Well: After last night, it was eather posing this question to all, or putting my head through the wall. For several months my band has been recording our two gigs a week for a tape to send around to other venues. Every time terrible things happen, we play in a drafty corner, so we are starting at a disadvantage, placeing the tape to get a good balence is the next problem, and one only gets two cracks at it per week, then, there are the usual screw ups, a missed cue, forgoten line, all the little things that happen live when everything else is going well, drunks staggering up to ask quesitons in the middle of a quiet ballad... WELL, last night we had it, the gig from heaven at last. The pub was not empty, but it was nearly silent! People listening, clapping politey and often enthusiasticly! The weather was kind to the pipes, we had not one, but two Sony broadcast quality tape recorders humming away... our energy was up, ripping through the jigs and reels, taking our time with the ballads, we were happy the audience was happy... both Mike and I had been recording from line, not mike earlier in the day, and both forgot to reset the toggle.... two hours of no tape! The perfect gig, lost to the ages... back to that blood soaked one way trail, in search of the perfect live recording.
Any other live tape horror storries to make us feel better?
Larry