Notion teams up with Meat Loaf
Yes, you read that right. Downtown music-software company VirtuosoWorks has struck a deal with rock icon and actor Meat Loaf to provide background music for two large-venue concerts.
The first of these shows, for Meat Loaf's new "Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose" album, takes place tonight at the Palace Theater in New York. The second is Saturday at the Elgin Theater in Toronto.
VirtuosoWorks' software program Notion, which lets musicians use computers to compose, edit and perform music in a variety of venues, will augment Meat Loaf's orchestra during the two shows, according to a company news release.
"Combining Notion with live players in performance is one of the things we do really well," VirtuosoWorks Chief Executive Officer Lori Jarrett said in the release. "We're very happy to assist in Meat Loaf's large venue concerts. That's exactly what we're about."
Meat Loaf will perform backed by a 16-piece orchestra, in addition to the software. The first single off his new album dropped in mid-October to relative success on the charts, and the album came out in the U.S. on Halloween. "Bat Out of Hell III" refers back to Meat Loaf's blockbuster album - "Bat Out of Hell" - which he released in 1977 (Think "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"). The follow-up album "Bat Out of Hell: Back Into Hell," dropped in 1993 (Think "I'd Do Anything for Love").
VirtuosoWorks reports that Meat Loaf's shows include three acts, one for each album.