Jools and I both decided to go out and see some live music and seeing that My Friend Ian (MFI) had scored a gig at the Melbourne Folk Club, that seemed like a great place to start.
The Melbourne Folk club is currently down in West Brunswick and seems to have a fairly wide ranging selection of styles and performers. (Tonchi is on next week – look for us down the front).
Ian was accompanied by Greg Hunt on fiddle and mandolin and between the pair of them, the just flew. I honestly think that this is one of the best gigs I have seen Ian do and Greg ever so “subtly” reminded us of just what a monster musician he is.
The track I picked is “But For Chance”, it’s one of the contenders for Ian’s next album, I will be really miffed if it doesn’t make the cut, the song has managed to up residence in my head and it shows no sign of leaving.
[audio:https://thatchspace.com/audio/100717-butforchancece.mp3]Have a listen or three and see what you think. Jools and I had a great afternoon, there are lots worse ways to spend a Saturday arvo.
Boring Tech Stuff:
The Zoom H4n recorded in Stereo @ 44.1kHz/16 bit. It was sitting on top of the mixer ( thanks Russ) and just pointed at the stage. We were about 2.m back from the stage. The stage right PA speaker is basically what we are hearing.
The audio recording was edited in Sound Forge and all I did was fold the left and right in to about 50% to tighten up the stereo image.