On Nov 17, 6:53 am, "Antonio" <megaton...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I think it's also for a correct timing: I remember a concert by a band
at
> wembley stadium in london when I could see the drummer hits his drums
about
> half a second before the sound came to my ears. I think the sound has so
> much distance to run from the mics/receivers on the drums/guitars, to
the
> amplifier and then out from the speakers on the crowd that there's a
little
> delay from the moment when you hit the drum-play guitar-sing until the
> moment the sound come out from the speaker. this delay is very
disturbing
> when trying to keep the tempo
>
> "AngusBoom" <l0uiethe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ha scritto nel
messaggionews:9687b093-6976-4e32-bc8f-b11ff84dd7c9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >I know that most singers have an earpiece while doing live shows.
> > What exactly is the purpose of it? I was at last nights show in 'DC
> > and noticed that Brian was having a hard time with his earpiece and
> > the roadie kept trying to fix it inbetween songs. I thought it was
> > pretty messed up that the rest of the band clearly noticed Brian and
> > the roadie ru****ng like crazy to fix whatever was wrong but they
> > seemed completely indifferent to his problem. They just kept starting
> > the next song if he was ready or not. All I kept thinking was why not
> > wait 1-2 mins and let them fix whatever was wrong? Before STT Brian
> > just ripped the thing out and sang without it and is clearly out of
> > tune as a result:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By9bbXOQp2w
>
> > My questions are;
>
> > 1-What the hell is that earpiece for?
>
> > 2-Why wouldn't the band give them time to fix the damn thing?
>
> > On another note when the roadie finally fixed the thing Brian gave him
> > a high 5 and was clearly very grateful, very nice to watch.
>
> > The show was amazing, the band was tight, loud and not slopply at
> > all. Angus gave it 110%, I was pleasently surprised at his
> > performance despite some earlier undeserved posts. He can still play
> > with the best of them. Funny thing was that he tried to get his hat
> > to come off during HAABPTB but it wouldn't and he just played with it
> > on for like 3 more songs than usual.
>
> > Brian sounded awesome, powerful and he didn't seem to lose steam at
> > all, with the only problem I noticed with his earpiece fiasco. I also
> > thought that he might have hurt himself trying to swing on the bell,
> > when he came down he kept grabbing his groin and had a painful look on
> > his face. For gods sake please tell Brian to stop doing that, no man
> > at 61 has any business swinging on ropes in mid air.
>
> > I brought my brother-in-law with with me. It was his first AC/DC show
> > and he was amazed. He kept saying "how the hell do these guys have
> > the energy to perform like this at their age?" He was shocked when I
> > told him Brian was 61.
>
> > This was my second show of the tour and I noticed that BI is the least
> > received song, being when most people hit the restrooms/beer line.
Almost all bands use in-ears on large stages. A lot of smaller bar
bands even use them now that they're more affordable.
A former bandmate now plays drums for a band here in the area. He uses
both an in-ear and a seat kicker, which essentially puts a "bump" in
his ass that matches the tempo of the song.
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