Good show last night at the Bottom of the Hill, here in San Francisco. Loud, very loud. Sound-check sounded lame, but the bands seemed happy with the stage sound. Not a great room to sound-check empty with its tile floor, but once the place filled up things were much more tolerable. The new EAW rig that replaced the Community rig is definitely an improvement. Though it’s one of those rooms with tons of low end at the FOH position in the rear of the room, and nothing on the floor. The Alien and Heath console there is also starting to show it’s age, and the faders for 2K through 8K on the house left EQ are mysteriously missing. But Kirk, the house engineer was a great help and good luck to him as he leaves for a tour. The Get-Go opened up with a short but sweet set, Trainwreck followed, and last but not least eX-Girl hit the stage and put on a tight exciting show. It was interesting mixing a band that didn’t have a kick drum. The kit consisted of a snare, a floor tom, a high hat, and three cymbals. Fuzuki the drummer uses the floor as a “kick”. Kirk put an Audix D-4 on the top head of the tom, and a Beta 52 on the bottom head through a gate. Worked out fairly well. I recorded the Get-Go’s set on to my Powerbook with Coaster, records aiff files at various bit and sample rates, very simple interface, and phase reverse on left or right. I like its simplicity while it still has all the essential features you need to record, and being the freeware that it is, well, right on.
Good luck to eX-Girl as they travel on to the Troubadour in LA, and then to Texas for a show at Club Clearview, and finally onto Austin for SxSW.
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