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Dinosaur Jr.- Ace of Spades, Sacramento 10/20/26 Schoeps Audio Master J Mascis

I can’t remember the last time that I posted something a few hours after the concert took place, but I was pretty happy with this recording and I didn’t need to do anything to it- no EQ, no Izotope magic… thanks to standing on J’s side and Lou’s bass tone being schoeps friendly, we don’t get the typical schoeps bass overdrive.

It was a good show, and the band played together in a way that I had not seen in a long time. Lots of fun banter from Lou as well. They played my favorite song (Freak Scene) so I went away happy. I also shot video which will take my typical year backlog to process, lol.

Thanks to my friend Kirk for contacting me about the show and to Kurtis Bishop for the ticket donation– remember, we are a 501c3 nonprofit over here and donations are welcome!

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

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Chain- Harlow’s, Sacramento Ca 5/18/26 Schoeps Audience Master Recording Partial Set Fresno

A late one from my collection today. I went to Harlow’s last month to record Restraining Order for my friend ⁨@PunksNotDeadGR⁩ and this band happened to be opening. It had been a while since I went to a show and stopped what I was doing and really took notice of the opener. These guys were great! Classic grunge sound out of that grunge metropolis, Fresno Ca.

The quality changes during the recording as I was just testing recording levels while I set up cameras and tried to get permission, but it is still worth a listen. I will definitely check them out if they come around again. I even went to the merch booth to buy some music and they only had shirts. Boo.

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

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The Polyorchids- Press Club, Sacramento Ca 1/10/26 4K UHD Multicam w/Schoeps Audio Americana

Today was supposed to be something from Chris Eng but I ran out of time. Tomorrow I hope.

Finally, after multiple audio revisions, is the Polyorchids’ 10 year anniversary show at Press Club from earlier this year. We had originally edited this with soundboard audio and discovered that the board recording distorts badly about halfway through. I recorded 3 audio sources for this one and non of them are spectacular. Ugh, I tried.

It was still a great show and it was really nice to see the guys after a pretty long layoff. Justin lives up on Orcas Island in Washington, so they don’t get a chance to play too often.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens (x2); 3x gopro Hero 7 black;
Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder matrixed with soundboard.

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Bruce Dickinson- Aftershock Fest, Discovery Park Sacramento Ca 10/3/25 4K UHD Master w/Schoeps Audio

Here’s video #2 for the day, and it is the Patreon Voter’s Choice! Thanks voters- new ballots get sent late tomorrow and it’s only $10/mo to play. New polls every week! I am so backlogged that I think I will put up about 10 recently filmed shows and let you pick.

Alright, I need to warn you about this one. My good friend Jeff was giving me those Shaq Beatbox punches since they were FREE and I got pretty hammered.

The good news is that I found a pole in the edge of the VIP section that face the shockwave stage, so I popped it up there and that kept is steady. The bad news is that there was an “influencer” who kept sticking her camera right in front of mine. It isn’t too obvious for most of the show, but it irritated the hell out of me.

The schoeps audio sounds better than I expected since I was so far away from the stage and off to the side. So far off in fact, that the audio and video is out of synch a bit. I was so far away that the sound had to travel to me. LOL Big shows.

Nice keytar btw

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS200 and Schoeps CCM4, Naiant tinybox, Sony A10 recorder
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10, then rebalance in Izotope Rx8 (Guitar +5)
Audio/Video synch in Pluraleyes 4, stitching in avidemux

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Alkaline Trio- Aftershock Fest, Discovery Park, Sacramento 10/2/25 4K UHD Complete w/Schoeps Audio

It’s our weekly Patreon Voter’s Choice selection! All of our $10 per month and up patrons get to vote on a weekly post. This past week’s theme was Aftershock Day 1. Alkaline Trio ran away with the vote this week. I want to thank my patrons for their support and for not presenting me with yet another tie. If you want to get in on the action, I will share a link to the patreon in comments. I think you can figure out what this coming week’s vote will be!

OK, about the video. I had planned to get to the fest early on Thursday but it was raining and my cast (and mics on my head) do not do well with water. So I had to wait for that to stop and then I headed over. I missed the Ataris, Snot and Thrown. Dammit.

This was my first attempt at filming the main stage and just like past years, the VIP section sounded like ass. That’s why you see me pull up stakes and move to GA. Sorry for the shakiness of the video, I was getting used to filming from a distance with the cast on. It settles down after about 10min.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS200 and Schoeps CCM4, Naiant tinybox, Sony A10 recorder
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10, then rebalance in Izotope Rx8 (Guitar +5)
Audio/Video synch in Pluraleyes 4, stitching in avidemux

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Mac Sabbath- Swabbies on the River,Sacramento Ca 9/6/25 4K UHD Master schoeps Audio Black Frying Pan

Here is one that I video’d that turned out way better than expected. This was one of the first shows I filmed after fracturing my hand and I needed some help from friends to get set up. Thanks Jennifer- you were very kind.

Great show and the audio and video quality are some of the best I’ve done with the G9ii/Schoeps setup.

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
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Guitar +6.5

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The Dickies- Goldfield Trading Post Sacramento Ca 8/30/25 4K UHD Multicam w/Schoeps Sbd matrix Audio

It’s another Dickies video for you all from my collection. I feel bad about this one- it’s a good show and the quality of the video is good, but it pales in comparison to the kickass Garden Amp show I posted a couple months back. This was the last band I ever filmed at Goldfield downtown so it’s good as a memorial piece at least. Plus, who knows how much longer the Dickies will be at it- go see your heroes every time you can.
The audio starts out weak- there are no vocals anywhere for the first 5min. They fix the board mix and vocals start coming through. Thank goodness I ran the schoeps or there would have been no usable audio.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens and 3x gopro hero 7 black; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder matrixed with soundboard audio,
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8 to boost guitar
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Screaming Bloody Marys- Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento Ca 8/30/25 4k UHD Multicam Schoeps Audio

Today’s video collections post comes from my collection and goes out to Dave Dalton from Screaming Bloody Marys. He hasn’t been feeling too well lately and is stuck at home. Hope you feel better soon.

This was one of a handful of shows that featured Andy Galeon on drums with the band. He was in Death Angel, The Organization, and more.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens and 3x gopro hero 7 black; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8 to boost guitar
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Half Pint- Golden Bear, Sacramento Ca 7/20/25 4K UHD Complete Set w/Schoeps audio Lightweight

Tonight is the night! We have Bastards of Young, The Blessing and Half Pint at Old Ironsides. I am going to try to make it, but my old body woke me up at 5am and my son has soccer until sundown. We’ll see.

Jim McLain posted the Blessing’s first show over on his channel, but no Half Pint has gone up yet. Here you go. Half Pint was Donny from Lightweight and a lady whose name I did not catch- they wrote these songs as a duo years ago, even before Lightweight was active. They then resurrected the project with a full band. Lys, if I got any of that wrong, please correct me.

Anyway, I think they are on first so hurry and check this out and head to Old I tonight.

Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens
Audio Equipment: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined in to the G9ii.. which always sounds weird. I need to look into that.

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DFL- Cafe Colonial,Sacramento Ca 6/6/25 4K UHD Multicam Schoeps Matrix Audio D.F.L. Dead Fcking Last

Busy day today, so today’s On This Date in History is going to be late. Veerrry late.
Here is the collections post, from me.
DFL came through Sac back in June for the first time in forever and they were nice enough to allow us to film a multicam. It turned out pretty nice!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens (x2); 3x gopro Hero 7 black;
Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder matrixed with soundboard.

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