First Live Recording

Last night, I was obliged to attend Rhythm of Life, a charity concert in support of the Adventist Home for the Elders, Adventist Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre and Adventist Community Services.

The concert featured Filipino Sal Malaki of the LA Opera and The Golden Angels from Korea.

I took the opportunity to test out the in-ear binaurals I got from The Sound Professionals and borrowed an old MiniDisc player. (Until the Samson Zoom H2 Handy Recorder is released, I’m sticking with this old mini-disc.)

It being the first time I’ve recorded a live show, I missed out the beginning of the first song. Which was fine anyway, because the levels were too high and the sound got distorted. Then I might have gotten too conservative and made the levels too low. Finally, I ran out of tape and missed out the last two songs.

These songs are best heard on headphones to hear the direction of chatter, laughter and so on. You can even pick me up sniffing.

This is Sal Malaki with God and God Alone. There’s some distortion at the loud parts. Still, I enjoyed it.

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