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| Monday, June 29th, 2009 | | 8:58 am |
videographer?
Normally I use audio recording gear. In fact, there may be people who can't recognize me if I don't have a tape deck and microphone in hand. I also carry and use (abuse?) a still camera. Rarely I bring a video camera if I think it may be possible to get a good video. One day, an attorney I know saw me with a video camera at a show. Now I am being hired by the law firm to do a video deposition. Wish me luck! | | Sunday, November 16th, 2008 | | 1:06 pm |
| | Monday, August 25th, 2008 | | 8:12 pm |
Monday, August 25, 2008
nother night, another show. Returning to The Scene of the crime. :-) The Scene Bar, is located in Glendale, and is more typical of the clubs where I record bands. There is a stage in a back corner against the wall, facing toward the front of the club. The stage includes a PA as well as a couple of monitors. The sound board is at the front of the club facing back at the stage. Beside the stage (and audience) area, splitting the club in half, is the bar, in the round (so to speak-kind of oblong) so it faces both sides of the club. On the other side of the bar, is an area with a couple of pool tables. Tonight was a punk show. Vorvadoss, Warcola, Kriminal Pogo and A Pretty Mess. If you have managed to read some of my prior ramblings, you may remember that I while I was / am working on a web site for A Pretty Mess, they mentioned they were interested in releasing a live CD, but weren't 100% happy with the recording from last month at the Malibu Inn. When I mentioned that I had recorded at The Scene before, and the band had liked the recording, they decided to hire me to come back and record them again. Hopefully with better results this time. The evening started in a typical punk way. The flyer I saw said the doors open at 8:00pm and the show starts at 9:00pm. I think this is what you call a communication breakdown. I arrived at 8:30pm, and the front door was still locked. The door didn't open until 8:45pm, and it was only one of the bartenders. The doorman and the soundman didn't arrive until later. The flyer said free admission. It ended up being $5.00 admission. However, I was not asked to pay. By the time the doorman arrived, I had already set up my gear on stage, and was talking with the soundman. Sometimes it helps to show up at a club with a couple of microphone stands in hand, and a backpack weighing 35 pounds. The only band that I ended up recording was A Pretty Mess. Even when I don't think I will be recording more than one band, I still like to see the other bands that are performing. Also, by arriving early, I can talk with the soundman or whoever else is there who needs to know what I am doing. In this case, one of the stage monitors was blown, so while I was talking with the soundman and explaining how I would be setting up my microphones, he remembered he had just fixed a monitor, so he was able to swap out the blown monitor for a fixed monitor. Virvadoss, the first band up, was from Texas. The lineup was drums, bass, 2 guitars and singer. All the musicians also provided backup vocals. They had an interesting sound, and an even more interesting stage presence. All the band members wore costumes of some kind, with some kind of headpiece. Unfortunately they had some kind of technical difficulties so were unable to use one of their devices for altering the sound of the singers voice. Not very punky, but interseting anyway. Warcola, the second band, was also from Texas. The lineup was drums, bass, guitar and two singers. Sometimes they sang together, sometimes they alternated vocals. They were well received in punk style, with a small slam pit for some of the songs. Kriminal Pogo, the third band, is also a local band. The lineup was drums, bass, guitar, singer (female). The crowd also had a slam pit going for some of the songs. At one point, someone walked on stage with a jug of water and poured it all over the drum kit while the drummer was played, and continued to play, which helped to splash water all over himself as well as the stage. A Pretty Mess was the fourth and final band of the night. The lineup was drums, bass and 2 guitars (all 4 musicians are female). One of the guitarists is the lead singer, and all the rest of the band are backup singers. They didn't get on stage until after midnight. Even so, there was still a nice sized crowd and a fairly active crowd. A number of people were slamming for a number of songs, and at one point, my deck (set up on top of the floor P.A.) got knocked off (fortunately there are no moving parts, so there were no problems and the recording was not interrupted). Some of the crowd were even jumping onto the stage, and then jumping back into the audience. I usually take my digital camera with me, but I was concerned enough about the crowd activity, that I didn't leave my position near my deck and 1 of the microphones near me (I was ready to jump on stage and run for my other microphone if needed-it wasn't needed this night). I managed to pack up my gear and get home by 1:30am. Chrome Oxide have audio recorder will travel http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/thoughts.htm | | Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | | 12:23 am |
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Web Site / Live CD - gory details. Back on December 14, 2007 at the Epicenter in Northridge, Harmful If Swallowed hired me to record them. I first met them a couple of years earlier (July 1, 2006) when Dead Lazlo's place was playing a gig, and DLP (thank you Gizz) were convincing most of the bands that they should hire me to record them. Harmful If Swallowed liked the recording and has hired me a few times since then for additional recording. Anyway (back to December 14, 2007), one of the other bands on that bill, A Pretty Mess weren't interested in me recording them. July 26, 2008 Harmful If Swallowed hired me again to record their audio (which they were planning on syncing with the video they were planning on shooting, to eventually post on YouTube). This time, Harmful If Swallowed (thank you Carlos) managed to convince A Pretty Mess to hire me to record them. A couple of weeks after I mailed out the CD, A Pretty Mess asked me if I could help them build a web site that they would be able to maintain themselves. My business card mentions that in addition to recording, I also create / maintain web sites for bands (I am currently maintaining web sites for The Hot Rod Trio, Insect Surfers, Boardwalkers, Raw Power Rangers). Today was my first meeting with the band, so I was showing what I had started to create and explaining some of logic I use when designing / creating / maintaining a web site. When I was asking the band about their available recordings, they mentioned that they were considering using part of my recording from July 26, 2008 for some kind of CD / EP-CD release. http://www.chromeoxide.com/board/ The Boardwalkers were hired to play at Cozy's, which is a blues club located in Sherman Oaks. This is not a place that normally hires surf bands. It turns out that the Black Widows were originally scheduled to play tonight, but unfortunately, some of their gear was very recently stolen, so they were unable to play tonight. All the print ads I saw (and Cozy's web site) were never changed to reflect this last minute replacement. Anyway, the Boardwalkers (I maintain their web site) were hired as the replacement band. This is a band that I am very familiar with. I have been recording them for a number of years. For tonight, the band consisted of Dan Valentie - guitar (he is also the regular bass player in the Insect Surfers-one of the bands that I maintain the web site and record), Marty Tippens - bass (occasionally fills in on guitar, bass or drums with the Insect Surfers) and Jeff Utterback - drums (who used to be the drummer for the Insect Surfers). Jonpaul Balak, the regular bass player was unavailable, so Marty Tippens, who was formerly the drummer for the Boardwalkers, managed to come in as a replacement bass player. All three musicians have been or currently are in a number of surf as well as non-surf bands. As an interesting side note, the Jeff (I didn't catch his last name) sound man for this evening, was the sound man who recorded the first Boardwalkers 45 in the early 1980s. Since I had a copy of the Insect Surfers - Lyve In The Valley Of The Sun CD with me (which I recorded), I gave a copy to the sound man who promptly played it over the P.A. This may well be the only time that Cozy's has played surf music over the P.A. Hopefully the Jeff the sound man will bring the CD back to the club and play it again. Chrome Oxide have audio recorder will travel http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/thoughts.htm | | Sunday, August 17th, 2008 | | 10:06 pm |
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Another day, another two shows. Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum, oddly enough, is located in Huntington Beach. (Even odder, they are at the location that the old Safari Sam's used to be.) Every year the International Surfing Museum puts on free music shows by local and touring surf instrumental bands. Three times per year, they put on shows from 11:00am to 5:00pm on the pier. Most every other weekend during the summer, they have bands play in the parking lot of the museum from 1:00pm until 4:00pm. This day, the show was at the International Surfing Museum parking lot. Since the parking lot is in the corner, there are 2 walls behind the band, and the band faces the streets and other buildings in the area. http://www.myspace.com/bboandthesurfrockets The first band, Billy Blastoff and the Surf Rockets, is the typical surf instrumental band, 2 guitars, 1 bass 1 drums, no vocals. Actually, not quite typical. They did sing a few songs. When they are performing for a more general audience, they do more vocal tunes and less instrumental tunes. They do a lot of instrumental tunes, including a few that normally have words as well as a few that you might not think of as surf instrumentals. Both of the guitarists in this band, are also in the Detonators. The bass player, is also the guitarist / keyboardist for the Sound Waves (the next band up). The drummer was previously the guitarist for the Fabulous Planktones (no longer active). All members of this band have played in a number of other surf as well as non-surf bands. Neither the Detonators or Billy Blastoff and the Surf Rockets have CDs available. Which may explain why even though they rarely ask me in advance to record them, they usually pay for recording when I am there. They are in the process of listening back my recordings to try to figure out if they can find a single show that works, or if they will need to pick and choose the best performance of individual songs to create a live CD. I have seen / heard / recorded most of these musicians for a number of years, in a number of other surf instrumental bands that they have played in. http://www.soundwavessurfband.com/ Next up, was the Sound Waves. Almost a standard surf instrumental band, 2 guitars, 1 guitarist / keyboardist, 1 bass 1 drums but some vocals. They did sing a few vocal tunes. Since this was an audience that came for the instrumental music, most of the tunes performed were instrumetals. The first time I ever heard of this band was a year ago, so I am not as familiar with their accomplishments as musicians. At least not from a personal basis. This is another case where even though the band didn't know me, they decided that having a recording of themselves performing live was a good idea. So they have paid for my recordings most of the time that I have seen them perform. Since they do not have a CD, one of the possibilities we have discussed a few time is using some of my recordings on either some kind of promotional CD or on their web site. My second show of the day, was not one where I was recording the bands. Liquid Kitty in West Los Angeles has an annual event they call the Punk Rock BBQ. While I have recorded bands here before, this event is crowded enough that it makes my style of recording difficult. So I only went to see the Raw Power Rangers (an Iggy and the Stooges tribute band). The singer in this band is one of the guitarists for the Insect Surfers. Although they were scheduled to play a 5:30pm, it was closer to 6:00pm before they started. This was fortunate for me, as packing up my gear, and driving from Huntington Beach to West Los Angeles took a bit of time. I only stayed long enough to watch the whole set by the Raw Power Rangers and drop off the Insect Surfers CD from the Scene from Wednesday August 9, 2008. I might have stayed later if I hadn't already made plans to stop off at a client (my day job is an independent computer consultant) and work on their backup system. Fortunately, everything was working the way it was supposed to or it might have turned into a real long night as well. At this point, I figured I had enough excitement for one day, and headed home. Chrome Oxide have audio recorder will travel http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/thoughts.htm | | Friday, August 15th, 2008 | | 9:32 am |
Who Do I Record?
Anyone that wants to pay me. :-) When I first started recording bands, I put an advertisement in the local paper. The response was underwhelming. So I figured out that traditional advertising does NOT work for me. I know I have good gear and I know that I make good recordings. I wasn't sure how to convince bands that they should have me record them? I like listening to surf instrumental music. When I see that an instrumental band is playing somewhere about town, if I am available, I figure out how to get to the show, figure out how long a drive it is, and if I am in the mood, I then drive out to the club and record the band. Or try to. Whenever I record a band, I always ask permission first. Occassionally a band will not want me to record. In which case, I carried my gear when I didn't need to, but still ended up seeing a band perform that I would have gone to see anyway. So, this has become my main source of advertising. Every time I go out to a surf instrumental show (there are a LOT of bands making this kind of music), I always talk with the bands about what I am doing. A number of bands who had not otherwise heard of me have ended up having me record them, and ended up using some of my recordings on commercial releases and web sites. For a short while, I was doing an internet radio show featuring many of the bands I was recording. I did get one or two bands wanting me to record them because of that show. I also mention to anyone I talk with, who is in a band, that I have a portable recording studio. This has led to me recording world music (Jamie Papish), jazz (UKB), blues (Sofa Kings), spoken word (Will Alexander), punk (Dead Lazlo's Place, Weirdos, ...) and surf music (Dick Dale, ...) Maybe not the best way to get started, and not enough to allow me to record bands full time, but this approach seems to be working out for me. Chrome Oxidehave audio recorder will travel http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/thoughts.htm | | 9:28 am |
How Do I Work?
I schedule an early arrival so that I allow plenty of time for traffic jams on the way to the show, and allow plenty of time to to setup my gear at the club and to talk to the club and band. The Club: If there is a sound board, I talk with the sound man to work out any issues that may arise. ie, where can I set up, is there anything I need to be aware of, ... The Band: If I am trying to record on spec (the band did NOT ask me to record them) I talk with the band and ask permission to record and give them my business card (with my contact information). If it is a band I have recorded before, I let them know that I am there and ready to go when they are. In some cases, where the layout of the venue and the setup of my gear is appropriate for it, I also assist in selling the band merchandise. I also bring a digital camera, and take photos in between recording and selling merchandise. The Gear: I use professional gear (Fostex FR-2 2 channel deck, Audio-Technica AT-801 microphones-omni-directional electrect condenser microphones), to get a quality sound. I use care in the placement of my microphones to get a good mix. I keep and eye on my gear and microphones to minimize the effects of people bumping into my gear, spilling drinks, .... The Setup: Recording with only 2 channels is a mixed blessing. By placing microphones on stage, I am bypassing the mixing board / P.A. / ... This close to the stage, the drums are usually as loud as the amplified instruments. This allows me to get a good instrumental sound and mix, and avoid any problems that may happen with the house mix (which may or may not involve placing microphones on all instruments). If I am working with an instro band (no vocals) then I just try to place the microphones on or in front of the stage, at each end, while keeping out of the way of the band. It gets a little more complicated if the band has a singer. In this case, I can't place the microphones at each end of the stage or I wouldn't be able to capture the vocals. Therefore, I place my microphones within a foot or two of the stage monitors, which usually places the microphones closer to the center of the stage. In either case, I end up with a stereo recording, which I burn onto CD. The difference is that with instro bands, I can get a wider stereo separation. Advantages: I can usually be done setting up before the band is finished setting up. Two microphones require very little stage space, so I can record in clubs with very little stage space. The Fostex FR-2 (and battery pack) take up very little space, so I can set up almost any place without being in the way of the band or the audience. I charge so little, that you can afford to have me record a few of yours shows. :-) Disadvantages: Usually I am recording under circumstances where a sound check is not possible. This means that if there was a problem, I won't be aware of it until I listen back to the recording. This means you may need to have me record more than one show. If you need to boost the level of a particular instrument or vocal, that is not possible. Although with mastering this can be changed slightly. If someone sees me recording and wants to buy the recording, I always refer that person back to the band. After The Show: The Fostex FR-2 records the entire show as one large WAV file. when I get home, I transfer the file from the FR-2 to my computer. I then boost the volume levels, balance the volume levels, delete the leading and trailing dead air (I always start my recording early, and let it run until I am sure there will not be an encore). Then I create the track IDs. The next step is to burn the CD. In addition, I also create an insert for the jewel case. I included the band name, date of recording, location of recording and the song titles (where known). The final step is then to put the CD into a mailer and take to the post office. I do NOT do any mastering at this time, as I believe that if the band is going to want to use my recording, then they will probably want it mastered to their taste. Some of my recordings that have ended up on commercial releases can be seen here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/public.htmSome of the bands that have had me record them can be seen here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/private.htmSome of my recordings have ended up on the internet, and links can be found here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/mp3.htmChrome Oxidehave audio recorder will travel | | 9:23 am |
Why Do I Charge For Recording Bands?
At first glance, that is kind of like asking why does anyone get paid to work. A lot of the time when I am recording, I am going to see bands that I have not seen or spoken with before. From their perspective, they had no interest in having me attend their show, they had no interest in being recorded, and they did NOT ask me to come and record them. So how can I justify charging the band for a recording when they decide they do want a copy? The flip answer is, if you don't want to pay me for my recording, then get someone you know to get some gear and spend the time going to the show to record you for free. Or you can demand that the club you are in record you for free. The not so flip answer is: I charge bands to make a CD and mail it out to them because: - My recordings are better quality than might be expected under the circumstances. My recordings have been used: as demos, on web sites, on CD releases, in video productions (both short form and long form). - I get a LOT of requests for CDs. Last year (2007) I made more than 150 CDs for bands. When I am making 150+ CDs and mailing them out, it starts adding up to fair amount of my time and money. The audio productions: Infrareds, Lava Rats, Migs, Neptunas, Outer Wave, Pyronauts and Relix had never asked me to record them previously, and only the Neptunas even knew who I was. Yet all of them asked for a copy of their show, and used part (or all) of the recording on public releases. I had not planned on recording the Neptunas (I was there to record another band), but since the band asked me I figured why not. The Neptunas had just changed from being an all instro band to a garage band with vocals and they needed a recording so that their fans could hear their new sound. The video productions: Pounding Surf and Sound Of Surf both hired me to record the audio for their video production. This only happened because they saw me already on site recording the bands they were video recording and we then talked about my gear, my experience and they had a chance to sample my recordings. Once a band has a recording of mine, they are free to do with it what they want. All I ask is that if they use it on a commercial release (or web site), that they give me a credit and / or a copy for my collection. The last time I checked (which was a few years ago), the prices clubs charged to record bands included: $ 50.00 Spaceland $150.00 Knitting Factory $500.00 Whisky/Roxy Also, the last time I checked, Spaceland recorded ALL bands, whether the band wanted to be recorded or not. While I haven't kept it up to date, this web page details out some of the bands that have used my recordings on their CDs. http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/public.htmIn case you are curious about the quality of my recordings, here is a web page with links to some of the bands that have posted some of my recordings online. http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/mp3.htmAnother thing to keep in mind, is that because I charge for CDs, I only make copies for the band that performed the music. The only exception I make, is when a band gives me permission (or asks me) to make a copy for someone other than themselves. Let me know what you think. Chrome Oxidehave audio recorder will travel | | 9:18 am |
How Did I Get Started Recording?
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. :-) Growing up, I spent a lot of time listening to the radio. In those days, the music was released on singles (45s or EPs) and albums (LPs). I liked the music enough that I started buying the commercially available music. In the course of buying music, I read music magazines, and went to music swap meets. Somewhere in there I found out about bootleg recordings. My defination of bootleg recordings is studio recordings and live recordings that had not been commercially released or were discontinued by the music label and thus difficult to acquire. So, for me it was a natural progression to start buying bootlegs. A few years later, I started going to see bands perform on stage. Back in 1982, walking out of the Roxy, where I had just seen a reunion of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, I heard someone across the street who was evidently also walking out of the club, and he was playing back the music I had just heard on stage! This caused some serious thinking on my part. I never expected to hear that one off reunion again. If I started going to shows, then I would not likely hear any of those live performances again. If other people could record shows, then why couldn't I? With some help from a friend, I found a good quality cassette recorder, found some reasonable stealth microphones (small enough that I could clip them to my shirt collar and they would not be too noticeable) and proceeded to start attending and recording shows, and in the process, building a collection of music that would give me hours (days, weeks, months, years) of listening pleasure. I figured that listening back to live shows I had attended would be about as good as it could get. As usual, I was wrong. In my quest for live music I met a musician (David Arnson, Insect Surfers) at the Sunset Junction Street Festival in 1986. He invited me to see his band perform. He mentioned that his band played surf music. At the time, I was thinking Beach Boys. Which was definately NOT the kind of music I was interested in seeing performed live. But I was on his mailing list, and one day, when I didn't have another band that I wanted to see, I went to see the Insect Surfers. Their music was not at all what I expected. I liked it. And I started going to see them on a semi-regular basis. Keep in mind, I was still stealth recording all the shows I was going to, including the Insect Surfers. Not only did they not mind that I was recording them, they wanted copies of my recordings. This went on for a few years, until one day in 2000, David Arnson asked me if I wanted to work with him, and listen back to the live recordings with the thought of creating a live album. While I enjoy listening back to my recordings I knew that it was possible to get better quality recordings that less dedicated listeners would enjoy listening to more. In my quest to get better recordings for this projected live album, I stopped making stealth recordings and started putting my microphones on the stage. And then a funny thing happened. Other bands (and musicians in the audience) saw me putting microphones on stage asked me what I was doing. A number of them thought it was a good idea, and asked me if I would record their band. So I did record them. I started out using a Sony TC-D5M (portable, professional, stereo cassette recorder). I managed to wear out a few of them. I was also using a pair of Audio-Technica AT801 (omni-directional, electret condenser microphones) which I am still using. Because I was being asked to record so many bands, I was slowly doing less stealth recordings, eventually reaching the point where I was only doing stage recording. During this time, I was becoming more aware of other instrumental surf music bands. Rather than waiting to be asked to record them, I started going to shows with the intention of recording bands. Since most (all) bands didn't know who I was, I made it a point to introduce myself to the band, and ask if I could record them. Most bands didn't mind, and many of them also wanted recordings for themselves. After a few years of this, my final Sony TC-D5M started having problems. By this time most bands preferred CDs rather than cassettes, and it was getting very time consuming to create CDs from my cassette recordings. Thus started my search for a digital deck replacement. What I came up with was the Fostex FR-2 Field Recorded. My Audio-Technica AT801 microphone still worked fine, so I continued using them. It was sometime after I started using the Fostex FR-2 that one of my live recordings became the Insect Surfers - Lyve CD which was released in time for their 20th annivrsary as a band. And then something else completely unexpected happened. I was on location recording the audio for bands I knew (as well as bands I didn't know) and a video production company was shooting video of the bands that I was recording the audio. After brief discussions with the video crew, I was paid for the recordings I was making and I was paid to do additional recording for them. That production, Pounding Surf was just released on DVD. I am currently involved in another feature length video production, and I have been involved with a few other video productions in the past. Which brings us up to today. Last year (2007) I made more than 150 CDs for bands. While most of my recordings for band archives and or demos for clubs and or fans, many of my recordings have been used on web sites, CD releases and in video productions. It seems to me like I have found a perfect way to combine my love of music, and my love of recording music. Chrome Oxidehave audio recorder will travel | | Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 | | 5:19 pm |
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Another night, another show. The Scene, is located in Glendale, and is more typical of the clubs where I record bands. There is a stage in a back corner against the wall, facing toward the front of the club. The stage includes a PA as well as a couple of monitors. The sound board is at the front of the club facing back at the stage. Beside the stage (and audience) area, splitting the club in half, is the bar, in the round (so to speak-kind of oblong) so it faces both sides of the club. On the other side of the bar, is an area with a couple of pool tables. The sound man did put microphones on all equipment on the stage, but somehow never got around to testing the vocal microphone, so that the Insect Surfers had to start their set without being able to talk to the audience over the PA. The first band that I recorded, was the http://www.insectsurfers.com/ Insect Surfers, who are an instrumental band. While they are strongly influenced by surf instrumental music, they don't let them limit them. Their influences include Quicksilver Messenger Service, Television, .... One of the things that makes this an interesting band, is their strong fan base among musicians. The Insect Surfers are a 4 piece band (2 guitars, 1 bass and 1 drummmer). On this night some of the regular members were not available, so they had a few other musicians fill in. David Arnson, one of the guitarists, the one constant in this band, was present (without him the band does not perform). Their other guitarist was unavailable, so the regular bass player, filled in on guitar. Since that ment he was not available, the guitarist from the Black Widows filled in on bass for him. The regular drummer, just back from Las Vegas where he played with his other band, Chum, was available, and so he played his part. I am the official audio recorder and sound archivist for Insect Surfers. I have recorded most of their shows since 1996. My recording of a live performance in June 2004 has become their Lyve In The Valley Of The un which was released in time for the bands 20th anniversary. These days, I also manage and host their web site, live show announcements as well as helping with merchandise sales. Next up, the All Nighters http://www.myspace.com/theallnightersa three piece band (guitar, bass, drums, no vocals) from Washington. If there is a surf music influence there, it it muted. The psychedelic / rock music influences are very noticeable. Since I had never recorded this band before (I had never heard of the before), I introduced myself and asked for permission to record. They thought it was a good idea. When I asked them about their set list (they had one written up) I was informed that the set list was simply most of the songs they planned on playing, but there was no particular order in which they would be playing. Which means that while it won't help me figure out which songs were played, it will help with the spelling of the song titles that they did announce. Chrome Oxidehave audio recorder will travel | | Saturday, August 9th, 2008 | | 5:18 pm |
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Another day, another 2 shows. My first show for today was at Safari Sam's, located in Hollywood, which is a somewhat better than typical club. There is a ground level, as well as a much smaller upper level where people can either sit around or stand around and watch the show. The club is a big box, with a relatively large stage, high off the ground. It has a good sound system, so it is not critical to be directly in front of the stage for the music to be enjoyable. The sound man in the club for this afternoon's show was Jonpaul, who is also the bassist for the Boardwalkers (I am their official audio recorder), so there was no problem getting permission to audio record today. Radio Free Bakersfield is an internet radio show that has been promoting a series of once a month, no admission charge, Saturday afternoon shows. The bill is usually two bands, with one band usually being an instrumental band, and the other band is a more traditional rock band with vocals. http://www.myspace.com/dynotonesThe band I came to record today, was the Dynotones. A four piece band (2 guitars, 1 bass, 1 drummer). This band has surf influences, but also has a strong garage rock sound. The do perform a few cover tunes, but mostly write their own material. They even performed a song that is so new they don't have a title for it yet, and haven't finished working out all the details. Bands don't always announce song titles when they perform. When I create the CD for myself (or for the band if they are interested), I like to have song titles and track IDs. Since I know the band, and have recorded them before, I had no problem with talking with them afterwards to confirm any changes from their preprinted set list. My second show for the day (evening, actually) took place at the Purple Orchid Tiki Bar. As the name implies, the club interior is decorated with tikis, bamboo, ... This is a very nice club to hang out in and listen to music. The owners of the club like surf music, and bring in surf bands on a regular basis. As a small local club, there is usually a reasonable sized audience for the music. I do have a slight problem recording here. The stage is small, so I am unable to put my microphones on it. Therefore I place my microphones in front of and slightly to the side of the stage. The stage is near the front door, so there is a lot of traffic. This means that I need to be concerned with people bumping into my microphones. In addition, there is free space in front of the stage where people like to dance. Again, I need to watch for people accidentally bumping into my microphones. Even so, most of the time I am able to get good recordings. First up, was the Silver Surfers, a local band that I knew nothing about. So I introduced myself and asked permission to record them. They didn't mind, so I set up my gear and proceeded to record. The Silver Surfers is a four piece band (2 guitars, 1 bass, 1 drummer) with a more traditional surf sound. They performed mostly cover tunes, most I was familiar with, and a few that are less frequently performed. This band had a preprinted set list that I was able to pickup to use to get the song titles correct. http://www.myspace.com/thedeadlysurfinaticsNext up, was the Deadlies from Northern California. This was a three piece band (1 guitar, 1 bass, 1 drums, no vocals). They played a couple of short sets, which together added up to a single long set. Part of the reason for the shorter sets, was their costume change between sets. For their second set they had inflatable dolphins piled on the stage. Both their sets were mostly cover tunes (including the Insect Surfers - Polaris as well as a few other unexpected covers) along with a few original tunes. I didn't see a set list, so I winged song titles as best as I could. Chrome Oxidehave audio recorder will travel | | Friday, August 8th, 2008 | | 5:17 pm |
Friday, August 8, 2008
Another night, another show. Taix Lounge, located in Echo Park, is an interesting venue. It is not a traditional club where you would expect to see music. It is a French Resturant. Every night at 10:00pm they clear a small space in front of the fireplace, and set up a couple of monitors, and a couple of PA speakers. They put up microphones for the singer(s). I don't remember if there was a microphone for the kick drum. At Taix, there is no admission charge and bands perform for free. When I was recording here recently, I was told that if I wanted to record again, I would need to have the band contact the club and ask for permission to have me record. After that time, the Insect Surfers did play here, and did get permission, so I was able to record this band here on this night. So, if you are planning on having me (or anyone else) recording here (audio or video) you should have the band contact the club and let them know in advance. http://www.insectsurfers.com/Insect Surfers are in instrumental band. While they are strongly influenced by surf instrumental music, they don't let them limit them. Their influences include Quicksilver Messenger Service, Television, .... One of the things that makes this an interesting band, is their strong fan base among musicians. The Insect Surfers are a 4 piece band (2 guitars, 1 bass and 1 drummmer). On this night some of the regular members were not available, so they had a few other musicians fill in. David Arnson, one of the guitarists, the one constant in this band, was present (without him the band does not perform). Their other guitarist was unavailable, so the regular bass player, filled in on guitar. Since that ment he was not available, the bass player from the Boardwalkers filled in for him. The regular drummer was not available, so the drummer from Swords Of Fatima volunteered to fill in (and since he was already there, the Swords Of Fatima also played a set). I am the official audio recorder and sound archivist for Insect Surfers. I have recorded most of their shows since 1996. My recording of a live performance in June 2004 has become their Lyve In The Valley Of The Sunwhich was released in time for the bands 20th anniversary. These days, I also manage and host their web site, live show announcements as well as helping with merchandise sales. Chrome Oxidehave audio recorder will travel | | Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | | 6:49 pm |
Sunday August 3, 2008 - International Surfing Museum Surfin' Sundays
How do I prepare for a 6 hour live music show? By going to bed at 2:00am, and getting up at 7:00am. Of course. Yesterday, August 2, 2008 was the Surf Guitar 101 Convention which started at 12:000 noon, and the live show afterwards which ended at 1:00am. Naturally I was there the whole time recording. By the time I got home at 2:00am, I still had to start downloading my recordings to my computer, to free up space on my CompactFlash cards (I only own 2, and filled up both). I then got up at 7:00am to swap CompactFlash cards and finish downloading all the music from my other card (takes about an hour). After that, I downloaded 100+ photos from my digital camera. It was then shower, breakfast, re-assemble all my recording gear and camera into my bag, and leave by 9:00am to get to the pier in Huntington Beach to setup to record the bands starting at 11:00am. http://www.surfingmuseum.org/The International Surfing Museum works with the city of Huntington Beach to have live bands performing on the beach. This year it is 6 bands, performing from 11:00am until 5:00pm. Can you think of a better way to spend a day than listening to live surf music while on the beach? Because there is substantial sound system, the first time I recorded here, I also asked permission of the sound crew to setup on the stage and to ask where I could set up so that I wouldn't be in their way. I arrived in time to set up my gear and talk with the band. I always ask the band for permission to record if I have not previously received permission. It turns out I had recorded this band once before (about 5 months and about 100 bands ago). It was their first ever live performance in front of an audience. They did remember me, and again gave me permission to record them. We discussed them paying for a copy of both the prior show, as well as the current show. I gave them my card again, and they said they would be in touch. 11:00am Norm and The Surf Rockers was the first band up. They filled the stage with musicians. They even had a horn section. They did a number of cover tunes, including some that are not surf tunes. http://www.aquasonics.net/12:00 noon The AquaSonics from Colorado was the next band up. A much more traditional lineup (2 guitars-with reverb, 1 bass, 1 drum kit and no singers). I did not ask permission to record them this time, as they remembered me from last year when I did ask their permission to record them. The last year when they were in California they paid for my recording of them at the Doll Hut in Anaheim. They still have some of those Doll Hut recordings on their MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/theaquasonics. Nothing is finalized yet, but they also expressed an interest in paying for my recording of them from today, as well as from the previous day at the Surf Guitar 101 Convention. Because I set up my gear on the stage at this venue, and because the International Surfing Museum sets up a booth to the right of the stage where the bands prepare their gear before playing, and because there are tables and chairs set up for the bands, I offered to help the AquaSonics help sell their merchandise. The band accepted, so in addition to keeping an eye on my deck, and taking photos of the band (I take photos of all bands that I audio record), I also had to keep an eye on the merchandise table. As much as I like to help out bands, I don't sell merchandise for all bands. Think about it, how many bands do you think would be willing to have someone they don't know sell their merchandise? http://www.pollodelmar.com/1:00pm Pollo Del Mar from San Francisco. Same basic lineup as AquaSonics (2 guitars-with everb, 1 bass, 1 drum kit and no singers), however a very different sound. While this band has never purchased a recording from me, they have given me permission to record them in the past, and are very easy to deal with. Last year at the pier when Pollo Del Mar were on the same bill with the Insect Surfers (I am the Insect Surfers audio archivist, web master, ListServ manager, ... as well as the person who recorded their live album) and I was selling the Insect Surfers merchandise, Pollo Del Mar allowed me to sell their merchandise. This year they asked me if I would sell their merchandise for them. I said I would. Which added extra complication. Pollo Del Mar was not here with their regular lineup. Temporarily they had a guitarist from Meshuggah Beach Party. Who has a band of his own (Tomorrow Men that I had taped in June 2008). However, he know me because Meshuggah Beach Party had paid for a recording from me back in July 2007. So, I volunteered to sell their merchandise as well. None of the bands had a cash box, and at this point I am selling merchandise for 3 bands. Fortunately, I had enough pockets that I placed the cash for each band in a different pocket. http://themadeira.net/2:00pm Madeira from the midwest. Again, the same basic lineup as AquaSonics (2 guitars-with reverb, 1 bass, 1 drum kit and no singers). Again a very different sound. At this point, many of the audience members assumed I was selling merchandise for all the bands, and they kept coming up to me and asking to buy merchandise for this band. About half way through their set, I walked up on stage (between songs), and asked the band member closest to me what price they were selling their merchandise for. He told me, so I proceeded to set up their merchandise and sell it for them. At this point, I now have merchandise for 4 bands on the table in front of me. Plus I am recording all the bands, and trying to take photos of the bands while they are performing. Normally I don't walk on stage while a band is performing unless one of my microphones have been knocked over. Since I have been recording at this location for a number of years, and all the backstage crew knows me, I did not have any problems with walking on stage and talking with a band member. I do NOT recommend walking on stage while band is performing. I have been at many shows where someone trying that has gotten tossed out of the venue, or even arrested. http://www.therelix.net/3:00pm Relix are another local band. Again, the same basic lineup as AquaSonics (2 guitars-with reverb, 1 bass, 1 drum kit and no singers). Again a very different sound. I asked this band if they wanted me to sell their merchandise for them. They immediately said yes. I do have a history with this band. Just about every time I have recorded them, they have paid for a copy of the recording. They also use 5 songs off one of my recordings on their CD. 4:00pm Surftones are another local band. This time a 5 piece. One of the members switched between guitar and keyboards. This band performed only cover tunes, mostly surf music related. A couple of band members were singing, as they were doing covers of Beach Boys as well as other surf music bands that sang (and a few non-surf music covers). Surftones had no merchandise to sell, and the other bands were picking up their unsold merchandise. So I finally had a chance to relax a little bit and ONLY worry about trying to get a good recording, and get some pictures. My usual procedure when recording bands is to write down the start time of the recording, names of songs where known or placeholders if unknown, and take pictures. If I know the number of songs the band is performing, it is easier to make a CD afterwards. Specially if some tunes are run together. Obviously, when I am concentrating on selling merchandise, I am not able to focus as much on the main reason why I came down here in the first place (recording). When I am taking pictures, I am trying to stay out of the way of other people who are taking pictures, as well as the people with video cameras who are recording the show. As you can see, I was a bit worn out by the end of the day. However, this day was not over for me yet. Before I could even think about my hour plus drive to get home, I still need to stop in at a client in Santa Monica for another couple of hours of work before heading home. Chrome Oxide have tape deck will travel. | | Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 | | 6:46 pm |
Saturday August 2, 2008 - Surf Guitar 101
Surf Guitar 101 Convention (including swap meet, jam sessions and live performances) As usual, I started preparation for this show the day before by putting the batteries in their chargers (tape deck, microphones, camera). Part of the process is to sure to delete all photos still on the camera, and delete any live recordings still in the tape deck. In addition to these normal preparations, I went to the Surf Guitar 101 web site to download the notes of who would be playing with who in the jam sessions as well as what bands would be playing complete sets. These notes were a great help in trying to keep track of who was playing on what song. This event was called the Surf Guitar 101 Convention, because the web site SurfGuitar101.com is the online meeting place for people with with a love for surf music. According to the web site, the swap meet would start at noon. The live performances would start at 2pm. But, before the live music starts, there were a couple of presentations on surf music documentaries. This was the world premier for the "Pounding Surf" DVD, which started out being an instructional DVD on how to play surf drums, and also ending up including another documentary as well on the history of surf music. I did some of the audio recording for the "how to play surf drums" part of this project, so I received a screen credit and a mention in the interior liner notes. The "Sounds Of Surf", another documentary on surf music did a short presentation on what they are doing. They were also there taping some of the band performances and doing some interviews. I have done some audio recording for these folks, as well as doing some additional audio recording for them today. While I was not paid to record the audio for the whole day, I did record the audio for the whole day. I normally ask permission to record bands. However, I have asked for (and received) permission to record most (if not all) the musicians in their bands, I felt that asking each individual who played might have delayed the proceedings, and possibly made them more nervous than they might have already been. People who know me, know that if I am at a live show, I am not far from my audio recording gear. In fact, I like to joke that most of the people at the shows might not recognize me without my recording gear. Since I recently bought a digital camera, I have been taking pictures of all the musicians that I audio record. I arrived at 11:30am and found the swap meet well under way. There were the usual CDs and vinyl sales of surf music and anything related from a number of bands as well as a few record labels. The swap meet was set up both inside the club as well as outside. At 2:00pm when the music started, the sellers closed up their tables to make space for the audience that came to see and play music. There was a very good sized audience for this show. While the large majority of attendees came from California (including San Francisco, Oceanside, San Diego, Los Angeles, ...) a number of folks came from around the country (Colorado, Utah, North Carolina, Indiana, Iowa, ...). Musicians arriving without their bands included Paul Johnson (Duo-Tones, Safaris, ...), Eddie Bertrand (Eddie and the Showmen), Norm Cabrera (Ghastly Ones), Duff Paulsen (Torquays), David Arnson (Insect Surfers), Rick (Tsunami Blue), Jerry Lewis, (Wedge), Danny Snyder (Tomorrow Men), Ivan Pongracic (Maderia), Marty Tippens (Fabulous Planktones), Ferenc Dobronyi (Pollo Del Mar), Dan Looney (Relix), Burnin' Mike Vernon (3 Balls Of Fire), John Blair (Jon and the Nightriders), ... Complete bands included Slacktone, Outer Wave, Eliminators, Surf Kings, Boardwalkers, Aquasonics, Secret Samurai, Dynotones (although they did not perform today). A number of people who are not members of any band, but play at home in their spare time, were able to sign up and play some of their favorite tunes, with some of their favorite musicians. In addition, these jam sessions included musicians from bands playing with musicians from other bands. Although this was scheduled to end at 7:00pm, it ran until 7:30pm. For those who didn't get enough surf music during the Surf Guitar 101 Convention, there was a live show in the evening from 8:00pm until 1:00am. http://www.geocities.com/detonatorsband/8:15pm Detonators, a four piece band, 2 guitars (plenty of reverb), bass and drums. Their regular drummer was unavailable, so man of 1,000 bands and 100 instruments, Marty Tippens was sitting in on drums. Their set was about 1/2 covers and about half original tunes. There was no singing. http://www.pollodelmar.com/9:15pm Pollo Del Mar, a four piece band, 2 guitars (plenty of reverb), bass and drums. One of their guitarists was unavailable for these series of shows, so the guitarist from the Tomorrow Men (as well as Meshuggah Beach Party) was filling in. One of the guitarists from Madeira sat in on one song. The set was mostly originals, with no singing. http://themadeira.net/10:30pm Madeira, a four piece band, 2 guitars (plenty of reverb), bass and drums. Since I had only seen this band once a couple of years ago, I didn't remember if this was their regular lineup or if there had been any personnel changes. The set was mostly originals, with no singing. http://www.insectsurfers.com/11:40pm Insect Surfers, a four piece band, 2 guitars, bass and drums. This band only had 1 regular member playing his regular instrument. The regular bass player was playing guitar, and the on bass and drums, were the bass and drums from the Boardwalkers. And Marty Tippens, man of 1,000 bands and 100 instruments, played drums for about 1/2 of the set. The set was mostly originals, with no singing. Unlike the convention all the bands got to perform their full sets. While the evening show was not quite as lively as the daytime show (I fear that some folks had other plans for the evening, or even worse they started to approach burnout), there was still a reasonable size audience. At least half of the audience at the evening show had managed to catch part of all of the Surf Guitar 101 Convention. Of course I stayed until the end, audio taping everything. Depending on how you look at it, my day started at about 10:30am when I started loading my recording gear into my car, and didn't end until after 2:00am when I got home, and started downloading the almost 8 hours of recordings (and the 100+ photos) onto my computer to make space for the show at the pier in Huntington Beach where I would be recording six bands. Who says you can get too much surf music? :-) Chrome Oxide have tape deck will travel. | | Monday, July 28th, 2008 | | 10:43 pm |
video projects & 2 or multi-channel recording
Saturday August 2, 2008, between noon to 7 pm Surf Guitar 101 Convention Suzy's Bar and Grill 1141 Aviation Blvd. (at Prospect) Hermosa Beach, CA There will be live music, jam sessions, a swap meet of surf music merchandise (CDs, LPs, ...) instruments / gear, ... There will be presentations of 2 surf music documentaries, "Sound Of Surf" and "Pounding Surf". The premier of the "Pounding Surf" documentary will be taking place on this day. In a pre-release trailer for "Pounding Surf", they were using some of my 2 channel audio for their video. I am curious to see if that footage ends up in the final cut, and if I get another screen credit for my work on this project. There will be a trailer for the currently in production "Sound Of Surf" music documentary. I am still waiting for confirmation of whether the "Sound Of Surf" will be shooting additional footage for their documentary. If they will be shooting additional video footage, then I may be doing some additional 16 track audio recording. I have already done some audio recording for this documentary, but haven't seen any footage, so I don't know if they will be using any of my audio or the video they were shooting that day. There is one other music documentary that I did some recording for, but I have not heard any additional details. I have worked on a few music videos doing 2 channel recording. The most recent one was on Saturday July 26. The headlining band at a show sponsored by KROQ FM had me recording audio, and a couple of people shooting video. If everything turns out, then there should be a few music videos from that night uploaded to YouTube in the near future. One of the reasons why people shooting video hire some else (like me) to do the audio, is that the audio onboard on the video cameras doesn't work well recording at concerts. They are either too close to the stage and the audio overloads, or if they are farther back the audio sounds distant and can be overwhelmed by the folks talking in back. | | Saturday, July 19th, 2008 | | 11:21 am |
recording a live album - Dead Lazlo's Place
The Chrome Oxide Music Studio is recording many of Dead Lazlo's Place http://www.myspace.com/deadlazlosplaceupcoming shows for a live CD. Come on down to one of these upcoming shows and maybe your screams will end up on the CD! Saturday, July 19, 2008 starting at 8:00pm Harper's, 19333 Business Center Dr., Northridge, CA with: Dead Lazlo's Place, Murphy's Law, Fozzy's Hero, Disaster*us, Las Round Up Monday, July 21, 2008 starting at 9:00pm The Scene, 806 E. Colorado St., Glendale, CA with: Dead Lazlo's Place, Murphy's Law, Disaster*us, Bad Bones, Snew Sunday, July 27, 2008 starting at 6:00pm 51/50 NightClub, 15455 Valley Blvd., City of Industry, CA with: Dead Lazlo's Place, Disaster*us, Fozzy's Hero, Son Of The Soil, GFI For those unfamiliar (and interested) with my recording studio, here is a brief description of how I work. I use a 2 channel digital deck (Fostex FR-2), with a couple of omni-directional electrect condenser microphones (Audio Technicia AT-801) which I place on stage. By placing microphones on stage, I am bypassing the mixing board / P.A. / ... This close to the stage, the drums are usually as loud as the amplified instruments. If I am working with an instro band (no vocals) then I just try to place the microphones on or in front of the stage, at each end, while keeping out of the way of the band. It gets a little more complicated if the band has a singer. In this case, I can't place the microphones at each end of the stage or I wouldn't be able to capture the vocals. Therefore, I place my microphones within a foot or two of the stage monitors, which usually places the microphones closer to the center of the stage. In either case, I end up with a stereo recording, which I burn onto CD. The difference is that with instro bands, I can get a wider stereo separation. ADVANTAGES: I can usually be done setting up before the band is finished setting up. Two microphones require very little stage space, so I can record in clubs with very little stage space. The Fostex FR-2 (and battery pack) take up very little space, so I can set up almost any place without being in the way of the band or the audience. I charge so little, that you can afford to have me record a few of yours shows. :-) DISADVANTAGES: Usually I am recording under circumstances where a sound check is not possible. This means that if there was a problem, I won't be aware of it until I listen back to the recording. So you may need to have me record more than one show. If you need to boost the level of a particular instrument or vocal, that is not possible. Some of my recordings that have ended up on commercial releases can be seen here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/public.htmSome of the bands that have had me record them can be seen here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/private.htmSome of my recordings have ended up on the internet, and links can be found here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/mp3.htm | | Monday, August 6th, 2007 | | 12:34 am |
and now for something completely different?
Hi all I haven't been posting much to this journal. What can you say about going out and recording bands? I continue to record bands. Lots of bands. During the summer I am usually going to at least 2 to 3 shows per week. This year is turning out nicely, as 2 to 3 bands per week are paying for their recordings. Could that mean that there will be more live CDs with my name on them? I got sick last year in July of 2006. Evidently I was pushing myself way too much. And it took months until I was feeling better. Even so, I was still out recording bands. Something had to give, so I stopped doing my internet radio show. At some point I plan on doing more shows, as I am still out recording bands on a very regular basis. All the old shows are still online as podcasts, and are still in regular rotation. Today, August 5, 2007, I was out recording bands on the Huntington Beach Pier. A few interesting things happened. A photographer who takes photos of most of the surf bands, and has gotten his photos onto web sites and band CDs was busy showing photos taken of himself playing guitar. Someone had taken digital photos, and e-mail them to him. In case you haven't figured it out yet, that someone was me. :-) I was very pleasantly surprised that a professional photographer, had printed up some of the photos I had taken and was showing them around. I vaguely remember that at least a couple of other folks were at that show taking pictures of him. So I may have been the next best photographer out there that day. Of the 6 bands playing at the pier today, 2 had live CDs that I had recorded. Both of which were released last year. While I normally record bands, and charge bands if they want a copy, I decided to do something for the bands for free. I decided to offer to sell the band merchandise for them while they were playing. 4 of the 6 bands accepted my offer. One band sold out all the CDs they brought with them. Another had only 2 CDs left. All sold between 10 to 30 CDs. The bands with t-shirts also sold 10 to 20 t-shirts. All 4 bands were amazed at how much merchandise I sold for them. A lady I didn't remember meeting before today, who was friends with a couple of bands also assisted with selling CDs. Thank you Yolanda [sp]. As far as future projects go, I will continue recording bands. I am waiting for details, but a surf music documentary I accidentally worked on a couple of years ago is supposed to be finished in late September. I was asked to help them record some additional audio material this week. I will post more details when I know them. I recently started borrowing a video camera to take to shows. One of the bands may be using parts of my video on a show on the Discovery channel. I will post more details when I know them. Another friend has asked me to help him to do some multi-channel recording. So, I ended up recording a blues band at a blues club in Sherman Oaks. This may get turned into a live album. I will post more details when I know them. Chrome Oxide Current Mood: accomplished | | Monday, April 24th, 2006 | | 8:32 am |
Chrome Oxide Hour
As of February 2006 I started doing a surf / instrumental internet radio show for Octane Radio. If you have an instrumental tune that you would like me to play on my show, please contact me here, or at my web site at: http://www.chromeoxide.com/radio/. When I am not broadcasting my live recordings, I will try to give priority to new recordings, demo recordings, and your own live recordings. If you don't currently have recordings of your band, and you are in the Los Angeles area, I am available to record your band.
In an effort to be timely, I will be broadcasting live performances that I am recording the week after they happen. Because I live in Los Angeles, I expect to have access to live music for most of the summer. The regularly scheduled shows that I am currently aware of include: From April 2, 2006 through October 1, 2006 The Huntington Beach International Surf Museum has started their 10th annual series of live shows of surf music. If you want to perform there, you can contact the Surf Museum at http://www.surfingmuseum.org/. Starting May 3, 2006, and running until August 23, 2006, Mach Turtle Productions is booking shows every Wednesday at the Baja Cantina in Marina Del Rey. If you want to perform there, contact Mach Turtle Productions at http://www.machturtleprods.com/. Of course, if you do contact them, please let them know you found out about them from me. Chrome Oxide
http://www.chromeoxide.com/ The Chrome Oxide Hour will be broadcast here: http://www.live365.com/stations/octane_radio?site=pro&playThe Chrome Oxide Hour has podcasts of some of the shows here: http://octaneradio.podomatic.com/The Chrome Oxide Hour schedule can be seen here: http://www.live365.com/stations/octane_radio/schedule/?site=proThe Chrome Oxide Hour playlists (current and prior) can be read here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/radio/ | | Monday, April 10th, 2006 | | 11:57 pm |
| | Saturday, April 8th, 2006 | | 10:30 am |
Chrome Oxide Hour - internet radio show goes LIVE!
I just finished putting together show # 8. This show is my recordings of 3 bands from April 2, 2006 at 2 different venues. It was very difficult choosing what songs NOT to use, as I only have an hour for the show, and I had close to 3 hours of music recorded. For those that missed it, show # 7 was my international show. Featuring bands from Japan, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Canada, ... As always: The Chrome Oxide Hour will be broadcast here: http://www.live365.com/stations/octane_radio?site=pro&playThe Chrome Oxide Hour playlist is here: http://www.chromeoxide.com/radio/ |
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