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Summary: He lives on...
Review: This DVD would be worth buying if all it had was the Michael Hedges performances. However, the other artists turn out unique and delightful music. Hedges steals the show, and as a guitarist, the chance to see him performing visually is priceless. Wonderful music and an amazingly helpful tool when deciphering Hedges' complex creations.
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Summary: Captivating Performances by Windham Hill Artists
Review: This is a great DVD if you love the music that Windham Hill was producing in the 80s. Where else can you watch Michael Hedges performing Aerial Boundaries, or William Ackerman performing with an accompanying lyricon, along with Shadowfax and Scott Cossu performing their original compositions? Michael Hedges was the Paganini of the acoustic guitar. Nobody ever did more than he did to redefine the instrument and explore its possibilites. Unfortunately for me, the video of him performing Aerial Boundaries was somewhat disappointing in that you can't make out what his hands are doing through half of it. Obviously the producers weren't considering aspiring guitarists when they edited this video. And since Michael was tragically taken away in an auto accident in 1997 we will never have a video of him teaching his pieces and his unorthdox but brilliant style. The biggest complaint I have for this DVD is the lighting and videography. Too often the camera catches the subjects in the shadows, or a glare coming from the lights reflecting off of the instruments, or a haze created by the lighting of the stage. Also, there are some puzzling shots of the landscape surrounding the outdoor theater. Still, the performances are well worth the price of the DVD as they capture a moment in time when "New Age" music came into its own.
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Summary: Captivating Performances by Windham Hill Artists
Review: This is a great DVD if you love the music that Windham Hill was producing in the 80s. Where else can you watch Michael Hedges performing Aerial Boundaries, or William Ackerman performing with an accompanying lyricon, along with Shadowfax and Scott Cossu performing their original compositions? Michael Hedges was the Paganini of the acoustic guitar. Nobody ever did more than he did to redefine the instrument and explore its possibilites. Unfortunately for me, the video of him performing Aerial Boundaries was somewhat disappointing in that you can't make out what his hands are doing through half of it. Obviously the producers weren't considering aspiring guitarists when they edited this video. And since Michael was tragically taken away in an auto accident in 1997 we will never have a video of him teaching his pieces and his unorthdox but brilliant style. The biggest complaint I have for this DVD is the lighting and videography. Too often the camera catches the subjects in the shadows, or a glare coming from the lights reflecting off of the instruments, or a haze created by the lighting of the stage. Also, there are some puzzling shots of the landscape surrounding the outdoor theater. Still, the performances are well worth the price of the DVD as they capture a moment in time when "New Age" music came into its own.
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Summary: Bought this to see Michael Hedges
Review: This is obviously a studio recording that switches to applause from a live audience at the end of each song, which is strange and depressing. This is proof that there exists additional video from many live Michael Hedges concerts. Hedges has been gone for 7 years and not much else has been released. Jimi Hendrix fans had to wait 30 years before legal battles were won by the Hendrix family and we began to finally see new releases. Must all Hedges fans endure the same fate? A CD or DVD with even one Hedges song on it is worth owning, so this DVD is a must have. Windham Hill, please open your vaults and stop hoarding this material! If you created a CD or DVD for every Hedges concert you have, I'd buy them all.
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Summary: Bizarre DVD
Review: This is the strangest DVD. It features some nicely recorded (in stereo) performances before a live audience in a small studio. At the very end of each song though, the scene shifts to the same performer finishing the same song at a live concert at Red Rocks, CO! The crowd is seated differently, the lighting is different and the performers even have different hair styles! I'm not sure who they are trying to fool here. The performances are very good but the photography is mediocre at best. The sound is just stereo. I wish I hadn't wasted my money on this one.
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Summary: Bizarre DVD
Review: This is the strangest DVD. It features some nicely recorded (in stereo) performances before a live audience in a small studio. At the very end of each song though, the scene shifts to the same performer finishing the same song at a live concert at Red Rocks, CO! The crowd is seated differently, the lighting is different and the performers even have different hair styles! I'm not sure who they are trying to fool here. The performances are very good but the photography is mediocre at best. The sound is just stereo. I wish I hadn't wasted my money on this one.
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