John Mellencamp
Sacramento, CA
Performing Arts Center
March 21, 2023
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Lineage:
Multiple IEM Receivers > Multiple Multitrack Recorders (24/44.1)
Taped by hoserama & BL
Mixed by sharebear/hoserama
Dithered using Izotope MBIT+
Flac'ed using Trader's Little Helper
Mix Version 20230327
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01. John Cockers
02. Paper in Fire
03. Minutes to Memories
04. Small Town
05. Hey God
06. Human Wheels
07. Don't Need This Body
08. Jackie Brown
09. Check It Out
10. The Eyes of Portland
11. Longest Day
12. Jack & Diane
13. I Always Lie to Strangers
14. The Real Life
15. Rain on the Scarecrow
16. Lonely Ol' Night
17. Crumblin' Down
18. Pink Houses
19. Chasing Rainbown
20. Cherry Bomb
21. Hurts So Good
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Show Notes:
Good energetic show from Mr. Mellencamp. Voice has a raspy gruffness to him, but he sounded better tonight than a few nights prior in Fresno. Three shows in a row probably isn't good for the pipes, nor are the 4-5 cigarettes he goes through during the show. Not much, if any, setlist changes from night to night, so this makes a good representative recording of the tour.
Recording Notes:
Nice stereo mix of six IEM feeds. Has a bit of crowd noise, just to remind you there's an audience, but it's a band-forward mix. Still, you can hear everything in the mix and nicely balanced. If anybody has an audience recording, let me know and I can see about layering it in for some crowd.
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As always, encouraging people to get into taping and mixing. Just take the craft seriously and it will reward you many times over. There's no point in complaining about missing recordings or subpar quality if you're not contributing--pushing 1's and 0's around on the internet is no comparison for taping.
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IEM recordings are not for everyone. If not they're not your thing, either sonically or ethically, well at least you didn't spend any money on this.
Similarly, I'm mixing primarily for my ears. This is what sounds best to me. This may not sound best to you. That's a fair statement. I'm open to honest criticism (although you should have caught me when I was working on the mix!), but pointless complaining is unappreciated (naturally). Let's play nice.
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Please don't sell this recording in any way - no cash for blanks, 2:1s, or any other form of "getting paid for your time". Just share it freely.
Please don't convert to mp3, then back to wave, and then trade it around. This stuff is too easy to find on torrents now.
Feel free to remaster/remix this recording. Just keep it to your own computer and iPod.
Also, please don't torrent or share on other sites without at least dropping me a line and asking. I may want to just torrent/share it there myself. This means you, guitar101!
Please ask (and wait for permission!) before putting it into any matrix + video production. If you ask nicely for a quality high-res video project, I will likely say “yes”. If you put it on YouTube or cell phone video production without asking, I will send my cats from hell to chew your computer cables.
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Enjoy y'all!
- Hoserama/Sharebear