Nicholas Lutsko
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Webby World Tour - Soundboard Recordings
🕑 Added 2022-07-07 14:45:04 +0000 UTCSalutations!
The Webby World Tour lives on in infamy via these soundboard recordings.
Nashville EXIT/IN Soundboard
Nashville was a fantastic way to kick things off! This show had quite a few patrons so we purposely threw in a few deep cuts. Randy, John and Justin are just about the nicest dudes you'll ever meet. Would have them on every show if we could. The venue doesn't have a projector or a designated light person so Kyle Means and his wife, Tiffany (fellow patrons and all around great people) totally saved the day. We met at the merch booth in Chicago, and I learned that Kyle was a fellow MTSU alumni living in ATL doing live production-creative design wizardry. He offered his hand in helping bring Brielle's fantastic visuals to life. Massive kudos to Greezy for manually triggering visuals all three nights. This show was the perfect way to kick off this run of shows. EXIT / IN is as pro as they come but it has this pseudo-dive bar energy that made for a super fun and loose show. Having Randy and John, my wife Clair, little brother Jakey and his girlfriend Peyton + all of our patron friends made it extra cozy.
NYC Bowery Ballroom Soundboard
All of these shows were a blast but playing Bowery Ballroom was really something else. I was really feeling the imposter syndrome thinking of all of the other acts that had sound checked on the same stage. Right out of the gate, the staff was so kind and accommodating. Incredibly smooth experience. Randy Feltface was a perfect addition. Really enjoyed what I saw of his set and the crowd seemed to love it as well. His handler, Heath, also couldn't have been a nicer dude. Brielle made the hilarious S&L intro on a few moments notice (per usual). Her visuals really popped in the best way at Bowery. My dad was on a business trip in New Jersey and he somehow managed to talk 10 co-workers into taking a 1.5 hour uber drive into the city to see the show with no context of what I do. Apparently they had a blast! My good buddy Justin Cipriani and his girlfriend Carson made the trip up for this show. Justin and I have been making stuff together for over a decade. Predator, Grinning Like a Barracuda, Sideshow, Trump's Ass, Dawn of Desmond Trailer. We were in NYC for less than 24 hours but I think we made the most of our time singing Irish Man all over the damn place.
FYI on the NYC Soundboard, there was an issue and it somehow didn't record the first few songs, so Gremlins, Desmond Call and Inauguration are missing.
DC Union Stage Soundboard
Shooting and editing "The Search for Joe Biden" was way too much fun. We laughed so hard so many times. We thought we would have a lot of downtime in DC but it was nonstop productivity... If you can bear to call what we do productive. Thursday was mostly a travel day. We stopped by Union Stage to check out the area and dropped Adam off at his sister's place in VA. Friday we woke up and wrote the script for the Biden exchange and sent it off to Brielle. Then we headed to DC with the hope of hitting a few museums and perhaps shooting some bits here and there. That essentially turned into an 8 mile trek of nonstop shooting around DC (no museums). We stayed up late organizing footage (and laughing way too hard) and then spent about 8 hours editing it the next day. The general consensus was even if it didn't sell a single ticket, it was worth how much fun we had making it. It really feels like no one enjoys the stupid stuff we create more than we do sometimes. Oh yea, the show! We listened to the soundboard recording on the ride home and agreed that DC might be the tightest performance of the trip. Another amazing crowd of people to perform for.
Still overwhelmed by how long the merch lines were every night. Totally surreal. It's so nice to say hello and chat with everyone. And holy moly is Karen the MVP! She does such a tremendous job manning the merch table, truly couldn't have made the trip without her!
I keep being told "This is just the beginning!" It feels like I've been doing this for a really long time. But I get the sentiment, and it's very exciting.
Okay I'm sure there's more to talk about but I decided I'm going to take my daughter to Build a Bear today. She's probably too young for that but it's too hot for our usual adventures. Maybe I just really want to build a bear.
God bless us, everyone
-Nick
Comments
Great show at Union stage! Listening to this now is like an audible anti-depressant. Thank you!
K Kyle Means
Wow, thanks for the shout-out! It’s our pleasure to serve in your administration, Mr. President!
