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Happy Fourth of July (Independance Day)

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Well, I've been remiss in not getting a podcast out sooner, but finally got one done today.

It's the Ghost Riders at the Sprotsman's Tavern from a couple weeks back. The recording turned out really good and I hope everyone enjoys it. It's the first country music I've featured and I won't pretend to be a Country Music expert, but I know what I like, and I like these guys music.

This is the first podcast I've put up that really shows off the new recording gear I'm using. I recorded four tracks and had a ball being able to play around a bit with tweaking each track.

I did a recording of Peter Case (also at the Sportsmans) the same way, but unfortunately, haven't got approval to publish it yet. (He asked to be able to review the recording first.)

The Sweatin' Like Nixon podcast also used the new recorder, but I only had two tracks to work with. (Two mics.)

But anyway, I have the podcast all done. The file is uploaded to the host. (Libsyn) and I'm in the middle of editing the blog entry at the wnypodcast site and apparently, I've broken the Internet. All of a sudden, everything is going either very slowly, or not at all between here and the server.

Other sites are working, - hence this post - but I'm sitting here inches from the finish line to posting the podcast :-)

Some previews of what's in the works for the Buffalo Live! Music Podcast:

Thought - a really talented group of musicians based in NYC, but all from this area. They played at the Rhubarb Picnic I caught Sweatin' Like Nixon at and I want to feature them soon. I do need an interview, but we're going to attempt a telephone interview soon. A BLMP fisrt!

Toy Box Heroes - I don't remember where I first heard of them, but had been checking their music out on MySpace before I met them at the Music Is Art festival. They invited me to do a podcast of their CD Release party at Club Infinity. They're energetgic (understatement) stage act with a hard-driving rock sound. I expect these guys to go far!

Gravity Thieves - I met this band at the Memorial Day picnic that Scott of
All WNY Radio put on. They played a great set and have allowed me to put it in a podcast.

John & Mary with The Valkyries - Another show at the Sportsman's. They played there as a rehearsal for their show at the Great Blue Heron Festival and I finally got to do a podcast and interview with them. I've been a fan of theirs for years. AS you may know John was a founding member of the 10,000 Maniacs and both he and Mary joined the band after Natalie Merchant left. They later went back out on their own and have decided that sometimes it would be nice to have a band to play with on some shows. The Valkyries is the answer to that. They're already in their (at least) second iteration. (I know Geno McManus worked with them previously.) Every member in the band is a established local musician, so you can even call it an all-star group. This will make a really neat podcast.

Well, it looks like the logjam to the main site has cleared, so I'd better get the podcast done!

Peter Case at the Sportsmans Tavern - May 27, 2006

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I went to the Sportsmans again, this time to record for a podcast featuring Peter Case. He was playing there with Mark Winsick, Jim Whitford, and Rob Lynch backing him.

Peter is a former Buffalo-area resident who left the area and found fame as a songwriter and leader of the punk band The Plimsouls. After they left the scene, he has been playing as a solo act as well as collaborating with many other respected artists.

His songs have been covered by so many people it would be impossible to list them all here. A charity organization, Hungry For Music, which raises money to support music in education, much as Bufalo's Music Is Art group does, has put out a tribute CD - three CDs in fact - of other artists covering his songs. His tour through Buffalo was to support this CD. The CD is called A Case for Case, and has 48 songs, every one of them a great track.

I've been talking with Mark Winsick about doing a podcast for some time. We've been waiting for the right time to do it - a date where he can do at least a set of his original material, but haven't done it yet. I hope we still will. I think Mark and his band, Jim Whitford and Rob Lynch, is one of the best blues bands you will see anywhere. They are each exceptional musicians, but when they play together, they just click. It's easy to see why they play together. They would have been the perfect band to back up Case, even if Mark and Jim weren't long-time friends.

I recorded the show. It was the first show I used my new Fostex MR8-HD recorder on and I put up three mikes and a direct feed out of the sound system and it came out great. It is so cool being able to play around with the four tracks after the fact and tweak things just so.

Peter felt he didn't have the best night and asked me to let him preview the recordings before I use them for a podcast. I'm a bit dissappointed in that, but I hope when I get back with him and let him hear the show, he'll approve it. I thought it sounded great and - as I always say - the podcast isn't a studio recording, it's supposed to have the feel of a live show, crowd noise and all, so perfection isn't necessary.

In any case - no pun intended - I had a great night enjoying a legend perform in an intimate venue and got some great recordings out of it. I'm happy, but I'll be happier when I can share it in a podcast.

What a night II

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I got a message from Dave Moore of Jackdaw saying they wanted to get a copy of the recording I made at the Swannie House for a CD project. They needed them soon, so we arranged to meet at Sessions Studio. I went to drop it off.

I got to hang out and watch them work on their new CD. It was pretty interesting. I was mostly impressed at how much attention went into detail. They were working on the vocal track to a song - just the choruses - and spent more than an hour doing it over and over. Painstaking work!

So, I went next door to The Sportsman's to see what was going on. I found a seat at the bar and ordered a beer. I turned and Dee Adams was next to me. I got talking to her and a few other people and before I knew it it was time for the band to play. The Sportmen, which is sort of the house band, was playing, but they had a substitute that night - Mark Winsick. So I was treated to a performance by Mark Winsick, Duane Hall and John Culliton Mahoney. Buffalo legends all.

Before long, we were enjoying the music. I saw Geoff Fitzhugh Perry of Babik, who I had worked with just a few days earlier too. Small world and The Sportsman's seems to be the center of it.
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