Samiam- Golden Bull, Oakland Ca 4/8/23 4K UHD Master with DPA4061 mics GH5S camera

Last Saturday, Cory Wiegert and I went to Oakland for the Samiam show. It was a good show, but there were 3 or 4 opening bands! They were all good, but my old ass can’t stay up until 3am anymore… and then go snow skiing with the kids the next day. Ouch.
The audio is a bit muddy- I filmed from a spot that is usually good for the DPA’s but I didn’t get much guitar, and the DPAs naturally pick up a lot of bass… and well, listen for yourself.
Sorry for losing focus at times. The good news is I have now figured out the focus issue with the GH5S. It’s the lens- I think it is defective. I read up on reviews of this particular one and there is no mention of focus issues, and the other 3 lenses I have perform fine. So I guess I need to shop for another 14-140 lens…

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S, Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens
Audio equipment: DPA 4061 mics and Church Audio 9200 preamp

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Dead Sound- Golden Bull, Oakland Ca 4/8/23 4K UHD Master with DPA4061 mics GH5S cam Monsula Pinhead

Opening for that Samiam show a couple weeks back were Dead Sound. I have been looking forward to seeing them for a while. This is Bill Schneider’s (PHGP, Monsula, etc) new band along with Mark Lynn (Bill’s bandmate in Uranium 9 Volt), Mike Goshert, and Mack Narragon.
The sound was a little muddy and bassy, a situation that the DPA mics don’t deal with too well. I hope you can find it listenable. They have an LP out on 1234 Go!’s in house label.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S, Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens
Audio equipment: DPA 4061 mics and Church Audio 9200 preamp

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Miss Martha- Generifus Show, 54th and Shattuck House Show, Oakland 2023? xfer f/master VHS tape

Following along with today’s “What the hell is this” theme, here is another artist from Robert Eggplant’s VHS master of a house show in Oakland a few years back. I don’t know who this is, hopefully you do! Let me know if you know. Y’know?

Recorded by: Robert Eggplant
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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Kevin (Primary Colors)- Generifus House Show, 54th & Shattuck, Oakland Ca 2023? xfer master VHS tape

this one is from Robert Eggplant’s collection and I don’t know who it is. I asked him a while back but I don’t think he responded. If anyone knows who this is, please let me know!

Recorded by: Robert Eggplant
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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The Boneless Ones- 3rd & Castro, Oakland Ca. 3/6/22 4K UHD complete show w/ Rode Videomic Pro Stereo

Man, this one took forever to render to 4k on YT. We might see Exhumed and the complete Exodus set next month at this rate.
Anyway, Boneless Ones were the first band up. I thought I had given myself plenty of time (over 2 hours!) to drive from Sacramento, find parking and get ready to film. Nope. I got in at 1:55pm for a 2pm set time. Also, the sun was a huge pain in the ass for their set- the shadows darkened the front of their body, so I had to crank up my exposure to compensate.
It was a good set- this version of the boneless ones is different than the ones I have heard on compilation records- very metal thanks to Craig Locicero (Forbidden, Dress the Dead) and Chris Kontos (a million bands, but probably best known for Attitude Adjustment and Machine Head).

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HF G60 and Rode Videomic Pro Stereo

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Exhumed- 3rd & Castro, Oakland Ca. 3/6/22 4K UHD Complete Set Rode Videomic Pro Death Gore Metal

Exhumed played in the middle slot last Sunday. I wasn’t familiar with their material, but they were definitely the most evil band of the day. Apologies for pulling my camera away when they started spraying the blood- it looked like it was coming right for us!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: Canon HF G60 and Rode Videomic Pro stereo

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Exodus- 3rd & Castro, Oakland Ca. 3/6/22 Complete 4K UHD w/ Schoeps Audio Canon HF G60

Finally, here is the complete Exodus set. I made a mistake with my microphone for the first 40min of the set, so thanks to Ted Mattes, he hooked me up with a Schoeps audio recording and it sounds much better now.
Such a great show and a fun time- like Zetro said, there were so many bands represented that built the bay area thrash scene. I must commend all of us 50-somethings that kept the pit going for the entire show. I saw a couple people take a headfirst dive right over by me, hope everyone got home safely and avoided the hospital. Damn, what a party.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HF G60
Audio recorded by: JL
Equipment used: Schoeps MK4 and Sony A10
Audio video synch in plural eyes 4

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Exodus- 3rd & Castro, Oakland Ca. 3/6/22 4K UHD Live Encores w/Rick Hunolt

Here is the last 20 minutes of the Exodus show yesterday. Why only the last 20min? Well, I wanted to get something up ASAP and the entire show is over 100GB and would have taken days to process. I also screwed up an audio setting for the first 30min of the show so it doesn’t sound as good as this does.
Sorry about the angle- I know that Tom is obstructed by a sidefill- there was no good place to film from(this was a blocked off street- all flat). I needed to be close to the PA for the Rode to sound decent AND avoid being crushed by the pit, so I found the one street sign and posted up against it. It helped in 2 ways- it allowed me to stabilize the camera (I had my monopod in my pocket and camera way the hell up there) and the sign helped shield me a little from flying bodies coming out of the pit. I still get blasted a couple of times, but I didn’t get knocked down. Sorry to all the folks who went full-bore into the street sign. I bet they are hurting today.
It is so cool to see the band having so much fun up there.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HF G60 and Rode Videomic Pro Stereo

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The Coverups- 40th Street Block Party, Oakland Ca. 7/20/19 4k UHD Live Panasonic GH5S Green Day

OK, thanks to the community who informed me that I need to add a color LUT to my GH5S in order for the color to look right in the future. On a side note, OMG why is this so complicated?
I went ahead and color corrected this one in Adobe Premiere. Sorry for the multiple uploads- 1 more (2 camera) version is forthcoming.

The Coverups are a cover band consisting of:
Billie Joe Armstrong- Guitar/Vocals
Mike Dirnt- Guitar/Vocals
Jason White- Guitar/Vocals
Bill Schneider- Bass
Chris Dugan- Drums

Huge thanks to Frank Yeeann Chan for yelling over to me when I was walking by, and letting me hang out with him- it turned out to be a pretty nice place to video.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens, Rode Videomic Pro Stereo

 

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Paper Dolls- 40th Street Block Party, Oakland Ca. 7/20/19 Live Color Corrected Panasonic GH5S Rode

So I was stuck in horrendous traffic from Sacramento to Oakland when I was trying to get to the block party. I thought I left in PLENTY of time to see Sarchasm play at noon, but I sat in traffic for over an hour by vacaville. I get to the front of the slowdown and discover that they closed a lane to trim bushes. On a goddamn saturday morning. WHAT THE HELL CALTRANS?

Anyway, I missed Sarchasm. I also missed Destroy Boys as they played at the same time as our 924 Gilman board meeting. So, only this and Coverups. These guys were pretty good- east bay pop punk.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens, Rode Videomic Pro Stereo

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