Acoustic guitar/recording Gearfest (Auckland)

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Would you attend an acoustic recording experimentation workshop?

Only if it's out West. I need plenty of room to park my Holden.
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7%
Only if it's Central. I need my decaf trim soy latté.
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7%
Only if it's on the North Shore. I need my afternoon pinot.
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Don't mind, I'm keen regardless of where it is.
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36%
No amps? But how will we make ourselves heard over the top of everyone else who is trying to play at the same time, in unrelated (and clashing) keys?
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43%
I definitely won't be attending.
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7%
 
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Post by Jay »

Hey chaps,

There are other people who would like to hire the hall so we need to decide:
- location
- duration
- who will be going
- upfront payments

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My vote would be backbeat, if we confirm numbers it would be free I would think. It's also central, with parking building around the corner. Matt?

However I'm not organizing, so....
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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I need to figure out what form it would take first as if it's a free-for-all, it'll just turn into a mess.

I'd like to put it on the shelf for the moment and maybe look to do it when things have settled down a little (the next month has already become a clusterf*ck).

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have it in the tron, that place has something about it :P
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Sounds good :)

As long as it's not in fecking Hamilton it should be good....
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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I've added a poll for venue research porpoises.
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I live out east, so I'm going to have to choose the last option....
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Hey, random option...

We could use our church building if you like. Glen Innes. Wouldn't cost anything and there's a variety of spaces.

A couple of big rooms - one with (pews and) carpet and curtains etc - and one all conrete and gym like. Really big spaces though.

There are rooms upstairs but not sure whether there would be any advantage recording up there.

Proper coffee machine but I dont know how to drive it (manual all the way)...

no booze on site is (might be?) the only disclaimer. Insurance thing.

There's a few cafes/coffee places (Nosh, Columbus etc) not far away for lunch, a newish Lion-owned bar in Stonefields for later - and everywhere further afield of course. Ellerslie, Sylvia Park, Mt Wellington all pretty close.

A thought, anyway.
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KentNZ wrote:Hey, random option...

We could use our church building if you like. Glen Innes. Wouldn't cost anything and there's a variety of spaces.

A couple of big rooms - one with (pews and) carpet and curtains etc - and one all conrete and gym like. Really big spaces though.

There are rooms upstairs but not sure whether there would be any advantage recording up there.

Proper coffee machine but I dont know how to drive it (manual all the way)...

no booze on site is (might be?) the only disclaimer. Insurance thing.

There's a few cafes/coffee places (Nosh, Columbus etc) not far away for lunch, a newish Lion-owned bar in Stonefields for later - and everywhere further afield of course. Ellerslie, Sylvia Park, Mt Wellington all pretty close.

A thought, anyway.
Thanks Kent, that's a good thought.

The thing I'd like to achieve is to have an opportunity to try to demonstrate the mic techniques that I favour as well as what you can do with a really basic setup, and to experiment with some new ones. If we keep it really simple, we'll be able to see the differences that mic selection and placement can make as well as the difference that instrument selection can make.

So, that being said, the way I suggest we try to do it is we have a bit of a show and tell about the different guitars that are present, then a chance to wander around and check them out/play them, followed by a recording session. The recording session would be something like one person playing something for everyone and us positioning mics in different positions to compare them, and then a playback to hear how the recordings sound. Then on to the next person/guitar combo, and finally maybe a jam with three or four instruments and recording all of them. I can supply mics and enough recording gear to run that.

What would be extra cool would be if I can get a few volunteers to be the players and maybe even agreeing on a song to jam on to finish up.

How does that sound? Thoughts? Feedback? Too formal/boring?

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Sounds less a fest and more a workshop. Why not do something a bit more structured like that? I reckon it would bring a fair few interested people out of the woodwork if they know they're going to get something from it other than a cacophonous headache. ;)

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If it's a day I can come (Saturdays tend to be problematic) I'd be happy to bring along my Bose L1 system to run acoustic/electrics through.
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Capt. Black wrote:Sounds less a fest and more a workshop. Why not do something a bit more structured like that? I reckon it would bring a fair few interested people out of the woodwork if they know they're going to get something from it other than a cacophonous headache. ;)
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Want to get in on the action, big boy?

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benderissimo wrote:
Capt. Black wrote:Sounds less a fest and more a workshop. Why not do something a bit more structured like that? I reckon it would bring a fair few interested people out of the woodwork if they know they're going to get something from it other than a cacophonous headache. ;)
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Want to get in on the action, big boy?

I'm not very good with them "empty" guitars. But if it were something like that, I'd be there with bells on.

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Capt. Black wrote:
benderissimo wrote:
Capt. Black wrote:Sounds less a fest and more a workshop. Why not do something a bit more structured like that? I reckon it would bring a fair few interested people out of the woodwork if they know they're going to get something from it other than a cacophonous headache. ;)
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Want to get in on the action, big boy?

I'm not very good with them "empty" guitars. But if it were something like that, I'd be there with bells on.
Yeah, a recording workshop was the main point.

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Then I'll be there with bells on!

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