Will_S

I like the site the way it is, however I am with Allisa in that it would be cool to have all shows played/scheduled listed on the setlist page, even if there is no actual setlist available.

It might also be nice to have a setlists forum, where people can post partial/tentative setlists for new shows, and suggest corrections to existing setlists, so that there can be a sort of peer review/collaborative effort on determining the setlist for a show before it goes up. This way the setlists are more likely to be 100% accurate, but there’s less work for you in terms of having to deal with emailed corrections from one person at a time to setlists you’ve already posted.

And yet, when I asked Palace of Fine Arts staff, the event promoter told me no taping on the solo tour. Oh well, it will be kind of fun watching a show without worrying about running my rig.

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FWIW…About a week ago I emailed Melissa at Bruce’s office, asking about the taping policy for the upcoming solo shows in January and February, and explicitly mentioning knowing people who had been shut down in October and November. Her response, just in today:

Hi, Will. As long as the venue allows it, you may tape. However, there are no board patches.

Thanks,
Melissa

Thanks phishy12!

That’s a nice compact rig. Any hassles getting it through the door or set up?

Simple solution, really.

1. Buy hundreds (or better yet, thousands) of dollars worth of equipment.
2. Learn how to use it.
2a. In the dark. Avoiding dection by the ushers if needed.
3. Buy some prime tickets. Be sure to choose your seats on the basis of sound, not the view.
3a. Also factor in things like how likely are you to have chatty neighbors, will people be walking back and forth in front of you, will you be near a wastebin, etc…basically think about the hundreds of things going on at a show that could affect your recording.
3b. Are you going with a friend or significant other? Make sure they are happy to sit dead silent and have no interaction with you for the duration of the show.
4. Given your seat location, figure out the best microphone type and configuration to use. You did choose the correct microphone type in step 1, didn’t you?
5. Depending on venue rules and other restrictions, bring in your gear undetected.
6. Set up, again possibly needing to do so undetected. Also be sure you won’t infringe on the enjoyment of your neighbors.
7. Hmm, looks like Bruce decided to play one straight set with no break. You did chose to record to a medium with enough storage space and/or can swap tapes/discs in the dark at just the right time to not miss any music or entertaining banter, right?
7a. And you checked and will have adequate battery life, right? Although you may start sweating bullets when he launches into that second encore.
8. OK, show’s over, you’re almost home free. Once you’ve dealt with the swarm of people who spotted your mic stand and want to know when the show will be on etree or what your address is so they can send you blanks and postage, or set up a trade for their one 5th generation casette recording of an unidentified 1993 show they know you really really have to get.
9. Now it’s time to transfer the show to your hard drive, track it out, and make other edits as appropriate.
10. Now that you’ve made your FLACs, you have decompressed them and listened very carefully to every second of each track to spot any potential glitches, right?
11. Excellent. Now all that’s left to do is seed your recording. You can leave your computer on 24/7, right? And you don’t mind having most of your bandwidth sucked up for several days, right? Don’t even think of trying to download another torrent in the meantime or your seed will crawl along.

Hmmm, maybe not so simple, but it beats just sitting around being annoyed.

Edit to add: Unless/until the recent changes in taping policy are clarified, I would NOT recommend that anyone torrent or publicly distribute a recording made without explicit permission from Bruce. But the obvious solution to a lack of recordings is to make your own, and distribute if/when appropriate.

Actually, no.

It explicitly says to contact the venue in advance. And if they say no, the no stands.

Aside from which, an artist is free to change their policy without updating the website promplty. Inconvenient for the taper, but we don’t control things.

Sorry guys, I don’t have Sirius, but hopefully somebody does and will post it.

Sorry, but this is simply not true. Outdoor venues are far less likely to have problems with standing waves, and the resulting uneven bass response with some parts of the venue getting way too much bass and others getting far too little at certain frequencies.

What is a “true fan”? Who gets to decide on the definition?

At this and some other venues, perhaps. I know that the Mountain Winery in Saratoga and Koncti Har bor in Kelseyville have specifically accomodated his request for not having an opening act, in order to play longer. This seems to confuse the crowd at the Mountain Winery, who consistently show up late. 🙄

Perhaps Bruce should avoid booking shows at unacommodating venues in the future.

Hmmm, yes and no. The music is the main thing for me, but we ARE paying customers. If for whatever reason someone doesn’t think a concert experience was worth the price, they have every righ not to go back. I’d go see Bruce anywhere within my travel range but for an artist I’m on the fence about paying to see, I won’t go see them at a venue I don’t like the sound of.