Since Halestorm is coming back to the area- I think they play Thunder Valley tomorrow- I worked this one up. I wasn’t planning on going to this show but I checked for tickets on day of show and someone was selling a luxury box seat for CHEAP so I figured what the heck. I am glad I did- this is probably my best ZS200/Schoeps video. It looks and sounds great! It takes me a couple of minutes to settle in to position, but it is pretty steady from then on. Mix improves a bit into the set.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Canon ZS200 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder. AEQ in Sony Soundforge 10 (drop bass, boost mids and highs) Audio/Video synch via Pluraleyes 4
Oh man, what a night. This is going to be long. Buckle up. I bought a pair of the cheap $20 lawn seats that ticketmaster was selling a while back, not even sure if I was going to go yet. I saw Kiss back in 1983 on the Creatures of the Night tour, and that was the only time I had ever seen them.
I decide to go and invited my friend Cory last-minute. After we got into the venue, he decided to rent a couple lawn chairs for us rather than use the blanket I had. I was bagging on this idea the entire time we were in line for the chairs- complaining that LiveNation stops letting us bring in chairs, then rents them to us for $10 a pop. What kind of bullsh*t is that? We get to the front of the line and the nice worker there hands us comp tickets for the 14th row! Like, the 14th row of the front section of the venue. We couldn’t believe it. Thanks Cory!
But it doesn’t end there. We get to the seats and realize that we both have a ticket for the same seat. I haul ass back to the chair rental place and let the lady know and she apologizes, and then heads to the ticket office to correct the issue. She comes back with EVEN BETTER seats in the 13th row, right in front of a PA main (important for nerds like me). So I go back to where Cory was sitting and tell him to DITCH THE BLANKET in the aisle. So, Toyota Amp now has a 20 year old blue and white blanket. Sorry guys. Also, the chair lady was an MVP- she could have just told me “sorry”, but she took care of it. I wish I knew her name…
The show was great- I have never been a big Kiss fan, but I knew all but 2 of the songs played just through osmosis- either hearing it on the radio, or through friends & family. It was silly fun- I have not laughed or smiled like that at a show in years!
I shot the show in 4k and will be posting that soon. It takes Youtube about a week to process 2 hours of 4k video, and I already have 2 up and processing now. So, hopefully video this weekend. In the meantime, here is my audio recording. It turned out pretty good. I did a quick EQ and brought a lot of the thumpy bass out of the mix, and pushed up the mids and highs.
More to come.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-M10, DPA 4061 Mics, Church Audio preamp. EQ in Sony Sound forge (Bass minus 2-3db, Mids and hughs plus 2-3db.
This was my first time to the Sleep Train/Toyota/etc Amphitheatre. I am usually pretty cynical of big shows like this, but this was great! I love that they don’t charge for marking, and the sound at the venue was excellent. We had lawn seats and it sounded perfect. I didn’t even need earplugs. It really comes through in the recording- sounds pretty damned nice.
Ian Gillan sounded great as well- even though he is SEVENTY THREE years old. Damn, I hope I can be that productive at that age! Haha.
I did not know DP’s material beside the hits but it didn’t matter- very relaxing in the lawn chair on the lawn.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: DPA 4061 mics + Sony M10 digital recorder.
