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usernamenumberWe will hopefully have some stuff from Sunday available soon.
Most of the show is available in a playlist here!
We had to drop a couple of the videos due to technical issues. Somehow between load-in and going on the guitar got waaay out of tune. We have no idea how that happened, but have agreed that next time we stop the song rather than attempting to soldier on. File under Lessons Learned.
On the subject of technical issues, I think Resonance warrants some commentary. Among the many problems we had during setup was not being able to get the my usual kit configuration working. Normally I route the drums through my laptop where I've got a set of samples (the recorded sounds that are triggered when I hit a pad) that are IMO much, much better than the ones built into the kit. For reasons we're still baffled by this didn't work so I had to play with the built-in samples. This stressed the hell out of me because not only do I not like the sounds as much, the mappings are different too (e.g. how you trigger the bell sound on the ride cymbal or the secondary crash sound are completely different), so I had to account for that in my head. As if that wasn't enough, the kit was not set to the best of its built-in sample sets for Resonance, and so for the first half of it I was distracted by the hi-hat making a noise I found wretched. After the first chorus I was able to switch it to something I think merely sounds bad (one of the main reasons I introduced the laptop is that the kit has no hi-hat sounds I actually like).
Then, however, we got to the ending third of the song, which blessedly requires no hi hat. This includes a flute solo for which I never felt that I quite nailed the drum. I always pictured the drums for that song as being almost a solo unto themselves, but not one that overpowers the flute, and every time I'd done it in the past, including on the album I always felt that it was either too conservative or too ambitious. During this performance I think I struck the right balance and finally got the feel I was going for (my one quip is I would add a bit more variety in the fills), and I'm thrilled that I was able to pull it off on a technical level. Remember, before the Indelicates gigs a few months ago I hadn't made a serious attempt at playing kit in about a decade, but it all came back (with the aid of lots and lots and lots of practice) and I'm pretty pleased with the results.
The whole song is here (and in the playlist), or this link goes straight to where I think things come together drums-wise (the bridge, solo, and final verse/chorus).
Oookay, so that was a bit of a digression. How about some bona-fide highlights for the impatient...
We did one of the tightest performances to date of one of our more difficult songs, The Changelings.
We also debuted a brand new song,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
natbudin's take on an old sea shanty called Captain Coulston, which seemed to be quite well-received:
And I couldn't talk about an Arisia show without talking about the numbers where Sassafrass joined us, as has become customary for these joint concerts. IMO the strongest of these were the Sassafrass songs we joined on, which will be available if/when Sassafrass can post them (I <3 <3 the joint Proper Mermaid's Tale), but that's not to say the SW songs didn't turn out very nicely indeed! Here's SW+Sass on the our version of Boys of Bedlam (fun fact: more voices = more better!)
The whole set (minus the afore-mentioned exceptions) can be found here, and all of the above-mentioned songs except Bedlam are on the new album, Guilt, Angst, and Fairy Tales! :)
Most of the show is available in a playlist here!
We had to drop a couple of the videos due to technical issues. Somehow between load-in and going on the guitar got waaay out of tune. We have no idea how that happened, but have agreed that next time we stop the song rather than attempting to soldier on. File under Lessons Learned.
On the subject of technical issues, I think Resonance warrants some commentary. Among the many problems we had during setup was not being able to get the my usual kit configuration working. Normally I route the drums through my laptop where I've got a set of samples (the recorded sounds that are triggered when I hit a pad) that are IMO much, much better than the ones built into the kit. For reasons we're still baffled by this didn't work so I had to play with the built-in samples. This stressed the hell out of me because not only do I not like the sounds as much, the mappings are different too (e.g. how you trigger the bell sound on the ride cymbal or the secondary crash sound are completely different), so I had to account for that in my head. As if that wasn't enough, the kit was not set to the best of its built-in sample sets for Resonance, and so for the first half of it I was distracted by the hi-hat making a noise I found wretched. After the first chorus I was able to switch it to something I think merely sounds bad (one of the main reasons I introduced the laptop is that the kit has no hi-hat sounds I actually like).
Then, however, we got to the ending third of the song, which blessedly requires no hi hat. This includes a flute solo for which I never felt that I quite nailed the drum. I always pictured the drums for that song as being almost a solo unto themselves, but not one that overpowers the flute, and every time I'd done it in the past, including on the album I always felt that it was either too conservative or too ambitious. During this performance I think I struck the right balance and finally got the feel I was going for (my one quip is I would add a bit more variety in the fills), and I'm thrilled that I was able to pull it off on a technical level. Remember, before the Indelicates gigs a few months ago I hadn't made a serious attempt at playing kit in about a decade, but it all came back (with the aid of lots and lots and lots of practice) and I'm pretty pleased with the results.
The whole song is here (and in the playlist), or this link goes straight to where I think things come together drums-wise (the bridge, solo, and final verse/chorus).
Oookay, so that was a bit of a digression. How about some bona-fide highlights for the impatient...
We did one of the tightest performances to date of one of our more difficult songs, The Changelings.
We also debuted a brand new song,
natbudin's take on an old sea shanty called Captain Coulston, which seemed to be quite well-received: And I couldn't talk about an Arisia show without talking about the numbers where Sassafrass joined us, as has become customary for these joint concerts. IMO the strongest of these were the Sassafrass songs we joined on, which will be available if/when Sassafrass can post them (I <3 <3 the joint Proper Mermaid's Tale), but that's not to say the SW songs didn't turn out very nicely indeed! Here's SW+Sass on the our version of Boys of Bedlam (fun fact: more voices = more better!)
The whole set (minus the afore-mentioned exceptions) can be found here, and all of the above-mentioned songs except Bedlam are on the new album, Guilt, Angst, and Fairy Tales! :)
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Date: 2012-01-24 05:25 am (UTC)Somehow between load-in and going on the guitar got waaay out of tune.
Load-in? Had it just come in from the outside when you tuned it the first time?
As far as I'm aware stringed instruments are wicked-sensitive to everything, especially temperature and humidity. One of my favorite bands, Girlyman, retunes after every song, and it's even become a thing among the fanbase, as the band make up little silly songs to sing to cover while one or the other of them is tuning, which have at least once been collected.
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