Topic: Do tapers have fun at shows

[RebelRebel]

when I taped I didnt have much fun because I am obsessive compulsive about my gear, so I was constantly checking levels, elbowing people away from me, etc.

Now I dont tape anymore and have a lot more fun at concerts. (I still record gigs, but only classical and in an employment setting)

[Gordon]

Keeping the dumbasses off your stand is the only real headache. Otherwise, I still dance around, drink beer and partake of the occassional.....whatever. We have a pretty good group of tapers in the SE and it's fun to get out and hang with friends that share a common interest.

true.  taping solo is not nearly as fun.

[TNJazz]

Yup, I used to be pretty obsessive about making the tape.  My behavior was so extreme in some cases that I earned myself a nickname among the fans of the bands I was archiving for at the time (the Silencer).

I rarely record shows for fun anymore, as it's become a business for me.  I still do get out and run from time to time though, just because it's something I've been doing for almost 20 years and dammit, it's still pretty fun sometimes.  I don't stress out about anything anymore though unless it's a paying gig.

Dirk

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

Keeping the dumbasses off your stand is the only real headache. Otherwise, I still dance around, drink beer and partake of the occassional.....whatever. We have a pretty good group of tapers in the SE and it's fun to get out and hang with friends that share a common interest.

true.  taping solo is not nearly as fun.

QFT, Team SE represent!!!

I do have a habit of not taping shows I know will be taped by others, and looking for shows where I may be the only taper...  So I don't get to hang out as much...

T

[bconnolly]

These people are mainly sellers, I reckon.

Not exactly.  At this point, I have a hard time not tracking out my recording the night I get home (which makes for a shitty next day at work).  I don't know what it is... I just feel a need to get it all squared away before my next show.  P.S. I have never sold a show.

[Tenn Man]

Yup, I used to be pretty obsessive about making the tape.  My behavior was so extreme in some cases that I earned myself a nickname among the fans of the bands I was archiving for at the time (the Silencer).

I rarely record shows for fun anymore, as it's become a business for me.  I still do get out and run from time to time though, just because it's something I've been doing for almost 20 years and dammit, it's still pretty fun sometimes.  I don't stress out about anything anymore though unless it's a paying gig.

Dirk

Dirk,

I haven't seen you at any John Cowan shows lately. Are you still recording any of his? I saw him at the Down Home last Saturday. I had run in to you there and at Somerset, KY.

[TeaLeafer]

Wow, thanks for the great responses, that clarifies a lot for me!

Thanks

[rowjimmy]

just to throw one more out there...

I have been on the fringe of the TS for years and years. had friends who taped and hung out nearby, bringing them beers carrying the stand in and happily reaping the benefits as a music collector. In those days I could easily move around, get loaded, spun, whatever but Id drift back toward the section because,

a) my friends were there
and
b) i do better in the more tame surroundings away from the lip.

Then I became a patcher for many of the same reasons but now I got to come home with the show...

Since then I've made a few forays into the field with borrowed gear. The results have been mixed (one great recording, one... not) but It's been fun so far...

 

[Chuck]

I won't go to hear music I don't like just to record it. I went through a "taping isn't fun" stage, but I'm over it. I have fun and don't sweat it now. The all in one ACM PMD 671 has liberated me!

[~~~>]

Nah.  I hate going to shows.  The moment the show starts I'm looking at my watch wondering when it's gonna end so I can go home and listen to it.

[beefstew]

Nah.  I hate going to shows.  The moment the show starts I'm looking at my watch wondering when it's gonna end so I can go home and listen to it.

LOL best post ever

[tfs8271]

The all in one ACM PMD 671 has liberated me!

Sweet Daddy +T

Nah.  I hate going to shows.  The moment the show starts I'm looking at my watch wondering when it's gonna end so I can go home and listen to it.

I know you were kidding, but...
It was the same here, twenty years ago and it wasn't to go home and listen to the show. Just to get to the hotel  . Sick old days.

[L Ron Hoover]

I definately had a lot of fun taping at Blues Traveler tonight. Small crowd. 250-300 people, and they still brought it. Still worth the coin IMHO.

[Gizby]

Regardless of taping or not, I seem to be perennially stuck behind tall teenage guys at concerts. They just seem to know that I want to watch a performance, and they position themselves in front of me in packs.

Just say no to tall teenagers.

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

The all in one ACM PMD 671 has liberated me!

Sweet Daddy +T

Nah.  I hate going to shows.  The moment the show starts I'm looking at my watch wondering when it's gonna end so I can go home and listen to it.

I know you were kidding, but...
It was the same here, twenty years ago and it wasn't to go home and listen to the show. Just to get to the hotel  . Sick old days.

Hahaha...  I run out to my car after shows and listen on the way home...  The benefits of JB3's line-out and an AUX input on my Alpine...

Terry

PS... I love technology...