Here is another “one angle from a future multicam” series. We are waiting for multitrack audio for this show. It should edit together nicely- we have 6 camera angles for this one.
My and my friend Jason Ellis flew to Texas to see this show, eat a bunch of BBQ, and see Slobberbone/Brent Best in Dallas. No one told me how far away Dallas is from Austin.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG40 & Video Videomic Pro Stereo
Mike Nicolai opened the Champeen show in Austin last year. If you haven’t heard his music, you need to check it out. Excellent power pop. Just listen. You’ll like it. 🙂 Features Michael Crow from Grand Champeen on lead guitar.
I only did 2 angles for this show, and unfortunately only this one came out as the other one has some vibration issues.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG40 & Rode videomic pro stereo
This is probably going to be long. Anonymous and I flew to Austin for a weekend of shows & BBQ a couple years back. It was a total blast and I can’t wait to get back to trips like these.
This one has taken a while because we we waiting on multitrack audio from the house soundman that night. Michael Crow went above and beyond, following up with him for over A YEAR to get the hard drive. He found out that the first part of the show was lost, but he was able to take Anonymous’ schoeps recording and matrix it with the raw board mix… so you will get a good sounding matrix for the 1st 12min, and then the multitrack (also mixed by Crow) kicks in and sounds amazing! Thanks Crow and Anonymous!!
This is one of those rare videos where the performance was excellent, it sounds great, and the angles work. Totally worth the wait.
Special thanks to Tromster for the mix- he mixed this TWICE while caring for his wife and his 1 month old newborn. Thanks friend, and congratulations again.
This one goes out to my postcard family- I hope you can enjoy this, especially with the bad/uncertain news we have been dealing with lately.
Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Audio raw soundboard Recorded by Shayne with Sony PCM-M10
Audience audio (Schoeps MK4) by anonymous
Multitrack recording and mix by Michael Crow
Edit by Tromster
I am so excited about this video.
Grand Champeen are one of my favorite bands of all time. They were from Texas but some members have moved around in recent years. They put out 4 albums – all were great but my favorite is The One Who Brought You. Check it out if you haven’t heard it before.
The band quit touring about 10 years ago, so I flew to Austin to see them. Man what a whirlwind that trip was. It was nice meeting all of the Postcard crew and HUGE thanks to Philip Garcia for putting me up for a night at the last minute, during SXSW.
This show is great- Ned, their drummer, had the flu and had to stop for a bit after “Rottweiler Hair”. Way to rally and make it through the show!
Sorry for the imperfect nature of the video- the camera close to Alex (Bass) has some vibration issues- they were LOUD. It sounds great and it is pretty obvious that the band is having a great time.
Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Canon HFG40, Canon HFG30, Canon HFG10, Gopro Hero4 silver
Audio Recorded by: Marcus Winfree(Soundboard) & Shayne Stacy (Rode Videomic Pro Stereo)
Matrix by: Jason Ellis
Edit by: Tromster
Late posts today because everything has been more work than it has seemed.. all day long.
Here is a classic show of 3 great Austin bands- 2 of which are some of my all time favorites, playing mostly covers for On This Date in History.
I could not figure out where one band ends and another one begins for this show. There is one clear set change at about 30min, and I hear Grand Champeen doing Ace of Spades at about 85min, but otherwise I don’t know. The fact that they are doing covers, although it makes for a fun/unique show, isn’t helping with the splits. So you get it ALL. Enjoy Austin’s finest doing covers of their favorite bands.
The board mix was heavy on vocals and light on everything else, so I rebalanced it in Izotope. That’s why it is so late- it took 2 hours to process!
The “digit” at the end of this is supposed to be “digital clone” as it bounced from DAT to CDR etc.
Recorded by: ? (I would not be surprised if the taper was Lance Davis)
CD rip/prep and rebalance by Shayne Stacy
Izotope settings: Bass/drums +3, Guitar +6.
Here is one that I have been trying to improve for a long time. It used to be super dark- to the point that you could only see Michael Crow and none of the other band members. I was able to brighten and adjust contrast, then denoise. (ignore the thumbnail, it looks better on the video). We then took KN’s schoeps audio and synched it up with the enhanced video. There are not many complete GC sets from this early- this is a tour opening for Richmond Fontaine for “The One That Brought You” release. Sounds great.
Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Audio Recorded by: KN
Audio/Video synch by King Bean
This is the last time I saw Champeen. I was in China when they came back around in 2007. Man, I miss this band. This video was done on my old JVC DV camcorder and it is very dark. If these guys are playing close to you, you need to check them out. I tried to get them to play my sabbatical party, but it just did not work out.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: JVC DV
The On This Day in History project has helped me rediscover and enjoy a bunch of stuff in my own collection. This one is a good example- I don’t think I ever realized that this was the CD Release party for my favorite album of theirs. Fun, loose (in a good way) show.
I don’t know who taped this one. I’m willing to bet it was either Lance Davis or Marcus Winfree. So grateful to both of them for capturing so many amazing bands during this era.
Mix gets better about 15-20min in.
Recorded by: ?
CD Rip and rebalance by: Shayne Stacy
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +2, Drums +1, Guitar +5
Anyone who has listened to me blather on about bands over the past few years knows that Grand Champeen is one of my all time favorites. In fact, I have flown to Texas THREE TIMES over the past 6 years to see them since they do not tour anymore and shows are rare. The latest one was in October and we were treated to one of the legendary cover-heavy sets. That multicam is coming, as soon as audio is ready.
I can’t remember where I got this one. It is from unknown origin then converted to mp3, then burned to cdr. Despite all of that lineage abuse, it still sounds good. 2 mellow songs in studio, including “Step into My Heart” from their classic “The One That Brought You” album- you should check that one out if you haven’t heard it.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Also ?
Extract from CDR and prep: Shayne
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