Tesla: 2013-06-15 Dallas, TX (FLAC_Bootradr Master AUD Source 1_2 CD)

Here's a show I went to and recorded in Dallas a little over two months ago.  It was my third time seeing Tesla (earlier times were in the late 1980's) and they put on an awesome show!

I'll get straight to the important information and add the extra details on the show afterwards!

LINEAGE: (NOTE - NO EQ OR ALTERING OF THE SOUND WAS DONE!)
Source 1 Master Zoom H4n recorder with Sony ECM-917 microphone recorded @ 96 kHz/24 bit WAV > 16 GB SD card > PC > CD WAV to track, name tracks, and convert to 44.1 kHz/16 bit WAV audio > Media Creator Pro 2010 for fade in/out (very beginning/end of show only) > Trader's Little Helper for encoding as FLAC6, check for SBE's (no SBE's found), creation of md5, ffp, and torrent files, and verifications of files > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Tesla
Date: June 15th, 2013
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: House of Blues
Source: Source1 AUD Master
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No (ticket scan included...please feel free to create and share artwork here)
Label: Bootradr Master
Title: Coils All Fired Up
Size: 519 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. intro music
102. I Wanna Live
103. Hang Tough
104. Taste My Pain (brand new unreleased track)
105. Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)
106. Mama's Fool
107. Cumin' Atcha Live
108. Truckin'
109. Into The Now
110. Paradise

CD 2:
201. unknown intro into "Signs"
202. Signs
203. The Way It Is
204. What You Give
205. Gypsy Highway
206. Love Song
207. Lazy Days, Crazy Nights
208. Modern Day Cowboy
209. encore/crowd
210. Ramblin' Man (teaser)
211. Little Suzie
212. HOB Special Announcement

Hotfile Links:
Part 1 - https://hotfile.com/dl/242311784/e4390e8/
Part 2 - https://hotfile.com/dl/242311813/b61fe8c/

FilFactory Mirror Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/1ntivcmrgkit/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/7b31osgn1kmz/

3 Torrent Sites Downloading Options: 
(1) http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=462887 - Dime
(2) coming soon - ZOMB
(3)  coming soon - The Trader's Den
NOTE: I created a torrent and posted it on Dime (and will on ZOMB and The Trader's Den).  If your a Dime member, you'll know what to do.  If not, sign up for a free account and READ THE RULES.  Go to http://www.dimeadozen.org for their home page.  And remember to keep your sharing ratio at 0.25% or higher so as to not get banned.  As far as ZOMB and TTD torrent sites go, read their rules too.  Most of these sites have a ratio you need to be aware of to stay in good standing..  It's a much faster download almost always!  Now, back to the original blog post.

Here's a little background on the night's events.  My buddy John and his girlfriend Deena asked me if I wanted to go see the Tesla the show with them a few days earlier.  Of course, I said yes.  We bought the general admission tickets at the venue window (and the show sold out right afterwards I later learned) and had to wait outside because the doors were opening later than they were suppose to.  I brought my Zoom H4n digital audio recorder (source 1) and my Zoom H2 digital audio recorder (source 2) because I always believe in having at least one backup.  And it's a good thing I did this as I'll explain soon.  Looking back now, I wish I'd brought a camera and a video camera but I didn't because I thought I'd be standing on the floor being bumped around.

After getting inside of the venue, I separated from my friends who were going to the general admission floor level because I knew the House of Blues was cool about aiding disabled people.  And being legally blind, I talked to the guy at the door of the lower balcony seating area and he said he could let me an one other friend in for the great seats but not all of us since the show was sold out.  I knew my two friends wanted to be together through the show so I went on in myself.  I managed to maneuver around a small barrier and get dead center on the second row of the lower balcony.  I was happy with my seating because the House of Blues' lower balcony goes out over the floor and I was no more than 30 feet (a "guesstimate") from the stage.  My only hope was that whoever sat in front of my wouldn't be screaming because that would be picked up on my microphones. 

Soon afterward, and before the show, the people who had the tickets to my seat arrived and I moved down to the only other available seat on the second row.  And sure enough, that person with a ticket to that seat arrived too.  There was one seat on the front row I'd avoided because I thought it'd make me stand out and be noticed as I was recording.  But at this point, I moved up a row to the front row, dead center seat where I had a much better seat because nobody could be in front of me to mess up the audio no matter how much they hooted and hollered.  Even with my vision, I could see a lot of details on stage.  And the rest is recorded history!

I had the Zoom H2 hanging around my neck and on my chest and the Zoom H4n with a Sony ECM-917 microphone I hid in my fanny pack after getting the sound levels right and I just held the directional microphone (set to 120° in this case because I was so close and didn't have to worry as much about crowd noise being on the front row).  About 2 minutes before the show ended, my Zoom H2 dropped from the way I had it mounted on the strap around my neck and hit the floor.  I thought it had gone over the railing and possibly hit someone in the head.  But thank God, it was on the concrete floor but the 8 GB SD card had ejected.  So, source 2, being recorded in 96 kHz/24 bit audio, became an incomplete recording.  The higher bitrate setting did help me to capture the first 2 GB of the show  because the recorder creates a new track every 2 GB as it records to the SD card.  But the second track that had started was ruined as the SD card ejected out from the fall as it was recording that 2 GB chunk/track.  Thankfully, I had my Zoom H4n and Sony ECM-917 still going and it captured the whole show.  I believe the H2's audio may have sounded better as I reviewed it, but the H4n's audio is great too and it is the 100% complete show.

I normally do not EQ or do any sound editing on shows I upload (except rare cases where it's a must) because I know I like to get them raw and have an unaltered copy.  I can always make my own changes to shows I get from others or record myself if I'm working off of the master, unedited source.  And that's what I did on this show I'm uploading.  I left it "as is" and unaltered.  All I diod was track, name, check for SBE's (none found), and create the upload of the show.

I hope you enjoy if as much as I did...

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