Jam – 2013-12-19 – Carroll’s

19 Dec 2013 Leave a comment

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ds131219This week in the holiday season, Rich was the odd man out as he couldn’t make the jam. For some reason the beginning of the night ended up having a Go To Heaven Feel to it. The Getaway was a traditional opener, but the Sailor Saint follow-up seemed early, but it paid dividends as it was good. We had the solid tempo and we executed it well.

We dipped into a little traditional first set material then did a bit of Dylan. Lee like the Blood on the Tracks feel to the middle of the night. For some reason we did a Deadstein first with the Meet Me in the Morning. Since we don’t have any idea about what to do with that song and we just winged it, the song ended up being a lot of fun. Not a lot of beef and not a lot of quantity but it was some fun stuff and the capabilities of the multi-track recording always enable the music to shine the best that it can. Freak Out.

The audio files are provided in the following folder:
http://deadstein.com/audio/12-19-13

Jam – 2013-12-12 – Carroll’s

12 Dec 2013 Leave a comment

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ds131212This week in Deadstein found us playing as a rare quartet with us missing Alan and Scott. It was a tough night to get going and nothing seemed to flow too well. It all started with terrible traffic for me getting into the city. This meant I wasn’t in the studio until almost 8pm. With my close to an hour setup time to do my multi-track recording, it meant that it was going to be an abbreviated night. In some respects, the night was figuratively unlimited as none of us were scheduled to work in the morning. That must have been a Deadstein first. On the other hand, the unlimited was literally not and we had to start all over for the first time since developing the theory.

For as much trouble as it felt to play the music at times, the recordings sound pretty good until we get to the end of the night and begin to play outside of our true element. As much as we wanted to play unlimited, the reality of reality shined its ugly countenance upon us and we cried uncle after only playing a mop-top past a baker’s dozen.

Since we weren’t recording a second drummer or a second guitar, I used the extra microphones on Lee’s kit and Rich’s piano. I really like what it did to the piano having an SM57 underneath the piano mixed in with the PZM. The piano on the week’s tape sounds as realistic and “rich” as ever, pardon the pun, but it really was. Freak Out.

The audio files are provided in the following folder:
http://deadstein.com/audio/12-12-13

Jam – 2013-12-04 – Carroll’s

04 Dec 2013 Leave a comment

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ds131204Enjoying the 7th night of Hanukkah, Deadstein had a pretty good night of music, for the typical first half of the evening. The recordings have a very weird texture to them as I added live Grateful Dead audience to the background of the music and adjusted the audience’s exuberance as would be expected if it was the Grateful Dead playing as opposed to Deadstein. In any case, it is an exciting sound for all of us to dream about.

By the end of the night, to keep thing interesting Kevin and I decided to switch instruments and we headed into a long Dark Star / Other One type of jam. I was a real challenge to me, but it presented new opportunities for the both of us at a time of the night where we needed them. To close, our rendition of Cry Baby Cry was pretty whirly. Freak Out.

The audio files are provided in the following folder:
http://deadstein.com/audio/12-04-13

Jam – 2013-11-25 – Carroll’s

25 Nov 2013 Leave a comment

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ds131125Deadstein jamming on the Monday night during the week of Thanksgiving, as well as the beginning of Hanukkah, meant it would be difficult to get a whole band in, yet alone even a jam. Fortunately for us, we were able to select Monday as the night for the jam. This meant no Rich and no Donna, but somehow the 5 of us made the best of the opportunity. I think the first set had real power and strength for the 8 songs that it was.

The first set started off as a tribute to some of the songs of the 10-17-83 Lake Placid show with the Sugaree, Rooster opener. The rest of the first set flowed with some beefy elements and ended with a T-Bone Let- It Grow.

For the second set we let up on the protein just a bit as we started with a few small plates to begin. We got back into the entrees with the Playing, Black Peter Watchtower combo, but we ended the night with some small tokens of appreciation with the Box of Rain and Bright Side of the Road. This week featured the multi-track recording of the night’s music like most of the recent jams. With out Rich’s acoustically amplified piano in the mix, there was a lot more open space to either use or be exposed in, depending upon your perspective. A lot of exposure and no where to hide, so it’s time to Freak Out!

The audio files are provided in the following folder:
http://deadstein.com/audio/11-25-13

Jam – 2013-11-13 – Carroll’s

13 Nov 2013 Leave a comment

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ds131113For the second week in a row, a surprise former Deadstein lead guitar player, came into Studio B to join the band of freak. Last week it was Larry Brent, and this week we were fortunate to be accompanied by Andy Trister. He missed the first two songs, but was a major presence in our music through halfway through the second set. That was good to see, because Andy usually bolts after set 1 and his talents were definitely appreciated during the Eyes, Estimated He’s Gone that he stuck around for during the second set. In a weak attempt to keep Andy playing, Rich rushed into a Hard to Handle out of the He’s Gone, but it wasn’t enough to entice Andy to stay. As a matter of fact, I assume that encouraged him to leave quicker than he would have otherwise. When Andy pulls off a successful He’s Gone, then He’s really gone for good and nothing’s gonna bring him back> He’s gone was a good launching point for Andy as it was really good. I really liked the sound and feel of the He’s Gone as it was nice and relaxed, much like the Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie for the first set.

I was lucky enough to have an extra microphone and channel in order to capture Andy’s music and the recording are really enjoyable to listen to. Andy was really instrumental in getting us through a Hell In a Bucket which we really need him to provide those great melodic runs for. I am glad we decided to perform that one while he was there as I know I cannot carry the lead obligations on that rocker. The Mexicali was probably the weak point of the Trister songs, due to no fault of his. Too bad, because the song started well, but by the 2nd lead, it was in free-fall and not much fun to participate in. The Music Never Stopped to close the first set was a nice way to cap such a good set.

The end of the night tailed off as they usually do, leaving us to flounder playing a couple of Beatles songs, that we have no right to play, to close the night. In any case it is still a fun endeavor to try and when you fail, there is not reason to freak out, The only real time to freak out is at the end of a posting, so this Freak is out.

The audio files are provided in the following folder:
http://deadstein.com/audio/11-13-13

Jam – 2013-11-06 – Carroll’s

06 Nov 2013 1 Comment

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ds131106On this night, Deadstein’s freaky circus materialized once again and featured a variety of offering, not usually available at Deadstein in the 21st century. The prime offering I speak of is the presence of Larry Brent, who came in with a newly setup Stratocaster and he put it to good use. Larry was there for the whole jam, singing many songs and playing lead guitar for most of the night. This left Alan and I to split to rhythm parts so with that stated, I decided to split us up on the recording the places us as far away from each other as I could. This put me on the far left with Alan on the far right. Now that I write it, I guess I should have been on the far right with Alan on the far left.

Besides Larry, we did have a few wandering guests in addition to our friend Michael who was there to enjoy us for the second half of the night. We have had bigger circuses in the past with more people, but I don’t think we ever had one with such a heavy concentration of circus activity. It was awe-inspiring and required tremendous concentration just to play while the circus was in town.

Speaking of playing, I did multi-track record this evening, with two full drum set as well as Larry’s voice and guitar. Donna was absent from the festivities. The recording sounds good and everything almost seemed to work. I had a couple of channels go out during the Box of Rain, but that was about it. For some reason, the closer of the night, Rhapsody in Red was not successfully captured as my data files for that song seemed corrupt. Nevertheless, it was the last song of the night, and Deadstein was definitely a cooked piece of toast by that point in the evening. Therefore, no real reason to freak out, so at this point I am providing a final Freak Out!

The audio files are provided in the following folder:
http://deadstein.com/audio/11-06-13

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