Owlfest 11 “This one goes to eleven!”, eleventh year of this homegrown festival in the California hills, this year was Heavy Metal themed inspired by Spinal Tap and most bands covered a metal song in that spirit. Over twenty-five acts grace the Owlfest stages over a three-day event with camping, vendors, and activities. Owlfest 11 took place at the Blue Mountain Event Center up in Wilseyville, CA, and Taper Jim McLain was there to document several of the acts’ performances.
Owlfest 11 “This one goes to eleven!”, eleventh year of this homegrown festival in the California hills, this year was Heavy Metal themed inspired by Spinal Tap and most bands covered a metal song in that spirit. Over twenty-five acts grace the Owlfest stages over a three-day event with camping, vendors, and activities. Owlfest 11 took place at the Blue Mountain Event Center up in Wilseyville, CA, and Taper Jim McLain was there to document several of the acts’ performances.
Owlfest 11 “This one goes to eleven!”, eleventh year of this homegrown festival in the California hills, this year was Heavy Metal themed inspired by Spinal Tap and most bands covered a metal song in that spirit. Over twenty-five acts grace the Owlfest stages over a three-day event with camping, vendors, and activities. Owlfest 11 took place at the Blue Mountain Event Center up in Wilseyville, CA, and Taper Jim McLain was there to document several of the acts’ performances.
Owlfest 11 “This one goes to eleven!”, eleventh year of this homegrown festival in the California hills, this year was Heavy Metal themed inspired by Spinal Tap and most bands covered a metal song in that spirit. Over twenty-five acts grace the Owlfest stages over a three-day event with camping, vendors, and activities. Owlfest 11 took place at the Blue Mountain Event Center up in Wilseyville, CA, and Taper Jim McLain was there to document several of the acts’ performances.
Owlfest 11 “This one goes to eleven!”, eleventh year of this homegrown festival in the California hills, this year was Heavy Metal themed inspired by Spinal Tap and most bands covered a metal song in that spirit. Over twenty-five acts grace the Owlfest stages over a three-day event with camping, vendors, and activities. Owlfest 11 took place at the Blue Mountain Event Center up in Wilseyville, CA, and Taper Jim McLain was there to document several of the acts’ performances.
Owlfest 11 “This one goes to eleven!”, eleventh year of this homegrown festival in the California hills, this year was Heavy Metal themed inspired by Spinal Tap and most bands covered a metal song in that spirit. Over twenty-five acts grace the Owlfest stages over a three-day event with camping, vendors, and activities. Owlfest 11 took place at the Blue Mountain Event Center up in Wilseyville, CA, and Taper Jim McLain was there to document several of the acts’ performances.
As promised, here is Good Riddance’s set at the TINY Old Ironsides. I am still shocked that they played such a small venue. The place sold out and it was PACKED in there. I was planning to do multicam video, but I got there late (read about the comedy of errors on the urethane post). It’s a good thing I didn’t try- my gear would not have survived that crowd. I made a last minute decision to bring the HFG60 and use a LANC controller, which is like a remote control that lets me pan/zoom and make adjustments. Good thing I did, since I had to jack up my monopod to the ceiling in order to get a decent angle of the band- Old I’s stage is low. Old I’s stage also had some issues with lighting recently, but that has mostly been corrected. As you can see, there is no fill light coming from the side of the stage that I film from. Despite all of the issues, I think it came out pretty good. The audio sounds fantastic, thanks to the schoeps.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Canon HFG60(video); Schoeps CCM4/Tinybox/Sony A10 (Audio) Audio/Video synch by Tromster
Another story for you all, this time for mediocre Monday. As you can see, this post is only 3 minutes and 48 seconds long. Why? Well, it’s kind of a long story. First, I had planned to get there early and do multicamera video of Urethane (featuring Steve Caballero of the Faction) and Good Riddance. But, I wasn’t feeling very well (something I ate) and I was debating whether I should go at all… and then my daughter asked me to play soccer with her and she blasted me with the ball straight into my nuts, which put me down for the count for a bit longer. She is 12, 100lbs of muscle and in competitive soccer fyi. I finally leave from home in Orangevale and go down hwy 50 to Mather Field (about 15-20min away) and realize that I don’t have my preamp for the mics. I must turn back. I finally get to Old I and I find a spot to park right out front! I get in the club and Urethane is almost finished with their set. The place is also packed, so this is recorded from the very back of the main room. Rest assured that the Good Riddance video will sound way better than this! Totally bummed to miss urethane. How cool is it that 2 skate rock shows sold out in sac on the same night
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Audio equipment: Schoeps CCM4/Tinybox/Sony A10
