NEWS: 

Random Notes:

This July's trip takes us to NY and MA starting out with Cambridge MA. (see schedule below)

We are on our way to the East Coast this month of July 2005.  We want to put out the word for

DAT heads and a Videographer or two to run our DVCAM.  Anyone interested should contact

me Jim Moss, at FWB@Candlewater.com .  See Below:

As you might already know, The Frank Wakefield Band encourages DAT Heads to record our shows.  We even allow studio grade mics on stage with us, which you can see in many of the band concert photos.  We require that the recordings never be sold commercially and that we get a DAT copy of the original.  There are a few other details too.  We use the recordings in the soundtracks of our movies.  The "Adventures in Bluegrass" movie series for example depends heavily on these recordings.  Although it may take a little time, we always return the original copies to the DAT Heads who recorded them as well as give credit to them in the movie productions. 

This tour will find the band using two Neumann KM184 mics for the mandolin and fiddle.

We have switched to a great little shock mount made by a very industrious musician who's name is Gary Young.  Now, some might think that we will be getting some free product for this mention, but again this is not the case.  It is not the case, because these Gary Young Shock Mounts are so cheap that it is not even worth the effort asking for a discount.   The standard shock mount from Gary Young costs about $22 each.   If it had cost the $280 or so dollars someone like Neumann charges for their star mount, then we would be talking...  but what the heck is the point when the mount is so cheap.  Gary designed a special edition for the Frank Wakefield Band.  Special Costs? Try adding $5.  Like I say, what is the point?   We will report back on the actual performance of these mounts and if they fail to provide the expected isolation from stage noise, then you will hear about it. For us, we need a shock mount that will of course isolate the sound coming through the stand, but we also need something that will pack easy and take the rough treatment the airlines dish out in the baggage hold. 

Here is a great little site that shows what is has been done in the world of recording.  Notice the outdoor Led Zeppelin sessions at Mick Jagger's estate.  Imagine, recording outside...   Gives new meaning to the word studio.  The multi photo panels have audio tracks that you can listen to that describe the sessions.  I record the bass facing an open sliding glass door over looking the canyon outside.  It sounds great with no room to reflect back, but I seem to get a lot of bird sounds.   

Jim Moss:

The Frank Wakefield Band: FWB@candlewater.com 
   

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  Photos...

Last year was a busy one with our west coast tour, then off to Sweden, Scotland and England as well more shows here in the USA.  What great bluegrass fans we met.   You can find photos from our tours at the following links: 

http://www.candlewater.com/WT2004_021/indexSweden2.html or at

these links that reside in the upper left of each page:

More Sweden Photos1

More Sweden Photos2

More Sweden Photos3

More Sweden Photos4

More Sweden Photos5

More UK Photos1

More UK Photos2

Here are some very cool photos. Frank made his private photo collection available 

for display at his the web site.  We call it Frank Wakefield's Private Photo Collection.

http://www.candlewater.com/WakefieldPhotoCollection/

Freight & Salvage Berkeley CA USA 2004

http://www.candlewater.com/FWBFreight2004/index.html

Note: These pages are full of photos and may take a little time to download

with a 56K dial up modem.

Final Notes: 

Recently, I decided to update my video editing computer.  I had waited until I found a shop that I could trust.  I had found that a lot of companies would just try to sell me what they had in stock which might not be what was best for me. I really hate that kind of sales.  The company that I had purchased all my computers from in the Silicon Valley were not like that, but had sold out to another company which then went out of business.  I needed someone I could talk to who would know about the hot video or graphics technologies used in PC Clones these days.  My last computer was an 800 mhz Intel machine purchased back in 2000.  Well, now a days you can ask for a duel Intel Xeon or AMD processor system with gigs and gigs of RAM with removable hard drives.  Not only that, the video boards have fans bigger than the CPU fan in my 800 mhz machine.  Times has changed!   Well, if there is one thing I feel I can do, it is to pass on to the readers when I find something like this.  I can tell you that this mention has zero financial benefit to me. I found Scott, the owner, to be a pretty low key guy who would stay on the phone discussing the pros and cons of each option I considered on the way to the final custom computer I purchased.  I found them by searching the rec.video.desktop news group.  

http://www.graphicartspc.com/2cpu.html  I never was much for the name brand computers as these were mostly low cost compromises.  What I wanted was name brand components like the CPU, Video Board, Sound Board and motherboard. This company is located in Wyoming.  The owner, Scott, might be the person to talk to next time you go looking for a high end graphics or video machine.    

We have the last of the Grateful Dead Records stock of The Good Ol Boys

Pistol Packin Moma CD.  This CD which is out of print has Frank Wakefield,

David Nelson, Don Reno, Chubby Wise and Pat Campbell on bass.  We have them. 

For information regarding the CD email Jim Moss at:  PPM@Candlewater.com

Freight & Salvage Photos 1 set 1

Freight & Salvage Photos 2 set 2

Lyons Photos 1 set 1

Lyons Photos 2 set 1

Lyons Photos 3 set 2

Lyons Photos 4 set 2

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