It's practically a must these days to have backing tracks. Most venues are set up this way and everyone should be able to take advantage of it. I don't have an issue with it. And not all of them are using it in place of actual playing. I think this is where the issue comes in. These older bands like this have always gone on stage and actually played instruments. But let's face it, as they get older they may lose some of their talent.
@@BillBlazejowski Vinnie was the one who had the registered trademark for his own makeup design when I looked it up just few years ago. So I guess he took the opportunity when Kiss' trademark ran out. Vinnie also had trademark for Carr's fox makeup then.
One thing I have noticed about the entire KISS camp over the years... I'm pretty sure they all have a "trash talk to the press" agreement where "There's no such thing as bad press." It seems like they all use it every time there's some new release, event, whatever. Remember a few years ago when Ace's girlfriend was supposedly molested by Gene or some such thing? Yeah, that story vanished, never to be heard from again. Coincidentally, it just happened to be reported not long after the Spaceman album came out which Gene was credited as writing for and playing on. This idea goes WAY back. In The Evolution of KISS booklet that came with Alive II, the band declared, "KISS is loved...or hated...but never ignored." That is exactly what we are seeing today. They are quite simply writing their own press. The public, the fans, the reporters... none of us know the true personalities. It's all just a big facade to generate curiosity.
Paul talked about that in his book too. He said that one thing he learned from Gene was that also bad publicity is still publicity. And I am saying this as a huige Kiss fan even nowadays (but without supporting some little thing, you can never support everything about your favourite artist right? Like I support the EOTR but wanna fck the whole Dubai packages shit).I think that's the whole reason why KISS get's a lot of hate but never looses any of their fanbase or whatsoever. Thanks for this comment! Now I finnally understand it all how it all works and why Paul for example said fck you Ace🤣🤣 Even if I don't think that there is a agreement with Ace. I do think that there is an agreement among the band so tommy paul eric and Gene
I was working with a co-headline act that was booked with Ace for one show back in the early 2010s and he was absolutely sober. In fact the venue told us in advance when we sent over our rider that any alcohol on our rider wouldn’t be provided due to Aces camp not allowing alcohol in any acts dressing room. It was a one off gig in the middle of a bunch of other shows so we weren’t too worried about it. Again this was years ago so I have no idea if that’s still the case but it for sure was when the band I worked was on that bill. I’m not a big Kiss or Ace fan, but I watched his set, not my thing, but he played just fine and there wasn’t a drop of alcohol to be found anywhere near the backstage or dressing room areas. As a neutral observer, I think Gene and Paul are just pricks and can’t stand to see Ace have any ounce of success. I also think Ace is too worried about what they think and just doesn’t let things go and move on.
I have met the three of them a few times not (Gene). Peter used to go to my grandmas house for an Italian dinner in NJ (before my time). I truthfully, feel deep down Paul is jealous that Peter was a better singer, and had their number one hit of all time with Beth. Yeah, they had their issues but deep down they are good people, but if Neil Peart sticks up for Peter and Ace, then it is good enough for me!
U said it all brother I like the way u think best comment yet yes Peter can still sing Paul the putz can't carry a tune to save his life Peten n Ace went out with class wigboy Paul and the bloated demon went out like trash an absolute embarrassment and yeah I read where Neal peart said when they toured with kiss in the 70s all gene n Paul talked about was sex with groupies they thought they were above everybody else and that Peter and Ace were not like them and were down to earth and cool but we already know that
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no Who knows, i’m sure he has some input at least and everybody has collaborated with songwriters, all I care about is that I like it
@@riheg Steve Brown likes the album too. But obviously he also wants to be acknowledged for the majority? of the work. Ace at least admitted 50:50. It looks like it's not enough for Steve.
There is nothing earth shattering about 10 k volts from a guitar standpoint. Why is it so hard yo believe Ace can do pentatonic runs at various positions along the neck? If there were six string arpeggios or complex fingerpicking then I might ask questions. But this album sounds like Ace no doubt.
Ace has been touring and making records, no doubt, but have you seen what his shows consist of? Ace standing there barely moving and sounding like a 45 being played at 33.
A very measured take man. Good thoughts. To me, I suspect his producer and loyal Frehely-Fan filled in whatever the song needed to glue things together and make it pop while Ace threw him a whole bunch of rough ideas and riffs and some loose themes I think Ace wants it recognized that both it was his vision and that he added more than just his flavor to the record. I suspect he tracked something cool from time to time, but imagine Steve was always his safety net.
Has anyone else seen Ace's recent live performances? There is literally no way that is him playing on the album, it's definitely a session guitarist. The vocals on the album are heavily altered also. It's Ace singing obviously, but the autotune is off the charts.
Many of the songs are older, Fightin For Life was a Psycho-Circus demo that got rejected. Remember Ace submitted 6-7 songs, they only used Into The Void. Those 6 songs are on 10,000 volts. All original vocals were left as-is, only the music was touched up, also songs from 1995 and 1984 are here as well. On the tracks where Ace is singing strong & fast, those are the older tunes. Walkin on the moon, 10,000 volts & Cherry Medicine are new songs and you can hear it in Ace's vocals, which are slower than the other tracks.
I hadn't heard this particular controversy before. Maybe Ace is going it to drum up sales from the Blabbermouth kids who don't know him well rnough. I'm 58 and have been a KISS and Ace fan since hearing the Winter land show on the radio in 1975, and I believe Ace is working hard and doing what he loves to do. If he didn't love music he would retire.
I know Steve Brown’s playing and writing styles. Most of the fills and ascents are Steveo. Steve is a student of KISS and other rock bands. Steve can write and produce in the style of anyone. Listen to the TMF albums. You hear KISS, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Cheap Trick, Rainbow, et al.
Stratosphere is a great instrumental, The cover from Nadia is "Life of a stranger" "Fighten for Life" is another great tune. Ace played the Solos. I still think Anomaly is a better album. Cosmic heart is a solid song. The only solo not played by Ace is on "Stratosphere"
This is my first Rock Feed video. I've liked and now subscribed because I found this piece on Ace Frehley's 10K Volts to be entertaining and informative. Many thanks for your hard work in making great content like this. As far as Ace's new album, I think it's one of his finest-even better than Spaceman. It's on par with the 1978 solo album, in my opinion. I find it quite inspiring to see Ace, at age 72, producing rocking content with top-notch producers/partners, living his best life with his brilliant, talented, artist/ fitness competitor girlfriend.
Ace's new record is awesome, it 100% sounds like an Ace Frehley project, and it has his sound, style, feel and vibe all over it. There's no reason for "controversy" other than people that want to be negative and try to tear him down. I am very happy for him, very pleased as a fan, and can't stop listening to the new album! Rock on Ace!
Paul overused his voice with work. Not with self destruction. That's why people treat Paul with respect. And he didn't say Ace is p*ss! He said to the journalists: "YOU would call the band P*SS. And he is right. The critics and haters would have been the first ones to trash the band. Considering Ace's live performances. And Peter maybe only played drums as a hobby at home
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no I'm just saying that I haven't been to a Kiss concert since 1999. The re-union should have stopped right there. I wish Ace all the best and seeing him still touring is cool.
People and Kiss are jealous of the current success of the new album 10k volts. Kiss hasn't done anything worthwhile since Revenge and Ace with low costs and a small label is beating out many who spent a lot of money.
So embarrassing. Dude wrote a bridge and had a song from the 80s. It wouldnt be as embarrassing if he didnt talk all that shit about Paul and Gene before releasing it
10,000 Volts is a great album. It’s easy to hear the 70s music scene (rock and pop) that has so influenced Ace over the years in several of the tracks (eg, Walkin’ on the Moon, Cherry Medicine). Individual track-wise… 10,000 Volts and especially Fightin’ for Life are the two big standouts. Either of those would have been huge hits back in the MTV days of the 80s. Cherry Medicine is a fun song that sounds like it could have been on the Get Him to the Greek soundtrack (which is not a bad thing… the songs on that soundtrack were actually very good and fun). Anyway, Ace was so adamant before the album’s release as to what a significant role Steve’s collaboration had on the music, both from a production and song-writing perspective. So I’m sure Steve was indeed very instrumental (no pun intended) in the final product. It just sounds like in their excitement for how well it’s been received (and it has!) that they didn’t have their ducks in a row has to publicly discuss their collaborative effort. Doesn’t matter, the two of them together created a great rock album that sounds and feels like Ace at his best… and that’s what matters in the end. Honestly, it’s probably Ace’s best solo effort yet, on the whole. And 10,000 Volts and Fightin’ for Life are as good as anything he’s done since Shock Me!
"I'm doing the majorities of the solos." Which anyone knows, weather amazing or not, they're just a small part of songs. And the vocals usually come after there's a semblance of a song. So that still doesn't absolves him in this case. Not a good look for this guy is all I'm saying.
Musical genius he founded kiss Ace is a hippie. But He's still one of the best Artists ever since he's never took a guitar lesson because he's ace .... I'm not saying anything bad about none .. at 67 I believe that he proved himself in many lives
you can tell when Ace plays a solo and when he doesn't. the solos are mostly him. Steve Brown might do one or two, but the rhythm tracks are Steve. It's pretty obvious It's great album regardless
If you ever worked in studios and stuff, its not uncommon to have session musicians help out. The goal is to write a good song. Me personally, i thought i would be performing everything myself but i eventually realized its was easier and more fun to let other people contribute
I grew up a big KISS fan... Big Ace fan... Have played guitar for several decades... Anyone who has seen Ace live in the last number of years should be able to tell there is no way Ace is playing the majority of the guitars on that record. Solos (or "the majority" of the solos as Ace said) sure. But the whole record sounds totally like Steve. I am sure Ace had a few ideas and maybe some older things he wanted worked out but get real, the bulk of that album is totally Steve. In a recent interview with Eddie Trunk Ace couldn't tell you the names of the musicians on the record (probably because he wasn't there when they recorded, let me guess, at Steve's). In another recent interview I heard he asked what album "Shock Me" was on... He said Steve was asked unrehearsed questions and that's why he said that? My guess is Steve was hearing countless interviews where Ace was talking about all the stuff Ace did and Steve wanted to give him a bit of a hip check...
You commented that Ace can play at a high level, because he still tours and all. But, have you seen him play recently? I saw him last Aug, and knowing he had a new album in the works, I walked away from the show wondering how the heck he would record a new album the way he was sloshing around on the stage. He was clearly inebriated, slurring his speech, and just overall performing at a low quality overall. His band had the incredibly hard job of keeping things together (as a drummer myself, I felt most for the drummer who had to constantly adjust tempo and adjust the beat in order to keep things somewhat in sync). I love Ace, and am enjoying the new album, it is a great one. But after seeing him live, I seriously question how he performed on this record at all, so find it no surprise if his involvement was less than is being stated.
Look, I absolutely love this, he's part of the original band in their original sound. And he is absolutely fabulous. However he's demonstrated numerous times over the years, he's unreliable and undependable, he gets high, misses rehearsals, misses studio sessions, has quit (or been fired) from the band numerous times, because it's just too high and unreliable. Say what you will about bad members like Eric singer, Bruce kulick or Tommy Taylor, but they have always been hard working, totally reliable, and dedicated professionals. It's too bad that Ace didn't have the same Work ethic or philosophy, and that his substance abuse, and irratic behaviour was his ultimate downfall. I still love the guy though,. But if I were Paul or gene I would feel the exact same way as well.
HUGE ACE fan since the 70's, but he simply cannot play anymore. Watch the "Shock me" solo lesson, he recently gave, and the ability to play even the most basic guitar licks, are completely disconnected from his brain & fingers. There is simply no way his amp is turned on, during live performance. The guy is iconic & great, but age and hard living caught up with him, and that's reality.
I could care less if ace played all the solos on his album. It’s new music and I like it. If the next album ace puts out all his does is sing, that’s cool! It’s new music!
It's hillarious that Paul or Gene might think that Ace could say anything that would make them look worse than they already do. Paul and Gene are scum.. They are only 50% of what Kiss was and was supposed to become, that is all Paul or Gene will ever be.
They are the reason Kiss exists. They treated the band like a job while two other guys partied their way into clubs. So Paul and Gene soldiered on keeping the band going for another forty years.
I generally like the album. It sounds great and some of the songs have solid hooks. But if i had one critique it would be the lyrics. A few spots are just clunky. Needed a word change here and there. In my opinion.
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no I didn't say it did, but this video is as much about the continuation of KISS as a band. Gene's name is dropped in this video, his photo in costume is shown, etc. My comment was meant to indicate that I'm done with KISS as a band, thanks to Simons. As for the solo careers of the other band members, I wish them continued success and I'll be watching them.
@@kenmcrae8591 Yes, that was a diversion. It's Ace's tactic. He knows he's only relevant when he mentions KISS. The main topic is the Steve controversy, Whether Gene recommends anti-cancer vaccs or not is totally irrelevant.
Paul is nothing but a choreographed performer; he’s about as fake as they come too. Ace might be rough around the edges but Ace is a genuine artist and a bonafide rock star.
Steve wrote 95% (riffs, etc) of the songs, played the rhythm guitars and some of the solos. Yeah, it is a Trixter record featuring Ace. Doesn't have to be a problem but facts are what they are.
Ace is awesome, saw him in 2023, he was great, and yes the band was key to holding it together. On this new record, its ok. I love 10,000 volts and Walking on the moon, the rest of it sounds like Steve had a lot to do with it, which is cool, and you can hear Ace is on it. His first solo record and anomaly are my favs, and hoping for a third record with Anton to bring that vibe back.
If ur an Xer ,u know Ace was touring world arenas doing Eddie & Randy's & stevies tricks& dives,tapping while they were playing in the garage! !!! look it up!!!
Wow. Imo, even when he's trying to be "nice", he still comes off very conceited. It's like he couldn't praise Steve without making sure he praised himself too. I dunno, is just me, or did anyone else feel that too?
Not at all. Ace gives him a ton of credit for for the production of the album, which Ace admits saved a lot of money. He also admits to him creating some of the guitar riffs, which he would add his playing style to.
@Gamevet Ok I'm gonna listen to it again and see if I have a different opinion this time. Who knows, maybe I was just in a funky mood a little while ago and that had some sort of effect on what I was hearing. I love a good experiment!😆
I agree totally he always comes across like a complete dbag. The only reason he was ever influential is bcuz smoke coming out of a guitar by a guy who is dressed like a clown looks cool to 6 year olds. And all you have to do if u think that Steve brown wasn't responsible for this album is watch any of his live clips on YT he can't even play anymore and his recorded output over the last 35 years has been filled with covers if anything at all. He should have made SB sign an NDA.
I believe Ace did most of the solos but i dont believe he did most of the rhythm or song structures / lyrics. You can tell that its a little more complex and different to his previous decades stylistically. Great album overall... But i still like Trouble Walkin way more
Cause he was probably telling the truth. Ace can be a very lazy worker. He's admitted himself in the past. And considering how different this album sounds in comparison to past Ace releases, it's obvious that Steve had a very strong influence on it.
I'll put this out there, too. I'd respect them a lot more if they would take off the stupid wigs. Maybe if enough people like this comment, they'll take em off. Don't be ashamed of how you look. It's totally natural. You guys aren't 60 anymore, c'mon.
Ace's live singing and playing these days are not great,it's not hard to believe that someone else was playing the parts,this happened many times on Kiss albums as well.
Funny thing Ace has played with both Gene and Paul. Fire and Ice is a nice song. Both played well together. Media makes it more hate than the members do have. Yes there is times. Any group will do this when a band splits.
I saw Ace a few years ago and he still plays great and sings great too. Gene and Paul just didn't want give up the cash. By the way, Paul can't sing anymore but they kept touring.
I don’t doubt that Ace didn’t play all the solos. Have you guys seen his playing over the last few years?? Some of the most embarrassing playing I’ve ever seen. I feel bad for the guy. A far cry from his 1970s solos
Watch Ace's recent tours and tell me he still plays at a high level. I routinely see better musicianship at local dive bars. Worst money I ever spent was to see Ace live. I want to preface my next comments with the fact that I've loved Ace's playing since I was a small kid in the 90s. I always thought he was cool as hell. He's a legend, yet he has always been a sloppy guitar player with piss poor technique. What I witnessed recently was next level bad though. He barely made it through any solos, and on two that night he basically just said fuck it and stopped soloing. There's no way he could play with KISS.
I've watched the video, he comes out and plays one measure of the riff that someone else wrote, and then the band kicks in and does all the singing for him. God bless him but he has ruined his body with the worst drug ever alcohol, and is a shell of his former self. I wish him all the best, I wish him happiness and a long life. But I wish you would get off the stage. I was a 11-year-old kiss fan and idolize them. But I'm looking back on aces solos, and the lead solos are very unremarkable and I don't remember the melody when it ends.
Ace again and again blames Paul and Gene! They "essentially tried to ruin his credibility in the industry". Ace ruined it all himself. He has absolutely no one but himself to blame. The "industry" knows. The audience knows.
Obviously they 😡 need someone to blame for what Steve Brown voiced in an interview. They have to ignore Steve, so they can say: the new album is completely an ACE album. What's left to do? Blame Paul (and Gene). It's hater "logic".
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no Sometimes I think they do not watch the videos. Only writing their hate comments everywhere when there is a chance. Always the same BS.
I have a Tshirt that is a mock up of the Kiss Destroyer album cover, only it’s Peter and Ace holding Paul and Gene’s severed heads. It’s one of my favorite shirts. 😂
Firstly, I think It's really funny Ace calling himself a great lyricist with his current rudimentary and naive lyric writing. Secondly, Paul was really hypocritical with that stance, while having no voice left and almost all vocals on tape!
Ace is my hero. The reason I play guitar and a Les Paul specifically. BUT! His playing has deteriorated big time. I watched an interview with him and its embarrassing so much I had to turn it off. It literally sounded like a 4 year old banging on a guitar. Very sad for me to watch. I take his side 99% of the time when Paul or Gene open their mouths, but if he didn't play on the record I wouldn't be surprised
Does it ever end ? Lol. I'll have to say the album is really good, at the same time it's not the best since the 78 solo album. I can definitely rock to it and enjoy it.
No one can hear Ace better than Paul. It was him who first heard 🎸his talent. But I don't think that Paul told Steve Brown what to say in his interview. Absurd!
Oh really look at the things that Paul Stanley has said an done he would do anything to protect his ego an putting a bad rep on Ace successful album is just something that he would do trust me once a hypocrite always a hypocrite
Yeah...Ace never follows through on anything...so no dirt. He is late to his own shows...playing wrong chords...plays entirely wrong song...can not sing at all. And Ace has played other peoples songs for years...and plenty of cover songs.
One listen, and it's obvious that Ace had minimal input. It seems he's being manipulated by people in his circle. His live performances are horrendous, he seems embarrassingly lethargic, and his playing is beyond sloppy, almost like he has some type of physical and mental inparment. I wish he had just retired from it all a few years back.
If you go back over time you will notice that Ace has never done 100% of a record. Not even in KISS because he had to have a drummer (he can of course play lead, rhythm and bass (also harp on BETH.) He also handed off lead vocals on tracks over the years (Todd Howorth anyone?) So I believe Ace when he says it was collaborative, besides the songs sound like Ace songs.
Isn't it amazing to watch what is called rock gods on this earth, and yet that act like 5 yr olds towards each other. They claim their so thankful for their positions in life but outwardly shows other wise. All who participated in the 50yr raine of this band Shud be thankful for being part of music history.
Stanley and Simmons are shells of their former selves and use backing tracks . Ace may not be perfect but Stanley and Simmons have always been a couple of tools .
First off - Ace rules... I bought 10,000 volts. Many great songs and Ace is singing. Have to say my first impression was - you can tell when Ace is playing guitar and when he isn't. I will say their are many technically "perfect" solos on this record. Enough said.
Ace's and the bands best stuff was in the first 10 yrs. After that the two got fired or left. Now it’s more than 50 yrs after their first album and they’re still in this mix. Publicity. The other guys spent way more time in the band than ace and Peter did. Give them some credit for lasting that long 😂 And if I buy an album that says Ace Frehley, I want Ace Frehley to be playing every lick
Hey. They brought in many substitute guitarists to cover for Ace starting with Dressed To Kill. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Ace finessed this latest record which as a life-long KISS fan, sucks. It does sound like it could be someone (Steve Brown) doing "Ace" while Ace is off doing something else. Hell, I've been playing KISS songs for years. I had all of Ace's solos down signature. Just like the record. I could play for someone blindfolded and make them think it was Ace. It wasn't a hard style to cop. Ace was more swagger than style for me anyway as far as I'm concerned. He could learn the songs to go play live. Who knows...
10,000 Volts impressed me. Now, I'm wondering, with worry, about the "Pro Tools" involvement of the album. Is the album "Pro Tooled" so much that if a song is played live, wouldn't cut the mustard? Anyone know how much "Pro Tools" was used?
The space man is the best.⚡ the Ace Army.👋💥☮️💫
Rock Soldiers
You mean Space-Ace, Tommy is The Spaceman! 😆
Rap Songs are with Ghost Writers and tons of backing tracks at live shows but people get mad when Rockers do it..Rapper's getaway with everything
It's practically a must these days to have backing tracks. Most venues are set up this way and everyone should be able to take advantage of it. I don't have an issue with it. And not all of them are using it in place of actual playing. I think this is where the issue comes in. These older bands like this have always gone on stage and actually played instruments. But let's face it, as they get older they may lose some of their talent.
They only get away with it because you support that genre
so I dont but you are saying I'm The Reason They Do It Ok lol@@tillman40
Rap is affirmative action "music"
what is rap?
Tommy Thayer should have worn Vinnie Vincent makeup, not Ace's makeup.
The makeup Vinnie wears now.😂
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Vinnie would sue lol
@@Lvestfold4143Vinnie doesn't own it
@@BillBlazejowski Vinnie was the one who had the registered trademark for his own makeup design when I looked it up just few years ago. So I guess he took the opportunity when Kiss' trademark ran out. Vinnie also had trademark for Carr's fox makeup then.
One thing I have noticed about the entire KISS camp over the years... I'm pretty sure they all have a "trash talk to the press" agreement where "There's no such thing as bad press." It seems like they all use it every time there's some new release, event, whatever. Remember a few years ago when Ace's girlfriend was supposedly molested by Gene or some such thing? Yeah, that story vanished, never to be heard from again. Coincidentally, it just happened to be reported not long after the Spaceman album came out which Gene was credited as writing for and playing on. This idea goes WAY back. In The Evolution of KISS booklet that came with Alive II, the band declared, "KISS is loved...or hated...but never ignored." That is exactly what we are seeing today. They are quite simply writing their own press. The public, the fans, the reporters... none of us know the true personalities. It's all just a big facade to generate curiosity.
I thought that too!
That was guaranteed Rachel hijacking Ace's social media though. She seemed really mentally unstable
They do it to sell books.
… and THAT is the Genius minds of KISS. Been saying this for years… thanks for bringing it to light!
Paul talked about that in his book too. He said that one thing he learned from Gene was that also bad publicity is still publicity. And I am saying this as a huige Kiss fan even nowadays (but without supporting some little thing, you can never support everything about your favourite artist right? Like I support the EOTR but wanna fck the whole Dubai packages shit).I think that's the whole reason why KISS get's a lot of hate but never looses any of their fanbase or whatsoever. Thanks for this comment! Now I finnally understand it all how it all works and why Paul for example said fck you Ace🤣🤣
Even if I don't think that there is a agreement with Ace. I do think that there is an agreement among the band so tommy paul eric and Gene
Never a dull moment with Ace Frehley!
I don't care who wrote what, played what, etc. Ace Frehley to me was, is and stays my ultimate guitar legend.
Yuppp, and that’s that. Period.
Ugh I'm so sick of being disappointed in my heroes. Remember when it was all behind
the scenes?
I was working with a co-headline act that was booked with Ace for one show back in the early 2010s and he was absolutely sober. In fact the venue told us in advance when we sent over our rider that any alcohol on our rider wouldn’t be provided due to Aces camp not allowing alcohol in any acts dressing room. It was a one off gig in the middle of a bunch of other shows so we weren’t too worried about it. Again this was years ago so I have no idea if that’s still the case but it for sure was when the band I worked was on that bill. I’m not a big Kiss or Ace fan, but I watched his set, not my thing, but he played just fine and there wasn’t a drop of alcohol to be found anywhere near the backstage or dressing room areas. As a neutral observer, I think Gene and Paul are just pricks and can’t stand to see Ace have any ounce of success. I also think Ace is too worried about what they think and just doesn’t let things go and move on.
I seen Ace in Ft. Worth opening up for Alice Cooper a couple years back he totally blew me away on how great he sounded.
You have a really low bar.
I have met the three of them a few times not (Gene). Peter used to go to my
grandmas house for an Italian dinner in NJ (before my time).
I truthfully, feel deep down Paul is jealous that Peter was a better singer, and had their number one hit of all time with Beth. Yeah, they had their issues but deep down they are good people, but if Neil Peart sticks up for Peter and Ace, then it is good enough for me!
Peter was nowhere near a better singer than Paul. FFS 😂
@@JS-sm2rnyup, especially the earlier stuff. I don't need silly abbreviations either. Must be a millennial 😉
@@Sublime24 yup must be American can’t spell 😀
@@JS-sm2rnUSA to you sir.
KISS, my fellow Americans
U said it all brother I like the way u think best comment yet yes Peter can still sing Paul the putz can't carry a tune to save his life Peten n Ace went out with class wigboy Paul and the bloated demon went out like trash an absolute embarrassment and yeah I read where Neal peart said when they toured with kiss in the 70s all gene n Paul talked about was sex with groupies they thought they were above everybody else and that Peter and Ace were not like them and were down to earth and cool but we already know that
Ace doesn’t need to prove or explain anything. His music sounds so much better than anything that kiss has done in later years
"His music"? Or Steve Brown's music? That is the question.
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no Who knows, i’m sure he has some input at least and everybody has collaborated with songwriters, all I care about is that I like it
@@riheg
Steve Brown likes the album too. But obviously he also wants to be acknowledged for the majority? of the work.
Ace at least admitted 50:50.
It looks like it's not enough for Steve.
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no yeah, I can understand that if it’s accurate
Gene and Paul should have 1/10 the integrity that Ace has.
Ace wouldn't like that. Integrity? That's not Rock' n' Roll!
There is no controversy! You can tell that all the solos on Ace’s solo album are Ace’s! He has a unique guitar style and sound!
But Ace himself said in this interview indirectly, that Steve "copied" him since he was a kid. How can you know who's really playing on the album?
There is nothing earth shattering about 10 k volts from a guitar standpoint. Why is it so hard yo believe Ace can do pentatonic runs at various positions along the neck? If there were six string arpeggios or complex fingerpicking then I might ask questions. But this album sounds like Ace no doubt.
Go, Ace! The new album rocks, whoever played the parts...
lol... these old men bickering like 12 year old siblings... 🤦♂
For publicity perhaps.
Steve Brown isn't that old in comparison with Ace
You'd think they'd eventually feel embarrassed by their actions, but nope...they just keep doubling down.
Those 4 old ladies need to go away!
It's called a band😅
Ace has been touring and making records, no doubt, but have you seen what his shows consist of? Ace standing there barely moving and sounding like a 45 being played at 33.
He's not that good
15-20 years on drugs and booze without really practising his skills on guitar really doesn’t do wonders on the playing.
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 try 40+ yrs
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😂 I was being gentle
True. It's awful.
A very measured take man. Good thoughts. To me, I suspect his producer and loyal Frehely-Fan filled in whatever the song needed to glue things together and make it pop while Ace threw him a whole bunch of rough ideas and riffs and some loose themes
I think Ace wants it recognized that both it was his vision and that he added more than just his flavor to the record. I suspect he tracked something cool from time to time, but imagine Steve was always his safety net.
Has anyone else seen Ace's recent live performances? There is literally no way that is him playing on the album, it's definitely a session guitarist. The vocals on the album are heavily altered also. It's Ace singing obviously, but the autotune is off the charts.
Yeah the vocals on back into..sounds weird and extremely compressed.
I love Ace, but you’re correct
I agree!!
I believe there's an Ace lick here and there on some songs of the album, but no way that he's playing it for real
Many of the songs are older, Fightin For Life was a Psycho-Circus demo
that got rejected. Remember Ace submitted 6-7 songs, they only used
Into The Void. Those 6 songs are on 10,000 volts. All original vocals were
left as-is, only the music was touched up, also songs from 1995 and 1984
are here as well. On the tracks where Ace is singing strong & fast, those are
the older tunes. Walkin on the moon, 10,000 volts & Cherry Medicine are new
songs and you can hear it in Ace's vocals, which are slower than the other tracks.
@@pacoloco4030 got It. Btw, Fighting for Life Is a monster tune
When interviewed, he couldn't even remember who the other musicians were that played on the album.
That’s a Great Ace Album! My fave since his 78’ release!
I hadn't heard this particular controversy before. Maybe Ace is going it to drum up sales from the Blabbermouth kids who don't know him well rnough. I'm 58 and have been a KISS and Ace fan since hearing the Winter land show on the radio in 1975, and I believe Ace is working hard and doing what he loves to do. If he didn't love music he would retire.
I saw him last night belive me he Can still shred!!
I know Steve Brown’s playing and writing styles. Most of the fills and ascents are Steveo. Steve is a student of KISS and other rock bands. Steve can write and produce in the style of anyone. Listen to the TMF albums. You hear KISS, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Cheap Trick, Rainbow, et al.
Ya it's def Steve brown.
This is never ending...
Stratosphere is a great instrumental, The cover from Nadia is "Life of a stranger" "Fighten for Life" is another great tune. Ace played the Solos. I still think Anomaly is a better album. Cosmic heart is a solid song. The only solo not played by Ace is on "Stratosphere"
Thanks for taking the pressure off the wig controversy
This is my first Rock Feed video. I've liked and now subscribed because I found this piece on Ace Frehley's 10K Volts to be entertaining and informative. Many thanks for your hard work in making great content like this.
As far as Ace's new album, I think it's one of his finest-even better than Spaceman. It's on par with the 1978 solo album, in my opinion. I find it quite inspiring to see Ace, at age 72, producing rocking content with top-notch producers/partners, living his best life with his brilliant, talented, artist/ fitness competitor girlfriend.
Ace's new record is awesome, it 100% sounds like an Ace Frehley project, and it has his sound, style, feel and vibe all over it.
There's no reason for "controversy" other than people that want to be negative and try to tear him down.
I am very happy for him, very pleased as a fan, and can't stop listening to the new album! Rock on Ace!
Steve Brown doesn't want to be "negative". He claims acknowledgment for his work.
So Paul Stanley's voice hasn't been sounding like "piss" the last 15+ years? Talk about throwing stones in a glass house...
Paul overused his voice with work. Not with self destruction. That's why people treat Paul with respect. And he didn't say Ace is p*ss!
He said to the journalists: "YOU would call the band P*SS. And he is right. The critics and haters would have been the first ones to trash the band. Considering Ace's live performances. And Peter maybe only played drums as a hobby at home
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no I'm just saying that I haven't been to a Kiss concert since 1999. The re-union should have stopped right there. I wish Ace all the best and seeing him still touring is cool.
People and Kiss are jealous of the current success of the new album 10k volts.
Kiss hasn't done anything worthwhile since Revenge and Ace with low costs and a small label is beating out many who spent a lot of money.
Its a Steve Brown solo record featuring Ace Frehley
I just opened up for Ace at Sony Hall last week
So embarrassing. Dude wrote a bridge and had a song from the 80s. It wouldnt be as embarrassing if he didnt talk all that shit about Paul and Gene before releasing it
Might be time to stop referring to Ace Frehley albums as "solo" albums. Pretty sure he's put out more material without Kiss than he did with them.
10,000 Volts is a great album. It’s easy to hear the 70s music scene (rock and pop) that has so influenced Ace over the years in several of the tracks (eg, Walkin’ on the Moon, Cherry Medicine).
Individual track-wise… 10,000 Volts and especially Fightin’ for Life are the two big standouts. Either of those would have been huge hits back in the MTV days of the 80s. Cherry Medicine is a fun song that sounds like it could have been on the Get Him to the Greek soundtrack (which is not a bad thing… the songs on that soundtrack were actually very good and fun). Anyway, Ace was so adamant before the album’s release as to what a significant role Steve’s collaboration had on the music, both from a production and song-writing perspective. So I’m sure Steve was indeed very instrumental (no pun intended) in the final product. It just sounds like in their excitement for how well it’s been received (and it has!) that they didn’t have their ducks in a row has to publicly discuss their collaborative effort. Doesn’t matter, the two of them together created a great rock album that sounds and feels like Ace at his best… and that’s what matters in the end. Honestly, it’s probably Ace’s best solo effort yet, on the whole. And 10,000 Volts and Fightin’ for Life are as good as anything he’s done since Shock Me!
"I'm doing the majorities of the solos." Which anyone knows, weather amazing or not, they're just a small part of songs. And the vocals usually come after there's a semblance of a song. So that still doesn't absolves him in this case.
Not a good look for this guy is all I'm saying.
considering his live performances are horrific it makes total sense
Musical genius he founded kiss Ace is a hippie. But He's still one of the best Artists ever since he's never took a guitar lesson because he's ace .... I'm not saying anything bad about none .. at 67 I believe that he proved himself in many lives
I’ve seen ace live many times over the years even recently he still plays great
no he doesnt!!!
@@gibson7289 when is the last time you saw him .
Jesus Christ...he's terrible these days.
Great. Ok. If by great u mean like a 6 yr old with 2 broke hands then ya. Great.
Old Ace is always sloppy to varying degrees. Paul was hypocritical though with no voice and 99% vocals on tape
Last time Ace played solid guitar was decades ago. He is a shell of what he could have been, playing wise.
you can tell when Ace plays a solo and when he doesn't.
the solos are mostly him. Steve Brown might do one or two, but the rhythm tracks are Steve. It's pretty obvious
It's great album regardless
If you ever worked in studios and stuff, its not uncommon to have session musicians help out. The goal is to write a good song. Me personally, i thought i would be performing everything myself but i eventually realized its was easier and more fun to let other people contribute
I grew up a big KISS fan... Big Ace fan... Have played guitar for several decades... Anyone who has seen Ace live in the last number of years should be able to tell there is no way Ace is playing the majority of the guitars on that record. Solos (or "the majority" of the solos as Ace said) sure. But the whole record sounds totally like Steve. I am sure Ace had a few ideas and maybe some older things he wanted worked out but get real, the bulk of that album is totally Steve. In a recent interview with Eddie Trunk Ace couldn't tell you the names of the musicians on the record (probably because he wasn't there when they recorded, let me guess, at Steve's). In another recent interview I heard he asked what album "Shock Me" was on... He said Steve was asked unrehearsed questions and that's why he said that? My guess is Steve was hearing countless interviews where Ace was talking about all the stuff Ace did and Steve wanted to give him a bit of a hip check...
You commented that Ace can play at a high level, because he still tours and all. But, have you seen him play recently? I saw him last Aug, and knowing he had a new album in the works, I walked away from the show wondering how the heck he would record a new album the way he was sloshing around on the stage. He was clearly inebriated, slurring his speech, and just overall performing at a low quality overall. His band had the incredibly hard job of keeping things together (as a drummer myself, I felt most for the drummer who had to constantly adjust tempo and adjust the beat in order to keep things somewhat in sync).
I love Ace, and am enjoying the new album, it is a great one. But after seeing him live, I seriously question how he performed on this record at all, so find it no surprise if his involvement was less than is being stated.
Look, I absolutely love this, he's part of the original band in their original sound. And he is absolutely fabulous. However he's demonstrated numerous times over the years, he's unreliable and undependable, he gets high, misses rehearsals, misses studio sessions, has quit (or been fired) from the band numerous times, because it's just too high and unreliable. Say what you will about bad members like Eric singer, Bruce kulick or Tommy Taylor, but they have always been hard working, totally reliable, and dedicated professionals. It's too bad that Ace didn't have the same Work ethic or philosophy, and that his substance abuse, and irratic behaviour was his ultimate downfall. I still love the guy though,. But if I were Paul or gene I would feel the exact same way as well.
I saw Ace perform right before the pandemic hit, he definitely plays at a high level.
If you can't tell it's Ace playing the solos, you just don't know Ace.
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The most shocking thing is ace never said he wrote one riff???? Or song . The album does have a stock riff problem. Not much original in that dept.
HUGE ACE fan since the 70's, but he simply cannot play anymore.
Watch the "Shock me" solo lesson, he recently gave, and the ability to play even the most basic
guitar licks, are completely disconnected from his brain & fingers.
There is simply no way his amp is turned on, during live performance.
The guy is iconic & great, but age and hard living caught up with him, and that's reality.
I could care less if ace played all the solos on his album. It’s new music and I like it. If the next album ace puts out all his does is sing, that’s cool! It’s new music!
It's hillarious that Paul or Gene might think that Ace could say anything that would make them look worse than they already do. Paul and Gene are scum.. They are only 50% of what Kiss was and was supposed to become, that is all Paul or Gene will ever be.
They are the reason Kiss exists. They treated the band like a job while two other guys partied their way into clubs. So Paul and Gene soldiered on keeping the band going for another forty years.
I generally like the album. It sounds great and some of the songs have solid hooks. But if i had one critique it would be the lyrics. A few spots are just clunky. Needed a word change here and there. In my opinion.
The things Simons said about the cov-jab and the unvaxxed caused me to lose ALL respect for him. I have less than ZERO time for his covid bull-crap.
He has a right to his opinion...Just like you have a right to your opinion.
¿What has COVID got to do with this Steve/Ace controversy?
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no I didn't say it did, but this video is as much about the continuation of KISS as a band. Gene's name is dropped in this video, his photo in costume is shown, etc. My comment was meant to indicate that I'm done with KISS as a band, thanks to Simons. As for the solo careers of the other band members, I wish them continued success and I'll be watching them.
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Yes, that was a diversion. It's Ace's tactic. He knows he's only relevant when he mentions KISS. The main topic is the Steve controversy, Whether Gene recommends anti-cancer vaccs or not is totally irrelevant.
Paul is nothing but a choreographed performer; he’s about as fake as they come too. Ace might be rough around the edges but Ace is a genuine artist and a bonafide rock star.
The question is: was Ace the "genuine" artist?
Or was it Steve Brown?
Paul has nothing to do with their album.
Steve wrote 95% (riffs, etc) of the songs, played the rhythm guitars and some of the solos. Yeah, it is a Trixter record featuring Ace. Doesn't have to be a problem but facts are what they are.
Ace is awesome, saw him in 2023, he was great, and yes the band was key to holding it together. On this new record, its ok. I love 10,000 volts and Walking on the moon, the rest of it sounds like Steve had a lot to do with it, which is cool, and you can hear Ace is on it. His first solo record and anomaly are my favs, and hoping for a third record with Anton to bring that vibe back.
If ur an Xer ,u know Ace was touring world arenas doing Eddie & Randy's & stevies tricks& dives,tapping while they were playing in the garage! !!! look it up!!!
Wow. Imo, even when he's trying to be "nice", he still comes off very conceited. It's like he couldn't praise Steve without making sure he praised himself too. I dunno, is just me, or did anyone else feel that too?
No.
@@rediron44 That's cool, like I said it's just my opinion, which means I could be wrong 🤷🏽♂️
Not at all. Ace gives him a ton of credit for for the production of the album, which Ace admits saved a lot of money. He also admits to him creating some of the guitar riffs, which he would add his playing style to.
@Gamevet Ok I'm gonna listen to it again and see if I have a different opinion this time. Who knows, maybe I was just in a funky mood a little while ago and that had some sort of effect on what I was hearing. I love a good experiment!😆
I agree totally he always comes across like a complete dbag. The only reason he was ever influential is bcuz smoke coming out of a guitar by a guy who is dressed like a clown looks cool to 6 year olds. And all you have to do if u think that Steve brown wasn't responsible for this album is watch any of his live clips on YT he can't even play anymore and his recorded output over the last 35 years has been filled with covers if anything at all. He should have made SB sign an NDA.
Remember this is publicity.
Acer loves it.
And why would he wish paul a happy birthday?
I believe Ace did most of the solos but i dont believe he did most of the rhythm or song structures / lyrics. You can tell that its a little more complex and different to his previous decades stylistically. Great album overall... But i still like Trouble Walkin way more
I know Aces work all too well n I can hear his playing vs the few licks that were Steve’s n all n all the album turned out great IMO
They made a great album. Why are people bitching about %?
Why would Steve Brown say this shit? Good luck being trusted by anyone as Producer/Collaborator ever again after downing Ace.
Cause he was probably telling the truth. Ace can be a very lazy worker. He's admitted himself in the past. And considering how different this album sounds in comparison to past Ace releases, it's obvious that Steve had a very strong influence on it.
Its Ace album. he can have who ever he wants to play
We know, but as you heard from Steve Brown, he has to credit the musicians and songwriters (and to pay them).
I'll put this out there, too. I'd respect them a lot more if they would take off the stupid wigs. Maybe if enough people like this comment, they'll take em off. Don't be ashamed of how you look. It's totally natural. You guys aren't 60 anymore, c'mon.
Maybe they will if you put your real name on your burner account hypocrite lol 😂
@@alexvigil29 fuck that! Lol
Who cares who wrote the solos, it matters who played the solos.
Ace's live singing and playing these days are not great,it's not hard to believe that someone else was playing the parts,this happened many times on Kiss albums as well.
Paul and Gene brought Ace into the band cause Paul was not that good doing guitar solos.
Funny thing Ace has played with both Gene and Paul. Fire and Ice is a nice song. Both played well together. Media makes it more hate than the members do have. Yes there is times. Any group will do this when a band splits.
Idolized Ace or not Steve Brown sounds nothing like Ace, I don’t hear any Ace influence in Steve’s playing at all
I saw Ace a few years ago and he still plays great and sings great too. Gene and Paul just didn't want give up the cash. By the way, Paul can't sing anymore but they kept touring.
?But Ace could never really sing, some say he can't even play. And he kept touring.
I don’t doubt that Ace didn’t play all the solos. Have you guys seen his playing over the last few years?? Some of the most embarrassing playing I’ve ever seen. I feel bad for the guy. A far cry from his 1970s solos
Ace was never a virtuoso and the guy is in his mid 70s so I am sure he’s dropped off in skills.
Watch Ace's recent tours and tell me he still plays at a high level. I routinely see better musicianship at local dive bars. Worst money I ever spent was to see Ace live. I want to preface my next comments with the fact that I've loved Ace's playing since I was a small kid in the 90s. I always thought he was cool as hell. He's a legend, yet he has always been a sloppy guitar player with piss poor technique. What I witnessed recently was next level bad though. He barely made it through any solos, and on two that night he basically just said fuck it and stopped soloing. There's no way he could play with KISS.
Just proves he’s not using backing tracks like Kiss
Ace frehly is a great musician. Thankx for sharing.
I've watched the video, he comes out and plays one measure of the riff that someone else wrote, and then the band kicks in and does all the singing for him. God bless him but he has ruined his body with the worst drug ever alcohol, and is a shell of his former self. I wish him all the best, I wish him happiness and a long life. But I wish you would get off the stage. I was a 11-year-old kiss fan and idolize them. But I'm looking back on aces solos, and the lead solos are very unremarkable and I don't remember the melody when it ends.
Paul and Gene can't get over Ace's solo kiss album selling more than the others 😂 it's p/ss without Ace and Criss
Ace again and again blames Paul and Gene! They "essentially tried to ruin his credibility in the industry". Ace ruined it all himself. He has absolutely no one but himself to blame. The "industry" knows. The audience knows.
Very sad how many Kiss haters are writing their usual BS here. Move on.
Obviously they 😡 need someone to blame for what Steve Brown voiced in an interview.
They have to ignore Steve, so they can say: the new album is completely an ACE album.
What's left to do? Blame Paul (and Gene). It's hater "logic".
@@HappyMachorino-bd8no Sometimes I think they do not watch the videos. Only writing their hate comments everywhere when there is a chance. Always the same BS.
I have a Tshirt that is a mock up of the Kiss Destroyer album cover, only it’s Peter and Ace holding Paul and Gene’s severed heads. It’s one of my favorite shirts. 😂
Where can I get this shirt ?
@@NelsonMunoz-m9w I got it off Teepublic. It was made by a user named “The Psycho ‘78”. I just checked and it’s gone… of course.
In this business? Any publicity is good publicity.
Firstly, I think It's really funny Ace calling himself a great lyricist with his current rudimentary and naive lyric writing. Secondly, Paul was really hypocritical with that stance, while having no voice left and almost all vocals on tape!
Ace is my hero. The reason I play guitar and a Les Paul specifically. BUT! His playing has deteriorated big time. I watched an interview with him and its embarrassing so much I had to turn it off. It literally sounded like a 4 year old banging on a guitar. Very sad for me to watch. I take his side 99% of the time when Paul or Gene open their mouths, but if he didn't play on the record I wouldn't be surprised
Very true. He shouldn't be on stage anymore.
Does it ever end ? Lol. I'll have to say the album is really good, at the same time it's not the best since the 78 solo album. I can definitely rock to it and enjoy it.
Figures that Paul Stanley would say that Ace was not playing what a hypocrite
No one can hear Ace better than Paul. It was him who first heard 🎸his talent. But I don't think that Paul told Steve Brown what to say in his interview. Absurd!
Oh really look at the things that Paul Stanley has said an done he would do anything to protect his ego an putting a bad rep on Ace successful album is just something that he would do trust me once a hypocrite always a hypocrite
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You really are on the wrong way. Paul has absolutely nothing to do with Steve/Ace.
This show ought to be called Repetition😂
Paul has always took shots at Ace.. he's jealous of Ace's solo career.. Ace has more class than Paul.
As next: Paul was so jealous of Peter's solo career🤣.
Gene was notorious for forcing song writers to give him cowriting credit. He essentially wouldn’t work with song writers who wouldn’t.
Yeah...Ace never follows through on anything...so no dirt. He is late to his own shows...playing wrong chords...plays entirely wrong song...can not sing at all. And Ace has played other peoples songs for years...and plenty of cover songs.
One listen, and it's obvious that Ace had minimal input.
It seems he's being manipulated by people in his circle.
His live performances are horrendous, he seems embarrassingly lethargic, and his playing is beyond sloppy, almost like he has some type of physical and mental inparment.
I wish he had just retired from it all a few years back.
Ace can't even fake it in the video... Watch it.
If you go back over time you will notice that Ace has never done 100% of a record. Not even in KISS because he had to have a drummer (he can of course play lead, rhythm and bass (also harp on BETH.) He also handed off lead vocals on tracks over the years (Todd Howorth anyone?)
So I believe Ace when he says it was collaborative, besides the songs sound like Ace songs.
Isn't it amazing to watch what is called rock gods on this earth, and yet that act like 5 yr olds towards each other. They claim their so thankful for their positions in life but outwardly shows other wise. All who participated in the 50yr raine of this band Shud be thankful for being part of music history.
Steve called Ace , Lazy, he dissed his last 5-6 solo albums saying they were sub par!
Space Invader is a way better album!
Kiss takes themselves way too seriously.
KISS have nothing to do with the Ace/Steve album.
Stanley and Simmons are shells of their former selves and use backing tracks . Ace may not be perfect but Stanley and Simmons have always been a couple of tools .
And how does this explain Steve Brown's statement?
In fact, Paul and Gene have nothing to do with it.
First off - Ace rules... I bought 10,000 volts. Many great songs and Ace is singing. Have to say my first impression was - you can tell when Ace is playing guitar and when he isn't. I will say their are many technically "perfect" solos on this record. Enough said.
Ace's and the bands best stuff was in the first 10 yrs. After that the two got fired or left. Now it’s more than 50 yrs after their first album and they’re still in this mix. Publicity. The other guys spent way more time in the band than ace and Peter did. Give them some credit for lasting that long 😂 And if I buy an album that says Ace Frehley, I want Ace Frehley to be playing every lick
Aces live performances are probably the worst I've ever seen
Hey. They brought in many substitute guitarists to cover for Ace starting with Dressed To Kill.
It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Ace finessed this latest record which as a life-long KISS fan, sucks.
It does sound like it could be someone (Steve Brown) doing "Ace" while Ace is off doing something else. Hell, I've been playing KISS songs for years.
I had all of Ace's solos down signature. Just like the record.
I could play for someone blindfolded and make them think it was Ace. It wasn't a hard style to cop. Ace was more swagger than style for me anyway as far as I'm concerned.
He could learn the songs to go play live.
Who knows...
not true. the first time was for the solo on sweet pain. you can tell its ace on dress to kill
I saw Ace play last year and although he isn't a "super shredder" he still was rocking the old stuff like he did in his heyday.
10,000 Volts impressed me. Now, I'm wondering, with worry, about the "Pro Tools" involvement of the album. Is the album "Pro Tooled" so much that if a song is played live, wouldn't cut the mustard? Anyone know how much "Pro Tools" was used?