Styx
Lincoln, CA
Thunder Valley
July 27, 2019
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Lineage:
10x IEM feeds > Multitrack Recorder
Taper: Hoserama
Countryman B3 > CA-Ugly > Tascam 2D
Taper: BL
Mixed by hoserama
Dithered using Izotope MBIT+
Flac'ed using TLH
Mix version 20190809
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01 Intro
02 Gone Gone Gone
03 Blue Collar Man
04 The Grand Illusion
05 Lady
06 Radio Silence
07 Miss America
08 Happy Birthday
09 Crystal Ball
10 Red Strom
11 Light Up
12 Rockin' in Paradise
13 Fooling Yourself
14 Too Much Time on My Hands
15 Khedive
16 Bohemian Rhaspody
17 Come Sail Away
18 Mr. Roboto
19 Renegade
20 Outro
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Show Notes:
Solid Styx show. Nice blend of new and old songs, lots of variety for lead singers. Which made the mix a challenge, but that's why I get paid the big bucks. If you're into Styx, give this one a shot.
Now what REALLY sticks out for this show was the heat. It was about 115 Farenheit (~46.1 C) during the day, and didn't drop below 100 degrees until the sun dropped. Most of the day for soundcheck and setup was spending some time working on it, and then retreating to the shade somewhere. I could hear the crew setting up before the show, frantically trying to run fans on the drum kit so the metal bars weren't scalding hot to the touch. Just a miserable heat experience.
Recording Notes:
Recorded 10 feeds, think I used 9. Pretty good mix to my ears. Click track on a few songs, which has been mostly scrubbed. Lots of automation due to the variable lead vocalist. It has the aud mixed in, but only really comes up at key points and not that loud. I won't say it's quite as good as a full soundboard multitrack, but it's a pretty good and solid mix.
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As always, encouraging people to get into taping and mixing. Just take the craft seriously and it will reward you many times over. There's no point in complaining about missing recordings or subpar quality if you're not contributing--pushing 1's and 0's around on the internet is no comparison for taping.
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IEM recordings are not for everyone. If not they're not your thing, either sonically or ethically, well at least you didn't spend any money on this.
Similarly, I'm mixing primarily for my ears. This is what sounds best to me. This may not sound best to you. That's a fair statement. I'm open to honest criticism (although you should have caught me when I was working on the mix!), but pointless complaining is unappreciated (naturally). Let's play nice.
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Please don't sell this recording in any way - no cash for blanks, 2:1s, or any other form of "getting paid for your time". Just share it freely.
Please don't convert to mp3, then back to wave, and then trade it around. This stuff is too easy to find on torrents now.
Feel free to remaster/remix this recording. Just keep it to your own computer and iPod.
Also, please don't torrent or share on other sites without at least dropping me a line and asking. This includes Youtube! I may want to just torrent/share it there myself. This includes sites like guitars101! Just ask permission, it's not that hard.
Please ask (and wait for permission!) before putting it into any matrix + video production. If you ask nicely for a quality high-res video project, I will likely say “yes”. If you put it on YouTube or cell phone video production without asking, I will send my cats from hell to chew your computer cables.
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Enjoy y'all!
- Hoserama/Sharebear
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