12-19-2006, 03:22 PM
For me the technology has improved enough in the last four years that definitely has enabled me to listen to my live recordings quicker. This is why I created the torrent of all the shows for the mini club tour. I thought these would give the definitive "capture" of those shows. The Torrent technology is the best way to spread shows and this is why I made the 15 show torrent. This really didn't exist four years ago.
I simply don't trade one to one anymore because quality does matter to me and over the years I definitely received a lot of unlistenable / unwatchable recordings. And if I said I would trade at one time and simply never replied back to you in a timely manner I apologize. As Adrian said life goes on. I certainly have had my share of trades go down on the bad side but I didn't publically post anything derogatory or threating to those people. At the time I didn't owe you anything except my word and coming from a Leaf fan (me) that should mean nothing. If I had received tapes from you then I would have owed you something.
I don't think it should be about gettting the show out there for just the sake of it. Personally I have over 1000 Dead recordings and all of them sound killer. That is because that community was all about the hi-end gear. Same with other similar acts that the Dead spawned off - Phish, Dave Matthews, etc. If I heard a bad Dead recording I'd probably pitch in the garbage or delete it.
I record because I like music, especially the Hip's music. I record because I'm a gearhead and I love trying out new recording techniques.
I record because I've always had an interest in audio engineering.
Fortunately in the past couple of years I have met some people that shared the same ideals about recording live music like I do. The unfortunate part is that group is quite small and generally only record in Ontario and BC. That means that the middle part of Canada of the Hip tour does not get recorded again. I would wish that the Hip taping community would evolve into something like the Dead had, where getting the show out first was like a game.
The fortunate part is that those people became good friends which I enjoy going to shows with. To me in the end that is what its all about.
I simply don't trade one to one anymore because quality does matter to me and over the years I definitely received a lot of unlistenable / unwatchable recordings. And if I said I would trade at one time and simply never replied back to you in a timely manner I apologize. As Adrian said life goes on. I certainly have had my share of trades go down on the bad side but I didn't publically post anything derogatory or threating to those people. At the time I didn't owe you anything except my word and coming from a Leaf fan (me) that should mean nothing. If I had received tapes from you then I would have owed you something.
I don't think it should be about gettting the show out there for just the sake of it. Personally I have over 1000 Dead recordings and all of them sound killer. That is because that community was all about the hi-end gear. Same with other similar acts that the Dead spawned off - Phish, Dave Matthews, etc. If I heard a bad Dead recording I'd probably pitch in the garbage or delete it.
I record because I like music, especially the Hip's music. I record because I'm a gearhead and I love trying out new recording techniques.
I record because I've always had an interest in audio engineering.
Fortunately in the past couple of years I have met some people that shared the same ideals about recording live music like I do. The unfortunate part is that group is quite small and generally only record in Ontario and BC. That means that the middle part of Canada of the Hip tour does not get recorded again. I would wish that the Hip taping community would evolve into something like the Dead had, where getting the show out first was like a game.
The fortunate part is that those people became good friends which I enjoy going to shows with. To me in the end that is what its all about.