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Geoff Duncan@samvarma
I'll follow up with another oddball pick. I was that one kid in school who didn't much care for Yes's "breakthrough" 90125—Yesssongs or go home, right?—although a few bits have grown on me. But for some reason I really liked this Yes lineup that was half Yes, all of the Buggles (really!), and sparked off Asia (think Yes sounding like Journey), Rabin-era Yes (think Yes sounding like Journey and Art of Noise), GTR (think Marillion sounding like Journey) and cemented Steve Howe in my mind. I mean, he was already cemented there but this added more superglue.
I'll follow up with another oddball pick. I was that one kid in school who didn't much care for Yes's "breakthrough" 90125—Yesssongs or go home, right?—although a few bits have grown on me. But for some reason I really liked this Yes lineup that was half Yes, all of the Buggles (really!), and sparked off Asia (think Yes sounding like Journey), Rabin-era Yes (think Yes sounding like Journey and Art of Noise), GTR (think Marillion sounding like Journey) and cemented Steve Howe in my mind. I mean, he was already cemented there but this added more superglue.
NigelTufnel@geoffduncan @samvarma I saw GTR when they came thru SF Bay Area in 1986, playing the Warfield. Good friend of mine was a HUGE prog fan so this was Rock Royalty but I don’t remember any of it, sorry man! Too young for that to stick.
@NigelTufnel @geoffduncan Dream Theater was my biggest foray into prog, I remember seeing them live for the first time in Munich and being like holy shit it sounds just like the record, then seeing them again six months later in London at the Astoria, and being like yeah holy shit still sounds just like the record, and then again maybe a year later in Los Angeles at the house of blues. (1/2)
And I was like yo this is just boring, it sounds just like the album. The coolest thing that happened was Derek Sherinian strapped on a Les Paul with a shiny silver shirt on for a cover of some 70s rock. The bloom was off the rose after that. (2/2)
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neverbeaten@samvarma @NigelTufnel @geoffduncan
This is my main issue with IEMs. I hate them because it almost guarantees that the band is using backing tracks from the album and won’t likely deviate from the album performance.
I want every live performance to feel unique. Ephemeral. You had to be there.
That’s where the value in live performance comes from.
If I want to listen to the album, I prefer to do that comfortably at home without distractions.
Chancerubbage@neverbeaten @samvarma @NigelTufnel @geoffduncan
Almost everyone wearing in ear monitors is doing so for a private monitor mix and flexible movement on stage. And that’s it. A drummer -might- get a click. If it’s a dance act, it might be backing tracks.
Are there genres where the audience doesn’t care? Probably.
@Chancerubbage Please don't tell me I have to move on stage I'll get lost. ;)
Well, in ears are also good for voiding monitor wedge feedback.
In the early days of wireless mics, etc, wireless was really good at picking up police radio calls.
@Chancerubbage
So I learned from Spinal Tap!
The feedback point is good, although on a couple occasions I’ve wanted to get feedback on a silent stage and…welp.
These days there are automated EQs that will notch out monitor feedback as it happens these days.
In ears solved the problem sooner than digital mixers without a sound guy did
Oh, the spinal tap thing was real. Actually, all you needed sometimes to pick up police radio was an unshielded cable
@Chancerubbage
I'm so poor I can count the times I've played on a wireless rig with the thumbs of one foot. ;)
I'm so poor I can count the times I've played on a wireless rig with the thumbs of one foot. ;)