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MrMister -> RE: The Who (2/8/2010 7:50:12 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery
It bothered me to see them summarily dismissed. It's not an easy gig, and few people can do what they do and can do.
Speaking as a person with live sound reinforcement experience as well as recording studio experience, I would like to add that pulling off such a task as this was is never easy. As a matter of fact, its exceedingly difficult. It's poses enough problems doing it on a stage outdoors where there are so many variables to contend with getting levels set, monitors mixes catered for each musicians needs, equalization adjusted, delays and reverberation set properly, compressors and limiters set properly (particularly for vocal work) all the cabling and equipment set up, lights, etc, etc. But when coupled with the fact that all this must be moved onto the middle of a football field so quickly it would make most folks heads spin, well, it truly is a monumental task.
All in all, I would say they pulled it off better than I was expecting, with the exception of the big train wreck just a few bars into the set when everyone seemingly lost their place. I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Also wanted to add for anyone who may not have experience trying to sing with perfect pitch in a live performance, or in the studio for that matter, a lot of perceived pitch (to the performer) is easily affected by the monitor mix. If it is too loud, the vocalist generally will be singing consistently a bit sharp. If the monitor levels are set too low, generally the vocals are consistently flat. I'm not saying it's the cause for what some here are saying about Roger Dalton's vocal work being a bit sub-par, but I'm certainly willing to give him the benefit of doubt.
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