:10:08 AM
You can say that Mark's slide playing doesn't do it for you. But, calling him a very poor slide player is simply absurd.

Thanks for having the courage to say it.

The overbearing and disrespectful words with which some here judge Mark and Guy are hard to bear anymore.

Of course!

In the Spanish city fans group we have and old saying, "even MK's farts smell like roses"

It's a saying that never fails.

By the way You can't tell me what I can say!! 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 09:26:12 AM
I repeat..

Mk slide playing is very very poor baby or vary lazy, you choose.

Take a listen to Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth, Rory Gallagher etc etc, that's slide playing.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on February 23, 2018, 09:51:32 AM
Perhaps Tracker is my favourite album BECAUSE of the slide guitar, not in spite of it.   A great part of the album has songs played on slide guitar - Mighty Man, Lights of Taormina, etc and I like it very much, even though to some it is viewed as pretty poor playing. I'm certainly no expert on slide guitar, but if I enjoy it that's all that matters to me!   ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 23, 2018, 10:10:53 AM
Exactly.

jbaent It all depends on the approach. Such comparisons and tones of expression do not serve anything
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 10:19:22 AM
Perhaps Tracker is my favourite album BECAUSE of the slide guitar, not in spite of it.   A great part of the album has songs played on slide guitar - Mighty Man, Lights of Taormina, etc and I like it very much, even though to some it is viewed as pretty poor playing. I'm certainly no expert on slide guitar, but if I enjoy it that's all that matters to me!   ;)

Totally valid opinion.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on February 23, 2018, 12:10:34 PM
The more slide the better.

Also keep in mind that MK is left handed and to be better at doing vibratos over three strings at the same time is completely different than playing slide.

I'm a slide guitarist (right handed) myself so I'm only half biased. I couldn't play slide with my right hand even if I wanted to.

World famous slide guitarists probably play it the way they usually prefer (left/right).
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 12:37:34 PM
I repeat..

Mk slide playing is very very poor baby or vary lazy, you choose.

Take a listen to Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth, Rory Gallagher etc etc, that's slide playing.
And still he plays better slide then 98% of the world's gitarists. Also, his feeling and tone are, as with his normal playing, one of a kind

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 01:11:55 PM
I repeat..

Mk slide playing is very very poor baby or vary lazy, you choose.

Take a listen to Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth, Rory Gallagher etc etc, that's slide playing.
And still he plays better slide then 98% of the world's gitarists. Also, his feeling and tone are, as with his normal playing, one of a kind

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I have to disagree with you. It's probably the contrary, a 98% of slide guitarist plays better slide than MK. About guitarist that are not specialist slide players, MK doesn't play better than a 98%, if at all, plays better than any other...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 01:15:05 PM
I repeat..

Mk slide playing is very very poor baby or vary lazy, you choose.

Take a listen to Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth, Rory Gallagher etc etc, that's slide playing.
And still he plays better slide then 98% of the world's gitarists. Also, his feeling and tone are, as with his normal playing, one of a kind

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I have to disagree with you. It's probably the contrary, a 98% of slide guitarist plays better slide than MK. About guitarist that are not specialist slide players, MK doesn't play better than a 98%, if at all, plays better than any other...
I did not compare to slide guitar players but to players in general. And you cannot disagree with the feel and tone

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 01:18:21 PM
I repeat..

Mk slide playing is very very poor baby or vary lazy, you choose.

Take a listen to Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth, Rory Gallagher etc etc, that's slide playing.
And still he plays better slide then 98% of the world's gitarists. Also, his feeling and tone are, as with his normal playing, one of a kind

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I have to disagree with you. It's probably the contrary, a 98% of slide guitarist plays better slide than MK. About guitarist that are not specialist slide players, MK doesn't play better than a 98%, if at all, plays better than any other...
I did not compare to slide guitar players but to players in general. And you cannot disagree with the feel and tone

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I agree with the feeling and tone partially. He has its own and is up to any fan to consider if its is better than Gilmour's or Clapton's... It's not an absolute truth.

But Gilmour or Clapton slide is far better than Mk, for example.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 23, 2018, 01:39:05 PM
Better, worse ... Music is not a sport. Each guitarist is different.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 01:45:08 PM
Better, worse ... Music is not a sport. Each guitarist is different.

And some are better in this or that.

MK is very good at fingerpicking, good or decent with a pic, and not very good (quite poor in my opinion) with the slide.

Others are better with slide, others with the pic.

No way MK plays better slide than the 98percent of professional guitar players :-p
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 23, 2018, 01:52:00 PM
Everything is our point of view. So there is no unambiguous answer.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 01:52:29 PM
Better, worse ... Music is not a sport. Each guitarist is different.

And some are better in this or that.

MK is very good at fingerpicking, good or decent with a pic, and not very good (quite poor in my opinion) with the slide.

Others are better with slide, others with the pic.

No way MK plays better slide than the 98percent of professional guitar players :-p
Way

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 03:14:25 PM
I agree with Jbaent
of course music is not a competition/sport etc..., but when you think "slide player" it's obvious that MK si not the first one that cames to mind
Ry Cooder, Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Ben Harper, they are the names I immediately think when I think to "slide players" (Sonny Landreth has very good technique, but I do'nt like him, he is too technical, not enough soulful for me, but that's only my opinion of course)

the point is not to judge musicians, but is to have an "objective" point of view when you look at the whole rock history so to say.
It's like if you said : MK is the best wah-guitar player because he used one on it never rains, wag the dog and early bird. of course if you have to name a famous wah-guitar player, MK is not the one. the same for slide.

when I think to "fingerpicking on electric", MK is the first one that cames to mind, followed by Chet Atkins and Ry Cooder, but also Robbie Krieger.
And now, many guitarists plays both pick and fingers (Clapton, Bonamassa, etc...) while during the 80s, MK was mainly the only one (among famous popular guitarists)



Val's opinion is another thing, it's about personnal taste, not about "critical view" so to say. Saying you like something is not contradictory with saying it's poor, or it's not the best, etc...
I am always atohnished by the lack of objective point of view by some people.
DS/MK is my personnal favoriste artist, but it's not a reason to rate them/him as "genius, best, etc..."
On the contary they are many artists I don't like, but I would rate as milestones in music history

So, Val's opinion is totally compatible with Jbaent's one : Val talks about what she likes, and Jbaent about how he rates Mark's slide playing

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on February 23, 2018, 04:51:19 PM
Sonny Landreth has very good technique, but I do'nt like him, he is too technical, not enough soulful for me, but that's only my opinion of course

Watch it!  ;D

I take it you haven't heard his all instrumental album? It's okay, I forgive you. ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 04:53:01 PM
I agree with Jbaent
of course music is not a competition/sport etc..., but when you think "slide player" it's obvious that MK si not the first one that cames to mind
Ry Cooder, Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Ben Harper, they are the names I immediately think when I think to "slide players" (Sonny Landreth has very good technique, but I do'nt like him, he is too technical, not enough soulful for me, but that's only my opinion of course)

the point is not to judge musicians, but is to have an "objective" point of view when you look at the whole rock history so to say.
It's like if you said : MK is the best wah-guitar player because he used one on it never rains, wag the dog and early bird. of course if you have to name a famous wah-guitar player, MK is not the one. the same for slide.

when I think to "fingerpicking on electric", MK is the first one that cames to mind, followed by Chet Atkins and Ry Cooder, but also Robbie Krieger.
And now, many guitarists plays both pick and fingers (Clapton, Bonamassa, etc...) while during the 80s, MK was mainly the only one (among famous popular guitarists)



Val's opinion is another thing, it's about personnal taste, not about "critical view" so to say. Saying you like something is not contradictory with saying it's poor, or it's not the best, etc...
I am always atohnished by the lack of objective point of view by some people.
DS/MK is my personnal favoriste artist, but it's not a reason to rate them/him as "genius, best, etc..."
On the contary they are many artists I don't like, but I would rate as milestones in music history

So, Val's opinion is totally compatible with Jbaent's one : Val talks about what she likes, and Jbaent about how he rates Mark's slide playing
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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 23, 2018, 05:15:32 PM
Guys, keep in mind that Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen fans usually classify Mark's playing as poor. He's too slow and limited they say...

Note that pretty much every single slide ace such as Trucks and Landreth will play slide in at least 90% of the songs. It's a different instrument basically. I can't think of any guitar player that exceeds in both. You gotta commit to that if you want to achieve excellence. The tuning is different, the scales are different, the strings are higher... it's like comparing rugby to american football.

Mark in my opinion plays good slide, better than the vast majority of people who are not experts. I don't think Gilmour does it better than him unless you're referring to pedal steel. Clapton yes, but not that much better.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 05:23:13 PM
Guys, keep in mind that Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen fans usually classify Mark's playing as poor. He's too slow and limited they say...

Note that pretty much every single slide ace such as Trucks and Landreth will play slide in at least 90% of the songs. It's a different instrument basically. I can't think of any guitar player that exceeds in both. You gotta commit to that if you want to achieve excellence. The tuning is different, the scales are different, the strings are higher... it's like comparing rugby to american football.

Mark in my opinion plays good slide, better than the vast majority of people who are not experts. I don't think Gilmour does it better than him unless you're referring to pedal steel. Clapton yes, but not that much better.
Rory Gallagher did. And SRV

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 23, 2018, 05:40:29 PM
I'd have to check it out but if you can only name two people that says something.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 23, 2018, 05:50:42 PM
I found this and based on what I heard I don't think he mastered it. Compared to his regular guitar playing it's pretty unimpressive. Still pretty good to me though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsRBGcuc8jI
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 06:14:17 PM
I can't think of any guitar player that exceeds in both.

Duane Allman : listen to live at filmore east or the Layla album, and you will hear that he was amazing both on slide (layla, too late, key to the highway) and fret playing (little wing, love so bad, anyday)

Ry Cooder : of course a great slide player, but his rthyhm work on "very things that makes you rich" is outstanding ihmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRAg7ixYaeE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRAg7ixYaeE)

Derek Truck can play great fret playing too
I agree about Gallagher too


oh and I forgot the great Mick Taylor. A very underestimaed guitarist. amzing both on slide and fret, and during the same track (e.g. sway)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 06:16:16 PM
The tuning is different, the scales are different, the strings are higher...

it depends. some guitarists plays frets on open tunning, and some guitarists plays slide on standard tunning

Duane Allman, Ry Cooder and Mick Taylor often played both styles on the same guitar
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 23, 2018, 06:17:48 PM
"I found this and based on what I heard I don't think he mastered it. Compared to his regular guitar playing it's pretty unimpressive. Still pretty good to me though"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsRBGcuc8jI

I'm far from comparisons, but Gator Blood by Mark Knopfler is definitely better :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 06:19:25 PM
I don't think Gilmour does it better than him unless you're referring to pedal steel.

gilmour plays on pedal steel but wothout pedals, so it's much "lap steel" then

of course I didn't talk about Paul Franklin, because it's another instrument for me
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 23, 2018, 06:37:13 PM
Still not many... and in my opinion, slide aside, Mark at his peak was way more impressive than any of them.

Slide back on, I'm not saying Mark is a great slide guitar player but I don't think he's bad either. He does his little thing and it sounds pretty good to my ears - and the truth is he doesn't need more than that really. I'm sure that if he thinks his skills are not good enough for a particular song he'll either get someone to play it like he's done before or forget about it and use his fingers.

All that being said, I'd love to see Derek Trucks and Mark playing together.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 23, 2018, 06:46:31 PM
When I recorded my little album I decided to play slide in a track. I had never played with a slide in my entire life... went to a rock shop, got one and practiced the riff and only that for two weeks. Took me at least 30 takes to get it (almost) right lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVBe_5kX7c
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on February 23, 2018, 07:01:19 PM
On stage I generally does not enjoy much the way Mark has been playing the slide these latter years.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 23, 2018, 07:06:01 PM
On stage I generally does not enjoy much the way Mark has been playing the slide these latter years.

Mark's playing as a whole has dropped down a few levels over the last decade or so...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 07:11:43 PM
Eddie... SRV is another dimension. In a Jimi Hendrix level.

Funnily he opened for Dire Straits in 1985 when he was starting.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 07:16:33 PM
Eddie... SRV is another dimension. In a Jimi Hendrix level.

Funnily he opened for Dire Straits in 1985 when he was starting.
The ticket shows in the OES your book. Was the (I believe) first Toronto show. I got the recording.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 07:17:00 PM
"I found this and based on what I heard I don't think he mastered it. Compared to his regular guitar playing it's pretty unimpressive. Still pretty good to me though"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsRBGcuc8jI

I'm far from comparisons, but Gator Blood by Mark Knopfler is definitely better :)

Compare gator blood with anything from Srv and saying gator blood is better... Crucifixion is too soft punishment.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 07:17:58 PM
I'd have to check it out but if you can only name two people that says something.
Just at the top of my head

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 07:20:35 PM
However, the kind of songs he does nowadays doesn't require any quality slide guitar... So he doesn't need to be any better. If any of the songs would require truly quality slide, he would call someone else for sure. He knows what he can do and what he can't.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 23, 2018, 07:56:54 PM
"Compare gator blood with anything from Srv and saying gator blood is better... Crucifixion is too soft punishment"

It's better for me. I know what I like. Relax, take it easy :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 23, 2018, 08:05:10 PM
SRV was an alien but playing slide guitar, at least based on the two songs I heard, he was pretty average.

Regarding Hendrix, extremely overrated as a guitarist imho.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 08:27:00 PM
"Compare gator blood with anything from Srv and saying gator blood is better... Crucifixion is too soft punishment"

It's better for me. I know what I like. Relax, take it easy :)

God lord will forgive you...

But you have to take the punishment. Listen to SRV record Texas Flood.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 23, 2018, 08:27:58 PM
SRV was an alien but playing slide guitar, at least based on the two songs I heard, he was pretty average.

Regarding Hendrix, extremely overrated as a guitarist imho.

Even Mark Knopfer overrated Hendrix apparently...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 23, 2018, 08:35:09 PM
"God lord will forgive you...

But you have to take the punishment. Listen to SRV record Texas Flood"

Stevie Ray Vaughan is a great musician, no one has doubts, but I prefer a melody in the music that touches me. I do not know exactly Stevie Ray Vaughn's records, I'm listening to different music, but Stevie Ray Vaughan has not touched me yet
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 08:50:05 PM
SRV was an alien but playing slide guitar, at least based on the two songs I heard, he was pretty average.

Regarding Hendrix, extremely overrated as a guitarist imho.
Try "Pali gap"

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on February 23, 2018, 09:14:36 PM
SRV was an alien but playing slide guitar, at least based on the two songs I heard, he was pretty average.

Regarding Hendrix, extremely overrated as a guitarist imho.

Hendrix wrote the History. He was ahead of the time.


Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 11:19:59 PM
Hendrix was not only a great-amazing-fabulous guitarist, he was also an oustanding song-writer, he revolutionized studio recording methods, and excatly as DS1984 said, he wrote the History.
in modern music history, you have Elvis, Berry, Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Hendrix.
his influences are at the same level.
I am a DS/MK fan, but talking about Hendrix, it's just another planet (and I am a fan too)

I like a famous journalist quote :" Jimi played the blues from the delata, but this delta was on mars"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 11:21:00 PM
Try "Pali gap"
:thumbsup
one of my fav Jimi's instrumentals
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 11:22:38 PM
Eddie... SRV is another dimension. In a Jimi Hendrix level.

I love SRV, but I don't think he is on Jimi's level
Jimi's level is..well... is only Jimi
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 23, 2018, 11:22:56 PM
Try "Pali gap"
:thumbsup
one of my fav Jimi's instrumentals
Right? Always loves it. Also, machine gun. Also, message of love

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on February 23, 2018, 11:27:42 PM
too difficult to choose. I love all Jimi's work
another fav is Red house from Winterland

for christmas I go the new redition from Monterey and....oh my god what a show !

I wrote an article about this show when the strat was reedited by fender :
https://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/musique/rock/fender-reedite-la-mythique-guitare-brulee-il-y-a-50-ans-par-hendrix-a-monterey-261735 (https://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/musique/rock/fender-reedite-la-mythique-guitare-brulee-il-y-a-50-ans-par-hendrix-a-monterey-261735)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 24, 2018, 12:09:41 AM
As somebody said, awesome songwriter and ahead of his time but I don’t like him as a guitarist. Too much pyrotechnics and juggling, not my cup of tea. He was also very erratic for someone with his fame. In my opinion SRV did everything Hendrix did only that he did it much better.

Same happened after Senna passed away, a young hero dying at his peak is the key to immortality and worshiping. You’re born “knowing” that Hendrix is the greatest guitarist ever and Senna the best driver of all time. It’s printed in our brains even before we know what guitars and cars are. I never let it cloud my judgement though.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 24, 2018, 12:17:02 AM
SRV was an alien but playing slide guitar, at least based on the two songs I heard, he was pretty average.

Regarding Hendrix, extremely overrated as a guitarist imho.

Even Mark Knopfer overrated Hendrix apparently...

I don’t remember hearing that but even if he did that’s just his opinion. Mark is a liberal and I’m a right-winger, we probably disagree on most things in life lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Don70 on February 24, 2018, 02:06:41 AM
Jbeant, I hate to say it, but you have no ear for music if you maintain that the slide playing is poor quality. And no, MK would not bring in someone to play “quality” slide on his albums. He’s a pro. Never in 40 years have I heard poor quality playing on a MK/DS record. Never.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 24, 2018, 09:26:27 AM
As somebody said, awesome songwriter and ahead of his time but I don’t like him as a guitarist. Too much pyrotechnics and juggling, not my cup of tea. He was also very erratic for someone with his fame. In my opinion SRV did everything Hendrix did only that he did it much better.

Same happened after Senna passed away, a young hero dying at his peak is the key to immortality and worshiping. You’re born “knowing” that Hendrix is the greatest guitarist ever and Senna the best driver of all time. It’s printed in our brains even before we know what guitars and cars are. I never let it cloud my judgement though.
Have you made the effort to listen to the stuff not known by the general public?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on February 24, 2018, 09:40:46 AM
What does it matter? The best slide guitarplayer that so far has ever walked the planet is Derek Trucks. And he probably already was that at the age of 13. Nor Mark, nor SRV come even close...

Derek at the age of 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLQTbmUYI4A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLQTbmUYI4A)

And the Derek Trucks solo everyone should have listened to in his live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbOlgESKbIc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbOlgESKbIc)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 24, 2018, 10:03:13 AM
What does it matter? The best slide guitarplayer that so far has ever walked the planet is Derek Trucks. And he probably already was that at the age of 13. Nor Mark, nor SRV come even close...

Derek at the age of 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLQTbmUYI4A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLQTbmUYI4A)

And the Derek Trucks solo everyone should have listened to in his live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbOlgESKbIc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbOlgESKbIc)
Like his playing, not his sound on this song though.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 24, 2018, 11:35:39 AM
As somebody said, awesome songwriter and ahead of his time but I don’t like him as a guitarist. Too much pyrotechnics and juggling, not my cup of tea. He was also very erratic for someone with his fame. In my opinion SRV did everything Hendrix did only that he did it much better.

Same happened after Senna passed away, a young hero dying at his peak is the key to immortality and worshiping. You’re born “knowing” that Hendrix is the greatest guitarist ever and Senna the best driver of all time. It’s printed in our brains even before we know what guitars and cars are. I never let it cloud my judgement though.
Have you made the effort to listen to the stuff not known by the general public?

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Yes, my ex-girlfriend’s brother who happens to be a huge fan showed me a lot of stuff. I actually like many of his songs. It’s not that I think he was not one of the best, I just don’t think he was that awesome as a guitar player, above everyone else like a god.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on February 24, 2018, 01:11:20 PM
Trucks sucks. Sonny's number 1. ;)

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 24, 2018, 01:19:19 PM
And back to the topic. I wonder how many songs will be on the new album. I dream about the album cover as far as The Ragpicker's Dream or Tracker :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 24, 2018, 01:23:08 PM
And back to the topic. I wonder how many songs will be on the new album. I dream about the album cover as far as The Ragpicker's Dream or Tracker :)
If bob can do a triple, why not mark

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 24, 2018, 01:28:13 PM
And back to the topic. I wonder how many songs will be on the new album. I dream about the album cover as far as The Ragpicker's Dream or Tracker :)
If bob can do a triple, why not mark

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Because Mark is not Bob.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 24, 2018, 02:19:16 PM
Bob has not written anything for 6 years. I know, he does not have to write anymore. Mark has 20 new songs for each album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 24, 2018, 02:59:09 PM
Bob has been touring uninterruptedly from so long that I don't remember... MK hasn't toured since three years ago and it doesn't look he will do it until next year.

To compare pros and cons of any artist versus Mk is a very easy game.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 24, 2018, 03:10:10 PM
I'm not talking about comparing. However, the fact that Mark does not leave the studio gives me much joy :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 24, 2018, 03:12:50 PM
What I don't like is when there's a 10-song album and then loads of b-sides spread all over the place. If you have 20 songs and all of them are gonna get released so do it at once and put out a double album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 24, 2018, 03:27:01 PM
What I don't like is when there's a 10-song album and then loads of b-sides spread all over the place. If you have 20 songs and all of them are gonna get released so do it at once and put out a double album.

That's not commercially viable for a standard release.

It's far better in commercial terms to release a single cd and then do a deluxe version with the bonus for the die hard fans.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 24, 2018, 03:27:59 PM
I'm not talking about comparing. However, the fact that Mark does not leave the studio gives me much joy :)

It's his studio.

 :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 24, 2018, 03:51:59 PM
:) "I’m still up in the morning to get behind the plough"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 24, 2018, 04:38:12 PM
Bob has been touring uninterruptedly from so long that I don't remember... MK hasn't toured since three years ago and it doesn't look he will do it until next year.

To compare pros and cons of any artist versus Mk is a very easy game.
Bob since 1987 on his never ending tour.lol

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 24, 2018, 04:39:26 PM
What I don't like is when there's a 10-song album and then loads of b-sides spread all over the place. If you have 20 songs and all of them are gonna get released so do it at once and put out a double album.

That's not commercially viable for a standard release.

It's far better in commercial terms to release a single cd and then do a deluxe version with the bonus for the die hard fans.

There's a huge difference between not viable and less profitable but let's assume what you say is true. We live in the digital era and packing deluxe versions with bonus tracks doesn't make anyone buy those just for the songs. Die hard fans buy a deluxe version because of its physical content: books, pictures, posters, vinyls... by the time the box arrives they've listened to every single song (b-sides included) dozens and dozens of times - meaning extra songs play an insignificant role in the process.

Of course there's a reason why executives do what they do but we are talking about the same guys who, according to GF himself, don't think a Mark Knopfler blu-ray would sell well.

Anyway, I didn't want to trigger off a marketing debate, I just said that I don't like b-sides being released separately.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 24, 2018, 10:45:51 PM
:) "I’m still up in the morning to get behind the plough"
:thumbsup
me either! lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on February 24, 2018, 11:01:47 PM
:)

For me, these words are very important ...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 25, 2018, 09:25:03 AM
What I don't like is when there's a 10-song album and then loads of b-sides spread all over the place. If you have 20 songs and all of them are gonna get released so do it at once and put out a double album.

That's not commercially viable for a standard release.

It's far better in commercial terms to release a single cd and then do a deluxe version with the bonus for the die hard fans.

There's a huge difference between not viable and less profitable but let's assume what you say is true. We live in the digital era and packing deluxe versions with bonus tracks doesn't make anyone buy those just for the songs. Die hard fans buy a deluxe version because of its physical content: books, pictures, posters, vinyls... by the time the box arrives they've listened to every single song (b-sides included) dozens and dozens of times - meaning extra songs play an insignificant role in the process.

Of course there's a reason why executives do what they do but we are talking about the same guys who, according to GF himself, don't think a Mark Knopfler blu-ray would sell well.

Anyway, I didn't want to trigger off a marketing debate, I just said that I don't like b-sides being released separately.

That's the only way to get them... There has been some MK records from where we didn't get any extras or just one if we were lucky.

Those songs usually got filed, and now we are lucky to have some of them.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 25, 2018, 04:39:22 PM
Sometimes those actually drive me mad, like when Camerado, Early Bird and Terminal are left out.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on February 25, 2018, 08:10:10 PM
Really sick and tired of these €200 "deluxe" boxes that are only available in Zimbabwe on February 29h from 1.17pm to 1.23pm, that you buy just to get 3 additional songs and loads of useless stuff. C'mon ! This has been digital age for quite a long time !
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on February 25, 2018, 08:18:34 PM
Really sick and tired of these €200 "deluxe" boxes that are only available in Zimbabwe on February 29h from 1.17pm to 1.23pm, that you buy just to get 3 additional songs and loads of useless stuff. C'mon ! This has been digital age for quite a long time !
love will find the way anyway  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 25, 2018, 10:26:55 PM
Really sick and tired of these €200 "deluxe" boxes that are only available in Zimbabwe on February 29h from 1.17pm to 1.23pm, that you buy just to get 3 additional songs and loads of useless stuff. C'mon ! This has been digital age for quite a long time !

 :lol :lol

Hey, you might get lucky now and then and find some fake poker chips in the box!

I agree though - it annoys the hell out of me when one country can get the likes of Hot Dog and the rest of the world can't.  What is it with that?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on February 25, 2018, 10:28:31 PM
Really sick and tired of these €200 "deluxe" boxes that are only available in Zimbabwe on February 29h from 1.17pm to 1.23pm, that you buy just to get 3 additional songs and loads of useless stuff. C'mon ! This has been digital age for quite a long time !

 :lol  :lol :lol

Replace Zimbabwe with Germany and you are spot on.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 26, 2018, 12:29:58 AM
Happy to see reasonability echoing  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 26, 2018, 08:14:49 AM
 All answer to commercial questions...

Hot dog is only available in MediaMarkt Germany version as it guarantee an exclusive, any fan that wants that song has to buy that version.

Same happened with "time in the sun" and "early bird" that were exclusive bonus in digital purchase from iTunes and Amazon and you had to buy the whole digital record to just get the bonus.

Commercial strategies.

Me, by the way, prefer to buy something material, like the MediaMarkt cd, digital files are something too... Untouchable. I'm an old fashion man.

Mk has very little to do with this. He delivers to the record company the songs that will feature in the record, and the record company ask him for bonus tracks to the different editions and exclusive. The record companies are the ones that decide the commercial strategies to follow with that extra material to get all the money they can from us in as much different ways as they can.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 26, 2018, 08:35:54 AM
All answer to commercial questions...

Hot dog is only available in MediaMarkt Germany version as it guarantee an exclusive, any fan that wants that song has to buy that version.

Same happened with "time in the sun" and "early bird" that were exclusive bonus in digital purchase from iTunes and Amazon and you had to buy the whole digital record to just get the bonus.

Commercial strategies.

Me, by the way, prefer to buy something material, like the MediaMarkt cd, digital files are something too... Untouchable. I'm an old fashion man.

Mk has very little to do with this. He delivers to the record company the songs that will feature in the record, and the record company ask him for bonus tracks to the different editions and exclusive. The record companies are the ones that decide the commercial strategies to follow with that extra material to get all the money they can from us in as much different ways as they can.
Pretty sure mk does not leave that decision to the record company alone. Not that kinda guy

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 26, 2018, 08:37:36 AM
You'll be surprised...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on February 26, 2018, 11:04:30 AM
The record company will respect his choice for the album itself, but Mark will leave it to them to do with what he decides to be "bonus".

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on February 26, 2018, 11:35:30 AM
I wish Ed was back in charge.  He'd have all this sorted out in the best interest of the fans and ensure the right songs were on the album in the first place too.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on February 26, 2018, 12:15:14 PM
The more Ed the better! lol

But it's true, PCM seems to be a puppet.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on February 26, 2018, 12:16:36 PM
The more Ed the better! lol

But it's true, PCM seems to be a puppet.
Ed had a spine

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Elin N on February 26, 2018, 12:37:25 PM
Where is Ed now? How was he? I've met  PC a cuple of times (very briefly) and he was nice towards me, but it seems Ed was a more "fan friendly" manager?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on February 26, 2018, 01:49:30 PM
Where is Ed now? How was he? I've met  PC a cuple of times (very briefly) and he was nice towards me, but it seems Ed was a more "fan friendly" manager?

I met Ed at the Golden Heart concert in Leeds and he was very nice to me.   He was standing next to me at the concert - he signed my tour book and made sure that I could see OK, because I was surrounded by some very tall people.    :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on February 26, 2018, 04:55:25 PM
Actually with Ed we never got so much bonus, at least during DS years... During the GH era we got four extra tracks in the cdsingles.

He left MK before the STP release.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on February 28, 2018, 11:37:15 AM
Ian Thomas is on tour with Michael Landau next month.
Not sure for tourdates later this year. Perhaps something to keep up with because of possible MK tour oktober november   :think

http://mikelandau.com/tour/

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 03, 2018, 02:17:32 PM
Wolfgang:

"About the MK album: Title, track list, artwork? When? Hopefully soon?

I wonder what Guy Fletcher's answer will be  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 03, 2018, 03:17:21 PM
Wolfgang:

"About the MK album: Title, track list, artwork? When? Hopefully soon?

I wonder what Guy Fletcher's answer will be  :)

He will answer "can't say"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 03, 2018, 03:23:57 PM
I think so too :) But at the end of March it will definitely change :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on March 03, 2018, 06:17:14 PM
I think so too :) But at the end of March it will definitely change :)

Perhaps, with Guy you'll never know....
Did he give all that stuff for the tracker album?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 03, 2018, 06:24:01 PM
I do not remember. Probably not. I saw the album cover and tracklist on the official MK website
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 03, 2018, 06:34:27 PM
And I remember how I was charmed by the cover of the Tracker album. To this day, it is my favorite just like The Ragpicker's Dream :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 03, 2018, 09:05:28 PM
I think so too :) But at the end of March it will definitely change :)

Perhaps, with Guy you'll never know....
Did he give all that stuff for the tracker album?

No.

It's usually shown at mknews. Sometimes we're lucky and we find out before... But Guy never released that details himself
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: mschaap on March 04, 2018, 09:46:55 AM
Don't know if I remeber well but I believe with Privateering the details were first revailed by Guy, or maybe it was just the title and it to be a double album
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 04, 2018, 11:16:03 AM
Privateering details were revealed by ME.

I found in a online site called play.com (now Rakuten) the cover and track listing of the double cd. It was a surprise that it was double, I had to double check it and I immediately said here.

It was before even MKNEWS was allowed to post information about it
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 04, 2018, 11:20:41 AM
Privateering details were revealed by ME.

I found in a online site called play.com (now Rakuten) the cover and track listing of the double cd. It was a surprise that it was double, I had to double check it and I immediately said here.

It was before even MKNEWS was allowed to post information about it
Keep checking that site Julio!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 04, 2018, 11:24:52 AM
Privateering details were revealed by ME.

I found in a online site called play.com (now Rakuten) the cover and track listing of the double cd. It was a surprise that it was double, I had to double check it and I immediately said here.

It was before even MKNEWS was allowed to post information about it
Keep checking that site Julio!

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I will. It's where the official information is posted.

It's true that nowadays we get to know that information by others sites, but that's not MKNEWS fault, but PCM and Universal fault as they don't allow share the information to MKNEWS before...

It's a weird strategy, but maybe they allow the shops to publish all that info first to create anticipation and presales of the record. It looks like they care more for marketing than anything else.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Don70 on March 04, 2018, 09:44:08 PM
Patience people, patience. All will be revealed in due time. It always is.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: zeta on March 05, 2018, 05:43:59 PM
Another familiar but a very nice addition to the final line-up.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 05, 2018, 06:14:47 PM
Robbie is an amazing guitarist but why would they need him having Mark and Richard around? Are you sure it's not some other artist's project recorded at BG?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 05, 2018, 08:17:41 PM
Yes. Mark and Steve Phillips play on it :)
 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: zeta on March 06, 2018, 12:53:29 AM
Robbie is an amazing guitarist but why would they need him having Mark and Richard around? Are you sure it's not some other artist's project recorded at BG?

I'm not 100% sure, but Robbie playing on a same tracks Danny did percussion on and Ian Thomas did drums? Looks suspicious.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Silvertown on March 06, 2018, 08:53:13 AM
Wouldn't bother me as I like Mark doing country rock.  When it Comes to You, How Long etc.

Yeah, When it comes to you sounds fantastic. Quite simple song, but always joy to listen.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on March 08, 2018, 07:53:28 PM
Guitar discussion moved to:

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=6116.0
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 12, 2018, 08:22:15 PM
I am very interested in what stories Mark will present on the new album. For example, will autobigraphic topics appear?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 12, 2018, 09:35:11 PM
I expect one about Spanish meat, Rioja red wine and torrijas (dessert very typical in Spain)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 12, 2018, 10:21:46 PM
Very interesting conversation level  :wave
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 13, 2018, 06:45:47 AM
Very interesting conversation level  :wave

Very well conducted!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 13, 2018, 07:13:45 PM
GF:

we're back in the studio today

:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 13, 2018, 08:57:58 PM
GF:

we're back in the studio today

:)

You are welcome
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 18, 2018, 07:41:44 PM
GF:

You will be TOTALLY blown away with Nigel, if you're anything like us. There's lots of soloing...and from Mark.

  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on March 18, 2018, 07:50:43 PM
GF:

You will be TOTALLY blown away with Nigel, if you're anything like us. There's lots of soloing...and from Mark.

  :)

There's lots of soloing...and from Mark.

Can´t be serious. Breaking again hopes. If there are really Mark´s soloings, dot´t say it, Let us to discover and be surprised. Now we are in high hopes, and we know there won´t be lots of soloing from Mark.

He will never learn.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on March 18, 2018, 08:51:43 PM
Please God will it be a jazz album. Well, okay, jazz/folk album. Imagine an album filled with laughs, jokes, drinks and smokes...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 18, 2018, 08:59:13 PM
Guys ideas of soloing probably vary greatly from ours.  Maybe Mark did solo on a couple, but no doubt they will fade out as the solo begins. 

Looks like Nigel might be taking on board a more prominent role now so that Mark can just walk on stage without a guitar. ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on March 18, 2018, 09:00:49 PM
Please God will it be a jazz album. Well, okay, jazz/folk album. Imagine an album filled with laughs, jokes, drinks and smokes...

With that Gibson shown the other week perhaps songs like Fade to Black...  :P
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Darling Pretty on March 18, 2018, 09:03:34 PM
No no. He needs his Guitar. But only one.
Otherwise he does not know where to leave his fingers.

Just watch his performance of Playtime Deluxe again. His fingers always move very nervous on all sides of his guitar
 ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 18, 2018, 09:04:44 PM
Guitar discussion moved to:

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=6116.0
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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 18, 2018, 11:36:16 PM
I am happy with every message about the new album. :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 19, 2018, 12:49:38 AM
Once I asked Guy if a certain forthcoming album was gonna feature long and juicy guitar solos. He said yes. Months later I got Kill to Get Crimson. Nuff said  :lol

True story btw
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Don70 on March 19, 2018, 02:11:50 AM
All of his albums have tons of guitar on it and plenty of solo spots. It’s just completely different from the DS/early solo career stuff...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 19, 2018, 04:50:09 AM
Once I asked Guy if a certain forthcoming album was gonna feature long and juicy guitar solos. He said yes. Months later I got Kill to Get Crimson. Nuff said  :lol

True story btw

The solos on The Scaffolder's Wife, Punish The Monkey and Behind With The Rent are all great electric and typical MK style. Juicy enough for me, compared with later albums.  Can't find anything like that on Tracker, sadly enough.

What happens on Basil and My Heart will Never Change are more "anti" solos so to say... well fitting and great sounding nevertheless.

LE

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 19, 2018, 08:49:38 AM
Tracker is not an album full of solos, but it is my favourite solo album nevertheless - take Basil, for instance - those infills are really delicious!  These days his songs are not about intricate solos, probably because his hands and fingers are not as deft as before, but they are just as beautiful, but if the next album really does have some solos then I will be happy too.   Also, I agree, a more jazzy album would be fine by me!     Also, why not wait until you've heard the album before jumping to conclusions.   Who knows, it could be a pleasant surprise!  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 19, 2018, 10:19:28 AM
All of his albums have tons of guitar on it and plenty of solo spots. It’s just completely different from the DS/early solo career stuff...

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 19, 2018, 10:20:05 AM
Yes. He played beautifully in Basil. I do not need anything more.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 19, 2018, 10:44:42 AM
Once I asked Guy if a certain forthcoming album was gonna feature long and juicy guitar solos. He said yes. Months later I got Kill to Get Crimson. Nuff said  :lol

True story btw

Actually there are many guitar solos in Ktgc, but most of them played with pic and with tremolo, so not the solos we expect from him...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 19, 2018, 10:56:08 AM
Once I asked Guy if a certain forthcoming album was gonna feature long and juicy guitar solos. He said yes. Months later I got Kill to Get Crimson. Nuff said  :lol

True story btw

Actually there are many guitar solos in Ktgc, but most of them played with pic and with tremolo, so not the solos we expect from him...

KTGC was a retro 50s and 60s album and pic and tremelo were on a lot of songs at that time - Hank Marvin and The Shadows for example!    ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 19, 2018, 11:00:34 AM
Once I asked Guy if a certain forthcoming album was gonna feature long and juicy guitar solos. He said yes. Months later I got Kill to Get Crimson. Nuff said  :lol

True story btw

Actually there are many guitar solos in Ktgc, but most of them played with pic and with tremolo, so not the solos we expect from him...

KTGC was a retro 50s and 60s album and pic and tremelo were on a lot of songs at that time - Hank Marvin and The Shadows for example!    ;)

That's why I like that cd a lot!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on March 19, 2018, 11:06:11 AM
Once I asked Guy if a certain forthcoming album was gonna feature long and juicy guitar solos. He said yes. Months later I got Kill to Get Crimson. Nuff said  :lol

True story btw

Actually there are many guitar solos in Ktgc, but most of them played with pic and with tremolo, so not the solos we expect from him...

KTGC was a retro 50s and 60s album and pic and tremelo were on a lot of songs at that time - Hank Marvin and The Shadows for example!    ;)

That's why I like that cd a lot!

I like it too, but I have to be in a retro mood to listen - that's why it is at the end of my list, not because it is a poor album.   ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 19, 2018, 06:15:29 PM
"let's all be happy our man is not dead yet and delivering music at a constant rythm"


My God....Exactly
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 19, 2018, 07:13:55 PM
I’m still curious about potential special guests.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on March 19, 2018, 07:25:27 PM
We know the composition. Wonderful 12 :) Tommy Emmanuel in two tracks?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on March 22, 2018, 12:31:43 PM
According to Guy, Robbie Mcinthosh played some overdubs on Mark's album:

Yes it means that Robbie did do some overdubs on Mark's album and Danny has played percussion on the whole record.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 22, 2018, 12:37:30 PM
According to Guy, Robbie Mcinthosh played some overdubs on Mark's album:

Yes it means that Robbie did do some overdubs on Mark's album and Danny has played percussion on the whole record.

Wow, I'm quite surprised really. Robbie is a great musician but I don't see him doing anything that Mark or Richard couldn't do.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 22, 2018, 12:39:05 PM
According to Guy, Robbie Mcinthosh played some overdubs on Mark's album:

Yes it means that Robbie did do some overdubs on Mark's album and Danny has played percussion on the whole record.
This is the topic at hand, thnx for the info

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 22, 2018, 02:46:10 PM
Robbie's background is mainly pop-rock. Perhaps Mark's going for a more commercially palatable approach this time around?  :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 22, 2018, 03:46:01 PM
Robbie was perfect in the MK and friends concerts.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 22, 2018, 04:47:53 PM
Robbie was perfect in the MK and friends concerts.

He's awesome. I don't know if anyone else here likes John Mayer as I do but if John keeps calling Robbie back that means something. If Mark's concerts had two acts Richard could play the solo stuff and Robbie the DS part. Also a friend of mine made friends with him a few years ago when he came to Brazil on some Beatles related job - can't remember what, maybe Macca. My mate says Robbie is the coolest guy ever.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on March 22, 2018, 05:17:22 PM
Also a friend of mine made friends with him a few years ago when he came to Brazil on some Beatles related job - can't remember what, maybe Macca.

yes Robbie has been McCartney's guitarist few years (or rather decades) ago. I think he is playing at the knebworth gig
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on March 22, 2018, 05:19:03 PM
Robbie was perfect in the MK and friends concerts.

agree. his solo on your latest trick is amazing (and imho far better than Mark's one one early gigs from the OES tour)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 22, 2018, 05:35:02 PM
Robbie was perfect in the MK and friends concerts.

He's awesome. I don't know if anyone else here likes John Mayer as I do but if John keeps calling Robbie back that means something. If Mark's concerts had two acts Richard could play the solo stuff and Robbie the DS part. Also a friend of mine made friends with him a few years ago when he came to Brazil on some Beatles related job - can't remember what, maybe Macca. My mate says Robbie is the coolest guy ever.
Was friendly when I met him after the illsley gig in Dortmund last year. Down to earth guy. And always loved his playing for macca live

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: boriszhukov on March 22, 2018, 06:00:38 PM
Robbie has been playing rhythm on some of the promotours as well hasn't he ?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on March 22, 2018, 06:42:05 PM
Robbie has been playing rhythm on some of the promotours as well hasn't he ?

yes
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 23, 2018, 01:48:17 PM
Overdubs ...  maybe after the sessions they were needed and Richard not available ...but then again the only reason why Mark would not do it by himself would be a live recording because of the vibes between them..
 
LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 23, 2018, 02:10:53 PM
Overdubs ...  maybe after the sessions they were needed and Richard not available ...but then again the only reason why Mark would not do it by himself would be a live recording because of the vibes between them..
 
LE
I do not get what you mean LE. Good or bad vibes, and between who?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on March 23, 2018, 02:17:31 PM
New interview appeared with GF.

https://www.amazona.de/interview-guy-fletcher-roxy-music-dire-straits-english-version/

Once I finish work on Mark Knopfler’s new album, Mark and I will be continuing on with the Local Hero musical which is scheduled to hit the stage in 2019. Then we have a tour planned for Europe and the US. Meanwhile, I will be recording some of my own stuff and who knows what else may come along.



So they will be touring after the Local Hero project is up and running? In 2019?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on March 23, 2018, 02:32:01 PM
New interview appeared with GF.

https://www.amazona.de/interview-guy-fletcher-roxy-music-dire-straits-english-version/

Once I finish work on Mark Knopfler’s new album, Mark and I will be continuing on with the Local Hero musical which is scheduled to hit the stage in 2019. Then we have a tour planned for Europe and the US. Meanwhile, I will be recording some of my own stuff and who knows what else may come along.



So they will be touring after the Local Hero project is up and running? In 2019?

Great find Lars! :clap First signs of a tour!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Kris-b on March 23, 2018, 02:41:32 PM
Funny, I just found the same article in German and wondered, how to post it. Great!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on March 23, 2018, 02:55:41 PM
New interview appeared with GF.

https://www.amazona.de/interview-guy-fletcher-roxy-music-dire-straits-english-version/

Once I finish work on Mark Knopfler’s new album, Mark and I will be continuing on with the Local Hero musical which is scheduled to hit the stage in 2019. Then we have a tour planned for Europe and the US. Meanwhile, I will be recording some of my own stuff and who knows what else may come along.



So they will be touring after the Local Hero project is up and running? In 2019?

It confirms our guesses, album out after summer 2018, local hero early 2019, MK tour summer 2019
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 23, 2018, 03:02:55 PM
Overdubs ...  maybe after the sessions they were needed and Richard not available ...but then again the only reason why Mark would not do it by himself would be a live recording because of the vibes between them..
 
LE
I do not get what you mean LE. Good or bad vibes, and between who?

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Sorry if not clear. Mark could do overdubs any time on his own. The only reason to get a second guitarist  in could be that they play together for the live feel, the vibes of the recording. Better?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: olazabalrok on March 23, 2018, 03:09:54 PM
Sorry if not clear. Mark could do overdubs any time on his own. The only reason to get a second guitarist  in could be that they play together for the live feel, the vibes of the recording. Better?

LE

Obviously Robbie has his own style and touch (also more skilled purely technically than MK)  so maybe they were looking for that, not necessarily anything to do with doing takes together at the same time.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 23, 2018, 03:10:48 PM
New interview appeared with GF.

https://www.amazona.de/interview-guy-fletcher-roxy-music-dire-straits-english-version/

Once I finish work on Mark Knopfler’s new album, Mark and I will be continuing on with the Local Hero musical which is scheduled to hit the stage in 2019. Then we have a tour planned for Europe and the US. Meanwhile, I will be recording some of my own stuff and who knows what else may come along.



So they will be touring after the Local Hero project is up and running? In 2019?

It confirms our guesses, album out after summer 2018, local hero early 2019, MK tour summer 2019
Interesting interview but was it originally written down in English?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 23, 2018, 03:11:09 PM
Overdubs ...  maybe after the sessions they were needed and Richard not available ...but then again the only reason why Mark would not do it by himself would be a live recording because of the vibes between them..
 
LE
I do not get what you mean LE. Good or bad vibes, and between who?

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Sorry if not clear. Mark could do overdubs any time on his own. The only reason to get a second guitarist  in could be that they play together for the live feel, the vibes of the recording. Better?

LE
Totally

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Kris-b on March 23, 2018, 03:24:30 PM
I think the website with the interview is a german  one, as there are german  names in the contact area. But I am sure that the interview was originally in English.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: primi on March 23, 2018, 03:36:58 PM
Also from that interview:

"The Notting Hillbillies album was recorded entirely on the Synclavier 8-track ‘Direct to Disk’ Hard Disk system. All the drums were samples as well as the pianos and bass, I played them all."

I didn't know that they went that far with the Synclavier.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 23, 2018, 03:55:15 PM
Sorry if not clear. Mark could do overdubs any time on his own. The only reason to get a second guitarist  in could be that they play together for the live feel, the vibes of the recording. Better?

LE

Obviously Robbie has his own style and touch (also more skilled purely technically than MK)  so maybe they were looking for that, not necessarily anything to do with doing takes together at the same time.

Maybe today... both at their peak Mark wipes the floor with Robbie anytime. Anyway, I don't think that's the case. My guess is either like LE said for the live interaction or rhythm parts that suit Robbie's style better than Richard's, which might mean a more commercial approach if you will.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 23, 2018, 04:05:38 PM
Also from that interview:

"The Notting Hillbillies album was recorded entirely on the Synclavier 8-track ‘Direct to Disk’ Hard Disk system. All the drums were samples as well as the pianos and bass, I played them all."

I didn't know that they went that far with the Synclavier.

He did a fine job there. I'd never say Will You Miss Me had drums samples.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on March 23, 2018, 05:59:10 PM
it's the same on neck & neck : drums samples "played" by Guy
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: primi on March 23, 2018, 07:09:48 PM
I've been listening to lots of Hillbillies and Mark+Chet songs last few days. Excellent work there. If only we could have another album like that. I'd buy four copies but nobody's listening.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: boriszhukov on March 24, 2018, 09:35:28 AM
Nice version of Buckets of rain by Robbie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9VKUQH344o
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: JF on March 24, 2018, 10:40:52 PM
very nice !
it's the first time I hear Robbie sing, and the first time I see a Style O with wood
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 25, 2018, 01:03:08 AM
I've been listening to lots of Hillbillies and Mark+Chet songs last few days. Excellent work there. If only we could have another album like that. I'd buy four copies but nobody's listening.
So true.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 25, 2018, 04:03:22 AM
I've been listening to lots of Hillbillies and Mark+Chet songs last few days. Excellent work there. If only we could have another album like that. I'd buy four copies but nobody's listening.

Mark Knopfler & Eric Clapton

I would die
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on March 25, 2018, 09:43:38 AM
Sorry if not clear. Mark could do overdubs any time on his own. The only reason to get a second guitarist  in could be that they play together for the live feel, the vibes of the recording. Better?

LE

Obviously Robbie has his own style and touch (also more skilled purely technically than MK)  so maybe they were looking for that, not necessarily anything to do with doing takes together at the same time.

Maybe today... both at their peak Mark wipes the floor with Robbie anytime. Anyway, I don't think that's the case. My guess is either like LE said for the live interaction or rhythm parts that suit Robbie's style better than Richard's, which might mean a more commercial approach if you will.

MK is highly skilled of course but he has always stayed in his very own garden. He is a master of the fingerpicking and he masters the MK style obviously lol.
Robbie is way more versatile and can play basically anything and in many different styles. That's what makes him technically more skilled. Technically isn't a bad word.

MK is the best at what he does and that's pretty much it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 25, 2018, 12:59:38 PM
Mark can play anything apart from metal and its variations. The difference between him and Robbie in this department is that no matter the style you know it’s Mark Knopfler whereas Robbie isn’t distinguished.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 25, 2018, 01:00:22 PM
Exactly that, Trawlerman. Was about to write something similar after I had watched that Bucket of Rain clip with Robbie in the other thread.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on March 25, 2018, 01:04:30 PM
I've been listening to lots of Hillbillies and Mark+Chet songs last few days. Excellent work there. If only we could have another album like that. I'd buy four copies but nobody's listening.

Mark Knopfler & Eric Clapton

I would die

It's too late for that. Just remember how good the news sounded that MK and TE collaborated and what a lame, childish and absolutely NOT special boring song came out of that.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 25, 2018, 01:21:24 PM
Mark can play anything apart from metal and its variations. The difference between him and Robbie in this department is that no matter the style you know it’s Mark Knopfler whereas Robbie isn’t distinguished.
Mark and David, they have that "sound" not many others, yeah maybe also EC.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on March 25, 2018, 01:41:59 PM
Mark can play anything apart from metal and its variations. The difference between him and Robbie in this department is that no matter the style you know it’s Mark Knopfler whereas Robbie isn’t distinguished.

Yes, that's called a signature sound.
Question is, can he really play anything else but some Mark Knopfler ? We don't really know because he hasn't really showed anything else.
He tried some slide, but I found it a bit dull compared to other slide masters. I mean it wasn't bad, but it wasn't that great either.
He experimented a couple of things but again it was far from 'master or genius level'.

It seems to me that he is stuck with his style. Just like Slash, who is another favorite of mine. You can instantly recognize him, it's great and everything,  but he is also stuck in his own style. It's not a bad thing, it's just how it is.

Robbie is on the same level as Richard.  You give him anything to play, you tell him how it should sound, and he'll get the job done. Hence why session or studio musicians are highly demanded. They're very good at everything,  not excellent at just one thing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 25, 2018, 03:36:59 PM
I'll change Robbie for Richard without any hesitation.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 25, 2018, 03:42:55 PM
I'll change Robbie for Richard without any hesitation.
Same here

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 25, 2018, 04:26:28 PM
I prefer Robbie as well but I think Richard suits Mark’s approach better.

Regarding Mark’s skills, he’s played with half of the universe. I remember watching him play I Shot the Sheriff with EC for the first time and that was jaw dropping. That was funky reggae done with extreme excellence but at the same time that was Mark Knopfler. Our man is unique playing anything, his technique is flawless, or was.

Robbie is a world class guitarist but I don’t think he can do anything that Mark can’t in terms of technique.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on March 25, 2018, 06:03:06 PM
Robbie is far more versatile than you might think.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on March 25, 2018, 08:15:01 PM
Guy about tourdates in 2018: No, at this point, nothing is scheduled at all in terms of live performances.
---
And about a new tour in another question: There is no tour confirmed in terms of dates as yet but we talk about touring all the time. What I meant by 'planned' is that tours need to be set up way in advance so venues are of course being contacted but this is the business of management and agencies. It's in the planning. You'll know when it happens !
---
The last question was because of an interview Guy give a few days ago...

https://www.amazona.de/interview-guy-fletcher-roxy-music-dire-straits-english-version/

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Don70 on March 25, 2018, 09:28:32 PM
Mark can play anything apart from metal and its variations. The difference between him and Robbie in this department is that no matter the style you know it’s Mark Knopfler whereas Robbie isn’t distinguished.

Yes, that's called a signature sound.
Question is, can he really play anything else but some Mark Knopfler ? We don't really know because he hasn't really showed anything else.
He tried some slide, but I found it a bit dull compared to other slide masters. I mean it wasn't bad, but it wasn't that great either.
He experimented a couple of things but again it was far from 'master or genius level'.

It seems to me that he is stuck with his style. Just like Slash, who is another favorite of mine. You can instantly recognize him, it's great and everything,  but he is also stuck in his own style. It's not a bad thing, it's just how it is.

Robbie is on the same level as Richard.  You give him anything to play, you tell him how it should sound, and he'll get the job done. Hence why session or studio musicians are highly demanded. They're very good at everything,  not excellent at just one thing.

Having that unique style and sound is everything in music. That's what's made him many millions and carries his solo career. Nobody does Mark Knopfler but Mark Knopfler. Any style of music he plays he somehow makes his own. I know a lot of people complained about the dearth of blues tunes on Privateering. Like it or not, I personally thought that was the freshest take on the blues I've heard in years. Same with What a Wonderful World, he instantly made that song sound like I've never heard it before. And I've heard that song played a million times by many different musicians.

As much as I love EC and think he's an incredible performer, he sounds like a lot of the blues guys that have come before him, but I guess that's what he's going for--- wearing his influences on his sleeve.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Don70 on March 25, 2018, 09:32:13 PM
Guy about tourdates in 2018: No, at this point, nothing is scheduled at all in terms of live performances.
---
And about a new tour in another question: There is no tour confirmed in terms of dates as yet but we talk about touring all the time. What I meant by 'planned' is that tours need to be set up way in advance so venues are of course being contacted but this is the business of management and agencies. It's in the planning. You'll know when it happens !
---
The last question was because of an interview Guy give a few days ago...

https://www.amazona.de/interview-guy-fletcher-roxy-music-dire-straits-english-version/

I bet it'll be spring/summer in Europe 2019. Then, NA in the fall.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on March 25, 2018, 09:38:49 PM
Mark can play anything apart from metal and its variations. The difference between him and Robbie in this department is that no matter the style you know it’s Mark Knopfler whereas Robbie isn’t distinguished.

Yes, that's called a signature sound.
Question is, can he really play anything else but some Mark Knopfler ? We don't really know because he hasn't really showed anything else.
He tried some slide, but I found it a bit dull compared to other slide masters. I mean it wasn't bad, but it wasn't that great either.
He experimented a couple of things but again it was far from 'master or genius level'.

It seems to me that he is stuck with his style. Just like Slash, who is another favorite of mine. You can instantly recognize him, it's great and everything,  but he is also stuck in his own style. It's not a bad thing, it's just how it is.

Robbie is on the same level as Richard.  You give him anything to play, you tell him how it should sound, and he'll get the job done. Hence why session or studio musicians are highly demanded. They're very good at everything,  not excellent at just one thing.

Having that unique style and sound is everything in music. That's what's made him many millions and carries his solo career. Nobody does Mark Knopfler but Mark Knopfler. Any style of music he plays he somehow makes his own. I know a lot of people complained about the dearth of blues tunes on Privateering. Like it or not, I personally thought that was the freshest take on the blues I've heard in years. Same with What a Wonderful World, he instantly made that song sound like I've never heard it before. And I've heard that song played a million times by many different musicians.

As much as I love EC and think he's an incredible performer, he sounds like a lot of the blues guys that have come before him, but I guess that's what he's going for--- wearing his influences on his sleeve.
I lost all interest in ec after his last tour with mk. Until his one record with jj

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on March 26, 2018, 12:05:27 AM
Robbie is far more versatile than you might think.

Have I ever said he wasn’t? Lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Zeraschkulidar on April 11, 2018, 09:57:25 PM
Weren't there some news about the new album scheduled for end of March? I always thought it would be March 2018 :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on April 11, 2018, 10:27:12 PM
Weren't there some news about the new album scheduled for end of March? I always thought it would be March 2018 :)

The plan was to send it to the record company at the end of March, there’s no release date yet.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on April 12, 2018, 08:56:32 AM
Guy did indeed "play" the drums but Ed Bicknell hit them while the samples were recorded.

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on April 13, 2018, 04:16:23 PM
Guy did indeed "play" the drums but Ed Bicknell hit them while the samples were recorded.

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wrong thread?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on April 13, 2018, 05:31:34 PM
Sorry, should have quoted, it was replying to a post about the drums on the NHB album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on April 17, 2018, 10:31:34 AM
Guy saying on his forum when he is back from Cleveland he will go on mixing the new MK album.
They are behind schedule.........
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on April 17, 2018, 10:39:40 AM
Yes. "More patience required"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on April 17, 2018, 01:36:03 PM
Plenty of time. September release.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on April 17, 2018, 01:57:56 PM
Or october  >:(
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on April 17, 2018, 03:04:09 PM
So tour in 2019, spring Europe, autumn US I suppose. Long waiting ....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 20, 2018, 11:29:54 AM
They didn't finished mixing yet...

The album had a completion date of March, and we are at the end of April and they didn't finished mixing yet!

 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

The musical is taking a lot of time from them so I foresee a delay in the album release... yes, still plentu of time until release in October but, I start to think that a March/ April 2018 release date could be likely too.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on April 20, 2018, 12:51:54 PM
That would be next week then.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on April 20, 2018, 01:18:24 PM
That would be next week then.

LE
Guess he meant 2019

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dustyvalentino on April 20, 2018, 01:54:18 PM
That would be next week then.

LE

Lolz
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on April 20, 2018, 08:44:12 PM
They didn't finished mixing yet...

The album had a completion date of March, and we are at the end of April and they didn't finished mixing yet!

 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

The musical is taking a lot of time from them so I foresee a delay in the album release... yes, still plentu of time until release in October but, I start to think that a March/ April 2018 release date could be likely too.

Yeah, the recording is completed, now the mixing phase  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on April 20, 2018, 08:54:22 PM
I think that at the beginning of May we will know the release date:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on April 26, 2018, 02:34:55 PM
We're talking about top of the line musicians, equipment and processes but even at that level I don't think it takes more than one day to mix a song, unless they keep revisiting each tune time after time. Of course it's time consuming, they surely recorded countless bits and pieces that will be tested before the final cut and it requires patience and fresh ears, but they must be very close to completion - if not done by now. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 27, 2018, 09:15:31 AM
Don't forget they are working in the musical at the same time, so they might not have many time for mixing anyway.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Guitarman1972 on April 28, 2018, 05:24:54 PM
Well, if I remember corretly "The Ragpicker's Dream" was mixed in May 2002 and the album got released the 30th of September 2002. So i'm quite sure the new album gets released this year. Could be a few weeks later, but why make that a big issue? Be glad you don't live in a war zone and have to eat & drink clean water everyday. In the meantime listen to the songs MK already put out there...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Shangri-La on April 28, 2018, 10:18:18 PM
In September 2018 like GL and Privateering.

And perhaps the ultimate album.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on April 28, 2018, 10:27:05 PM
In September 2018 like GL and Privateering.

And perhaps the ultimate album.

Every record published in the last ten years had been probably his last...

As times goes by the odds grow ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on April 28, 2018, 11:51:04 PM
Well, if I remember corretly "The Ragpicker's Dream" was mixed in May 2002 and the album got released the 30th of September 2002. So i'm quite sure the new album gets released this year. Could be a few weeks later, but why make that a big issue? Be glad you don't live in a war zone and have to eat & drink clean water everyday. In the meantime listen to the songs MK already put out there...
pretty much!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on April 29, 2018, 08:10:28 PM
Did I have missed something about Mark stopping recording?
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Post by: Eddie Fox on April 29, 2018, 09:55:13 PM
I think it’s just a misunderstanding about the meaning of ultimate lol
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Post by: Vesper on May 01, 2018, 09:36:26 PM
From MKNews (29th April, 2018)

New Album Update
Currently still a work in progress, the recording of Mark’s new album was completed on time at the end March 2018. Tracks have now gone forward to the mixing stage. More details will be announced as they become available.
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Post by: Guitarman1972 on May 02, 2018, 07:57:16 AM
What kind of album do you think the next album will be?  :hmm  :D

A single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nonuple, decuple, hendecuple, duodecuple or even a centuple album?

Chris Rea put out once a hendecuple album. (11 discs)

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Post by: jbaent on May 02, 2018, 12:30:11 PM
What kind of album do you think the next album will be?  :hmm  :D

A single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nonuple, decuple, hendecuple, duodecuple or even a centuple album?

Chris Rea put out once a hendecuple album. (11 discs)

A single record with some bonus.
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Post by: dmg on May 02, 2018, 01:14:07 PM
What kind of album do you think the next album will be?  :hmm  :D

A single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nonuple, decuple, hendecuple, duodecuple or even a centuple album?

Chris Rea put out once a hendecuple album. (11 discs)

Only a hendecuple?  I'm hanging out for a sexsexaguple!  8)
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Post by: Pottel on May 02, 2018, 01:24:43 PM
I bought that one. Played it once. Was not overwhelmed
What kind of album do you think the next album will be?  :hmm  :D

A single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nonuple, decuple, hendecuple, duodecuple or even a centuple album?

Chris Rea put out once a hendecuple album. (11 discs)

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Post by: cannibals on May 03, 2018, 04:24:42 PM
Guy today: The Musical will be ONSTAGE in Edinburgh in March and at the Old Vic in London in June 2019. The exact dates are available somewhere but I'm sure you can find that out. We are currently in the middle of the second workshop, which is progressing extremely well. Mark and I will resume mixing the new album on Monday.

Makes me wonder when will his new album be in stores and when they will start on a new tour  :think
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Post by: dmg on May 03, 2018, 04:29:11 PM
Guy today: The Musical will be ONSTAGE in Edinburgh in March and at the Old Vic in London in June 2019. The exact dates are available somewhere but I'm sure you can find that out. We are currently in the middle of the second workshop, which is progressing extremely well. Mark and I will resume mixing the new album on Monday.

Makes me wonder when will his new album be in stores and when they will start on a new tour  :think

We're getting nowhere fast and that's for sure.  It's getting to the stage that someone ought to remind Mark how old he is just in case it needs completed posthumously!
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Post by: Eddie Fox on May 03, 2018, 06:35:03 PM
I’m positively sure the artwork is pretty much done at this point so after the mixing it’s just a matter of getting the mastering finished and the final product sent over to be printed. September sounds pretty reasonable to me.
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Post by: cannibals on May 03, 2018, 06:48:13 PM
Okay, let us say september but wat about tourdates looking at all his work for the musical  :think :think
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Post by: ds1984 on May 03, 2018, 08:45:57 PM
They will probably announce the tour late in summer and we will moron this fall about the way they will deliver the tour date by small batch in random order making wonder should I stay or should go?
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Post by: Robson on May 04, 2018, 08:45:42 PM
This waiting is unbearable.
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Post by: rmarques821 on May 04, 2018, 08:49:07 PM
Bold setlist prediction for the new tour:

1. Broken Bones
2. Corned Beef City
3. Privateering
4. Father and Son
5. Hill Farmer's Blues
6. (Song from the new album)
7. (Song from the new album)
8. Romeo and Juliet
9. Sultans of Swing
10. Haul Away
11. Your Latest Trick
12. Postcards from Paraguay (w/band introduction)
13. Marbletown
14. On Every Street
15. So Far Away
16. Going Home

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Robson on May 04, 2018, 09:10:39 PM
Opener will be different:)
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Post by: jbaent on May 04, 2018, 09:15:31 PM
Bold setlist prediction for the new tour:

1. Broken Bones
2. Corned Beef City
3. Privateering
4. Father and Son
5. Hill Farmer's Blues
6. (Song from the new album)
7. (Song from the new album)
8. Romeo and Juliet
9. Sultans of Swing
10. Haul Away
11. Your Latest Trick
12. Postcards from Paraguay (w/band introduction)
13. Marbletown
14. On Every Street
15. So Far Away
16. Going Home

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Change the first song for one random disappointing opening song and you nailed it.
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Post by: PensaGhost on May 04, 2018, 09:16:08 PM
Bold setlist prediction for the new tour:

1. Broken Bones
2. Corned Beef City
3. Privateering
4. Father and Son
5. Hill Farmer's Blues
6. (Song from the new album)
7. (Song from the new album)
8. Romeo and Juliet
9. Sultans of Swing
10. Haul Away
11. Your Latest Trick
12. Postcards from Paraguay (w/band introduction)
13. Marbletown
14. On Every Street
15. So Far Away
16. Going Home

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

you mean
1. Broken Balls
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on May 04, 2018, 09:21:30 PM
From the last album: Beryl or Lights Of Taormina - my dream
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on May 04, 2018, 10:50:03 PM
Bold setlist prediction for the new tour:

1. Broken Bones
2. Corned Beef City
3. Privateering
4. Father and Son
5. Hill Farmer's Blues
6. (Song from the new album)
7. (Song from the new album)
8. Romeo and Juliet
9. Sultans of Swing
10. Haul Away
11. Your Latest Trick
12. Postcards from Paraguay (w/band introduction)
13. Marbletown
14. On Every Street
15. So Far Away
16. Going Home

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Where is the yawn icon when you need it.  I suspect he will, but if MK sticks to the same songs rolled out for the next tour, its going to be REALLY disappointing.  Im actually surprised more fans dont vote with their feet and not attend the shows, with the inclusion of perhaps one or two new songs, the rest of the songs could be any rolled out over the last half a dozen tours.  It makes you question the justification of the ticket price IMHO....
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Post by: dmg on May 05, 2018, 01:09:15 PM


Where is the yawn icon when you need it.  I suspect he will, but if MK sticks to the same songs rolled out for the next tour, its going to be REALLY disappointing.  Im actually surprised more fans dont vote with their feet and not attend the shows, with the inclusion of perhaps one or two new songs, the rest of the songs could be any rolled out over the last half a dozen tours.  It makes you question the justification of the ticket price IMHO....

You're quite right, especially after he decided to drop TR - the only thing that made me sit through Marbletown. The linchpin of any Knopfler show.

The manner in which the dates were rolled out last time wasn't great last time either.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: herlock on May 05, 2018, 01:30:44 PM


Where is the yawn icon when you need it.  I suspect he will, but if MK sticks to the same songs rolled out for the next tour, its going to be REALLY disappointing.  Im actually surprised more fans dont vote with their feet and not attend the shows, with the inclusion of perhaps one or two new songs, the rest of the songs could be any rolled out over the last half a dozen tours.  It makes you question the justification of the ticket price IMHO....

You're quite right, especially after he decided to drop TR - the only thing that made me sit through Marbletown. The linchpin of any Knopfler show.

The manner in which the dates were rolled out last time wasn't great last time either.
The fact that TR was dropped for the last leg of the US tour (the most tiring song to play at the end of an tiring tour) does not mean it is dropped forever. Remember that Sultans was almost totally dropped in 2013 - only to be back at every show in 2015...
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Post by: Love Expresso on May 06, 2018, 10:46:25 AM
What kind of album do you think the next album will be?  :hmm  :D

A single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nonuple, decuple, hendecuple, duodecuple or even a centuple album?

Chris Rea put out once a hendecuple album. (11 discs)

Hopefully a good one!

Tracker had so many songs altogether that it would be ok to have a single album like that but with full 80 min. 9 outstanding good songs with no fillers and no recycling mode on let's say 45 min. would also be fine with me.

LE
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Post by: Robson on May 07, 2018, 05:18:54 PM
I wonder who is the author of the photo for the cover of the new album. Kitty Aldridge? I would like. I love the photo with Tracker.
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Post by: quizzaciously on May 07, 2018, 05:26:03 PM
I wonder who is the author of the photo for the cover of the new album. Kitty Aldridge? I would like. I love the photo with Tracker.

Album covers taken with an iPhone is a trend nowadays. Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson to name a few.
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Post by: Robson on May 07, 2018, 05:28:14 PM
It is true. But the idea of this cover is great.
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Post by: Robson on May 07, 2018, 05:32:42 PM
The Ragpicker's Dream, Tracker: two of my favorites :)
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Post by: Eddie Fox on May 07, 2018, 06:32:07 PM
Get Lucky, Shangri-la, Alchemy and On Every Street are my all time favorite covers. 
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Post by: Rail King on May 08, 2018, 11:23:40 AM
Get Lucky, Shangri-la, Alchemy and On Every Street are my all time favorite covers.

Ohhh, I'd have to disagree on this ... but let's not even get into it – it's the music that counts, right. And I do think we can all agree that the "Communiqué" cover was the worst.  ::)
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Post by: Robson on May 08, 2018, 11:29:01 AM
Communique and Love Over Gold my favorite covers DS:)
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Post by: Robson on May 08, 2018, 12:13:37 PM
Of course, the cover of the first album and Brothers In Arms too:)
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Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2018, 12:59:08 PM
First DS album, Love over gold, kill to get crimson and Get lucky my favourites... none of them bad to me, maybe GH the weakest.
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Post by: Eddie Fox on May 08, 2018, 06:15:34 PM
Get Lucky, Shangri-la, Alchemy and On Every Street are my all time favorite covers.

Ohhh, I'd have to disagree on this ... but let's not even get into it – it's the music that counts, right. And I do think we can all agree that the "Communiqué" cover was the worst.  ::)

You can’t disagree with opinions lol

I kinda like Communique, it’s simple and classy.
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Post by: Pottel on May 08, 2018, 10:23:13 PM
It is true. But the idea of this cover is great.
Did I miss something? Has the new cover leaked?

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Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2018, 10:27:07 PM
It is true. But the idea of this cover is great.
Did I miss something? Has the new cover leaked?

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You are always late  ;D  :lol
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Post by: Pottel on May 08, 2018, 11:01:41 PM
It is true. But the idea of this cover is great.
Did I miss something? Has the new cover leaked?

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You are always late  ;D 
So?

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Post by: jbaent on May 08, 2018, 11:02:47 PM
It is true. But the idea of this cover is great.
Did I miss something? Has the new cover leaked?

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You are always late  ;D 
So?

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Got ya
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on May 11, 2018, 11:08:15 AM
Yesterday:

Ednardo Raposo:
 
is the artwork for the new album ready? If not, at which stage is it as of today?

Guy Fletcher:

...................................................
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Post by: holaknopfler on May 11, 2018, 01:04:23 PM
Yesterday:

Ednardo Raposo:
 
is the artwork for the new album ready? If not, at which stage is it as of today?

Guy Fletcher:

...................................................

Oh dear
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 11, 2018, 01:11:11 PM
No dots, he hasn't answered any other questions after mine. Probably too busy mixing.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: quizzaciously on May 11, 2018, 03:47:42 PM
I must be crazy, but my bet is that the album (and the artwork) will be done when it will be done.
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Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2018, 03:57:31 PM
I must be crazy, but my bet is that the album (and the artwork) will be done when it will be done.

LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 11, 2018, 04:34:14 PM
I must be crazy, but my bet is that the album (and the artwork) will be done when it will be done.

You mean no deadline? I highly doubt the label would allow that.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2018, 04:48:25 PM
Release date might be September/October so there is plenty of time yet...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on May 11, 2018, 05:46:34 PM
I must be crazy, but my bet is that the album (and the artwork) will be done when it will be done.

You mean no deadline? I highly doubt the label would allow that.

Why not ?
Mark Knopfler has his very own studio, it doesn't cost his label anything. He can spend 2 days or 2 months, even 2 years in his studio, the label doesn't have to pay for anything.

So basically the label doesn't have to allow anything, Mark Knopfler is his own boss.
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Post by: Pottel on May 11, 2018, 06:15:36 PM
I must be crazy, but my bet is that the album (and the artwork) will be done when it will be done.

You mean no deadline? I highly doubt the label would allow that.

Why not ?
Mark Knopfler has his very own studio, it doesn't cost his label anything. He can spend 2 days or 2 months, even 2 years in his studio, the label doesn't have to pay for anything.

So basically the label doesn't have to allow anything, Mark Knopfler is his own boss.
Record Labels have plans and budgets, like any other there company, so they need certain timings too

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Post by: ds1984 on May 11, 2018, 06:17:33 PM
I must be crazy, but my bet is that the album (and the artwork) will be done when it will be done.

You mean no deadline? I highly doubt the label would allow that.

Why not ?
Mark Knopfler has his very own studio, it doesn't cost his label anything. He can spend 2 days or 2 months, even 2 years in his studio, the label doesn't have to pay for anything.

So basically the label doesn't have to allow anything, Mark Knopfler is his own boss.
Record Labels have plans and budgets, like any other there company, so they need certain timings too

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And may I add that artists get "advance money" from the label too.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 11, 2018, 06:30:57 PM
I must be crazy, but my bet is that the album (and the artwork) will be done when it will be done.

You mean no deadline? I highly doubt the label would allow that.

Why not ?
Mark Knopfler has his very own studio, it doesn't cost his label anything. He can spend 2 days or 2 months, even 2 years in his studio, the label doesn't have to pay for anything.

So basically the label doesn't have to allow anything, Mark Knopfler is his own boss.
Record Labels have plans and budgets, like any other there company, so they need certain timings too

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And may I add that artists get "advance money" from the label too.

You two answered it for me  :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on May 11, 2018, 07:22:09 PM
You don't know his record deal.
Mark left Warner for Universal a few years ago (Privateering)
He didn't left Warner for a worse deal and Universal is known for giving a bit more freedom to big artists.

Mark could have very well dealt a no obligations contract, no obligation to deliver an album every 2 or 3 years and such details.
Himself and Guy produce the records, they do the mixing and all that stuff, there's basically no one outside MK's close circle and nobody from the label involved in the whole creative and production process.

He owns the studio, he owns the equipment and he has all the money anyone could dream of. Which means he doesn't need any help or money advance from the label, and that's how a clever and free artist like MK would handle things.

In his case the label is there to distribute the record, not to help him do it. Don't owe anything to anyone and you're a free artist.
The way I see it, Universal distributes the record when it's done, and it's done when MK gives the finished product to the label.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 11, 2018, 07:54:31 PM
Well, I wouldn't think I'd have to explain that saying I highly doubt something doesn't mean I know for sure.

Having said that, maybe you're right but... I highly doubt it. Labels are companies like any others, they have schedules, budgets, ledgers and logistics strategies. It's not like PC phones them up out of the blue and tells them they've got incoming coming in. They need to know in advance when Mark's sending them the final product so that they can mobilize their teams and get it going way before they finally have it. It's management basics and I'm pretty sure (now I mean it) Mark knows and respects it given the fact he's often described as extremely professional. Yes, there might be delays but I assure you they are in touch and they have plans.

Long story short, Mark may have all the freedom in the world to record his projects but he's still attached to rules.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on May 11, 2018, 08:25:26 PM
Every month I receive a list of announcements about new albums with exact release dates. But only from Sony Music. Unfortunately, Universal and Warner do not provide announcements.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on May 11, 2018, 08:42:43 PM
Well, I wouldn't think I'd have to explain that saying I highly doubt something doesn't mean I know for sure.

Having said that, maybe you're right but... I highly doubt it. Labels are companies like any others, they have schedules, budgets, ledgers and logistics strategies. It's not like PC phones them up out of the blue and tells them they've got incoming coming in. They need to know in advance when Mark's sending them the final product so that they can mobilize their teams and get it going way before they finally have it. It's management basics and I'm pretty sure (now I mean it) Mark knows and respects it given the fact he's often described as extremely professional. Yes, there might be delays but I assure you they are in touch and they have plans.

Long story short, Mark may have all the freedom in the world to record his projects but he's still attached to rules.

Of course they are in touch. But rules as we knew it a decade ago are mostly for beginners who really need a label financial support.
Of course MK provides an approximate delivery date because it involves a lot of things. But no way at this point of his career does the label dictates him anything. They need big sellers like him, and he doesn't necessarily need them.

One mouse click and you can release your album in the entire world, with or without Universal, Sony or Warner support.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 11, 2018, 09:12:07 PM
If MK wants to release his cd through universal, universal needs a schedule to do all the distribution and promotion. They cannot improvise everything related to the release.

Probably Universal has said MK that in order to release in September the record must be ready at X date, if not, the next date of release would need the record is delivered by X date.

Mk is free, but tied at the same time to the logistics of the record companies.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 11, 2018, 09:15:54 PM
If MK wants to release his cd through universal, universal needs a schedule to do all the distribution and promotion. They cannot improvise everything related to the release.

Probably Universal has said MK that in order to release in September the record must be ready at X date, if not, the next date of release would need the record is delivered by X date.

Mk is free, but tied at the same time to the logistics of the record companies.

Exactly, free to an extent. It’s pretty obvious, he can’t do whatever he wants when there are so many things to be sorted.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Trawlerman on May 11, 2018, 09:51:22 PM
If MK wants to release his cd through universal, universal needs a schedule to do all the distribution and promotion. They cannot improvise everything related to the release.

Probably Universal has said MK that in order to release in September the record must be ready at X date, if not, the next date of release would need the record is delivered by X date.

Mk is free, but tied at the same time to the logistics of the record companies.

Exactly, free to an extent. It’s pretty obvious, he can’t do whatever he wants when there are so many things to be sorted.

If you read Jbaent explanation, MK is totally free. If not in 3 months, then in 6 months, or 12 or whenever.
He's not tied to an exact schedule per say.

He knows how much time the label needs to organize the release and everything but that's pretty much it. He doesn't have someone calling him everyday and say hurry up.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 11, 2018, 10:05:35 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 12, 2018, 02:30:57 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
You do write funny that is true....

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 12, 2018, 03:22:47 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
You do write funny that is true....

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How much for the english lesson?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 12, 2018, 03:36:05 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
You do write funny that is true....

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How much for the english lesson?
For you from free brah

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 12, 2018, 03:54:55 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
You do write funny that is true....

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How much for the english lesson?
For you from free brah

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From free... that's a good start lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2018, 05:41:38 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
You do write funny that is true....

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How much for the english lesson?
For you from free brah

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From free... that's a good start lol

Pottel, how about organize a meeting with Eddie and a German ginger?

:-p
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 12, 2018, 05:46:51 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
You do write funny that is true....

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How much for the english lesson?
For you from free brah

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From free... that's a good start lol

Pottel, how about organize a meeting with Eddie and a German ginger?

:-p
Why a ginger? Germans are better known for their blondes

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 12, 2018, 05:49:13 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
You do write funny that is true....

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How much for the english lesson?
For you from free brah

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From free... that's a good start lol

Pottel, how about organize a meeting with Eddie and a German ginger?

:-p
Why a ginger? Germans are better known for their blondes

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Eddie wants to meet a ginger, it must be a Brazilian thing, LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 12, 2018, 06:27:46 PM
I dated a blonde german a few years ago. Good girl, very bright and beautiful. Brazilians are not really into gingers, that's just me, don't ask me why cos I don't know lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on May 12, 2018, 11:10:15 PM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
well of course! it's obvious that he is right!
 :thumbsup
(i only found that lol in your comment out of place!)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 13, 2018, 05:02:22 AM
Oh, god... I must be writing in mandarin. Ok, you’re right lol
well of course! it's obvious that he is right!
 :thumbsup
(i only found that lol in your comment out of place!)

Don’t worry, I’ll dumb my writing down a little bit, effective today  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 13, 2018, 04:17:35 PM
I dated a blonde german a few years ago. Good girl, very bright and beautiful. Brazilians are not really into gingers, that's just me, don't ask me why cos I don't know lol
dude, i get your drift. no worries.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on May 21, 2018, 08:14:34 PM
GF:

"We are mixing the last few tracks now, we had a break last week, back with fresh ears this morning! No, I cannot say anything about the release date. You will enjoy the new album. I love it!

:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Zeraschkulidar on May 21, 2018, 08:43:38 PM
Sounds like it will be the best album they ever made :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on May 21, 2018, 09:13:12 PM
Sounds like it will be the best album they ever made :)

GF always say the forthcoming one is the best album they ever made
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on May 21, 2018, 11:51:19 PM
GF:

"We are mixing the last few tracks now, we had a break last week, back with fresh ears this morning! No, I cannot say anything about the release date. You will enjoy the new album. I love it!

:)

Mixing done in june. Still a release date in september?? It seems to me that they are really behind schedule........
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 22, 2018, 07:53:28 AM
If all the rest of work that hasn't anything to do with recording and mixing is being done in parallel, there is no problem with releasing in September or October.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 22, 2018, 12:58:13 PM
Sounds like it will be the best album they ever made :)

GF always say the forthcoming one is the best album they ever made

I've a feeling it's going to be the best tour ever too!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 22, 2018, 02:24:29 PM
If all the rest of work that hasn't anything to do with recording and mixing is being done in parallel, there is no problem with releasing in September or October.

Exactly, no big deal.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on May 22, 2018, 09:13:47 PM
Sounds like it will be the best album they ever made :)

GF always say the forthcoming one is the best album they ever made

I've a feeling it's going to be the best tour ever too!

For this tour to stand out from recent ones, there REALLY needs to be a revamped set-list. 

Hearing the same tunes time after time is getting a bit stale
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 22, 2018, 09:58:33 PM
Sounds like it will be the best album they ever made :)

GF always say the forthcoming one is the best album they ever made

I've a feeling it's going to be the best tour ever too!

For this tour to stand out from recent ones, there REALLY needs to be a revamped set-list. 

Hearing the same tunes time after time is getting a bit stale
Totally. We need to somehow at least try to get that message across. Even though we know guy is gonna hate the subject. But I do not care. If they come with the same old setlist, I will do one show only this time. Sort of my own personal boycot. If we would all do the same, it may hurt, may....

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on May 22, 2018, 10:03:49 PM
Sounds like it will be the best album they ever made :)

GF always say the forthcoming one is the best album they ever made

I've a feeling it's going to be the best tour ever too!

For this tour to stand out from recent ones, there REALLY needs to be a revamped set-list. 

Hearing the same tunes time after time is getting a bit stale
Totally. We need to somehow at least try to get that message across. Even though we know guy is gonna hate the subject. But I do not care. If they come with the same old setlist, I will do one show only this time. Sort of my own personal boycot. If we would all do the same, it may hurt, may....

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Me too. Although going to MK gigs is the best thing in the world I’m not going to go see the same concert again for years after years.... can’t we make a petition?  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on May 22, 2018, 10:05:29 PM
Sounds like it will be the best album they ever made :)

GF always say the forthcoming one is the best album they ever made

I've a feeling it's going to be the best tour ever too!

For this tour to stand out from recent ones, there REALLY needs to be a revamped set-list. 

Hearing the same tunes time after time is getting a bit stale
Totally. We need to somehow at least try to get that message across. Even though we know guy is gonna hate the subject. But I do not care. If they come with the same old setlist, I will do one show only this time. Sort of my own personal boycot. If we would all do the same, it may hurt, may....

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Me too. Although going to MK gigs is the best thing in the world I’m not going to go see the same concert again for years after years.... can’t we make a petition?  ;D
Online Petition? Sure...I would sign

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on May 23, 2018, 12:10:25 AM
Totally. We need to somehow at least try to get that message across. Even though we know guy is gonna hate the subject. But I do not care. If they come with the same old setlist, I will do one show only this time. Sort of my own personal boycot. If we would all do the same, it may hurt, may....

same thought here
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on May 23, 2018, 12:58:04 AM
Yup.

I decided the same right after the last tour was over.

Current rate of interest due to linear setlist is between 0-1 concerts. :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 23, 2018, 09:19:06 AM
Didn't had time to do it by myself but, any of you checked the ASCAP or ISWC-net sites just in case new MK song titles are registered?

Searching that two sites is how we knew the song titles of the Local Hero musical songs and the title of the song MK recorded with Tommy Emmanuel-...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 23, 2018, 12:49:39 PM
Bonfire Night - this title is known  :think

It is fake, like LE said ;)

No. This title appeared in 2009 among many others

Yes, i know. But the rest of the list is made up by LE, he only included Bonfire Night (wishful thinking)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 23, 2018, 12:51:32 PM
Thank you Robson. I KNEW something like this would happen at this place. Was just a test.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 23, 2018, 12:57:27 PM
Thank you Robson. I KNEW something like this would happen at this place. Was just a test.

LE

Ofcourse. Everybody wants some news after that long time, even fake news will do  ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 23, 2018, 02:18:46 PM
Just out of interest ... how old are you, Robson?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 23, 2018, 02:19:58 PM
Bonfire Night - this title is known  :think

It is fake, like LE said ;)

No. This title appeared in 2009 among many others

Yes, i know. But the rest of the list is made up by LE, he only included Bonfire Night (wishful thinking)

Which list?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 23, 2018, 03:10:54 PM
Bonfire Night - this title is known  :think

It is fake, like LE said ;)

No. This title appeared in 2009 among many others

Yes, i know. But the rest of the list is made up by LE, he only included Bonfire Night (wishful thinking)

Which list?

I deleted it as the joke totally did not work at this forum (as expected) was all made up, nothing special.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 23, 2018, 03:12:17 PM
Bonfire Night - this title is known  :think

It is fake, like LE said ;)

No. This title appeared in 2009 among many others

Yes, i know. But the rest of the list is made up by LE, he only included Bonfire Night (wishful thinking)

Which list?

I deleted it as the joke totally did not work at this forum (as expected) was all made up, nothing special.

LE
But what did you expect then? ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 23, 2018, 03:20:58 PM
Nothing, really.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on May 23, 2018, 03:29:15 PM
Or,  more precisely, while compiling and creating the fake list, I enjoyed the pure fun of it and wanted to share it with, let's say the AMIT from four or five years ago in my mind when it would have been welcomed with some witty and funny comments. But at the exact moment I pressed the "post" button I realized it will not work nowadays because AMIT has changed so much. And that presumption was confirmed within 15 minutes. So best thing is forget about it really.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 23, 2018, 03:33:01 PM
Or,  more precisely, while compiling and creating the fake list, I enjoyed the pure fun of it and wanted to share it with, let's say the AMIT from four or five years ago in my mind when it would have been welcomed with some witty and funny comments. But at the exact moment I pressed the "post" button I realized it will not work nowadays because AMIT has changed so much. And that presumption was confirmed within 15 minutes. So best thing is forget about it really.

LE

Language barrier i think. It was a good try at least  :) But you had just 1 reply. The most funny comments had to come yet...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 23, 2018, 03:41:04 PM
Or,  more precisely, while compiling and creating the fake list, I enjoyed the pure fun of it and wanted to share it with, let's say the AMIT from four or five years ago in my mind when it would have been welcomed with some witty and funny comments. But at the exact moment I pressed the "post" button I realized it will not work nowadays because AMIT has changed so much. And that presumption was confirmed within 15 minutes. So best thing is forget about it really.

LE

Language barrier i think. It was a good try at least  :) But you had just 1 reply. The most funny comments had to come yet...

What did I miss?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 23, 2018, 03:41:56 PM
Or,  more precisely, while compiling and creating the fake list, I enjoyed the pure fun of it and wanted to share it with, let's say the AMIT from four or five years ago in my mind when it would have been welcomed with some witty and funny comments. But at the exact moment I pressed the "post" button I realized it will not work nowadays because AMIT has changed so much. And that presumption was confirmed within 15 minutes. So best thing is forget about it really.

LE

Language barrier i think. It was a good try at least  :) But you had just 1 reply. The most funny comments had to come yet...

What did I miss?

Nothing, really.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 23, 2018, 03:53:51 PM
LE, i didn't get to see it but I would had like it for sure. Well done, I found that things funny :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 24, 2018, 04:53:52 PM
At this point I'm just curious to see what Robbie and Danny brought to the table.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 24, 2018, 05:42:02 PM
At this point I'm just curious to see what Robbie and Danny brought to the table.

New brands of tea?

LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on May 24, 2018, 06:09:32 PM
At this point I'm just curious to see what Robbie and Danny brought to the table.

New brands of tea?

LOL


 :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 25, 2018, 01:40:23 AM
At this point I'm just curious to see what Robbie and Danny brought to the table.

New brands of tea?

LOL

Nailed it lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on May 28, 2018, 07:55:54 AM
Perhaps already discussed here but RB is writing he will back in his own studio working on his new album right after the summer release of his latest new album. So also Richard is spending his time in the studio this year. There goes a MK tour for oktober/november  :smack
No word from him on any MK project.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on May 28, 2018, 08:45:27 AM
Perhaps already discussed here but RB is writing he will back in his own studio working on his new album right after the summer release of his latest new album. So also Richard is spending his time in the studio this year. There goes a MK tour for oktober/november  :smack
No word from him on any MK project.

Really anyone of you expected a tour for what remains of this year?

It's clear that until the musical gets to stage on March 2018 in Edinburgh, MK and Guy would be busy working so there is not any single chance that they would tour sooner than April 2019...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: naif on May 29, 2018, 04:18:10 PM
https://961therocket.iheart.com/content/2018-05-09-mark-knopfler-helping-his-brothers-in-arms/


Knopfler recently finished his next album at the studio. He plans to release it at the end of the year and support it with a tour in 2019.

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 29, 2018, 06:22:40 PM
So it's gonna be a Christmas album! Awesome!  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: rmarques821 on May 29, 2018, 07:13:25 PM
So it's gonna be a Christmas album! Awesome! 
With brand new tracks such as "Christmas in Nortumberland",  "Sailing to Lapland",  "The Santa's Too Strong" and "Your Latest Gift"!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on May 29, 2018, 08:04:30 PM
So it's gonna be a Christmas album! Awesome! 
With brand new tracks such as "Christmas in Nortumberland",  "Sailing to Lapland",  "The Santa's Too Strong" and "Your Latest Gift"!

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 ;D ;D ;D

You Sir won the AMIT of the day award.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 30, 2018, 01:57:59 PM
So it's gonna be a Christmas album! Awesome! 
With brand new tracks such as "Christmas in Nortumberland",  "Sailing to Lapland",  "The Santa's Too Strong" and "Your Latest Gift"!

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Brilliant!  :lol :lol :lol

Don't forget Wag the Deer and Don't Crash the Sleigh  ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: binone on May 30, 2018, 04:07:03 PM
On every Christmas tree is a must.

Calling Santa, is anybody home?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: border_reiver on May 30, 2018, 06:24:04 PM
And the Deluxe Box will contain a reissue of the soundtrack for Robbie the Reindeer.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on May 30, 2018, 07:39:27 PM
This game is awesome lol

Jingle Bells from Paraguay
Socks of Swing
A Fireplace Where We Used to Live
Chimney to the End
Cleaning my Elf

I can do this all day, too much fun
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ingridswing on May 31, 2018, 02:05:37 PM
 :D :clap great guys keep it going, love this
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on May 31, 2018, 03:00:50 PM
GF:

Finally finishing mixing the album tomorrow and Friday.


 :D FINALLY!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 03, 2018, 08:33:17 AM
Looks like "cullercoats" is something in the new record, Guy has deleted it from his forum and substituted with xxx...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on June 03, 2018, 11:56:18 AM
Looks like "cullercoats" is something in the new record, Guy has deleted it from his forum and substituted with xxx...

He said it wasn't the title though.  Perhaps the name of a track on the album... :think
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 03, 2018, 11:58:05 AM
Looks like "cullercoats" is something in the new record, Guy has deleted it from his forum and substituted with xxx...

He said it was the title though.  Perhaps the name of a track on the album... :think

I asked him if it was the title of a song and he said "not necessarily"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on June 03, 2018, 08:57:48 PM
a guess of mine that they maybe in doubt to turn it into culvers...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 03, 2018, 09:14:09 PM
a guess of mine that they maybe in doubt to turn it into culvers...

Culvers?

Pigeons?

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/culver
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on June 03, 2018, 10:19:04 PM
a guess of mine that they maybe in doubt to turn it into culvers...

Culvers?

Pigeons?

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/culver

yes, why not, who knows?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 04, 2018, 11:50:24 AM
GF:

Sorry Wolfy, I can say is that all mixes have gone off to Bob Ludwig for mastering and that the scheduled album release date is unaffected by our delay in mixing. Naturally as with past protocol, I cannot say when that is. There will be more 'official' info soon I'm sure.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 04, 2018, 12:31:41 PM
GF:

Sorry Wolfy, I can say is that all mixes have gone off to Bob Ludwig for mastering and that the scheduled album release date is unaffected by our delay in mixing. Naturally as with past protocol, I cannot say when that is. There will be more 'official' info soon I'm sure.

So September) October
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on June 04, 2018, 01:31:46 PM
GF:

Sorry Wolfy, I can say is that all mixes have gone off to Bob Ludwig for mastering and that the scheduled album release date is unaffected by our delay in mixing. Naturally as with past protocol, I cannot say when that is. There will be more 'official' info soon I'm sure.

So September) October

Just like we said a couple of weeks ago, the delay shouldn't affect the release date since things run in parallel in these projects. That's pretty good news!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: PensaGhost on June 04, 2018, 09:48:05 PM
Sooner or Later 'Soon' will be soon really
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on June 04, 2018, 09:59:58 PM
Exactly May 28, 2012, we already knew about Privateering. The album was released on 3.09
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on June 05, 2018, 07:15:25 PM
Thanks! I have been looking for this information for some time. Does anybody know, when Get Lucky release info was released?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: cannibals on June 05, 2018, 08:15:36 PM
GL in the press july 18. In store september 1.
https://americansongwriter.com/2009/07/mark-knopfler-gets-back-into-the-swing-of-things-with-get-lucky/

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 06, 2018, 10:44:30 AM
If they follow the initial schedule, is just three or four months until release, so in a month or two as maximum we would start to know something...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: knopflertom on June 06, 2018, 09:12:58 PM
Hmm as the mixing and mastering is done or is being done. The tracklist and title of the album should be revealed soon. I can't wait to hear it :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 06, 2018, 09:32:48 PM
Maybe the titles are already in ASCAP... Tracker titles were there way before they were officially revealed.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 06, 2018, 09:35:10 PM
Maybe the titles are already in ASCAP... Tracker titles were there way before they were officially revealed.
But you cant sort it by year i guess. Its an alphabetical (long) list?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 06, 2018, 09:37:15 PM
Maybe the titles are already in ASCAP... Tracker titles were there way before they were officially revealed.
But you cant sort it by year i guess. Its an alphabetical (long) list?

It sorted alphabetically but if you had checked bit before you will recognise new titles. Also they have a number, the ones with higher numbers are the new.ones.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 06, 2018, 09:44:17 PM
Maybe the titles are already in ASCAP... Tracker titles were there way before they were officially revealed.
But you cant sort it by year i guess. Its an alphabetical (long) list?

It sorted alphabetically but if you had checked bit before you will recognise new titles. Also they have a number, the ones with higher numbers are the new.ones.

I've downloaded as csv, but i don't see any numbers.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 06, 2018, 09:48:14 PM
The work id and the iswc number (when exists, all the local hero musical songs have an iswc number but not any work id... Rare)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 06, 2018, 09:57:46 PM
Little offtopic  :)

found this, written by MK, never heard of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6eUgnmsyFs

And this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBdAdnTqqo
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 06, 2018, 10:00:38 PM
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/885124683
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/887173469
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/400287294
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/551089919
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/343082999
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 06, 2018, 10:24:30 PM
Little offtopic  :)

found this, written by MK, never heard of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6eUgnmsyFs

And this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBdAdnTqqo

The first one was recorded by MK during Privateering sessions but wasn't releases. O'Brien did it with his band.

The second one uses parts of Behind with the rent.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 06, 2018, 11:15:39 PM
so, nothing new here.

We heard about Tracker release date (march '15) + song titles 2 months before the release (January '15), but we knew the album title and tour announcement / ticket sales 6 months before album release(september '14).

So i think we have to wait another 1 or 2 months before the big announcements.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on June 06, 2018, 11:19:47 PM
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/885124683
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/887173469
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/400287294
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/551089919
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/343082999

Typo in the last one.  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 07, 2018, 07:59:54 AM
http://www.sobellguitars.com/highlander-pickup-for-mark-knopflers-ms-model/

A 'new' acoustic guitar for concerts. Will he revive Private Investigations? ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on June 07, 2018, 09:13:21 AM
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/885124683
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/887173469
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/400287294
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/551089919
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/343082999

@jbaent, which number do you look at to tell the newer ones from the old? Or in other words: Which of these would you say are new?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Vesper on June 07, 2018, 09:14:20 AM
Little offtopic  :)

found this, written by MK, never heard of it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBdAdnTqqo

The first one was recorded by MK during Privateering sessions but wasn't releases. O'Brien did it with his band.

The second one uses parts of Behind with the rent.

Not a fan of rap but I think this is nicely done.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 07, 2018, 09:20:05 AM
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/885124683
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/887173469
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/400287294
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/551089919
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/343082999

@jbaent, which number do you look at to tell the newer ones from the old? Or in other words: Which of these would you say are new?

The above 2, but the Tracker work ID's started with 8872, so nothing new here.

I think we have to watch this list with 72 songs. When the number 72 increases we have the new songs. But i guess that can take up to 1 -2 months from now.

https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/works/publisher/76954/WILL%20D%20SIDE%20LTD
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 07, 2018, 11:21:22 AM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 07, 2018, 11:36:57 AM
so, nothing new here.

We heard about Tracker release date (march '15) + song titles 2 months before the release (January '15), but we knew the album title and tour announcement / ticket sales 6 months before album release(september '14).

So i think we have to wait another 1 or 2 months before the big announcements.

Privateering we knew all (release date, tracklist and cover) already 4 months before release. (end of may, release was begin of september), so according to that it can't be long anymore.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on June 07, 2018, 11:38:01 AM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

Ah, he answered my question  ;D Unreleased song i guess then.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on June 07, 2018, 02:16:54 PM
Like Pyroman in 2001
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: holaknopfler on June 07, 2018, 03:41:49 PM
Little offtopic  :)

found this, written by MK, never heard of it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBdAdnTqqo

The first one was recorded by MK during Privateering sessions but wasn't releases. O'Brien did it with his band.

The second one uses parts of Behind with the rent.

Not a fan of rap but I think this is nicely done.

i really like it too indeed
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on June 07, 2018, 04:14:34 PM
You know Mark is a true genius when he makes rap sound good  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on June 08, 2018, 09:24:27 PM
Vito:

"...could you advance something else? … there are more electric guitars that in others? … is more acoustic, unplugged? … more bluesy, more rocker, more folky ?

GF:

"definitely more electrics"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on June 09, 2018, 02:49:21 PM
Vito:

"...could you advance something else? … there are more electric guitars that in others? … is more acoustic, unplugged? … more bluesy, more rocker, more folky ?

GF:

"definitely more electrics"

That would make me more excited if I hadn't heard it before KTGC was released. Indeed it has more electrics than its predecessors but turns out to be the MK album I like the least.

Just to make it clear, I'm not being pessimistic here. I actually have this feeling this is gonna be a pretty good one, but not because it has more electrics.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: tobi777 on June 10, 2018, 10:14:23 AM
http://www.sobellguitars.com/highlander-pickup-for-mark-knopflers-ms-model/

A 'new' acoustic guitar for concerts. Will he revive Private Investigations? ;D

Sorry to to crush your hopes here - but he played PI with a nylon string / classical guitar. This is a steel string.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on June 10, 2018, 02:07:59 PM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.
And you know Mark NEVER EVER record cover song on his albums.

Privateering being the sole or almost sole exception.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 10, 2018, 02:57:04 PM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.
And you know Mark NEVER EVER record cover song on his albums.

Privateering being the sole or almost sole exception.

And tracker with Oklahoma ponnies...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on June 10, 2018, 03:12:15 PM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.
And you know Mark NEVER EVER record cover song on his albums.

Privateering being the sole or almost sole exception.

And tracker with Oklahoma ponnies...

Miss You Blues from the album Privaterring.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 10, 2018, 03:19:53 PM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.
And you know Mark NEVER EVER record cover song on his albums.

Privateering being the sole or almost sole exception.

And tracker with Oklahoma ponnies...

Miss You Blues from the album Privaterring.

The mist covered mountains in Local Hero

Wild mountain thyme in A shot at glory.

Now we have four.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on June 10, 2018, 08:17:02 PM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.
And you know Mark NEVER EVER record cover song on his albums.

Privateering being the sole or almost sole exception.

And tracker with Oklahoma ponnies...

Miss You Blues from the album Privaterring.

The mist covered mountains in Local Hero

Wild mountain thyme in A shot at glory.

Now we have four.

The latter two were soundtracks so don't really count IMO.  As for the other two, well I must admit that it blemished his record (no pun intended) for me.  He could have left these silly songs out completely.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on June 10, 2018, 08:58:01 PM
I like Miss You Blues but Occupation Blues and Follow The Ribbon I like more:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on June 11, 2018, 09:31:18 AM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.
And you know Mark NEVER EVER record cover song on his albums.

Privateering being the sole or almost sole exception.

And tracker with Oklahoma ponnies...

Miss You Blues from the album Privaterring.

The mist covered mountains in Local Hero

Wild mountain thyme in A shot at glory.

Now we have four.

The latter two were soundtracks so don't really count IMO.  As for the other two, well I must admit that it blemished his record (no pun intended) for me.  He could have left these silly songs out completely.

Very much agree. Miss You Blues is by far the weakest song on Privateering. Why cover other people's work if your own is so much better? Doesn't make sense. I don't mind such songs as b-sides (like Oklahoma Ponies), but even that is strange, as he uses hides such fantastic tracks as Follow the Ribbon among the bonus tracks. Ah, the ways of the Lord, they're often dark ...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Shangri-La on June 11, 2018, 11:34:33 AM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.


That's true.  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on June 11, 2018, 11:38:40 AM
According to Guy, "Playtime Deluxe" is not part of the new record...

So... another unreleased song, or maybe a bonus track?

I think "Playtime Deluxe" won't be released as it is actually a one off song written for the Wyman gig using someone else music.
And you know Mark NEVER EVER record cover song on his albums.

Privateering being the sole or almost sole exception.

And tracker with Oklahoma ponnies...

Miss You Blues from the album Privaterring.

The mist covered mountains in Local Hero

Wild mountain thyme in A shot at glory.

Now we have four.

The latter two were soundtracks so don't really count IMO.  As for the other two, well I must admit that it blemished his record (no pun intended) for me.  He could have left these silly songs out completely.

Very much agree. Miss You Blues is by far the weakest song on Privateering. Why cover other people's work if your own is so much better? Doesn't make sense. I don't mind such songs as b-sides (like Oklahoma Ponies), but even that is strange, as he uses hides such fantastic tracks as Follow the Ribbon among the bonus tracks. Ah, the ways of the Lord, they're often dark ...
Whaaaatttt, I love that song!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on June 11, 2018, 01:12:41 PM
Miss you blues is, for me, the most boring song not from Privateering but all MK discography. I can understand why he even bothered to record it with the music of an old traditional song...

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on June 11, 2018, 03:20:25 PM
I quite like some of those copycat songs but I agree that for someone who's such a prolific and compulsive songwriter it makes no sense to put one of your songs aside in order to make room for someone else's.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Neville Sherman on June 22, 2018, 04:44:49 AM
Guys - I stared this thread nearly two years ago! Phew - two years! This was when Guy announced they were heading back into the studio. Two years is a long time without new stuff apart from Playtime Deluxe but hey-ho! I note that the thread has over 160k hits - don't know if this is a record or not but certainly shows the interest out there in MK / GF. With the new stuff due, announcements to me made, time me thinks to close off this particular thread. Neville now living in Vietnam!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 05, 2018, 01:29:31 PM
I think that this thread is linked with this other one:

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=6197.0

So if someone suddenly arrives here, you can continue with the other thread ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on July 05, 2018, 01:40:10 PM
Indeed, i can merge the topics?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 05, 2018, 01:47:26 PM
Indeed, i can merge the topics?

Or close this with a link to the new one.

That new one would also die when the details of the album are revealed a new thread appears anyway...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 21, 2018, 09:28:36 AM
According to Marcus Cliffe Facebook, he is going in a couple of days to record with MK in his studio for "full weeks recording"

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10216460128525204&id=1516568855
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on July 21, 2018, 09:31:35 AM
According to Marcus Cliffe Facebook, he is going in a couple of days to record with MK in his studio for "full weeks recording"

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10216460128525204&id=1516568855
Cant open that link. Do you have another one?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 21, 2018, 09:36:31 AM
No, it's Marcus Cliffe Facebook account.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on July 21, 2018, 09:40:08 AM
No, it's Marcus Cliffe Facebook account.
But more recording? For Local Hero? What else could it be?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 21, 2018, 09:53:13 AM
I guess it's for the musical, that's why I put it here.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on July 21, 2018, 09:54:07 AM
I guess it's for the musical, that's why I put it here.
Its in back to the studio, not in Local Hero topic ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 21, 2018, 10:06:59 AM
I guess it's for the musical, that's why I put it here.
Its in back to the studio, not in Local Hero topic ;)

Exactly. I said I guess it's for the musical but as I don't know it for certain, this is the place to put it

Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ijnijn on July 23, 2018, 07:42:56 PM
Hi, it's my first post here :) i've been today to British Grove Studios, and yes they are recording some more stuff for Local Hero musical. One guy from the staff told me that. ;) i saw a Mark on his moto too.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: kaleo74 on July 24, 2018, 12:03:12 AM
Hi, it's my first post here :) i've been today to British Grove Studios, and yes they are recording some more stuff for Local Hero musical. One guy from the staff told me that. ;) i saw a Mark on his moto too.

Welcome to the forum ijnijn
Interesting, if I may ask, what was the purpose of your visit to British Grove?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ijnijn on July 24, 2018, 01:20:27 AM
Yes, of course you can. I was on my vacations and was living nearby so I decided to ring the door. To my surprise they not only answered but a very pleasant guy came to talk to me :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 24, 2018, 10:05:53 AM
Yes, of course you can. I was on my vacations and was living nearby so I decided to ring the door. To my surprise they not only answered but a very pleasant guy came to talk to me :)

Please tell us more!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ijnijn on July 24, 2018, 11:31:29 AM
I asked of course for the autographs and I wanted the guy to carry two booklets to Mark, as he just arrived. He went to figure out the situation and came back to me. He told me a thing that I could not understand. In order to get autograph from Mark in British Grove he needs the agreement of his manager?! The guy from the staff went to phone the manager, but nevertheless it turned out that Mark was a bit late in the studio and the staff guy told me there are lots of people involved in this session with Marcus and that the session has just begun. To be honest three more musicians came while I was there for about 20 minutes.
If you are for instance next to BG studios, do not hesitate to ring the door. You won't be kicked out definitely  :) the guy told me that such situations happen once a month so for them there is no problem to answer and talk to a random guy like me. :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 24, 2018, 11:43:05 AM
Welcome. And I don't believe you, not a single word.
But that's just me.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 24, 2018, 12:20:34 PM
Welcome. And I don't believe you, not a single word.
But that's just me.

LE
i actually do.
i want to believe :-)
like Mulder....
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 24, 2018, 02:12:17 PM
 I believe him as I know about similar experiences by other fans close to me
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on July 24, 2018, 02:31:33 PM
My vacation ends. I had the dream to follow the footsteps of the DS and see all the important places associated with my favorite band and of course also British Grove. Envy ijnijn.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 24, 2018, 02:35:33 PM
I believe him, because something similar happened to us when we visited BG.   :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 24, 2018, 02:49:38 PM
I never ring BG bell, but in my first time being around BG in 2006, I was wandering around with a friend taking pictures and someone in the studio saw us and went out to ask us who we were and what we were doing. After telling that we were just fans taken pictures, he talked with us a little and told us Mk and Guy were working, alone and that they were doing that for months. That was during Ktgc recording sessions and after that chat we said thanks and went to the black keys pub for a drink.

Staff at BG are quite friendly according what happened to me and other stories I heard.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 24, 2018, 02:57:15 PM
I never ring BG bell, but in my first time being around BG in 2006, I was wandering around with a friend taking pictures and someone in the studio saw us and went out to ask us who we were and what we were doing. After telling that we were just fans taken pictures, he talked with us a little and told us Mk and Guy were working, alone and that they were doing that for months. That was during Ktgc recording sessions and after that chat we said thanks and went to the black keys pub for a drink.

Staff at BG are quite friendly according what happened to me and other stories I heard.

That's quite similar to our experience.   We didn't ring the bell - we were just looking at the building, when someone came out to talk to us.  It was autumn 2009 and Get Lucky was in progress.  We asked if anything was happening in the studio, but he said no-one was there at the time.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ijnijn on July 24, 2018, 08:54:43 PM
All of this it's true, what's the point in inventing such stories? ;) I'm a die hard fan like you and the BG situation really did my holidays. Actually one of the BG studios neighbours encouraged me to ring the bell. :) me and my wife are on our honeymoon and thanks to Julio Bricio for the great book about Knopfler's London. We followed the places page by page and we really enjoyed it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 24, 2018, 11:21:04 PM
All of this it's true, what's the point in inventing such stories? ;) I'm a die hard fan like you and the BG situation really did my holidays. Actually one of the BG studios neighbours encouraged me to ring the bell. :) me and my wife are on our honeymoon and thanks to Julio Bricio for the great book about Knopfler's London. We followed the places page by page and we really enjoyed it.

Glad to hear my book was helpful for you!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on July 25, 2018, 08:27:41 AM
All of this it's true, what's the point in inventing such stories? ;) I'm a die hard fan like you and the BG situation really did my holidays. Actually one of the BG studios neighbours encouraged me to ring the bell. :) me and my wife are on our honeymoon and thanks to Julio Bricio for the great book about Knopfler's London. We followed the places page by page and we really enjoyed it.

Congrats on your wedding and welcome to Amit!
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 25, 2018, 11:32:42 AM
All of this it's true, what's the point in inventing such stories? ;) I'm a die hard fan like you and the BG situation really did my holidays. Actually one of the BG studios neighbours encouraged me to ring the bell. :) me and my wife are on our honeymoon and thanks to Julio Bricio for the great book about Knopfler's London. We followed the places page by page and we really enjoyed it.

Congrats on your wedding and welcome to Amit!
2nd that!

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 25, 2018, 11:41:22 AM
Congrats from me too!   :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on July 25, 2018, 11:52:22 AM
This is maybe just my opinion.....but a walk past BG, yeah - OK, you can probably get away with that...but purposely ringing the door, just because your a fan...that is a step too far.

MK is very private, we all know that, and BG is kind of like (in my mind) an sort of extension to Chez Knopfler and you really cant and shouldn't rock up and ring the door, just because you want to have something signed or tell MK you love his twiddly bits. 

Knocking on the door of BG crossed the fan line.  If you want that personal MK experience, then approaching him is fair game at a show or media event, but BG is a little too personal and fans should leave it alone and admire from a distance. 

If staff come out (not because your standing outside waving banners, shouting "play Money for Nothing") and approach you then thats different - but come on...leave MK to do what he does best (albeit slowly) and keep on creating those epic albums and soundtracks
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on July 25, 2018, 12:12:41 PM
This is maybe just my opinion.....but a walk past BG, yeah - OK, you can probably get away with that...but purposely ringing the door, just because your a fan...that is a step too far.

MK is very private, we all know that, and BG is kind of like (in my mind) an sort of extension to Chez Knopfler and you really cant and shouldn't rock up and ring the door, just because you want to have something signed or tell MK you love his twiddly bits. 

Knocking on the door of BG crossed the fan line.  If you want that personal MK experience, then approaching him is fair game at a show or media event, but BG is a little too personal and fans should leave it alone and admire from a distance. 

If staff come out (not because your standing outside waving banners, shouting "play Money for Nothing") and approach you then thats different - but come on...leave MK to do what he does best (albeit slowly) and keep on creating those epic albums and soundtracks

Thank you for saying that, exactly my thoughts, too.

"If you are for instance next to BG studios, do not hesitate to ring the door."
Sorry, but that simply goes too far. If everyone loving MK would behave like that, where would it lead to?
I think it's an attitude like this that causes MK to prefer the safe exit from the RAH instead of taking the stage door and meeting fans who do not know where to stop.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 25, 2018, 12:49:25 PM
I second THAT. And congratulations to your Marriage by the way. Always good to have new members and fans who know a thing or two to tell us and keep the forum rolling with interesting contributions. Different opinions are an important part of it though. Please forgive for having been doubtful.

Never heard those BG Stories of Mrs Val and jbaent before, by the way. It seems the Staff at the door has some hard  times when MK and Guy are in. Kudos to them for being so nice to Hardcore fans (also known as Get-a-lifers in the MK Universe, as we all know).

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 25, 2018, 05:01:59 PM

Never heard those BG Stories of Mrs Val and jbaent before, by the way. It seems the Staff at the door has some hard  times when MK and Guy are in. Kudos to them for being so nice to Hardcore fans (also known as Get-a-lifers in the MK Universe, as we all know).

LE

Sorry about not mentioning it, LE, but I didn't think it was that important.  Mr Val and I only visited BG to see where it was situated and what it actually looked like up close.   We didn't expect anyone to speak to us and we didn't learn anything anyway.   

Two things my eagle-eyes did notice in the few seconds we were there was MK's scooter parked inside the glass doors and some people moving a harmonium around the studio!  Oh, there was a window cleaner cleaning the windows and he said nobody was there, none of which was earth-shattering news!   ;D    It could have been lunch-time, though, and they were at the Mawson Arms!   ;)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 25, 2018, 06:04:54 PM
I think we need not worry about the amount of crazy fans ringing at the BG door. They are not. One direction.
So I think it is perfectly fine for her odd can to ring, and if they cannot/do not want to open the door, walk on, simple as that.
This is maybe just my opinion.....but a walk past BG, yeah - OK, you can probably get away with that...but purposely ringing the door, just because your a fan...that is a step too far.

MK is very private, we all know that, and BG is kind of like (in my mind) an sort of extension to Chez Knopfler and you really cant and shouldn't rock up and ring the door, just because you want to have something signed or tell MK you love his twiddly bits. 

Knocking on the door of BG crossed the fan line.  If you want that personal MK experience, then approaching him is fair game at a show or media event, but BG is a little too personal and fans should leave it alone and admire from a distance. 

If staff come out (not because your standing outside waving banners, shouting "play Money for Nothing") and approach you then thats different - but come on...leave MK to do what he does best (albeit slowly) and keep on creating those epic albums and soundtracks

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 25, 2018, 06:55:09 PM

Never heard those BG Stories of Mrs Val and jbaent before, by the way. It seems the Staff at the door has some hard  times when MK and Guy are in. Kudos to them for being so nice to Hardcore fans (also known as Get-a-lifers in the MK Universe, as we all know).

LE

Sorry about not mentioning it, LE, but I didn't think it was that important.  Mr Val and I only visited BG to see where it was situated and what it actually looked like up close.   We didn't expect anyone to speak to us and we didn't learn anything anyway.   

Two things my eagle-eyes did notice in the few seconds we were there was MK's scooter parked inside the glass doors and some people moving a harmonium around the studio!  Oh, there was a window cleaner cleaning the windows and he said nobody was there, none of which was earth-shattering news!   ;D    It could have been lunch-time, though, and they were at the Mawson Arms!   ;)

Interesting. What I always wondered, is it recognizable apart from the stylish door knob (from the Hansen movie) as BG studio? A sign, label or anything? Would someone not Interested in MK be able to see that it is a Studio?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 25, 2018, 07:07:43 PM
Next to the doorbell there is a very small BG logo.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on July 25, 2018, 07:12:06 PM

Never heard those BG Stories of Mrs Val and jbaent before, by the way. It seems the Staff at the door has some hard  times when MK and Guy are in. Kudos to them for being so nice to Hardcore fans (also known as Get-a-lifers in the MK Universe, as we all know).

LE

Sorry about not mentioning it, LE, but I didn't think it was that important.  Mr Val and I only visited BG to see where it was situated and what it actually looked like up close.   We didn't expect anyone to speak to us and we didn't learn anything anyway.   

Two things my eagle-eyes did notice in the few seconds we were there was MK's scooter parked inside the glass doors and some people moving a harmonium around the studio!  Oh, there was a window cleaner cleaning the windows and he said nobody was there, none of which was earth-shattering news!   ;D    It could have been lunch-time, though, and they were at the Mawson Arms!   ;)

Interesting. What I always wondered, is it recognizable apart from the stylish door knob (from the Hansen movie) as BG studio? A sign, label or anything? Would someone not Interested in MK be able to see that it is a Studio?

LE


If I wasn't an MK fan and didn't know what to look for, I wouldn't have recognised it as a recording studio and would have walked straight past. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ijnijn on July 25, 2018, 07:32:42 PM
Next to the doorbell there is a very small BG logo.
That's true, but it is hardly visible now cause it got wet. The big logos are hidden behind each door on the doormats. Noticed that when they opened the door :) as for MK privacy I don't think ringing the door is that wrong as some of you mentioned. If it was, they would instantly tell me to go away. ;) MK is a public person and I think I didn't do sth impolite or rude.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 25, 2018, 08:20:37 PM
Next to the doorbell there is a very small BG logo.
That's true, but it is hardly visible now cause it got wet. The big logos are hidden behind each door on the doormats. Noticed that when they opened the door :) as for MK privacy I don't think ringing the door is that wrong as some of you mentioned. If it was, they would instantly tell me to go away. ;) MK is a public person and I think I didn't do sth impolite or rude.
I agree, i welcome that. You should welcome everyone, it's a very welcome bon ton, the rest is on a guest/visitor. I see it as simple as that.

btw, does the doorbell play America the beautiful and tie a yellow ribbon? 8)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on July 25, 2018, 08:33:23 PM
Sorry guys, i still think purposely ringing the doorbell @ BG isn't cool. 

BG is essentially MK's workspace, and like the rest of you guys we all work somewhere.  How would you like it if some random people kept coming into your work and interrupting you?....you wouldn't appreciate it and if it happened consistently it would get increasingly on your nerves. 

As others have mentioned....where would things end if BG was fair game to disturb?  If you ACTUALLY knew where MK lived, would you still rock up and ring the bell?  Really?  Does the guy get no privacy?  Come on...

I really don't like to read the stories of people who have no appreciation of privacy and an misplaced sense of entitlement.  If people are that rude around BG, i can now see why MK, makes some of the privacy choices he does...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 25, 2018, 09:48:42 PM
you are allowed for a public statement about it afterwards (for Jesus sake)!
It is also possible to announce explaining from those who are welcome unlike of those who are not! (at this stage you're already racist and staff etc...)

I mean, a simply announcement would do it if you find yourself kind of a popular/famous and don't want random* (quite a broad spectrum could be included here!) visitors knocking at your workplace/home door disturbing you! (whatever you might consider/think being famous is?)
I don't see any problem about it here at all.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 25, 2018, 10:18:18 PM
you are allowed for a public statement about it afterwards (for Jesus sake)!
It is also possible to announce explaining from those who are welcome unlike of those who are not! (at this stage you're already racist and staff etc...)

I mean, a simply announcement would do it if you find yourself kind of a popular/famous and don't want random* (quite a broad spectrum could be included here!) visitors knocking at your workplace/home door disturbing you! (whatever you might consider/think being famous is?)
I don't see any problem about it here at all.
Ok.can wenn now focus back on the thing what interests us most here?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on July 25, 2018, 10:40:13 PM
you are allowed for a public statement about it afterwards (for Jesus sake)!
It is also possible to announce explaining from those who are welcome unlike of those who are not! (at this stage you're already racist and staff etc...)

I mean, a simply announcement would do it if you find yourself kind of a popular/famous and don't want random* (quite a broad spectrum could be included here!) visitors knocking at your workplace/home door disturbing you! (whatever you might consider/think being famous is?)
I don't see any problem about it here at all.
Ok.can wenn now focus back on the thing what interests us most here?

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: schmonka on July 26, 2018, 12:53:23 AM
you are allowed for a public statement about it afterwards (for Jesus sake)!
It is also possible to announce explaining from those who are welcome unlike of those who are not! (at this stage you're already racist and staff etc...)

I mean, a simply announcement would do it if you find yourself kind of a popular/famous and don't want random* (quite a broad spectrum could be included here!) visitors knocking at your workplace/home door disturbing you! (whatever you might consider/think being famous is?)
I don't see any problem about it here at all.
Ok.can wenn now focus back on the thing what interests us most here?

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fine, all cool! i'm up to move on!

Unfortunately Im less cool with some of the latest comments on here. 

Im not sure if its a language thing or whatever, but the inference i got from Stanko in response to a series of posts by me (suggesting why it isn't cool to just knock at BG's door) was the comment that "at this stage you're already racist and staff etc..."

Racial equality and acceptance is one of the things personally I strive for, and it appears to be called a racist is quite offensive and not something that does not align with my outlook on life.

@ Mods, If you deem my comments were racist then please let me know and I will voluntarily remove myself from this forum.  However, if you feel that other members have (wrongly) suggested I'm a racist, then can i ask for some swift action.  Calling someone a racist is a pretty big deal and such a comment is deeply offensive to me and I suggest it breaks the forum guidelines at the top of the page.   
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on July 26, 2018, 07:02:48 AM
you are allowed for a public statement about it afterwards (for Jesus sake)!
It is also possible to announce explaining from those who are welcome unlike of those who are not! (at this stage you're already racist and staff etc...)

I mean, a simply announcement would do it if you find yourself kind of a popular/famous and don't want random* (quite a broad spectrum could be included here!) visitors knocking at your workplace/home door disturbing you! (whatever you might consider/think being famous is?)
I don't see any problem about it here at all.
Ok.can wenn now focus back on the thing what interests us most here?

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fine, all cool! i'm up to move on!

Unfortunately Im less cool with some of the latest comments on here. 

Im not sure if its a language thing or whatever, but the inference i got from Stanko in response to a series of posts by me (suggesting why it isn't cool to just knock at BG's door) was the comment that "at this stage you're already racist and staff etc..."

Racial equality and acceptance is one of the things personally I strive for, and it appears to be called a racist is quite offensive and not something that does not align with my outlook on life.

@ Mods, If you deem my comments were racist then please let me know and I will voluntarily remove myself from this forum.  However, if you feel that other members have (wrongly) suggested I'm a racist, then can i ask for some swift action.  Calling someone a racist is a pretty big deal and such a comment is deeply offensive to me and I suggest it breaks the forum guidelines at the top of the page.
Totally not, do not agree with the not knocking on the BG door, but did not get the racist comment. So again, drop it, everyone, and focus on the new album. Am in no mood to start slapping hands again.
Any news on the new album anyone??

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 26, 2018, 10:25:17 AM
One can only imagine how tough it might be for Guy to be kept working on these projects for SO long. It seems to be a pretty hermetic, not to say klaustrophobic matter to be alone there with Mark most of the time. Of course working on a Musical with so many people involved is pretty demanding and new to them. But Boy they could have made two regular solo albums in that amount of time.. to he honest, I hope for the best but expect the worst... Do you really think that this over long time frame will result in an album where you really can say that it was worth the wait?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Dutchessy on July 26, 2018, 10:26:57 AM
One can only imagine how tough it might be for Guy to be kept working on these projects for SO long. It seems to be a pretty hermetic, not to say klaustrophobic matter to be alone there with Mark most of the time. Of course working on a Musical with so many people involved is pretty demanding and new to them. But Boy they could have made two regular solo albums in that amount of time.. to he honest, I hope for the best but expect the worst... Do you really think that this over long time frame will result in an album where you really can say that it was worth the wait?

LE
Every MK solo album and tour is worth the wait.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 26, 2018, 10:36:53 AM
Yes I know but isn't this long time span raising the expectation into totally unhealthy dimensions?

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on July 26, 2018, 10:47:30 AM
Yes I know but isn't this long time span raising the expectation into totally unhealthy dimensions?

LE

Six years for OES and it is now one of my favourite albums of all.  STP took four years and it is my favourite solo album, so I am certainly eagerly awaiting this release.  In fact, once I stop typing I'll be rubbing my hands together!  :lol
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on July 26, 2018, 10:57:19 AM
One can only imagine how tough it might be for Guy to be kept working on these projects for SO long. It seems to be a pretty hermetic, not to say klaustrophobic matter to be alone there with Mark most of the time. Of course working on a Musical with so many people involved is pretty demanding and new to them. But Boy they could have made two regular solo albums in that amount of time.. to he honest, I hope for the best but expect the worst... Do you really think that this over long time frame will result in an album where you really can say that it was worth the wait?

LE

I can imagine that the unusually long time for a project is not only very tiring for us but also for MK/GF.
I remember MK stating that this dragging process is a reason MK isn't that fond of writing/recording soundtracks.
I think MK would have declined the idea of a musical involvment if it hadn't been about his most successful soundtrack.
On the other hand, the challenge of composing a musical is a new one for him and as a creative artist he might want to try his hand on such a work of art, too.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on July 26, 2018, 11:01:56 AM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: skydiver on July 26, 2018, 11:19:45 AM
I secretly hope that this paralyzingly long time between his last album & tour and this one will motivate him to speed up things with future projects once this upcoming tour is over.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on July 26, 2018, 11:29:04 AM
Unusually long? There were 6 years between Brothers in Arms and On Every Street, and 5 years between that and Golden Heart.

The long periods are fine with me. I have no lack of music to listen to (be it Mark's or someone else's), and I'm super glad that when he does come out with something, it's always good IMO.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on July 26, 2018, 02:27:31 PM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE

He took a year to rest, until September 2016 that went back to the studio to work in the musical, and in parallel, when the musical gave them free spots, in the next solo album.

I said that it was a very productive period except for the 2015-2016 year...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: wayaman on August 14, 2018, 01:25:22 PM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE

Yes, into the songs for the musical, LOL

Sorry for the joke, I remember you don't like the idea of the musical, that seems is keeping MK very busy since quite a long and will keep him busy until next year when it's premiered.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 18, 2018, 02:41:34 PM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE

Yes, into the songs for the musical, LOL

Sorry for the joke, I remember you don't like the idea of the musical, that seems is keeping MK very busy since quite a long and will keep him busy until next year when it's premiered.

I'm on LE's team, I think this musical is an energy and time drainer.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on August 18, 2018, 03:17:40 PM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE

Yes, into the songs for the musical, LOL

Sorry for the joke, I remember you don't like the idea of the musical, that seems is keeping MK very busy since quite a long and will keep him busy until next year when it's premiered.

I'm on LE's team, I think this musical is an energy and time drainer.
Never liked musicals, but am happy to be proven wrong by Mr. Knopfler

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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 18, 2018, 05:38:25 PM
I don't discard that possibility. I might love it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Rail King on August 23, 2018, 03:30:34 PM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE

Yes, into the songs for the musical, LOL

Sorry for the joke, I remember you don't like the idea of the musical, that seems is keeping MK very busy since quite a long and will keep him busy until next year when it's premiered.

I'm on LE's team, I think this musical is an energy and time drainer.
Never liked musicals, but am happy to be proven wrong by Mr. Knopfler

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Same here. There's not much in the world that I generally hate more than musicals, but there's also not much that I love more than MK.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on August 23, 2018, 04:22:13 PM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE

Yes, into the songs for the musical, LOL

Sorry for the joke, I remember you don't like the idea of the musical, that seems is keeping MK very busy since quite a long and will keep him busy until next year when it's premiered.

I'm on LE's team, I think this musical is an energy and time drainer.
Never liked musicals, but am happy to be proven wrong by Mr. Knopfler

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Same here. There's not much in the world that I generally hate more than musicals, but there's also not much that I love more than MK.

I don't like musicals either, but I have booked my seat at Edinburgh and I am hoping for the best.   It will be interesting to see how LH transfers to the stage in any case.   :)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 23, 2018, 05:17:45 PM
Agree.

I remember many members saying over the last couple of years (myself included), that they would prefer MK breaking out of the then usual 2-year-schedule and take more time for an album and come up with a real gem or classic. Here's some hope that the got deeper into song exploration than usually.

LE

Yes, into the songs for the musical, LOL

Sorry for the joke, I remember you don't like the idea of the musical, that seems is keeping MK very busy since quite a long and will keep him busy until next year when it's premiered.

I'm on LE's team, I think this musical is an energy and time drainer.
Never liked musicals, but am happy to be proven wrong by Mr. Knopfler

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Same here. There's not much in the world that I generally hate more than musicals, but there's also not much that I love more than MK.

I don't like musicals either, but I have booked my seat at Edinburgh and I am hoping for the best.   It will be interesting to see how LH transfers to the stage in any case.   :)

I'm interested in anything Mark produces with the level of excitment varying according to the product. Normally a new album hits 10 out of 10 in my scale but the delay has lowered it quite a bit. As for the musical it's sitting at about 3, just like it was when I first heard about it. Still Mark though so the excitment is there and I'm more than happy to be pleasantly surprised if that's the case.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on August 24, 2018, 10:41:05 PM
Go and see Chicago.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 25, 2018, 08:15:49 AM
Go and see Chicago.

Has MK any involvement in it?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on August 25, 2018, 08:40:02 AM
Go and see Chicago.

Has MK any involvement in it?

It is good enough to avoid the need of any MK flavour inside.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 25, 2018, 08:46:39 AM
Go and see Chicago.

Has MK any involvement in it?

It is good enough to avoid the need of any MK flavour inside.

West side story, then. That's the one to see.

And it has the song MK talks about in Romeo and Juliet "there's a place for us, somewhere"
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on August 25, 2018, 09:24:38 AM
West side story, then. That's the one to see.

And it has the song MK talks about in Romeo and Juliet "there's a place for us, somewhere"

That is another possibility.

Hopefully there is a life outside the MK's world.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 25, 2018, 10:36:48 AM
Of course there is. It's just that an MK fan forum is maybe not the perfect place for that by all means ..  :wave

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Pottel on August 25, 2018, 10:47:41 AM
Of course there is. It's just that an MK fan forum is maybe not the perfect place for that by all means ..  :wave

LE
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Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on August 25, 2018, 11:31:29 AM
Of course there is. It's just that an MK fan forum is maybe not the perfect place for that by all means ..  :wave

LE

I am not sure that Local Hero will be the best way to discover the world of musicals if you have not seen any.
I have seen the film and honestly without the music of MK I would have not given a damn on it.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Love Expresso on August 25, 2018, 12:01:39 PM
Agree. But it has its charm, especially if you have a soft spot for Scotland.

LE
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 25, 2018, 03:25:02 PM
Actually, thanks to Mk doing the Local Hero score I got to know that great and charming little movie...

I wonder how much nice films exists that we don't have any idea of them just because they didn't had anything claiming our attention...
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 25, 2018, 04:20:36 PM
Actually, thanks to Mk doing the Local Hero score I got to know that great and charming little movie...

I wonder how much nice films exists that we don't have any idea of them just because they didn't had anything claiming our attention...

Watch the Ealing films, especially Whisky Galore;  Local Hero owes much to it.  My favourite from Ealing Studios are probably The Ladykillers and The Man in the White Suit, but there are other classics such as The Lavender Hill Mob and Kind Hearts and Coronets. 

Most British films before the 80s have that charm to them.  Britain has always punched above it's weight in filmmaking terms. 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on August 25, 2018, 07:50:18 PM
Actually, thanks to Mk doing the Local Hero score I got to know that great and charming little movie...

I wonder how much nice films exists that we don't have any idea of them just because they didn't had anything claiming our attention...

Watch the Ealing films, especially Whisky Galore;  Local Hero owes much to it.  My favourite from Ealing Studios are probably The Ladykillers and The Man in the White Suit, but there are other classics such as The Lavender Hill Mob and Kind Hearts and Coronets. 

Most British films before the 80s have that charm to them.  Britain has always punched above it's weight in filmmaking terms.

I just love The Ladykillers with  Alec Guiness and Herbert Lom and the wonderful old lady, Mrs Wilberforce!   Great viewing on a wet, Sunday afternoon!   ;D
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 25, 2018, 08:28:57 PM
The ladykillers... I saw one with that title directed by Cohen brothers with Tom Hanks. I guess that was an updated version?
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: superval99 on August 25, 2018, 08:36:27 PM
The ladykillers... I saw one with that title directed by Cohen brothers with Tom Hanks. I guess that was an updated version?

Yes, the Tom Hanks version was a remake.  The 1955 film is a classic and didn't need updating.  It was perfect and a remake was unnecessary imo.   :)

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/25/ladykillers-classic-dvd-review-philip-french
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 25, 2018, 08:54:56 PM
Yes, I meant a remake... Didn't find the correct word  :smack
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 25, 2018, 10:15:15 PM
The ladykillers... I saw one with that title directed by Cohen brothers with Tom Hanks. I guess that was an updated version?

I didn't bother with the remake.  I couldn't understand why the Americans would want to do something so quintessentially British, especially when it was done so brilliantly in the first place.

The Ealing films are typically about the little man triumphing over the big man despite all odds, just like Local Hero.  Whisky Galore adds the Scottish Highland location and an "outsider" into the mix.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 27, 2018, 06:12:00 PM
The ladykillers... I saw one with that title directed by Cohen brothers with Tom Hanks. I guess that was an updated version?

I didn't bother with the remake.  I couldn't understand why the Americans would want to do something so quintessentially British, especially when it was done so brilliantly in the first place.

The Ealing films are typically about the little man triumphing over the big man despite all odds, just like Local Hero.  Whisky Galore adds the Scottish Highland location and an "outsider" into the mix.

Hollywood has run out of ideas and now they are paying the price for boycotting extremely talented and creative people just because they have different political views and agendas. As a result they have to resort to remakes and sequels nobody asked for.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: ds1984 on August 27, 2018, 07:59:57 PM
The ladykillers... I saw one with that title directed by Cohen brothers with Tom Hanks. I guess that was an updated version?

I didn't bother with the remake.  I couldn't understand why the Americans would want to do something so quintessentially British, especially when it was done so brilliantly in the first place.

The Ealing films are typically about the little man triumphing over the big man despite all odds, just like Local Hero.  Whisky Galore adds the Scottish Highland location and an "outsider" into the mix.

Hollywood has run out of ideas and now they are paying the price for boycotting extremely talented and creative people just because they have different political views and agendas. As a result they have to resort to remakes and sequels nobody asked for.

I strongly disagree with this statement.
Hollywood is very smart in making things profitable. It is only that they are not interested in art.
And remakes have always existed. You have to live with your time. If you don't feel concerned by nowadays movies is only because you are not the target.   
 
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 27, 2018, 08:08:55 PM
The ladykillers... I saw one with that title directed by Cohen brothers with Tom Hanks. I guess that was an updated version?

I didn't bother with the remake.  I couldn't understand why the Americans would want to do something so quintessentially British, especially when it was done so brilliantly in the first place.

The Ealing films are typically about the little man triumphing over the big man despite all odds, just like Local Hero.  Whisky Galore adds the Scottish Highland location and an "outsider" into the mix.

Hollywood has run out of ideas and now they are paying the price for boycotting extremely talented and creative people just because they have different political views and agendas. As a result they have to resort to remakes and sequels nobody asked for.

I strongly disagree with this statement.
Hollywood is very smart in making things profitable. It is only that they are not interested in art.
And remakes have always existed. You have to live with your time. If you don't feel concerned by nowadays movies is only because you are not the target.

You got it wrong. I'm not talking about the movies themselves or who/what they represent, I'm talking about people. Hollywood is run by liberals and if you're not on the same page you're not gonna succeed there.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Stanko on August 28, 2018, 01:05:09 AM
Hollywood is very smart in making things profitable. It is only that they are not interested in art.
And remakes have always existed. You have to live with your time. If you don't feel concerned by nowadays movies is only because you are not the target.
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exactly.
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: jbaent on August 28, 2018, 08:43:45 AM
Remakes sometimes are a good thing because they put old movies in a nowadays context. But that's only when they are well done, respecting ths spirit of the original.

For example, the last Ghostbusters film. It was an attempt to put the Ghostbusters film into nowadays young people whose dads grow up with that film, but they failing because someone believed that it was more important to do something from a feminist point of view than doing a good remake of it, and it failed with feminisit, failed with the young generation to be atracted to the film and failed to be a nice continuation for the old fans of the film.

I also remember the "Psycho" remake, filmed scene by scene like the old one. It was an attempt to put the film into a new generation respecting the original but... Psycho made an impact at its time as it was something new. Nowadays, is nothing new.

The "Ladykillers", I like it as I'm a Cohen brothers fans and they are people who take care of what they do, probably the original will be far better, as they took a British film to an american point of view, I'll try to watch the original movie.

When I think in a remake of "Local Hero" it's needed that the red cabin is there so, when the American arrives to the village, he will discover his smartphone doesn't get any connection and has to use the red phone box, LOL
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: Robson on August 28, 2018, 12:18:32 PM
It is true. The red telephone booth is the symbol of this movie:)
Title: Re: Back into the Studio very soon
Post by: dmg on August 28, 2018, 06:46:55 PM
The ladykillers... I saw one with that title directed by Cohen brothers with Tom Hanks. I guess that was an updated version?

I didn't bother with the remake.  I couldn't understand why the Americans would want to do something so quintessentially British, especially when it was done so brilliantly in the first place.

The Ealing films are typically about the little man triumphing over the big man despite all odds, just like Local Hero.  Whisky Galore adds the Scottish Highland location and an "outsider" into the mix.

Hollywood has run out of ideas and now they are paying the price for boycotting extremely talented and creative people just because they have different political views and agendas. As a result they have to resort to remakes and sequels nobody asked for.

100% correct.  And with your later statement.  :clap