Andrew's Collection
Canvas Solaris 08/31/2008
Storybook Farm (ProgDay '08), Chapel Hill, NC
| Source | audience cassette -> CoolEdit -> WAV -> FLAC Frontend -> FLAC |
| Media | Flac CDR 1 disc |
| Tech Notes | "Hey, did you record, uh, Cheer-Accident this morning?" ;) "Notes: Recorded with my usual set-up of a Panasonic portable tape recorder connected to two decent external microphones. This one is a heartbreaker. Canvas Solaris put on a smokin' set of "technical prog-metal" (for lack of a better description), that was short but sweet. Unfortunately, the glitchy left-microphone problem that I had been having ever since the Ain Soph set the day before became an epidemic during this set. The introduction and first three songs are mostly OK - just a few minor, tiny glitches here and there that I "fixed" by mixing them into mono. But on "Solar Droid" and the song listed as "song 5", that left microphone just went nuts - it would record fine for a couple minutes, then suddenly start dropping the volume down to zero again and again and again, anywhere from a second or two at a time up to almsot a minute. There's almost as much mono in those songs as stereo. Then, for no apparent reason, the problem went away and the final eleven or twelve minutes of the set had very few dropouts. I did the best I could with CoolEdit to try to fix this one up, but it's definitely not recommended for headphone listening. I just played the whole thing through my computer speakers while listening from across the room and it didn't sound too bad. The first few songs and the last one sound great. The faint audio that you can sometimes hear when the band is between songs was either cell phone signals or a radio broadcast that the PA system was picking up. Any help with the missing two titles in the set list would be most appreciated. About ProgDay: ProgDay is an outdoor festival of progressive rock that has been held annually since 1995. In 1996 it was expanded from one day to two and has been hosting anywhere from eight to eleven progressive rock bands each year since. The event takes place at beautiful Storybook farm, unless rain forces it indoors (which has fortunately only happened twice in the festival's history). It's a relaxed atmosphere, where you can view from anywhere you want - right up against the stage for the bands you like, or back in the vendor tent while CD shopping during bands you're not wild about. The people are friendly, and the band members often hang out all weekend taking in the show and chatting with fans when they're not on stage. If you're a prog rock fan and can possibly attend, it's well worth the effort. The festival just barely breaks even (or sometimes doesn't), so every ticket sold really helps. Go if you can. About Canvas Solaris: These guys filled the "prog metal" slot of the festival, although that description is a bit misleading. Their music is entirely instrumental, and while the guitars are crunchy, they also add keyboards and focus on both complex compositions and technically precise, stop-on-a-dime performances. They appealed to both the headbangers and the "prog snobs" in the crowd. http://www.myspace.com/canvassolaris FLAC Fingerprints generated by Trader's Little Helper: CanvasSolarisProgDay08T01.flac:b50d0bdf8dfb8d41d76c3e20deec0383 CanvasSolarisProgDay08T02.flac:e4bdef45dd3d8a17d2b840ead01ee58b CanvasSolarisProgDay08T03.flac:197b29d73aff223b1b938aceb6fd226f CanvasSolarisProgDay08T04.flac:3463b9db3f6bdd4f1749f5d3ff0a5514 CanvasSolarisProgDay08T05.flac:8f2f446b5cfcfbe76202845b6032f211 CanvasSolarisProgDay08T06.flac:f8aa6f78260361a05693e39f7a2377ca CanvasSolarisProgDay08T07.flac:0ce09ecc759ee77a9555baf949568f6f" |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Show: A/+ Sound: A/- |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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