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The Community- Phono Select, Sacramento Ca 11/18/23 4K UHD Master with Schoeps Audio

As part of Danny’s F Cancer annual fest, The Community played for the first time in 7ish years. I missed them the first time around so I was happy to see them… and having them in well-lit Phono was even better. I mentioned this before, but it seemed like everyone from the 2010s punk scene showed up for this one. It was nice to catch up with so many people, and to meet Neil from The Community.
Sorry it took so long to post this one, pluraleyes chokes on big files- I tried synching the schoeps audio with this right after the show, but it kept erroring out. I was planning to give it one last try then chop the video in half, synch, the rejoin the parts (which is as big of a pain in the ass as it sounds), and it decided to work this morning. Man, I wish I knew what made it work this time around.
Anyway, a good energetic set from the band. Danny was able to donate $7k to American Cancer Society as part of the 5 night run of shows.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HF G60 w/Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

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Rose Melberg- Phono Select, Sacramento Ca 9/8/23 Schoeps Audience Master Audio Tiger Trap Softies

I was very excited to see this show- I have been a huge AGSFB fan for over 10 years, and adding Rose to the show was a big bonus…. unfortunately, some things didn’t work out too well with the taping thing.
First one was this set. I rarely have enough time to be 100% prepared for a show. It takes a lot of time charging battery packs and prepping memory cards for 4-6 cameras, plus prepping the audio gear. I thought I had it all dialed in.. right before I left, I checked the audio recorder and it showed 8:12- 8 hours and 12 min! Plenty of memory for the show. Well, that was actually 8 minutes and 12 seconds left on the recorder.
After (so I thought) recording the opener, I checked my recorder and it shut off. This was minutes before Rose was going to start, then I realized that the recorder’s memory was full. So I panic and start deleting files as fast as I can (including the opener! D’oh!). As a result, I missed the first 10min of the set or so. Ugh, I hate taping chaos.
Also, the PA did not seem to be working on the left side, which is where I should have been getting most of my vocals.. so although the recording sounds nice, the vocals are oddly distant.
Oh well, there are days like these. I don’t even know if I am going to post the AGSFB set- I need to figure out how to make it listenable.

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

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All Girl Summer Fun Band- Phono Select, Sacramento Ca 9/8/23 4K UHD Multicam with Schoeps Audio

This was probably the most anticipated show of the year for me. I have been a huge fan of the band ever since I learned of their existence back in mid-2000s. I heard that Kathy from The Thermals had a side project and picked up “2” and went from there.
This one took a while to prep because I had so much trouble with the sound at the show. Kathy’s drums are pretty loud so Jen & Kim needed to turn up to be heard… which then overpowered the PA. Vocals were completely buried and drums were still too loud- I was able to EQ the schoeps recording and then Izotope Rx8 it to bring some vocals up. That’s the best I could do.
It was still a great show. I was a total dork and asked Jen to spell her last name about 3 times after the show. She probably doesn’t get many interactions like that anymore. Haha, sorry.
Thanks to the band for coming to town, thanks to phono and the promoter (Ilene) for making it happen. I really appreciate it.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens; 3x Gopro Hero 7 Black
Audio from Schoeps CCM4/Tinybox/Sony A10
EQ in sony sound forge 10 (drop the highs, boost the mids a bit)
Vocal boost +6db in izotope rx8.

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Tommy Stinson- Phono Select, Sacramento Ca. 11/16/21 Partial 4K UHD Lumix GH5S

I bought tickets for this show before realizing that I had a team party for my daughter’s soccer team. So, I booked it over to Phono right after the party. I was a bit shocked at the crowd- there were only about 20 people there- where was everybody? The show was so intimate that I kept the camera in the bag for most of the show. Tommy’s manager was very nice and gave me the OK to film the last 15min of the show.
At times during the set, Tommy would step away from the mic, unplug his guitar and play a song or two. You get that on the 2nd song in the video. I had to boost the hell out of the audio (+31db!) on that song to level it out. So if you are wondering what all the noise in the background is, that is traffic on Fruitridge- it was that quiet.
Still a great show despite the light turnout.
It takes me about a minute to get my act together with focus and exposure.

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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Sad Girlz Club- Phono Select, Sacramento Ca. 12/8/18 Multicam Sacramento is Burning release show

I have a funny story about this one- I brought my kids to the show (3 and 8 years old at the time) and they met Shelby. She was super sweet to the kids and gave them a kool-aid jammer drink (kinda like a capri sun, but Kool Aid). She also told them that she has red hair from drinking too many red kool aid jammers…
So about 25 minutes into the set, I am filming away and my 3 year old MUST PEE NOW. It was that damned kool aid jammer. So, I haul my still-running camera into the bathroom(stops and starts are BAD for multicam), they do their business, and we are back filming a few minutes later. That’s why you hear the audio switch to a lower quality source at about the 24:00 mark.
Amazing job by Tromster to make all of this work together.
Epilogue: My daughter saw me prepping this footage for edit, and she said “oh, that is the lady whose hair turned red from kool aid”. HAHAHA!! 😀

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG30 w/Rode videomic pro stereo, 2x gopro hero 4 silver
Edit: Tromster

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Unsteady Heights- Phono Select, Sacramento Ca. 4/7/18 Canon HFG40 & Rode Video Pro Stereo Mic

So, umm, I screwed up. I was running out of battery so I lowered my monopod and changed the batteries about 9 minutes in… and then it seems that I FORGOT to hit my “record” button after the battery swap. So I was recording an awesome video with the thing on pause for the last 15-20 min of the set. D’oh! Sorry.
If you want a full set, check out the Cafe Colonial set from a couple months back.

Recorded(kinda) by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Canon HFG40 & Rode Video Pro Stereo Mic

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Urban Wolves- Phono Select, Sacramento Ca. 4/7/18 Canon HFG40 & Rode VPS Mic

Urban Wolves are Jordan Wolfe from Final Summation (and many others), and 2 guys from Okami (Jesse Bunker & Joe Oliviera). Great pop punk- Sac is so lucky to have so many incredible bands. I can’t keep up- it is exhausting trying to catch up with all of this!
Thanks to Dal for hosting a killer show at Phono.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Canon HFG40 & Rode Video Pro Stereo Mic

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Tommy Stinson- Cowboys in the Campfire, Phono Select, Sacramento 11/27/17

Hi Everyone, I tried sending download links to everyone who was at the show but I don’t think anyone actually downloaded it, so here it is in EASY TO LISTEN TO YOUTUBE FORMAT. Geez people. 🙂 I used my DPA4061 stealth mics for this one and it turned out great. It is a strange feeling, standing about 5 feet from the performer with these mics on you. Tommy was super nice- I bought a shirt and he autographed it. He signed it “To Shayne- I love you”. That may have been the drink talking, because I haven’t heard from the guy.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: DPA4061 stealth mics

 

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