Dare to dream
So I've found that I have another trait of my father...the gift of technological foresight.
I have been thinking for a few years now that computer tech is so cheap, that you could record a concert or other event, produce it on the fly,burn it and have it available for them as the leave the show or at least when joe concertgoer wakes up at 2 pm the next day (like I sometimes have done). Well, my trip to Wakarusa 2009 illustrated that very point. I talked with one guy who got the show on DVD about an hour after the fact. Talk about instant gratification. The only thing that I am waiting for is to see the production values of the DVD movies. I ordered two shows and two downloads. One was Split Lip Rayfield playing at the main stage and Yonder Mountain String Band in the Revival tent (wow). The sound is ok. For the price I paid, I was half expecting soundboard recordings, not good old taping. One can always hope a more produced version is available. It just blows me away that if someone had a decent amount of capital, you could follow these festivals around and make some bank off of the zonked out 21st century counter-culture concert crawler. I'm just sayin'...
In more Waka related news, the Wakarusa 2009 Buckethead video set is slowly taking shape. I have found that I'm able to clean up some of the distortion involved with such massive subwoofers and such little microphones. I was using a Flip Video HD which gives about two hours of high def recording. I got probably 95% of the concert. I am missing the first few notes of Jordan, but other than that, it's pretty solid footage. The problem was the VIP section was right next to the left subwoofer (which I might add was the size of a small building). All in all, the footage is neat. It's repleate with lens flares, massive bass, and just enough 'shake' to make vulnerable motion sickness victims run for the toilet. I hope to get it ready by next week.
Waka 2010 is so far away...
So what have we learned today...it's good to have gadgets to augment our memory.
So until next time..."Pog Mahone!"
I have been thinking for a few years now that computer tech is so cheap, that you could record a concert or other event, produce it on the fly,burn it and have it available for them as the leave the show or at least when joe concertgoer wakes up at 2 pm the next day (like I sometimes have done). Well, my trip to Wakarusa 2009 illustrated that very point. I talked with one guy who got the show on DVD about an hour after the fact. Talk about instant gratification. The only thing that I am waiting for is to see the production values of the DVD movies. I ordered two shows and two downloads. One was Split Lip Rayfield playing at the main stage and Yonder Mountain String Band in the Revival tent (wow). The sound is ok. For the price I paid, I was half expecting soundboard recordings, not good old taping. One can always hope a more produced version is available. It just blows me away that if someone had a decent amount of capital, you could follow these festivals around and make some bank off of the zonked out 21st century counter-culture concert crawler. I'm just sayin'...
In more Waka related news, the Wakarusa 2009 Buckethead video set is slowly taking shape. I have found that I'm able to clean up some of the distortion involved with such massive subwoofers and such little microphones. I was using a Flip Video HD which gives about two hours of high def recording. I got probably 95% of the concert. I am missing the first few notes of Jordan, but other than that, it's pretty solid footage. The problem was the VIP section was right next to the left subwoofer (which I might add was the size of a small building). All in all, the footage is neat. It's repleate with lens flares, massive bass, and just enough 'shake' to make vulnerable motion sickness victims run for the toilet. I hope to get it ready by next week.
Waka 2010 is so far away...
So what have we learned today...it's good to have gadgets to augment our memory.
So until next time..."Pog Mahone!"