What a busy day. I need to jam on this post to get it in today. Pure Trask opened the Civil War Rust show last month and pulled out a Creedence cover. I got a little too excited about them doing this in El Cerrito.
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
Civil War Rust had not played a show in over a year and I think this was only their 2nd show since the pandemic, so Cory and I decided that it was a good idea to get our asses to the show. Good thing we did, because Sean (Bass/Vocals for this show) lives out of state now. They happened to play this show since they were recording a new album this weekend.
It seems that this Little Hill Lounge is a new place for east bay indie and punk shows. The place had a great 40’s jazz bar vibe and the drinks were super cheap. The tiny performance area is in the very back of the long bar- you can’t even tell it is there when you walk in.
The band was good, especially considering their long layoff. The high(low)light of the night was someone sh*tting their pants during the encore, and then blaming Cory for it. It cleared the room in seconds, and there I was, breaking down camera equipment in the brown cloud. It was brutal.
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 from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Audio rebalance in Izotope Rx8 – boost guitar and vocals
Edit by tromster
Late Saturday post for you with another one from Rodney Parker’s collection. This one cuts at 9min- that’s all that exists of the MTX set from this night. The video was very dark- I had to crank the brightness to 100 to get something to show. I like Rodney’s filming perch, up above all the heads.
Recorded by: Rodney Parker
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/exposure/denoise)
As promised, here is the last of the “4 day video weekend”. This one comes from Rodney Parker’s master tape and is one of the most improved videos that I was able to do- thanks Rodney! Check out his channel @BayAreaPunkShows for more great stuff!
Cybelle’s lighting was close to non-existent so the early ’90s video camera didn’t pick up much… but thanks to a clean transfer and lighting adjustments/denoise in Adobe Premiere, it looks alright. Sounds good as well. Now if people would just get out of the way, it would be perfect!
Recorded by: Rodney Parker
Rodney’s video equipment: JVC GF-500 VHS Video Camera
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/exposure/denoise)
I debated about whether I should post this one from Rodney Parker’s collection of master tapes he loaned me, but what the heck. You can see Jon Von and Frank a little better than my original post a while back.
I followed the same approach that I took on that Green Day video from Rodney’s graduation party- virtualdub has the ability to adjust brightness and contrast at the source, so that’s what I did. I cranked up the brightness, adjusted contrast BEFORE the capture and then did the work in adobe. Sure, it looks a bit like 1980s night vision security footage, but still, you can actually see them.
recorded by: Rodney Parker
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
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