Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 19, 2011 Members Share Posted December 19, 2011 So, another crazy music weekend for Krash. Thursday the main band, Crash Pad, did its rock and roll thang back at the same club at which we'd played the hospital toys benefit the preceding Friday. Instead of closing, we got to open, which was good, since we got a sound check when opening, that later bands don't get. The sound was better than the preceding show, although the energy level wasn't quite so high. Our "record company" guy came out again and video'd, though he hasn't gotten any stills to me, yet. I popped to get the house video (they have their own hardwired system there) for a tenner, so I have made some vidcaps from that video footage, although the quality looks like a crappy cell phone. The audio came out really good, though. Hopefully I can figure out how to break the video into discrete songs (the house DVD just breaks the recording into 10-minute programs without any reference to where songs end); if I can I'll upload some to youtube. Friday took a brief break to go to work (haha), and as it turned out while at the office we got a call back from some political group about our song 'Pink Slip Rick' (about the FL governor). They're going to produce a music video of the song with their political/news footage, interspersed with live video of Crash Pad! And we might be going up to the state capital to do a live performance! Street theater! High profile! Crazy. Saturday had more rockin to do. That morning I had First Things First practice at church. Came home and trimmed the tree with the missus during the afternoon, then went to the office for a Pedagogy (side pop band) practice, since we hadn't practiced since our last show. Got there and my book and music stand weren't there, let the others set up while I went back to Casa Krashpad, still couldn't find 'em, finally figured out they were in the SUV that daughter had taken... to the Mall! Ugh, so drove through pre-Christmas mall traffic, got the stand and book, then back to the office and a bit of practice. Packed up and went BACK to the SAME venue (3rd time in 8 days, ha!) and did a Pedagogy show. Absolutely NO ONE there, but our drummer's gf and the other 2 bands. Gave the gf my camera, and she forgot to take any pics. Surprisingly no train wrecks on actually playing the songs, although in the mid slot we didn't get a soundcheck and I had probs equalizing my clean and dirty sounds (a prob that doesn't exist in Crash Pad, haha). So anyhow, a side band show SAT but no pics. Poo. Sunday did late service at church, grabbed lunch and then back to Goldentone Studios for 9.5 HOURS to do the final mixes on all ten songs on the Crash Pad record. Finally finished at 10:30 last night. Yee-haw! Now the songs are off to mastering for 8-10 weeks. Here's some crappy vidcaps from TH night: Will post more pix as able later. All questions answered, and your comments, on my poseritude or otherwise, gladly solicited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2011 Oh, btw so this is on point for Electric Guitars, ones in pics are Gibson SG, my Fernandes Ravelle Deluxe, and a silverburst Epi Thunderbird bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j*h Posted December 19, 2011 Members Share Posted December 19, 2011 looks like a blast!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2011 looks like a blast!!! Thanks. At that particular place there's often a sparse crowd, so we just concentrate on having a good time and maybe getting some good photos/video when we play there. The PA is good there, as are their sound people (usually), and their lighting is off the hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Malcolm Ramone Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 This is inspiring! Looks like I may actually be gigging next year myself! -Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Awesome Ta, Mon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Rock,on your look'in good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 This is inspiring! Looks like I may actually be gigging next year myself! -Adam Adam, if you're in western NC you must know places like Boone and Blowing Rock? I have a college buddy whose family has a cabin up there, as does my brother-in-law's family. My parents moved to the Raleigh area (they're in Rolesville) 5 or 6 years ago when my sis and her rich hubby moved to Raleigh. At any rate, best of luck for finding a playing sitch. There's nothing like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Malcolm Ramone Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Adam, if you're in western NC you must know places like Boone and Blowing Rock? I have a college buddy whose family has a cabin up there, as does my brother-in-law's family. My parents moved to the Raleigh area (they're in Rolesville) 5 or 6 years ago when my sis and her rich hubby moved to Raleigh. At any rate, best of luck for finding a playing sitch. There's nothing like it. Thanks Brian! I'm about an an hour south of Blowing rock, and an hour north of Charlotte. Pretty country! -Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 Rock,on your look'in good. Well, I dunno how good I look but I'm still above ground at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted December 20, 2011 Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 So cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2011 So cool. Thanks, I think so too. Not me but the situation. I've always been blown away just by the opportunity to go onstage and rock it up, whether there's any money or crowds in it or not (there usually isn't, haha). This whole current thing of actually having someone backing us financially, and putting out a record, is so far beyond that (which playing live is in turn far beyond what I ever imagined as a kid picking up an acoustic for funsies) that it borders on the surreal. I know that in the "real" world of the mainstream pop "music business," a couple thousand bucks can be spent of a single ad or a t-shirt design or whatev, but to think that someone has actually spent that amount on Crash Pad is mind-boggling to me. And we still have to have mastering, pressing, and sleeves done before he/we will have anything to sell! Obviously, until he recoups, all that is his, and God bless him for being crazy enough to do this. I hope he doesn't lose his shirt! For the curious and/or brave, here is the (un-mastered) final mix of the song that got the "record company" (actually just a guy with some spare money and some experience) interested: http://soundcloud.com/brian-krashpad/pink-slip-rick-12-04-11-final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted December 21, 2011 Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 Rock on, Krash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted December 21, 2011 Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 Sounds good, pretty tight. Could brings the leads out front a little. About someone investing in the band, as long as your giving it your best everytime your out there you done your part. Be sure to spam the crap outa that CD on here. I'll take a copy for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 Sounds good, pretty tight. Could brings the leads out front a little.About someone investing in the band, as long as your giving it your best everytime your out there you done your part. Be sure to spam the crap outa that CD on here. I'll take a copy for sure. Will do, thanks! If things go to plan, it will be available digitally for free or next to nothing, but for a real price as an old school vinyl LP (10" iirc) record. A lot of punk fans are vinyl collectors, plus supposedly vinyl is making a niche comeback generally over where it was a few years ago, so the "record company" guy figures that is the best bet for him to recoup his investment. I hope he's right. While of course I'd love to make some coin some day, my main concern right now is that our backer can recoup his investment. I'm guessing he's at about $2K right now, and still has to pay for mastering, pressing, and sleeves. Since you said "leads" (plural), I'm guessing you may've listened to the other 3 tracks as well? Either way, if anyone does, those other 3 are rough mixes and we did bring leads up generally speaking in our final mix session on Sunday (I'd note that although the mix on soundcloud of 'Pink Slip Rick' is marked as a final, in fact it was a provisional final, done early in the process so we for sure would have it mixed in case something happened like the studio burned down or I got hit by a bus or something-- once we had the whole album in the can we did a second final mix to match to all the other songs' mix). At any rate, I listened to the whole thing repeatedly on my home stereo last night and in the final I'm happy with the lead level on all the songs that have leads. Tonight I've been giving it the boombox test and listening to it repeatedly that way, and it even sounds good like that (despite that my box doesn't even have a tone control, much less a more sophisticated EQ). And it should sound even better mastered. 4 un-mastered songs from the record are linked here: http://soundcloud.com/brian-krashpad If I have a little time over the holidaze, I'll yank the rough mixes and replace them with final mixes. I probably will leave the "provisional final" of 'Pink Slip Rick,' because I know that the more recent final is very very close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted December 21, 2011 Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 sweet, Brian~ keep sharing so we can all live vicariously through you! seriously, looks like fun. would love to catch a crashpad show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted December 21, 2011 Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 ^^^ listend to the tracks with my other speakers on and things sound much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scott944 Posted December 21, 2011 Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 Others have said the same...you just look like you're having so much fun! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 ^^^ listend to the tracks with my other speakers on and things sound much better. Cool, thanks for the info. Tbh, I haven't listened to anything I put up since it got uploaded, since I've been so busy with the live shows and finishing up the record. It's funny how different systems yield different listening results. With the final mix I only had concerns about the lead on 1 song (not one of the songs on soundcloud) not being upfront enough, but that was just after listening on my office "stereo," which is actually a bizarro mono thing cobbled together and played through a guitar head into a bass cab in my office, haha! Once I heard it on my home stereo and did the boombox test tonight I'm good with the final mix on all the songs and looking forward to hearing it when we finally get it back from mastering in a couple months. Though I'll probably do a car stereo test tomorrow just to have heard it on a 4th system as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 would love to catch a crashpad show. In the meantime check the videos by TB2Records on youtube, here's one of them: [video=youtube;-bQmEaD0d_0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 21, 2011 Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 The Bri-man, the Krash-a-tola, Mr. Pad-ster doin the gig, at the Back Stage-a-rino, makin it happen, keepin it real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2011 The Bri-man, the Krash-a-tola, Mr. Pad-ster doin the gig, at the Back Stage-a-rino, makin it happen, keepin it real. Haha, yeah, that's how we roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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