Shpilkes Klezmer Band

Little Dog Studios, 7 December 2010

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	Piano Booth Dick was set up in the back of this area for guitar and in the front, standing, for bass.
	Control Room This is not closed off from the piano.
	Kitchen Even musicians have to eat.
	Vocalist Room Arnie was set up in here for singing and guitar playing.
	Horn Heaven The wind instruments set up here. It is a 3rd level loft.
	Office Area This office area is open from horn heaven.
	Wiring up for Drums David is connecting up the various drum mikes to the snake. The area beyond him, is where Pam will be set up.
	Susan Arrives Susan arrived with Pam.
	Shlepping Drums Pam has to be there early to set up all those drums. Fred is just kibbitzing.
	Getting in Position Starting to get the drums where they need to be.
	Don't Block the Bathroom Pam had to be sure to not block the bathroom. This picture was shot through the control room window.
	Tom Rack Setting up the tom rack.
	Battery Check Swap out the battery. It wasn't clear that we were getting the best possible signal from the active pickups in the bass.
	Oops Random floor shot.
	Surround the Drums with Mics Lots of individual mics on the drums.
	Measurements David checks the distance that the overhead mic is from the various drum surfaces.
	A Little Time to Chat The early birds are mostly set up. Now we can wait for the rest of the crew.
	Susan in Horn Heaven Susan is unpacking and making herself at home.
	Alan Unpacking
	Alan and Fred Setting Up Time to find your places and lay out your music.
	More Adjustments The just wasn't quite right.
	Now We've Got It Checking out after the adjustments.
	Alan Warming Up We're almost ready to get the horn microphone positions.
	Fred Joins In More warm ups.
	Take 2
	Shall We Just Talk About Music? I think they stopped to work out the final details on the Sher intro.
	Alan Prepares to Address the Bench
	Getting the Microphones Set David starts working out the microphone positions for the horns. Susan first.
	Susan Tests the Setup Susan tries out playing with that microphone position.
	Fred's Turn David sets up Fred's microphone and explains how he wants him to address it.
	A Trombone The horn is here. Arnie can't be far behind.
	There He Is Arnie's ready to join in.
	Setting Arnie's Microphone David works out Arnie's microphone position. Watch that slide!
	Headphones On Time to try out their sound levels.
	Arnie's Sound Microphone off center seems to be the mode for the horns.
	All Together Now All 4 horns ready to sound check.
	Pam is Blurry Must be too much Pepsi.
	Jim! Last to arrive but a quick set up. Jim gets to sit right in the control room.
	Get Away Jim tries to shoo Dick and his camera away.
	Jim's Got a Squeeze Box All ready to play.
	Listening In Dick messing around in Horn Heaven.
	Taking it All In Dick looks at the microphones and the general setup for the horns.