My set up

A short tour through the gear I use to bring my live blues to worldwide audiences.

The whole setup is built around a Whisper Room isolation booth - 7 foot high, 5 foot by 3 foot, carpet covered room with doubled windows. Inside are two microphones - a Shure sm58 for vocals and a Shure sm57 picking up the guitars.

These are running to a control station outside the booth - an Alesis Mictube duo preamp brings them into an Alesis Multimix 8 mixer, with two channels going straight to USB, into a Dell studio xps running Windows NT. Here, Shoutcast for Winamp is used to stream the audio signal and Audacity can be used to record.

Happy Holidays to one and all!

You'll find a new song - "Just Like Christmas" - on my SoundClick player in the column to your right. Enjoy!

UpDate

Lots going on here at the studio these days with a short film opening this week with music that was recorded here - and more sound track projects waiting.

Don't forget, you can listen in to my Second Life broadcasts from outside Second Life here; http://74.208.195.204:9140

Played the King School Farmers Market last weekend and had a wonderful time - came home with a couple pounds of Willepa Bay Clams into the deal!

Video from a recent broadcast

Blast from the past

A picture of the "Dan Lange Band", based around Berkeley California, around 2001. left to right it's Dan and Dan on guitars, the late Chris Beacham on bass and Victor Arre on the drums. We also occasionally added a keyboard player and a harmonica.

Video From The Muffin

This Years Meadow Muffin

Click to watch Derwoody's video of some of the high points. We had a LOT of fun!

PSU Farmers Market this Saturday!

Very Excited - I'll be playing the first market of the season, from 11 AM until 2 PM. Hope to see you there!

Original song entered in Second Life song contest

Dublin, Ireland – November 15, 2010 – Popular voting is now open for the Is One Life Enough Theme Song Contest. Artist awards include recognition and prizes from Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin Virtually Live. Voter awards include great music and “I Voted” in-world tee-shirts. All Second Life Residents are eligible to vote at the IOLE Song Contest Web Site [http://www.siterma.com/iole/]. Winners will be announced December 1st. Virtual Environments: Is one life enough is an award-winning, university-level course on the professional use of social media.

Check out the entrants here;

http://www.siterma.com/iole/

When you visit the Crossroads on Second Life, be sure to visit Chriscloud Loon's Blues Museum.

At the Bluffs and backstage at the Crossroads

Triumphant return to SECOND LIFE

If you want me to play your Virtual Venue, please contact Votslav Hax and Symbiotic Productions in Second Life.

If you're interested in having me play your Real Life venue, email me at danandjane@yahoo.com.

If you're confused about the difference, step away from the computer.

Second Life and Live Blues

Second Life is a virtual world stored on computers, with tens of thousands of people online at a time interacting, creating things, and listening to music.

I stream live performances from my studio - a small audio isolation booth here in Portland Oregon - to three dimensional venues and listeners all around

the world. There's a whole world of live music to be enjoyed as well, with an active blues scene.

In between live shows, DJ's play gems from their personal stash. Over all Second life has a lot to offer to the

creative mind - and it's a lot a lot of fun - I recommend exploring it.

While you're there, check out my live shows!

My calendar of live broadcasts on Second life is up to date at the top of this page.

Listen from outside Second Life athttp://red.neostreams.info:8147/

Live in the studio

At the PSU Farmers Market

Found this footage from a show a few months ago. Played there this morning, in the pouring rain. A good day in spite of the weather. Spotted a cart selling Hot Tamales! Played the Robert Johnson song about "Hot Tamales" and made some friends!

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This week at the Farmers Market

Haven't booked much this year - still a bit stiff getting around. But man I need to play for the people!

Headed down to the East Bay last month. NO Muffin this year - but we missed the Muffineers so much we had to make the trip. Played at the Starry Plough and the Missouri Lounge, caught the Happy Clams and the Cave Painters, Salem and many other favorites, saw my righteous friends, especially Joan and Jenny, Doug, and...well, it's a long list. Great to see everyone! Special thanks to Paul Pot (of the Clams) for the spiffy poster.

I have a few upcoming Farmers Markets, and my broadcasts online through Second Life.

Keeping my schedule a bit thinner while I adjust to getting around with a cane - and finding that there's PLENTY of music to keep me occupied right here in my studio. Getting music into an independant film was a GOOD shot in the arm when I needed it - "Mine" is the second one, I also have a piece in a film about Bay Area musical legend Girl George, "George and the Arizona Star".

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Video from last Sunday's Second Life performance, courtesy Geoff Steuart.