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Ad Astra   09/04/2016

Storybook Farm, Chapel Hill, NC
Source Tascam DP-004 digital recorder with two external mics (audio-technica Midnight Blues MB1000L and Shure PG57) -> WAV -> Cool Edit (amplifying, filtering & track split) -> FLAC
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02 La Cosa Nostradamus.flac:d71cbc170cb61d207289bd2d1114b296
03 True North.flac:17850b175da45f83e504353f65cc9496
04 Trinity and Progressions.flac:f482b140d7ed354e48045405def10603
05 First Life.flac:fbb8f7aeaeb2b041d861d93a0aba3575
06 Make It So.flac:22c87d942c31e56746cc30c87c12ac49
07 Promises.flac:8ee3dadfa958ae3b39d0692ad05a6511
08 NY Drama.flac:58e18ff438d2453a6670240ffc995c3e
09 Morse Code.flac:bd2af08d89f6afd37047bd3eb95ab6f5
10 Quantum Cafe.flac:5155005a17c46492a8766377a714cb14
11 Glowing Glass.flac:8aebb71b28c7d18827ca53f57ecb610f
12 The Thousandth Man.flac:be1c7d5d656ca650be5f416ae0ef14bc
13 Awakening and Five to Four.flac:932a43a40b01373bf39d0f79cdc67b98
14 Wednesday's Child.flac:de44939ea11f4c2d31dd987348780296
15 Ad Astra Per Aspera.flac:4c371e8408e0375ec2a9fa350ec78d15
Media FLAC
J-Card Comment ProgDay 2016
Day 2, Band 2: Ad Astra
Sunday, Sep 4th, 2016 ~12:30pm - 2:00pm
Storybook Farm, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Joe Nardulli - guitar
Harold Skeete - bass
Eric Davis - keyboards
Tony Savasta - drums

Melanie and Alberto Piras - introduction

1. bilingual introduction (1:25)
2. La Cosa Nostradamus (4:20)
3. True North (5:39)
4. Trinity / Progressions (9:32)
5. First Life (4:23)
6. Make It So (4:32)
7. Promises (4:55)
8. NY Drama (7:24)
9. Morse Code (4:45)
10. Quantum Cafe (3:45)
11. Glowing Glass (6:35)
12. The Thousandth Man (5:53)
13. Awakening / Five to Four (10:28)
14. Wednesday's Child (6:29)
15. Ad Astra Per Aspera (5:34)

Total Time: 85:39 (1 hr, 25 min, 30 sec)

Tascam DP-004 digital recorder with two external mics
(audio-technica Midnight Blues MB1000L and Shure PG57) ->
WAV -> Cool Edit (amplifying, filtering & track split) ->
FLAC Frontend -> flac files

Notes:

This band filled the "fusion" slot at this year's ProgDay,
playing flowing, melodic, instrumental music full of
chops and virtuosity. The focus is largely on bandleader
Joe Nardulli's guitar, and the band played tracks from both
their self-title album and a previous album that was released
under Nardulli's name.

The recording is pretty good, with none of the left channel
dropouts that affected some of my other recordings from
Sunday, and not even much in the way of audience chatter.
All I had to do was amplify it a good bit and apply some
slight filtering to boost the high end a tiny bit and roll
a bit of low end off, to help clear a slightly "muffled" sound.

Ad Astra on the web:

http://www.adastraband.com/
http://www.joenardulli.com/

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 featuring anywhere from eight to
eleven progressive rock bands each year since, with a few more
bands usually hosting their own Friday and/or Saturday night
events at nearby venues. It's definitely worth the trip if
you're a prog fan and don't mind a little heat and humidity
and a little driving around. I first went in 1997 and had
such a great time that I've been back every year since.

The main event takes place at beautiful Storybook Farm,
unless rain forces it indoors (which has fortunately only
happened a couple times in the festival's history). It's
a relaxed atmosphere, where you can listen and watch from
anywhere you want - if you really like a particular band,
you can sit right up against the stage. Some people listen
to the bands while shopping for CDs and merchandise in the
vendor tent or getting food in the pavilion or playing
frisbee in the field behind the audience or just sharing
a beer or two with friends.

The people are friendly, and the band members often hang out
all weekend taking in the show, selling merchandise and
chatting with fans when they're not on stage. If you're a
prog rock fan and can possibly attend, make every effort to
be there next year. The festival often barely breaks even,
so every ticket sold really helps.

If you'd like to make a donation via PayPal to help keep
the festival afloat (and ensure more of these ProgDay torrents
in the future), please visit:

http://www.progday.net/ProgDay-Support.html
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