Roma di Luna

Roma di Luna 
The 7th Street Entry
Minneapolis, MN
Friday May 30th

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Source: SBD > XLR adapters > dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120 (Line-In @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV) [Clip Safety ON]
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades) 
TRT: 64:29

01. ...intro
02. The Devil Walks
03. Plenty
04. Trouble Down the Road
05. Tamar
06. Fortune Teller
07. Ghost Dance
08. Summertime * 
09. ...band intros
10. I'm Gone
11. Romance of Wolves
12. Pearls for Pigs
13. These Tears Ain't Even Mine (reprise)
14. Bury Me

* originally by George Gershwin

Alexei Moon Casselle - voice, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Channy Moon Casselle - voice, violin, viola
Ben Durrant - electric guitar
James Everest - bass guitar
Ryan Lovan - drums/percussion
Jess Prusha - backing vocals
Michael Rossetto - banjo (Spaghetti Western String Co.)

www.romadiluna.com
www.myspace.com/romadiluna

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I'm really glad this is such a stellar soundboard because the audience source was botched by people talking through the music. I'm not saying people shouldn't talk at shows but at some point you might want to check out a little of the music. The mix is great and no post-production was done.

Mike Mangione (www.mikemangione.com) from Milwaukee and Jeremy Messersmith (www.jeremymessersmith.com) from Minneapolis opened the show. Mike and Jeremy both had full bands with them.

Roma di Luna (duo) 
Hosmer Library 
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday August 9th

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: Near NOS ( cm, _) 2' back, ~4.5' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: Sound Forge 9 (normalized + fades)  CD Wave (tracking) 

Please Do Not sell this recording. Share & trade it freely.

Disc I - 48:08

01. ...intro
02. Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow Tree # 
03. The Cuckoo % 
04. Ice Cold Body *
05. Red Walls *
06. Goodnight, Irene ^
07. House of the Rising Sun {
08. I Can't Afford to be Broke *
09. Before I Die *
10. Orphan Girl }
11. This Train is Bound for Glory =

:: set break ::

Disc II - 47:48

01. Inside the Bells *
02. The Gospel Ship +
03. Fortune Teller
04. The Devil Walks *
05. I'm Gone *
xx. Dink's Song (Lomax, Sandburg - not played)
06. These Tears Ain't Mine *
07. Wildfire *
08. Let Me Die in My Footsteps ~
09. Summertime -
xx. Aeroplane (Neutral Milk Hotel - not played)
10. Bury Me Beneath the Killing Fields *

* originals
# traditional: Carter Family
% traditional: Ritchie, Baez, Dylan
^ traditional: Lead Belly
{ traditional: Ashley and Foster, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Dylan, the Animals
} Gillian Welch
= traditional: Woody Guthrie
+ traditional: Carter Family
~ Bob Dylan 
- traditional: George Gershwin

Channy Moon Casselle - violin & vocals
Alexei Moon Casselle - acoustic guitar, harmonica & vocals 

www.romadiluna.com | www.myspace.com/romadiluna

This is the type of event that I'm glad I'm around to tape. Some dude was sitting in the Minneapolis Town Hall back in 1948 recording Lead Belly right? I wish I could've met that guy cause it's a great recording for '48. Back to present day...timeless music with a well balanced mixture of original compositions and traditional folks songs. Having seen the full band at the last handful of shows this was a rare duo performance (which is how Roma di Luna began) with Channy & Alexei playing unamplified to a crowd of 20-30 people in the basement of Hosmer Library. Hosmer is a community library located in lovely South Minneapolis, check it out. Being that it was a very intimate setting I didn't want to bust in with the standard large mic stand. Instead, I brought a mini-stand that I bought for on stage taping of instrumental performances. The mics were centered about 2' in front of them and about 4' off the ground. I'm extremely happy with the recording but it was understandably quiet to start with. I resisted the urge to crank the gain pots on the UA-5 because I knew the noise floor would be evident at some point. I wanted to bring up the levels without using compression so with the peak being at -7.4dB I first added 7dB gain. It still wasn't as full as I wanted it to be so I went back to the raw recording for another attempt. This time using Bury Me, the "loudest" song played. I Normalized just under 0dB to avoid clipping or using compression. At this point I was happy with the levels but it still remains a fairly quiet recording so on playback you'll want to turn it up a bit more than you might for say an amplified "rock" show. Included are scans of the flyer & set list.

Many thanks of course to Roma di Luna for allowing the local scene to tape them in many different settings but thanks also go to Hosmer Library for hosting such events for the community to enjoy. There are only 3 more performances left in the series this season but I have my eye on the 8/23 Spaghetti Western String Co. date. I think that could be a really great recording.

"The Hosmer Music Series is a world music performance series hosted at both the   Hosmer Community Library,(347 E. 36th St.) and the   Minneapolis Central Library, (Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis). This performance series is sponsored by The Friends of Minneapolis Public Library, the Lyndale Neighborhood Association, and KFAI Fresh Air Radio 90.3 FM. Concerts are free and open to the public. CD sales available. Call Hosmer Community Library at (612) 630-6950 for more information." - friendsofmpl.org

It was good hangin' with my friends Dean & Karen. These sexy MBHOs are Dean's after all. 

SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
111768	2008-05-30	The 7th Street Entry	Minneapolis	MN
Source: SBD > XLR adapters > dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120 (Line-In @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV) [Clip Safety ON] Lineage: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
111769	2008-08-09	Hosmer Library	Minneapolis	MN
Source: Near NOS ( cm, º) 2' back, ~4.5' ^ Lineage: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)

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