Volume Level at Fleetwood Mac Concerts

[David]

I used to go see the Mac before they started going for the Smooth, and I was often shocked at just how much feedback their setup generated. You’d hear ear-shattering feedback six, seven, or eight times a night. There was some flaw in their live sound. I concluded that they must like it. There’s even feedback on their 1980 Live album!

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by David

I used to go see the Mac before they started going for the Smooth, and I was often shocked at just how much feedback their setup generated. You’d hear ear-shattering feedback six, seven, or eight times a night. There was some flaw in their live sound. I concluded that they must like it. There’s even feedback on their 1980 Live album!

Oh yeah. On the "for screening only" live show(is that Largo? I can't keep that sh*t straight), Lindsey even stops and says, "there's a lot of feedback going on". Who the Hell was doing their monitors back then? The Colonel?

Clearly they either didn't sound check, or the person didn't know what the Hell they were doing(I've done monitors for 30 years, so I DO know what I'm talking about).

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by David

I used to go see the Mac before they started going for the Smooth, and I was often shocked at just how much feedback their setup generated. You’d hear ear-shattering feedback six, seven, or eight times a night. There was some flaw in their live sound. I concluded that they must like it. There’s even feedback on their 1980 Live album!

God, yes!! So much feedback throughout the years with FM.

[bombaysaffires]

Richard talked about doing the live sound on his online chats with fans. He put up some pics of himself at the sound board. Not sure it would have been him on their first tour, but def for Rumours and Tusk.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Richard talked about doing the live sound on his online chats with fans. He put up some pics of himself at the sound board. Not sure it would have been him on their first tour, but def for Rumours and Tusk.

Well Richard was doing Front Of House(FOH), not monitors.

In a chat with Bob Welch years ago, I asked him if in the early days, they had a separate monitor board and guy running it, and he said they did. He said it was usually just a roadie running monitors(which gave me the impression that it wasn't a REAL monitor guy...maybe just their guitar tech or someone doing it). I was kind of surprised(you CAN run monitors from front of house - but the biggest challenge is that the performers can't make eye contact with the FOH guy, showing them what they want changed - instead, they'd have to ASK for it over mics), because in the early Bob Welch days, I wouldn't have thought they'd have been doing big numbers. Bands don't usually hire monitor guys until they're making bank. I've made most of my living doing the up and comers. Sometimes they even have a couple hits, and haven't made the step yet to "full blown production". I've done Miranda Lambert, John Mayer, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, and many more. It's a thrill catching them on their rise.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Well Richard was doing Front Of House(FOH), not monitors.

In a chat with Bob Welch years ago, I asked him if in the early days, they had a separate monitor board and guy running it, and he said they did. He said it was usually just a roadie running monitors(which gave me the impression that it wasn't a REAL monitor guy...maybe just their guitar tech or someone doing it). I was kind of surprised(you CAN run monitors from front of house - but the biggest challenge is that the performers can't make eye contact with the FOH guy, showing them what they want changed - instead, they'd have to ASK for it over mics), because in the early Bob Welch days, I wouldn't have thought they'd have been doing big numbers. Bands don't usually hire monitor guys until they're making bank. I've made most of my living doing the up and comers. Sometimes they even have a couple hits, and haven't made the step yet to "full blown production". I've done Miranda Lambert, John Mayer, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, and many more. It's a thrill catching them on their rise.

are the monitor guys off to the side?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

are the monitor guys off to the side?

Yes.


There's an old monitor man joke.....do you know the difference in a monitor man and a toilet seat?

A toilet seat only deals with one as*hole at a time(since the monitor man is trying to please the whole band).