Horses Report

There were no shows scheduled for taping in February. I rescheduled the two shows that got messed up in December, but the artists who we tried to tape in January are not so fast to return. Caleb Hawley seems reticent to commit to coming back given his busy schedule and Michele Citrin says she wants to do it, but needs to save up some $ so she can pay her accompanists to come out with her again.

I asked the Cablevision Tech if he had figured out the source of the loud buzz in the audio that ruined our last 2 shows. He replied:

Hello Ralph,

I did a show in Randolph recently and the audio was fine after I normalled the audio board and compressor. Every button and knob was pushed and turned so I'm not exactly sure but all of the monitoring inputs were pressed simultaneously on the audio board, so I think that has something to do with it. I heard the buzz until I corrected things, so let's make sure that you do a test record before you get going and also, as a matter of course, check audio and video after each show; don't just put the tape away and consider it a done deal.

We've been having some issues with the next dept. over and I wonder if they haven't messed with our equipment. I've requested a lock be installed on the control room door so I don't have to even wonder about whether someone has been playing around in there. We shall see. I'm also trying to have those conduit pipes removed from the studio and install a proper audio snake; it's a mess of audio cables and camera 1 can't get close enough to the wall in most cases.

Upcoming

3/10/11 6:45 Larry Siegel - Larry Siegel has performed for over thirty years on guitar, banjo,

mandolin, ukulele, harmonica and as a singer/composer/producer

http://www.larrysiegel.com/about.htm

3/10/11 8:00 Burning Bridget Cleary - Genevieve Gillespie with father-daughter duo, Lou and Rose Baldino. The girls both are 1st-place trophy winners in Celtic Classic fiddle competitions, Lou‘s on guitar; Weaving in vocal numbers & step-dancing, they've wowed at many Celtic Fests & Philly Folk Festival burningbridgetcleary.com

3/17/11 The Little Brothers - Kim Basile, Mike Hoffmann & Frankie Basile. Kim plays old-time & blues fiddle; Frankie plays guitar and banjo. Mike Hoffmann plays mandolin & his voice fell in naturally; fun interpreting both country blues and old-time music. http://www.donegone.net/?page_id=2

3/17/11 Mighty Joe & Young Pat - Joe Bellulovich guitar and harmonica; Pat Conte guitar & mandolin

4/26/11 8:00 Gathering Time - Glen Roethel, Hillary Foxsong & Stuart Markus, head-turning folk-rock harmony trio described recently as “getting a whole beehive-full of buzz” on NE folk scene www.gatheringtimetrio.com

5/4/10 6:45 Alan Friend - has been playing banjo, guitar and concertina, and singing traditional songs from America and the British Isles for many years alanfriendmusic.com

5/4/10 8:00 The Lords Of Liechtenstein - acoustic rock brothers duo who compose songs about personal experiences & beings of the opposite gender myspace.com/thelordsofliechtenstein

5/16/11(tentative) North Sea Gas - www.northseagas.co.uk

Oct. or Nov. (tenative) Nick Annis