Originally posted by Drumr:I often analyze things a little too much.
So if I had to make one critical statement on this gig, judging by the video's audio (which is shakey),
it's that singers really need to be
up close to the mic for the vocals to really be
on top of the mix.
I notice that I can't always understand every word here like I can in the videos of my own band.
Most everyone around here knows this, eating-the-mic is the preferred approach.
I will say that at-the-gig, my band knows this, and we know that when our vocal is (too)
loud to ourselves on stage, we are just right for the audience, and our vocals are on top of the mix.
Now some might prefer their vocals down
in the mix and that's fine for some styles of (rock) music,
but I wish in this case I'd have suggested to the Sheerins that they get in closer for a fuller,
more "on top" sound. I did in fact mention this to the guitarist, Danny at the break, and he did move in.
The clip here is before I mentioned that.
I'm sure that they were hearing themselves better than ever before and because of that
felt no need to move in closer and be louder than they thought they should.
It's only after singing thru these systems for three years that I have realized
how we go about achieving
our sound.
Am I correct in this observation?
If so, then do we need to compensate on stage for what we want the audience to hear?
What we hear is not
exactly what the audience hears, mix-wise.
In my case, I often think my backing vocal is too loud, because I am close to my own L1.
But out front, according to video, it's just right or maybe even down just a bit in the mix.
I'm not really sure what I'm trying to say here, but this leads me to believe that recording performances
might be a good thing to do, just so we know what we are doing and how we are being perceived.
