Cat Powers versus the sound tech Cat Power tongue lashing the sound guy December 11, 2013 @Trees Dallas, TX - YouTube
I laughed, at her, and cringed.
I laughed, at her, and cringed.
Eeeeeeeeeeh
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Wow.
Hey Cat, can you hear yourself in the monitors? Great. Now shut up and play.
And get your own damn guitar tone. That's not the sound tech's job.
Wow.
Hey Cat, can you hear yourself in the monitors? Great. Now shut up and play.
And get your own damn guitar tone. That's not the sound tech's job.
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Soundcheck with an audience huh. I like how he shuts the monitors off for talk back after she requests.
Soundcheck with an audience huh. I like how he shuts the monitors off for talk back after she requests.
Tim Weaver
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BTW, Peanut is a good engineer. Had a touring job for many years with a B national band.
She's off her meds or something.
BTW, Peanut is a good engineer. Had a touring job for many years with a B national band.
She's off her meds or something.
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And the difference between a digital reverb and a hall reverb is????????????
She obviously doesn't have a clue and is just trying make him look bad in front of the crowd. So as a result he probably doesn't want to to much to help her after going through that. So she looses even more.
And does she expect the monitors to sound like the mains? I HATE running reverb in the monitors-it just screws stuff up.
And somehow SHE is an expert in sound? After all the stupid things she is saying on stage-YEAH a real EXPERT that one-----------
Just shut up an play. Let others do their job. If she doesn't like it-then hire somebody who CAN give her the sound she wants.
And don't do it in front of the audience.
I wonder if she could actually name a reverb that is used on a PA system that is NOT digital?????????????
And the difference between a digital reverb and a hall reverb is????????????
She obviously doesn't have a clue and is just trying make him look bad in front of the crowd. So as a result he probably doesn't want to to much to help her after going through that. So she looses even more.
And does she expect the monitors to sound like the mains? I HATE running reverb in the monitors-it just screws stuff up.
And somehow SHE is an expert in sound? After all the stupid things she is saying on stage-YEAH a real EXPERT that one-----------
Just shut up an play. Let others do their job. If she doesn't like it-then hire somebody who CAN give her the sound she wants.
And don't do it in front of the audience.
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That bit where she asks for him to shut off mons so she can hear foh? YOU NEVER GET TO HEAR FOH, NOT FROM STAGE, NOT PROPERLY!!
Sometimes I get amateur bands who wander out the front during sound check to keep a watchful ear over the mix, they get a tech they like and grow out of that though. As for stagecraft, even if there is something wrong with the sound, the last thing in the world you should do is bring the entire audience's attention to it, Diiiiiiivaaaaaaa
Heh heh, of course someone on here knows the tech in the vid :-D poor bugger I didn't hear anything wrong with the sound.
That bit where she asks for him to shut off mons so she can hear foh? YOU NEVER GET TO HEAR FOH, NOT FROM STAGE, NOT PROPERLY!!
Sometimes I get amateur bands who wander out the front during sound check to keep a watchful ear over the mix, they get a tech they like and grow out of that though. As for stagecraft, even if there is something wrong with the sound, the last thing in the world you should do is bring the entire audience's attention to it, Diiiiiiivaaaaaaa
Heh heh, of course someone on here knows the tech in the vid :-D poor bugger I didn't hear anything wrong with the sound.
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Sounds like time for a smoke break to me. :arrow:
And I don't even smoke.
I think her set list was too short and needed to use up some time.
Sound check? And what does digital (vs analog) matter?
The audience was getting restless, too. Shut up and play.
:x~:-x~
Sounds like time for a smoke break to me. :arrow:
And I don't even smoke.
I think her set list was too short and needed to use up some time.
Sound check? And what does digital (vs analog) matter?
The audience was getting restless, too. Shut up and play.
:x~:-x~
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Don't bitch about the bands who go out front to check the sound. I do it every show and frequently fix totally stupid system errors. It's not something you grow out of, it's something you grow into so you don't have to pay that extra person. Some of us are well versed at knowing how we should sound.
And don't underestimate what a properly trained ear can hear from on stage. Most of the content is isn't all that directional and it isn't hard to pick up the rings that are making it sound bad out front.
Hope you're staying cool, I hear it's hot in Australia right now.
I'm not defending her, I didn't even watch the video. There's no room on a stage or my laptop for being a diva but...
Don't bitch about the bands who go out front to check the sound. I do it every show and frequently fix totally stupid system errors. It's not something you grow out of, it's something you grow into so you don't have to pay that extra person. Some of us are well versed at knowing how we should sound.
And don't underestimate what a properly trained ear can hear from on stage. Most of the content is isn't all that directional and it isn't hard to pick up the rings that are making it sound bad out front.
Hope you're staying cool, I hear it's hot in Australia right now.
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Funny, I've watched a couple of videos, and in both instances painfully loud icepick type of feedback that made their heads snap back in pain was what set both of them off, but I guess they should just grin and bear it :twisted:
Funny, I've watched a couple of videos, and in both instances painfully loud icepick type of feedback that made their heads snap back in pain was what set both of them off, but I guess they should just grin and bear it :twisted:
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I take it back. She seemed reasonable. I didn't get "diva" from that video.
She didn't want a sibilant reverb. She wanted it "warmer" with "less highs." I know exactly what she was going for and I could hear over the cell phone that is was sibilant. It was probably pretty nasty there. Maybe that should have been handled during sound check and maybe it was. It could be that as the night went on a set of fatigued ears were "brightening it up a bit."
I take it back. She seemed reasonable. I didn't get "diva" from that video.
She didn't want a sibilant reverb. She wanted it "warmer" with "less highs." I know exactly what she was going for and I could hear over the cell phone that is was sibilant. It was probably pretty nasty there. Maybe that should have been handled during sound check and maybe it was. It could be that as the night went on a set of fatigued ears were "brightening it up a bit."
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What she wanted may have been reasonable, but the way she went about asking for it certainly wasn't.
Chris
What she wanted may have been reasonable, but the way she went about asking for it certainly wasn't.
Chris
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