lurksalot Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Mrs Lurks was watching (seemingly endless iPlayer repeats of) the greatest dancer, and the turn vines on to sing a song . Mrs Lurks asks why the singer has an ear piece in ? Durh i said , it is so she can hear the music and pitch her voice accurately , it is called monitoring and then explained loads more in my inimitable way Mrs Lurks followed up , why don’t they do this in Musical theatre then oh ! Thats me stumped , I had to conclude that they were far better trained ! Is that right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Possibly because in musical theatre they also have to act and have dialogue, being isolated with in ears would prevent normal conversation. You could always argue if everyone was Mic’d up then it would not be an issue? Maybe also with dancing etc having a microphone and an ear piece pack is a hassle. I dunno, thoughts off the top of my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, lurksalot said: ...Is that right ? I think that the real answer is that they do, if budget and local technicality allow, and if it's appropriate for the performance. Some performers aren't comfortable with the stuff, and there may be more 'old school 'foldback' monitoring going on. 'Real' singers may not need monitoring at all (classically trained opera and the like..?), and some 'singers' can't sing for toffee, whatever the gear around them..! Edited February 9, 2020 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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