Released
Sept 22nd 2006
LMDVD187
EAN 6419922001875
6.90
LIVE SHOW
Abstract Impact
Verbal Defense Mechanism
The Shrink
La Bella Mira
Traumatized To The Bone
Still Bleeding
Patron Saint
Moyra
That Moment
The Skill Factor
Inner Alchemy
Shoreline
New Race
Waiting
DVD
EXTRAS
Hidden Bonus track: Guitar solo
2 Cover songs (Still Of The Night and Rooster)
Biography and DVD Story
Marcel Coenen Live In Thailand
Behind The Scenes
Picture Gallery.
Marcel Coenen – Guitar and
Vocals (all songs)
Hans
In T Zandt – Drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 8,
9, cover songs)
Roel
Van Helden – Drums (2, 5, 7, 10, 11)
Spike
– Drums (12, 13, 14)
Richard
Ritterbeeks – Bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7 ,8, 9, 10, 11, 14, cover songs)
Maurice
Brouwers – Bass (12, 13)
Frank
Schiphorst – Guitar (all songs)
Rene
Ubachs – Keyboards (2, 3, 4, 6, 7,
8, 11, 12, 14, Still Of The Night)
Colleen
Gray – Vocals and Piano (songs 5,
6, 7, 9)
Joyce
Dijkgraaf – Vocals (6, 9)
Paul
Adrian Villarreal – Vocals (2, 5,
7, 9, 14)
Hans
Reinders – Vocals (2, Rooster)
Mike
Andersson – Vocals (14, Still Of The
Night)
Dennis
Schreurs – Vocals (5)
Menno
Corbeek – Vocals (5)
Produced by Hans reinders & Marcel Coenen.
Recorded during May, June and July 2005
at PITstudio, Weert, The Netherlands.
Bass
tracks by Richard Ritterbeeks recorded at
Richard`s home studio in The Netherlands.
All
vocals on "Waiting" were recorded
at B.J.`s Studio, Sweden.
Bob
Katsionis` keyboard solo recorded at Sound
Symmetry Studio, Athens, Greece.
Rene
Kroon`s keyboards were recorded at Rene`s
home studio in The Netherlands.
All
vocals and piano by Colleen Gray recorded
at Shades of Gray Studio in California,
USA.
Uros
Raskovski`s guitar solo recorded at 44 Magic
Musika Studios, LA, California, USA.)
Recorded and filmed at January 28th 2006
in Weert, The Netherlands, at "De Bosuil".
A
Live Time Journey is the much anticipated
live DVD from Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged).
The DVD is a live documentation of the live
performance to launch Marcel’s second
solo album ‘Colour Journey’
(2006 Lion Music) in his native Netherlands.
The DVD sees a wealth of musical talent
travel from around the globe to perform
the many musical styles of ‘Colour
Journey’ in the live arena.
Marcel's
Comments
Initial Idea & Preparation
My second album, called "Colour Journey"
was released in January 2006 and has been
receiving great reviews. To celebrate the
release of Colour Journey, I planned a CD
Release Party. The party had to be something
special, so the idea came about to make
a live DVD, playing the entire album live
with almost all of the guest musicians who
appear on the “Colour Journey”
album.
I
had some overseas musicians working with
me, so I had to think of a plan to get them
over for the show. I was happy that Mike
Andersson and Colleen Gray were available
and more then happy to come over for the
show.
Then
I started planning the whole event. I made
a set list containing all songs from “Colour
Journey”, some songs from my first
solo CD “Guitartalk” and some
cool covers.
I
needed a second guitarist who was able to
play twin lines with me and had good rhythm
guitar skills. Frank Schiphorst I knew very
well, as I had filled in as a guitarist
for his own band, Symmetry, and I knew he
was a good choice for the job. Since I programmed
most of the keyboards on “Colour Journey”
I also needed a keyboard player who was
able to play with me. At first I contacted
Rene Kroon (Sun caged) who also plays on
the song “Patron Saint” on the
Colour Journey CD, but Rene was dealing
with some health issues so a replacement
had to be found. I contacted Rene Ubachs
(from the Dutch band, Arabesque) and was
very happy that he could do the job. On
all other instruments I contacted all the
players who also worked with me on the “Colour
Journey” album. The musicians also
learned some songs from my first solo CD,
and also some covers we played at the end
of the show. The singers all helped each
other with harmony lines from their respective
songs.
The
first rehearsals we did were just with the
drummers and second guitarist, Frank.
The first full rehearsal with everyone involved
was in the venue where the gig was taking
place, the day before the show. I noticed
during these rehearsals that something special
was happening. Call it magic, but it seemed
like all the musicians played with each
other for years. The chemistry was awesome
during the rehearsals and I knew it was
becoming something really special.
The
singers took a different room and rehearsed
their lines (and harmony lines, helping
each other learn the parts) in that room
while we were rehearsing the music on the
stage. This was my first time hearing songs
like “Moyra” and “Inner
Alchemy” being played by a real drummer
and bass player. What an awesome experience!
I wish I had recorded “Guitartalk”
that way.
The
Day Of The Show
The day started with another rehearsal on
the stage, and while we were rehearsing
the people of the venue were preparing everything
for the show. Martin Verberk came in and
started to install his audio recording tools.
Also the crew from LowLifeMedia came in
and started to plan the DVD shooting.
The
audio recording was BIG. 32 tracks totally
used! With two drum kits on stage, two keyboards,
a bass stack, two guitar stacks and four
different singing mikes we had a huge recording
going on.
When
the crowd came in and Colleen started doing
her show I was getting nervous. Was everything
set up right?? Is nothing going to break
down? Will the camera’s work properly?
Will we play well? All sorts of things started
to go through my head, so I needed to take
a time for myself. I locked myself up in
a small room for 15 minutes and meditated
to clear my mind and come to rest. When
I was done meditating it was time to hit
the stage.
When
Colleen Gray announced me the adrenaline
raised through my veins… When I walked
on stage and saw all the people who came
to see the show I was very happy, and I
knew the show was going to become something
special.
I
never imagined so many people would come
to see me, people from Portugal, Sweden,
Germany, Belgium, and off course from the
Netherlands. The crowd reacted very well
to the show and the show itself went pretty
smooth (some technical issues appeared though,
and some little playing mistakes were made
as well).
I
decided not to edit out all the mistakes,
so what you get is a pure registration of
this evening like it was. You will hear
some mistakes, and you will notice some
things not going so smooth, but it is LIVE,
with only two full days of rehearsing.
Thoughts
on the extra's
In my opinion a DVD is worth buying if it
has some extra stuff as well. I decided
to include some cool footage. The Thailand
show was recorded in March 2006 and was
of good quality, so I decided to include
some footage from that show. The behind
the scenes material was recorded during
the preparation for the show, and is a cool
add-on. The covers were too great to leave
them out, even if they are not played too
well, but the chemistry is there. The Hidden
guitarsolo is a nice feature which people
have to find (tip: scroll around on the
first page). The other extra's are cool
add-ons.
» Live DVD from Sun Caged guitarist Marcel
Coenen.
» Great varied selection of vocal and instrumental
tracks.
» Guest performances from many well known
names in the metal/progressive metal field.
» Lots of extras.