A late one from my collection today. I went to Harlow’s last month to record Restraining Order for my friend @PunksNotDeadGR and this band happened to be opening. It had been a while since I went to a show and stopped what I was doing and really took notice of the opener. These guys were great! Classic grunge sound out of that grunge metropolis, Fresno Ca.
The quality changes during the recording as I was just testing recording levels while I set up cameras and tried to get permission, but it is still worth a listen. I will definitely check them out if they come around again. I even went to the merch booth to buy some music and they only had shirts. Boo.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Another installment from last month’s “Invade Southern California without a plan” tour. After recording The Dickies and Manic Hispanic at Garden Amp, I found a cheap but (according to reviews) CLEAN hotel in Garden Grove. I get there and it is the grossest, stinkiest, bodily fluid encrusted nightmare front for prstt*tion I have ever seen. After yelling at Priceline and getting my money back, I found a much nicer hotel. Which means I did not get much sleep before heading to San Diego to see my son for a bit. I got back late and got to the Lodge Room even later. Mark Robinson was close to the end of his opening set and I did not have permission to do anything yet. I got permission from the band and the venue AND got set up in about 10 minutes total. That means no time for a soundboard feed but the schoeps sounds ok. That guitarist Rachael was incredible to watch! Wow!!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens and 3x gopro hero 7 black Edit by Punksnotdeadgr Audio Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Alright, get yourself a drink or something, because gramps is going to go on a while. A couple weeks back. I had a rare (and I mean RARE) opening in my schedule where I had a 4 day weekend all to myself. I figured that it would be a good time to do my annual L.A. sweep where I see a show or 2, get gear fixed at Mark from Fet Electronics’ shop, and load up another car full of VHS tapes from Todd Nakamine.
I check show listings and see that The Dickies are playing Friday. Not only that, but their show was moved to Garden Amp, opening for Manic Hispanic. I love that venue! Huge thanks to the band for the help with the pass/access. I had an 11am appointment in downtown sac so I head out right afterwards… aaand I-5 is closed due to an overturned big rig. The show starts at 5pm and I am starting to sweat it.
I haul ass with no breaks and get there at about 6. Luckily they added another opening band, so I get there when the band before the dickies is finishing up their set. I set up the 3 gopros AND went up to the sound booth to ask (and get) a multitrack audio recording. That was probably a speed record for getting all that done.
The band were GREAT and this multitrack mix sounds fantastic imho. Not only that, but as I was pulling my gopros off stage, I learn that Manic Hispanic (who was Headlining!?) were ok with video, so the gopros stayed up and the multitrack kept on running for them as well.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens and 3x gopro hero 7 black Edit by Punksnotdeadgr Huge thanks to The Dickies for the help with access
Multitrack stubs recorded by: Will Sabam Multitrack mix by Shayne Stacy in cubase Huge thanks to Pat Hills for the help with the multitrack laptop etc
Here is a recent one from me. Like I mentioned in the Dickies Garden Amp post, I was there to video The Dickies and was breaking down my stage gopros after their set when I asked one of the guys from Manic Hispanic if video was OK. They were cool with it so I put them back up there. Better yet, I asked the soundman if we could keep the multitrack runnin and he was also cool with it. I love it when it all comes together.
This one is decent. Some guys were standing in front of the gopros at times and the multitrack mix was good except for some challenmges with the snare and 1 vocalist. That is why they are a bit low in the mix, then a bit high. It definitely sounds better than the lady who screamed in my ear during the entire MH set.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-100mm F/4.0 IS PRO lens and 3x gopro hero 7 black Edit by Punksnotdeadgr Huge thanks to The Dickies for the help with access
Multitrack stubs recorded by: Will Sabam Multitrack mix by Shayne Stacy in cubase Huge thanks to Pat Hills for the help with the multitrack laptop etc
Scott Schiller came through with a nice one to post today- my apologies for posting it so late. It was a busy day. I had not heard of Maurice Tani before this, but I am sure glad Scott sent it my way. Maurice has been releasing CD’s since 2010 with the last 3 on the nonprofit record label Little Village Foundation. Cool. Here is an 80 minute set from last week.
Recorded by: Scott Schiller I think Kurt Roggli was the sound engineer that night
Here is a fresh new show from Scott Schiller and the “That California Sound” KDRT gang. Celtic duo Caliban played the Oddfellow’s Hall last week and Scott was there with his recorder. He was able to capture the first 45ish minutes of the set. It had some pretty severe brickwalling/clipping but Izotope’s declip worked like magic. I seriously don’t see how it does it. Btw, this is not a paid Izotope endorsement. I don’t do that kind of crap. Gotta keep it real. But man, Izotope is amazing.
Thanks for sharing, Scott!
Recorded by: Scott Schiller Co engineer: Kurt Roggli Recorded with a Zoom H1 I think
As you know, this is an archive site. I do not do breaking news. I am still working through video masters from last May… but right after posting that MDC On Broadway earlier today, this popped up on my facebook feed. From the most subrurban sprawl of Sacramento, S E E B E N E A T H photo for the video from 916 times.
We have a NEW contributor to the Sac Music Archive! Scott Schiller and Chuck (Jonemery) Dodds have started to record the excellent Morgan’s Mill shows in Woodland. I really appreciate them- these guys do a weekly segment on the Sac Music Archive on their KDRT show called “That California Sound” on Monday evenings, so they have been supporting us for a while.
Mike Blanchard and Vinny Montoya played the Mill last weekend. These 2 guys have been playing together for over 30 years- first in the Tattooed Love Dogs in the 1990s, then in Mike Blanchard and the Californios more recently.
Recorded by: Scott Schiller Sound by: Chuck Dodds I did nothin’ to this one but create the video file and upload.
It’s time for another collections post from new contributor Scott Schiller. Scott and Jonemery (Chuck) Dodds are promoting a new series of shows in the Davis/Woodland area. It looks like they started at Morgan’s Mill in Woodland and they are now doing some stuff at Watermelon Music in Davis, but I saw another show at the Mill in March. Go follow left of the dial promotions if that is your jam, as the kids say.
This show took place about a month ago with Kevin and Alex. Almost 2 hours of song swaps and stories. It’s a bit dynamic, so turn it up.
Recorded by: Scott Schiller Prep for upload by Shayne
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