live show database: 2008-11-03

DAVID MEAD
Zipper Factory Theatre
New York, NY
November 3, 2008

TAPER Craig Smith
SOURCE Sony ECM-MS957 > Sony PCM-D50 [96 kHz/24 bit]
TRANSFER Sony PCM-D50 > PC via USB > Adobe Audition > CDWAV > FLAC
FILESIZE 24/96: FLAC - 1.24GB / WAV - 2.28GB
16/44.1: FLAC - 294MB / WAV - 716MB

SETLIST:
WORLD OF A KING [solo/acoustic]
COMFORT [solo/acoustic]
RAINY WEATHER FRIEND [band/acoustic]
INDIANA [band/acoustic]
BLACKBERRY WINTERS [band/acoustic]
TWENTY GIRLS AGO [band/acoustic]
HOW MUCH [with 'Easy' tag] [band/acoustic]
CHATTERBOX [band/acoustic]
FROM MY WINDOW SILL [band/acoustic]
LITTLE BOATS [band/acoustic]
THESE DAYS [solo/acoustic]
YOU MIGHT SEE HIM [false start then aborted] [solo/acoustic]
WHEREVER YOU ARE [solo/acoustic]
BUCKET OF GIRLS [solo/piano]
NASHVILLE [band/acoustic]
QUEENSBORO BRIDGE [solo/acoustic]

TOTAL TIME - 01:10:58:51

THE BAND: DM (acoustic guitar); Jeff Hill (upright bass); Andrew Sherman (piano); Ethan Eubanks (drums).

SHOW NOTES: Combination solo/band show; recorded from the first row center.

HIGHLIGHTS: David opens the show with a solo "World Of A King" which turns into an acapella rendition as he drops his pick and has to get another from his pocket. Tonight sees the NY band debut their arrangements of several songs from ALMOST AND ALWAYS, and they've all tuned down to the house piano that is 'two dots flat'. Also, we get the first recorded performance of Jackson Browne's "These Days". David attempts "You Might See Him" twice and then gives up on it and plays a few requests instead.

RECORDING/TRANSFER: I set levels during the opening band, and the DM set came out very quiet. "Chatterbox" was the loudest song, so I used the peaks during that songs to gauge how much the recording needed to be boosted. I performed a 12dB hard limit in Audition which brought things up to a more comfortable level - however, the quiet songs are still pretty quiet. Dynamics were all over the place during this show, which is the way it should be. All level adjustments were performed on the original 96 kHz/24 bit file. As always, I made no EQ adjustments to the original file. Files are fully tagged with ReplayGain info and titles.

DIGITAL TRANSFER: November 2008.

TEXT FILE UPDATED: November 8, 2008.

LAST UPLOAD: November 8, 2008 (LMA and DIME).

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