JonDick
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Excellent Stop Motion film taken at the Ryman Auditorium...great photography and audio!
Enjoy
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Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but I was not the least bit impressed with the first night of this festival.
First off...the Hunter Auditorium is quoted as being a "10,000-square-foot black box theater with a clear-span 30-foot ceiling, which can accommodate up to 850 seats."
Sure struck me as being WAY to small. Did they only expect 850 people for tonight? Pronto and The Books set were both uncomfortably crowded.
Secondly...this venue isn't really conducive to being a non-camping festival. This is a festival put on by wealthy white people for wealthy white people who want to peruse an art gallery between sets then go back to their hotel rooms.
A small investment in some proper signage would have been helpful inside of and outside of the venue.
I will say that the staff is very well trained at spitting out the company line regarding "This is the first time holding a festival at this venue and we apologize for any inconvenience." One of them was nice enough to tell me Wilco was going to play there in the fall. I hope not.
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I have an extra ticket somewhere in section 6 for tomorrow. Anyone interested? email me - jondick23@comcast.net
Roadcase Series
in Just A Fan
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I just got my hands on the San Francisco and Redmond shows and I have to pipe in and say that the negativity about these recordings is unwarranted. I have no problems with a little added crowd noise and ambience from the room they were playing.
If anything the bar has been set too high by previous Roadcase releases and everyone has become a bit spoiled and their expectations are set unreasonably high. Regardless of how you feel, one should always keep in mind how nice it is to be able to purchase shows of such quality at a incredibly reasonable prices. Not to mention the convenience. It sure beats having to lug around your own recording rig to the show, putting in the work and then having to read everyone's online critique about the quality of your recording.