Late post today- we were without internet for about a day over here in OV, just got it back. Here’s a quick post, and I will follow it up with a bonus one tonight. Lesdystics were the last band to play at the show last Saturday. Donni Segur asked me to come out and video and things fell into place so I could go, which is rare. He wants only the last song posted, so I’ll go with it. I have to say that Don playing drums after having brain stem surgery less than a year ago is pretty amazing.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Canon HFG60 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined into the camera.
yesterday was a busy day- coaching soccer, then to Tim Soriano’s celebration of life- it was nice seeing old friends there. Donni Segur had told me about this show at the skate park, so I figured I would stop in after Tim’s celebration and see the band he was drumming for (Lesdystics). Well, they were running way late and it was sweltering hot in there… but I am so glad I stuck it out. I was able to see these guys as a result. First off, this band is great. More about them in a bit. Not only that, but these kids came up right before them to play a couple songs and were amazing! I was asking my long time soundman pal John Taylor who the hell they were.. nobody knew… come to find out, it was Josh from Lesser Sons’ son’s band (say that fast 3 times) called Wave Decay. I am definitely leaving the house to see them when they play next.. and that is a bold statement coming from me. On to Lesser Sons. They grabbed me from the first song. I got set up in a hurry to film and missed some of the beginning of the set. Not only that, but my sound levels looked funny (all brickwalled) during the first song or 2, so I checked my settings.. my mic attenuator was not on and it sounded like trash. I fixed it and here is the 23 minutes of good audio. If anyone wants the distorted start of set, let me know. Lesser sons are: Jacob Poindexter- formerly of Pummel and Revelry on vocals Josh Bailey- formerly of Hung on guitar Dave Girard- formerly of A Single Second and Drowning Adam on drums Clint- formerly of Drowning Adam on bass Joe Altamirano (main songwriter?) on guitar. So basically an all star sacramento punk/metal lineup. No wonder why they are so good. They have an album up on soundcloud as well.
Free tacos were good too.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Canon HFG60 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined into the camera.
Here’s something a little different to break up the endless stream of old metal and gilman soundboard posts- a psych band that Anonymous & I taped at the Cafe last year. Our good friend Ted Mattes (you have probably heard one of his recordings- legendary) asked either Me or Anonymous to cover this show at the cafe last year and we both ended up going. I did a 4 camera shot and Anonymous used his Schoeps MK4s and it turned out pretty nice. Never heard of the band? I hadn’t either. Here is what Discogs has to say: “Spanish psychedelic rock group with heavy influences of mediterranean and Middle East music, active since summer 2014, founded by Adrián Ceballos and Javier Alonso.”
Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens (I think- I can’t remember which lens I used but it looks like the 12-25); 3x gopro Hero 7 Black Audio by Anonymous from Schoeps MK4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder Edit by Tromster
Here’s another one from last Friday’s show at the Cafe. I was not prepared for this band- they were so good, and they sound like no one else in Sacramento- alternative/jangly new wavish type stuff with some of that early cult/killing joke guitar chorus at times. I like it! Sorry about the fluctuations in quality. I was getting video cameras prepped so I had to duck down to get stuff out of my bag. I now know that the soundboard enclosure makes a ton of vibration noise. I would definitely go see this band again.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Here’s something a bit different than the steady diet of early punk/metal (Wayne) and KALX in studio stuff(Rick) that I have been posting on weekdays for months. I actually attended a show last weekend for the first time in almost 2 months- Mohama Saz(Spain), Mother Muerte (Sac), and Los Sindes(Sac). It was nice to see the locals open the show. I missed part of this set because I was dicking around with my laptop, trying to get the multitrack setup ready and it just didn’t work out. Multitrack next time. Mother Muerte was a 2 piece band with guitar/vocals and a drummer- I think I missed about 10min of the show.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
