Music Genre's - Part 43

a blurb about a show I went to back on Nov 11th,2010 at the ElMo in Toronto

This show was loud loud loud. I’ve seen Gordie Johnson play before as the frontman of Big Sugar and that was loud too. When I was up at the stage, I was slightly concerned my heart might skip a beat or reset to ‘Grady time’ with the booming bass notes.

I had moderately useful earplugs in, which helped a bit. Gordie, w/ Big Ben Richardson on bass and Nina Singh on drums, put on a great hard rock n’ blues show with the crowd getting into it right from the start.

Solid guitar sound’s, Pulsing bass and a kick drum to knock your socks off where the order of the evening. The band was happy to be there, happy to be back home(for Gordie anyway) and they all where having a great time. Check out my full gallery.

Opening band Motorleague played a great set of their material to get things rollin’.

Equipment: Nikon D90 Tamron 28-75 f2.8

This years Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival was a great time to see numerous established and new artists perform their songs and get a real roots music vibe going on. I was helping out as a soundman most of the time along with other volunteers to make everything go smoothly for the musicians and host venues.

I had a couple glitches to take care of, like monitor levels, faulty equipment, but nothing was a complete ‘train wreck’

My main beef was the lighting. The places I took photos in had just a row of spot lights on a stand, some with coloured gels, some just white. On occasion I was able to access the stand and adjust the light levels and direction of the spot lights but other times I couldn’t even get to the control due to the all the people in their seats.

I did manage to get a few resonable shots and corrected some overexposure/white balance issues as best I could with Lightroom afterwards. I used the D90 set at ISO1600 with the Tamron 28-75 f2.8 lens. I should have watched my Highlight Warning indicator to watch for blownout areas but realized afterwards it was off.

Regardless I got to listen to a lot of really great music without having to wear earplugs. Plus I met a lot of fellow fans, photog’s and musicians, all of whom where friendly and very happy to be there.

Can’t wait until next year. Check out the complete gallery Winterfolk IX