2010 Bootleg Program

John Briggs 2008

mcameronrocks wrote:

Just downloaded my first 2010 boot yesterday(columbus). I must say I am a little disappointed. I am a huge Matt Cameron fan. His drums sound like he has a ton of reverb on the mix. It gives it a sound like he's playing inside a metal box. It also cracks a bit at the high end as well. Not as much as the '08 boots though.

I prefer their boots that have the music very much at the fore front of the sound vs the crowd noise. Therefore, 2000, 2006, 2009 are the quality that I like best.

Certainly don't want to be "debbie downer" as PJ is the best band in the world and the access they give to their music is second to none. I have well over 100 boots and notice that many times, the earlier dates of a tour often times are the worst sounding. For those of you that have downloaded shows later in the tour, is this true for the 2010 boots? Trying to decide if I should purchase anymore boots from this tour.

There are two sides to this one.

1. The fans who like to hear the music over the crowd (This seems to many fans almost redundant because if the crowd is canceled out then why buy a live show when it resembles very little of a live show)

2. The fans who like a a mixture of both crowd and the band. (Hard to get a happy medium though, the band is either to pronounced or the crowd is too noisy.)

The folks Like Bret and John who have mixed the shows over the last 10 years have tried to get that balance that pleases most of the fans who listen to audience recordings. It's hard to pin down. I am unsure who is mixing the shows this year. I know Barrett Jone was doing it in 2008 and I think 2009. Bret Eliason did all the shows from 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2006.

I feel that 2010 has by far done the best job of mixing to incorporate both the band and the audience so far. That's just one opinion though. It's all in the ears of the beholder.

mcameronrocks

Very well put. Sounds like you know whats going on with the mixes and the preferences depending on the "mixer".

For me, I have been a musician for most of my life and I am very interested in the superiority of PJ's ability as musicians. Therefore, I prefer the live music not the live "crowd".

Part of the excitment of them releasing the boots IMO is seeing how the quality of the sound is. Now that we have 10 years of officialy boots it's great to compare. Thankfully, we have a ton of music to base our "debates" on....Long live PJ....

Straitline

I'd like to find a video of Ed talking about them starting their own religion from the Columbus show on You Tube or something. Does anyone know what song they sing before or after they start talking about it? Thanks!!!

derbydave

Straitline wrote:

I'd like to find a video of Ed talking about them starting their own religion from the Columbus show on You Tube or something. Does anyone know what song they sing before or after they start talking about it? Thanks!!!

I've got the CD from the Columbus show...
I'll HAVE to listen to it again to find the answer for you!!
I don't have anything better to do anyway.

derbydave

Straitline wrote:

I'd like to find a video of Ed talking about them starting their own religion from the Columbus show on You Tube or something. Does anyone know what song they sing before or after they start talking about it? Thanks!!!

It's between Comatose & Marker in the Sand...
and remember, NO Twitter & try not to be an @$$h0!e....

Straitline

derbydave wrote:

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Straitline wrote:

I'd like to find a video of Ed talking about them starting their own religion from the Columbus show on You Tube or something. Does anyone know what song they sing before or after they start talking about it? Thanks!!!

It's between Comatose & Marker in the Sand...
and remember, NO Twitter & try not to be an @$$h0!e....

THANKS!!!!! I will try to abide by the PJ religion (I hate Twitter! and I'm rarely an a-hole!)

JRabbitSlim

Just got my copy of Noblesville show. Sounds great! Thanks 4 making it so easy to remember good times by put disk in. Love the bootleg program!!

John Briggs 2008

mcameronrocks wrote:

Very well put. Sounds like you know whats going on with the mixes and the preferences depending on the "mixer".

For me, I have been a musician for most of my life and I am very interested in the superiority of PJ's ability as musicians. Therefore, I prefer the live music not the live "crowd".

Part of the excitment of them releasing the boots IMO is seeing how the quality of the sound is. Now that we have 10 years of officialy boots it's great to compare. Thankfully, we have a ton of music to base our "debates" on....Long live PJ....

I would like to think so from my perspective anyways. Brett is what most of us hard core official bootleg collectors are most used to. 2008 was a bit of a rough start but after the first few shows John and Barret seemed to find a happy medium and I think with that experience they found just the right recording and mix average between Band and Audience for the majority of the shows. 2010 has proven to show that experience so far. Just excellent recordings and mixing this year all around. Sometimes Stone is hard to make out and sometimes Matt's drums are a bit canned but overall the band is really mixed well with the audience.

With Brett it seemed an evolution of recording and mixing growth. By 2006 I could not make out much of the audience in many shows but the recordings were very superior none the less. 2006-05-22, Auburn Hills is a great example of that.

MayDay10

Just opened Columbus.

Pretty awesome. Disk 1 is the exact same as Disk 3 from Philly IV 2009...

mcameronrocks

I agree, the 06 auburn hills show is a great boot. I was lucky to attend all the shows from that weekend...grand rapids, cleveland and detroit.

stuckinline

mcameronrocks wrote:

Just downloaded my first 2010 boot yesterday(columbus). I must say I am a little disappointed. I am a huge Matt Cameron fan. His drums sound like he has a ton of reverb on the mix. It gives it a sound like he's playing inside a metal box. It also cracks a bit at the high end as well. Not as much as the '08 boots though.

I prefer their boots that have the music very much at the fore front of the sound vs the crowd noise. Therefore, 2000, 2006, 2009 are the quality that I like best.

Certainly don't want to be "debbie downer" as PJ is the best band in the world and the access they give to their music is second to none. I have well over 100 boots and notice that many times, the earlier dates of a tour often times are the worst sounding. For those of you that have downloaded shows later in the tour, is this true for the 2010 boots? Trying to decide if I should purchase anymore boots from this tour.

i am also disappointed in the sound of the columbus boot. i think the entire bootleg sounds like it was taped inside a metal box.

dasvidana

Hartford's up!

Bob Terwilliger

As is Boston!

Straitline

derbydave wrote:

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Straitline wrote:

I'd like to find a video of Ed talking about them starting their own religion from the Columbus show on You Tube or something. Does anyone know what song they sing before or after they start talking about it? Thanks!!!

It's between Comatose & Marker in the Sand...
and remember, NO Twitter & try not to be an @$$h0!e....

Damn! Couldn't find it on You Tube. Guess I'll have to buy the boot! Thanks for giving me the songs, derbydave!

IndyDave

i am also disappointed in the sound of the columbus boot. i think the entire bootleg sounds like it was taped inside a metal box.

Really? I think it sounds pretty fine. I'm listening to CD's I burned from my purchased FLAC on my home stereo system. It sure sounds like it was inside Nationwide Arena to me.

MayDay10

MayDay10 wrote:

Just opened Columbus.

Pretty awesome. Disk 1 is the exact same as Disk 3 from Philly IV 2009...

FYI, Kufala addressed this problem very quickly for me.

locked

I just bought the Boston Flac download..

If anyone can comment, I'd like to know how long does it normally take to get this emailed to me (folks who have bought the 2010 downloads?)

Thanks as always
Scott in Boston

Ott

locked wrote:

I just bought the Boston Flac download..

If anyone can comment, I'd like to know how long does it normally take to get this emailed to me (folks who have bought the 2010 downloads?)

Thanks as always
Scott in Boston

I got mine before I could open my email.

Ott

Foo4Everlong

locked wrote:

I just bought the Boston Flac download..

If anyone can comment, I'd like to know how long does it normally take to get this emailed to me (folks who have bought the 2010 downloads?)

Thanks as always
Scott in Boston

LOL! Dude I did the same thing u did. Kept waiting for an email with a link that never came. Actually what u have to do is once u finalize your purchase the link that just says "Download" is right there on the same page towards the bottom. If u go back to the "Goods" Section and click on "Orders" on the left side of your screen, then go down to the bottom where today's date/order # is, then click on that and there should be an option there to download again. I did the same thing, I kept waiting for this email with a link incorporated, but they must have stopped doing that for a while now. Anyways, I hope this helps. Later

Backstop-440

The only bad thing about mixing the crowd-noise very low is it sound like the band is bombing and the venue is mostly empty. Like a sporting event where the home team is getting blown out.