So here is my personal view of the music played at this months 309 gig;
Wisecrack;
Wisecrack was just one guy for today however he pulled of the gig remarkable well, playing an electric guitar in an acoustic way with sharp witty understandable lyrics Wisecrack was a surprising highlight of the night. Not only was he musically sharp, he entertained the crowd with comedy and friendly chatter throughout his and the other sets.
Drones
Unfortunately Drones weren't really my thing however it has to be said they played well together and had a consistent style which is clearly strongly influenced by punk bands such as black flag. although they were informative with song origins in their banter it they didn't succeed in engaging the audience in the same way Jake and Wisecrack did.
Jake and the Jellyfish
Jake and the Jellyfish were brilliant as was expected, I have seen them before and have heard various recodings. It was nice to hear the sound of a live band backing Jake as he was supported by his "Leeds Jellyfish". In the same vein as Wisecrack, Jake kept the audience entertained and smiling between songs and got the crowd singing ironically in the Chemic tavern along to Same Old Same Old.
Overall the whole gig was enjoyable, the music was good, the drinks were flowing and there was a friendly atmosphere among the crowd and bands.
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Battlestar Galactica
I have been slacking with my reviews of my recently consumed media so I shall be posting lots of reviews over the next few weeks... hopefully!
So to kick us off a TV series I recently bought and watched, the recent reboot of the Battlestar Galactica tv program. As a science fiction fan this was exactly what I was looking for, a good serial program that has a unique story, questions beliefs and creates an interesting historical world for the audience (me) to get feverishly lost within.
I watched all of the episodes over a month or so and really enjoyed the arcs throughout all of the series and think it filled the space left by programs such as Stargate, Dollhouse, Firefly, Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles as well as many other countless and unfortunately cancelled or naturally ended series. I felt it had an appealing cinematic feeling that was well complimented by Bear McReary's score. It was largely well acted and had an interesting if not obvious subtext of racial harmony. I felt the development in the series is what makes it unique and is the most interesting thing about the whole thing. Once one goal or equilibrium has been set it is explored to a satisfying extent before the audience can get bored the few things that seem obvious are blown away by a double episode. Then a new equilibrium is set ready for exploitation and shattering.
I really enjoyed the whole series and think that the cinematic serial is in many ways the way forward for television. I look forward to Caprica the spin off series and am somewhat hopeful it will amuse me for a week or so.
So to kick us off a TV series I recently bought and watched, the recent reboot of the Battlestar Galactica tv program. As a science fiction fan this was exactly what I was looking for, a good serial program that has a unique story, questions beliefs and creates an interesting historical world for the audience (me) to get feverishly lost within.
I watched all of the episodes over a month or so and really enjoyed the arcs throughout all of the series and think it filled the space left by programs such as Stargate, Dollhouse, Firefly, Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles as well as many other countless and unfortunately cancelled or naturally ended series. I felt it had an appealing cinematic feeling that was well complimented by Bear McReary's score. It was largely well acted and had an interesting if not obvious subtext of racial harmony. I felt the development in the series is what makes it unique and is the most interesting thing about the whole thing. Once one goal or equilibrium has been set it is explored to a satisfying extent before the audience can get bored the few things that seem obvious are blown away by a double episode. Then a new equilibrium is set ready for exploitation and shattering.
I really enjoyed the whole series and think that the cinematic serial is in many ways the way forward for television. I look forward to Caprica the spin off series and am somewhat hopeful it will amuse me for a week or so.
309 Gig 9/12/2011 Wisecrack, Drones and Jake and the Jellyfish
So as extra curricular activity goes it has been an interesting weekend. I went down to Leeds where my brother James Weaver was putting on a gig at a local pub and so I took it upon myself to document it for the bands and for my brothers promotional use. I lugged a marantz 660 and a Sony pd170 to Leeds and got set up, unfortunately and stupidly I forgot to take a tape or SD card so i could not film the event. However I still managed to capture the night well with an audio technika atmos mic. Not having a camera meant I could closely watch the levels on the marantz and the result is a really clear nice recording of all three artists. Now I'm going to edit all of the songs a little and split them into tracks and send them to the bands. After that I plan on doing a 3minute account of the night and sending it to James to use as promotional material for 309 productions' future gigs.
Sense of Space Update
So in the last week or so, editing and rerecording has happened and has been going very well!
Almost all of the sounds are Edited to a good quality now we just need to add it all together!
Almost all of the sounds are Edited to a good quality now we just need to add it all together!
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