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
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
LATE collections post tonight. It’s from my collection, so no harm done, haha.
Ozomatli played in between Cracker and Camper van Beethoven at the fest. I was going to go sit and rest my old man bones, but Anonymous asked me to audiotape. I’m glad I did, because it sounds pretty damned good. I was also right next to the off-stage/audience drum jam at the end of the set, so you get a good sampling of that too.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Where do I start with this one. What a show! This was a one-off local headlining show to commemorate their 40 years of being a band, and they made sure that it was a special occasion to celebrate. The band starts with playing songs off of Voltage & Violets- there were so many from the album that I wondered if they were going to play the entire album. Then they moved on to Things I hate to Admit.. and I realized that they were playing songs from each album in chronological order. It was amazing- almost a 2 hour show, easily the longest VF show I have ever seen.
The band was remarkably tight and well-rehearsed. These songs are not easy to pull off, and pulling off about 50 of them had to take a ton of prep. Massive thanks to the band for this gift. It was really amazing. I counted 2 false starts, which warrants an A in my grade book.
The first hour of the show sounds a bit harsh- I had to move to an area to video that was not the best sounding. Vocals are a bit squelchy and guitars were distant. It still sounds good- it’s hard to screw up too bad with these mics. I think it sounds a lot better after I moved back. Apologies for the chatter in the 2nd hour- I had a small health issue and friends were checking on me. More on that when I post the video this weekend. The video is over 95gb- it’s gonna take some time to process
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder.
EQ in Sony Sound forge 10
1st 60ish minutes Rebalanced in Izotope RX8- guitar +6
I was at Harlow’s on Friday night for 7 Seconds and JT (John Taylor) saved the day. First, the batteries in my digital recorder (for the soundboard) were dead, and he pulled out 2 AA’s like he was waiting for someone to ask. Thanks John!
He then gives me this USB drive. He told me that it was a recording from a recent KRS-one show, and KRS-one gives him a shout-out from stage because the sound was so great, and the man is right. Holy cow, this things sounds amazing! Thanks again for an awesome gift, John!
The volume took a dip about halfway through the set, then came back up so I fixed that up the best I could. Otherwise, it’s all JT & KRS-one.
Recorded by: John Taylor
Equipment used: Zoom H6 w/HYX-6 mics
Tales of Terror- “The Cobain 50” KEXP Podcast 11/6/24
Huge thanks to Marc Malakie for letting me know that this existed. KEXP is doing a podcast series on the 50 bands that influenced Cobain (and others from the grunge scene). This is a really well-done deep dive into the early Sac punk scene, including quotes our friends Dennis Yudt and Rusi Gustafson. RC Boys! Kin’s Coloma! Sacramento Records! So cool.
Thanks to Dusty Henry for mentioning the sac music archive multiple times- his remarks at 24:30 is a nice testimonial for the site. I had no idea and it was pretty validating hearing it mentioned.
Cypress Hill- Aftershock Fest, Discovery Park, Sacramento Ca 10/10/24 Schoeps Audio Only Partial Set
2 Aftershock posts today. This one is a partial audio-only set from Cypress Hill. Matt and I had a drink after the Teen Mortgage set and were walking literally from one end of the festival grounds to the other to see Biohazard. We came across Cypress Hill and caught about 20min of the set. The stage was a massive sea of people and my video is worthless (especially from a distance and after a drink), but I am pretty shocked that the audio is this good.
Kudos to the soundman who was able to make it sound amazing despite the less-than-stellar recording position. If I knew that Biohazard was going to be 15 min late for their set, I would have hung out at this stage longer…
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder.
Tour Manager Doug Tuesday is being postponed to Thursday this week- so instead, you get something I recorded recently.
A Wilhelm Scream opened the Strung Out/Adolescents show last month. Through a series of really boring circumstances that I won’t go into, I did not have time to ask to video, so I recorded audio only. One thing about the sound that night- every band had drums and vocals high in the room mix with guitars barely audible in comparison. I have had to boost guitar with all 3 sets in izotope, which is rare/unheard of for audience recordings. Not bagging on the sound man, I know sound is a challenge there.. but how odd. Good set- what a stacked lineup with 3 touring bands, but it would have been nice to see a local opener on the bill.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: I didn’t save settings, but it was something like guitars and bass +5, vocals +2
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