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Tim Williamson- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento 7/20/24 4K UHD Master video Schoeps MK4 Audio Rebel Radio

My good friend Anonymous and I not only taped that City Mouse show together, we also got the rest of the bill- him with the Schoeps MK4V and me with the G9ii.
Tim was in a band called Rebel Radio a few years back and is an excellent songwriter. Every time I see him, I have at least 1 song stuck in my head for days afterward. If you like what you hear, Tim will be playing a longer set at Fig Tree Coffee in Roseville on Wednesday. The venue is really nice- they have good coffee and comfy couches. A nice place to relax and watch a show.

Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens
Audio by Anonymous from Schoeps MK4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

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Goblin Mode- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca 7/20/24 4K UHD Video with Schoeps MK4 Audio

Thanks for the kind birthday wishes today, I really appreciate you all. A lot of friends from the local scene checked in with me, so I’ll put a Sacramento based band up for today.
Goblin Mode formed in 2022 and features Jordan Trucano (Mad Judy, Little Tents, etc) on vocals and guitar; Anthony Onfire on bass; not clear on the drummer, but they had Joe Spitali on an older release…
Blue lights make everything hard to see for the first 3-4min, then it get better. Sounds good.

Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens
Audio by Anonymous from Schoeps MK4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

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Couch Potato Massacre- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca 7/20/24 4K UHD Master Minneapolis Punk

Couch Potato Massacre (from Minneapolis) was part of that show that City Mouse headlined at the Cafe a couple months back. In fact, I think they did this whole part of the tour with them. Miski described them as a great band that plays songs about classic TV.. and with song like “Flaming Moe”, “We’re the Meeseeks” and “Carlos the Dwarf”, she wasn’t wrong. Since I am not big on novelty bands, I was planning on sitting this set out (I was tired) but then they started and they had that classic, early soul asylum sound that I love so much. So, long story short, I scrambled and got the camera ready and got most of their set.
Thanks to Anonymous for the audio

Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens
Audio by Anonymous from Schoeps MK4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

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Divided Youth- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca 6/29/24 Master Schoeps Audio Recording

It looks like we will be taking a different approach this week. It has been KALX/Doug/Eggplant/other for the weekday audio posts, but we have some special stuff planned for this week.
First off, here is one that I recorded with the Schoeps last month. I planned to do a 4 camera multicam of the band, but one gopro did not work out and the G9ii overheated and froze up. It looks like I lost the main angle footage. So, unless I can save that file, this is all the Divided Youth you’re gonna get from the show.
Btw, the band absolutely rips- they had the biggest pit I saw that night. I got hammered by the pit at about the 13:30 mark- you can hear the mics get hit and me go “bleah!” from the gut punch. I listened to it a few times and laughed.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

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Dollar Store- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca 6/29/24 4K UHD Multicam Schoeps Audio Crimpshrine Fifteen

Last month, Sean Hills came out of promoting retirement/hiatus to put on the most crowded show the Cafe has seen in a while. The show sold out, but the amount of friends who were there was crazy. I think I introduced at least 20 scene friends to my wife- literally everywhere I turned, there was someone who I had not seen in months or years. What a blast!
The show was a benefit for Palestine and it was incredibly successful- I heard that more than $5k was raised. When, given the Cafe’s capacity, meant that people went above and beyond to give even more than the door price to support the cause. What a night.
I had been trying to get out and see Dollar Store ever since they announced their first show in March(?). They were even better than the short phone videos I had seen of them. Glad that it sounds really good in the cafe that night, because there was not attempting a multitrack witht eh amount of people in there.
I was going to add something here about donating to the local nonprofit who helped run this show, but Sean hasn’t gotten back to me. Ask him I guess.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; 3x gopro Hero 7 black; Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
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Bury the Body, Bag the Head- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca. 5/24/24 Lumix G9ii 4K UHD w/Rode Audio

BtB, BtH are a local/regional? band who play around often. With a name like that, I was expecting some tuneless grindcore but this was a pleasant surprise. Catchy Metal/Punk crossover played tight. I enjoyed it.
Audio is a bit low- it would have taken a lot of hoop-jumping to bring it up, so please save me some time and turn it up!
And yes, it was really that dark on stage. I kept the light sensitivity where the vocalist would not overexpose under the one light on stage. You can still see the other members, kinda. You can see the guitarist’s strings, that’s what counts.
No schoeps audio for the entire show- the preamp died during this set. D’oh.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Rode Videomic pro stereo

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Zeke- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca. 5/24/24 4K UHD multicam with Rode audio Seattle Punk Hardcore

I was super stoked when the Cafe announced that Zeke was playing there- I have been trying to catch them live for quite a while. I got to the venue super early and got band permission to record (Mark was super cool), and started to work on prepping the multitrack laptop. Well, the f’ing thing would not read the channels- I don’t know if it is a driver issue or what. I worked on it forever and no dice. I still have the Schoeps so it should be fine… and then my Schoeps preamp crapped out during the opening band. So that leaves us with the Rode Videomic pro for audio. It was lacking some guitar and vocals, so Mark and I worked on it to get it decent. I have never had TWO audio sources fail on me before the opening band finished their set.
Anyway, this was probably the best show I have ever seen at the Cafe. Man, they just ripped.
Oh, also, first multicam with 2 G9ii’s! If anyone wants to buy one of my GH5s’s, I’ll cut you a deal.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens w/ Rode Videomic pro stereo; Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens; 3x gopro hero 7 black
Audio rebalance in Izotope Rx8- Vocals +5, drums -3, guitar +7.
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Riot Radio- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca 5/24/24 4K UHD G9ii with Rode Videomic Pro Audio Full Show

I am short on time so I’ll keep this one short. Also, after taping 2 shows in 2 nights and working my ass off at home yesterday, I need to recover a bit. The one thing with aging is that you can still go have fun, but your recovery time sucks.
Riot Radio was one of the openers for that Zeke show at the cafe. I think this was a tour kickoff show for them- they did a short run up to the northwest.. I think.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Audio from Rode Videomic Pro Stereo

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Xclaim- Cafe Colomial 5/10/24 4K UHD full show with Schoeps Audio SSD Tribute Set B’LAST!

Xclaim played one final show at the cafe last month, opening for Dutch legends Neuroot.
The band is Charles Albright on Guitar, Craig Hancock on drums, Brian Hanover on bass, Tommy Faucett on vocals, and Steve Borek from B’LAST on Guitar.
It was a blast!(get it?) But seriously, I am not big on tributes but this was a lot of fun.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

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Neuroot- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca 5/10/24 4K UHD master g9ii w/ Schoeps audio Dutch Hardcore

It’s not every day that a legendary Dutch hardcore band plays in your town. I don’t get out a whole lot anymore, but Neuroot and Xclaim on the same show got me out of the house. Unfortunately, I had no time to prep for a multicam, so this single cam w/schoeps audio will do.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

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