A small bit of background…  This recording is flawed and raw.  The mic on the kick drum shorted out a bit on the first and last tracks.  The band was run ragged from traveling and playing and there are noticeable errors in playing.  The first track is basically a warmup/soundcheck and the playing gets better as the performance wears on.

The recording available here is the only mix ever made of this performance.  I lost the master session files (backup harddrive failed) and was unable to go back and re-mix this project.  This recording is the rough mix I made at 2am after everyone had left the studio. (I wanted to listen to the show as I drove home.)  The only reason I still have this recording is because I gave a copy on CD to my brother!

This band no longer exists.  A quick search around the net produced almost no results.  No phantom myspace page, no band website in disrepair.  This is the only link I could find for the band: Pegasus News (Dallas, TX) Please forgive the mix and the rough edges and try to enjoy the performance for what it was. The Alexnader was an airy indierock band with beautiful melodies and well-thought-out lyrics. This is prime example of ‘that band you never heard’.  Head over to the Audio Download section to grab the recording.

In other news, the Haiti benefit recording is going through the final approval stages before being made available officially to the public. It will launch later this week and 100% of the proceeds will benefit Go Ministries! We apologize for the delay in getting it out but it is necessary to make sure everyone approves before putting it out there!

Our studio is under construction! Every day more work is accomplished. Insulation, drywall, lighting, so forth… Everything is really coming together! All of the gear is ready to go! We will be posting photos of the space very soon!

First off, the Cool Hand Luke show is nearly finished.  I’m polishing it off (it was a very rough recording) and we should have mp3s up very very soon.

Secondly, the Haiti benefit show recorded at the 930 Listening Room is in the process of song selection by the artists and then will go through a final mixdown.  My honest prediction is that it will be available for download sometime next week.  I am really looking forward to releasing this one.  The entire show was wonderful, the sound is great and I love every single artist who performed.

Lastly…  As some of you may know we are currently in the process of building a brand new recording studio in downtown Louisville.  The name has yet to be finalized, but it will be located on the corner of 7th and St. Catherine.  We plan on running  it as the low-cost high-quality alternative to other studios around town.  We will be posting more detail on that in the near future.

New content this week!

You can download both sets in the Audio Download section or you can stream the individual performances in your browser via the player below.  (Direct streaming is only available for flash-based browsers.) We are also making the concerts available on itunes.  Click here to subscribe to our podcast!

You can download the show in the Audio Download section or you can stream it via the player below.  (Direct streaming is only available for flash-based browsers.) We are also making the concerts available on itunes.  Click here to subscribe to our podcast!

My Brightest Diamond

We’ve been saving this one for a rainy day…  2 years late, but better late than never.  Ladies and gentlemen, My Brightest Diamond!  If you’ve never heard this group you are in for a treat.  If Nora Jones sang is a knarly rockn’roll band, this would be it. The complete show is available for free download in the audio section.

Part of the reason for the delay is all the work that needed to be done due to audio source dropouts… This problem is most evident on the encore ‘Freakout!’ but for the majority of the recording is not noticeable due to extensive editing. The place was packed and somehow the power supply on my old MOTU got a bit jolted.. Thankfully the unit stuck it out til the bitter end, and we now have a beautiful souveneer of the show!  I recorded bands for 6 years prior to that problem, and it was the last gig done on that unit.

The recording balances out about 2 minutes into the first song. From then on it is very consistent. Be sure to thank My Brightest Diamond for allowing us to release this for free to the public!

Click the image to enter the gallery!

Shyaway played a fantastic gig at Headliners this past Friday!  Danielle’s latest gallery is now up as is an excellent document of the gig.  Checkout the shots and let us know what you think!  Video, audio and post-gig interviews are on the way, as well as a few surprises for this December!

Live at the 930 Listening Room on November 26th, 2009 - Louisville, KY

The Bowerbirds performance from November 16th is now available for download in the audio section. ( Alternately you can listen to the full concert via our podcast, or streaming directly in your browser via the embedded player at the bottom of this post.)

A small note: The fuzz on the guitar is not part of the recording process, but rather was a malfunction of the amp on stage. It was in need of repair but the Bowerbirds played on despite this setback! I attempted to ‘mellow out’ the tone but I could only do so much. The recording is a 4 channel matrix, and although very simple, captured the night beautifully! Enjoy!

The recording of Cool Hand Luke is almost ready to post. We should have it ready for download very soon! Additionally, the Bowerbirds performed last night at the 930! Fantastic performance and the recording came out beautifully! We will be polishing it off and posting it (along with a photography gallery) later this week or early next week at the latest!

This past weekend we went on a drive through Northern Kentucky (just north of Louisville, south of Cincinnati, OH) and Danielle took tons of photos. Many of them will be printed up but for now you can see a few of them in the photography gallery. This series covers farmlands off I-71 North of Louisville, and the next series will cover I-65 South of Louisville.

A special thanks goes out to Jeffrey Lee Puckett over at the Courier Journal for posting an article covering our website in the Saturday Scene. The man does a great job of covering music both online and in the ville. For those of us who never pickup a physical newspaper, the Courier makes their content available for free online.