Teleprompter? Really??

[StandbackStevie]

I think all the artists today use the teleprompters. I think its alright to have them on hand in case you mind goes blank boy do i have those days all the time.

[Hartbreakkid]

Would you rather she lip synch?

[bluefox4000]

Everybody gets older. Artists who use it have said it's more of a comfort. I'm happy She's still performing. There's NOTHING at all wrong with this

Mick

[LB Freakazoid]

Well, my 2nd husband was a singer and he would forget lyrics all the time and just make them up - singers blank out after singing the same song a gazillion times...

And there's nothing wrong with using prompter.... I'm a professional prompter chick and I would not be able pay my mortgage if singers over 50 COULD remember their lyrics and "casual" banter....

Besides, doing concerts make for a nice break from all the boring speeches I have to listen to - and intensely pay attention to - try paying attention to the importance of the coloring of the label for french fried onions for 4 hours - argh! Or getting a script that normally takes 20 minutes to format and they give you only 30 seconds before the President goes on stage....
Or listening to some race car driver thanking everyone he's ever known for 20 minutes for driving in a circle (what my last three days consisted of!). I'm not complaining... It just gets boring...

So, I say.... Please singers - use prompter more! The variety helps

[Syrah]

I noticed at the sf Fillmore shows she rarely looked down at it. I think it is mainly used to let her know about wardrobe changes. I thought it was cute when it read "go get your cape!"

[LB Freakazoid]

My favorite that I've had to put in the script... " Pause and look concerned" and "pause for effect" and... "look amused"
But it's always fun to have phonetically spell out words ... Especially for certain challenged former leaders.... "new-cleee-rrrr".

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Now if she starts using Autotune....

Did you listen to In Your Dreams?


I'd rather her get rid of those in-ear monitors than
the teleprompter. She can't help but fool with them
on every stinking song.

Give me the days of Elvis and Led Zeppelin and others
who didn't rely on this technology. They rocked without
it. Come to think of it, Stevie and the Mac did without it
in the 70's and much of the eighties. Possible exception
of a filmed event.

[WildHearted]

If you think In Your Dreams was auto-tuned in any way beyond just standard voice production...



Also, I don' t have a problem with the teleprompter. Who really cares? She obviously doesn't rely on it too heavily, as she still has flubs, and she's not noticeably locked into it or anything.

[Macfanforever]

I think alot of artists have problems with the ear monitors I was watching these last award show I dont remember if it was the CMA's or the American Music awards last sunday.If I was a singer I would use a teleprompter because I will screw up the words on a tune.I agree about dumping those ear monitors.

[Nicks Fan]

I remember the opening night of the two voices tour. If you watch the bootleg DVD you can see a teleprompter during the lost song when she and Don are singing So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star. I guess at her age fogetting lyrics can happen but it does seem odd that the bulk of her setlist is so tried and true that one would think she would not need help with those songs.

I was at a Melissa Etheridge Concert a few years back and my friends had seen her at one of the shows prior to this concert where they had requested a song from her 2004 album "Lucky" called "When You Find The One" in Montreal where she played it she had to consult a binder that one of her tech guys brought out with lyrics to all of her songs. I have seen her 19 times in concert and have never had that happen. She has flubbed some lines and made light of it on stage but the audience took it in stride and didn't mind.

Matt

[Hartbreakkid]

[QUOTE=Nicks Fan;1028583]I remember the opening night of the two voices tour. If you watch the bootleg DVD you can see a teleprompter during the lost song when she and Don are singing So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star."

Wa-Wa-Wa-What? There's a bootleg DVD of this concert? Is it just the bad fan vids on youtube?

It was so good when they did Hotel California!

[SaidSomething]

So, she just finished a record that she wrote all the lyrics for. Without much rehearsal she played a lot of the new songs...everything happens so quickly memorizing all those songs would be a ton of rehearsal...disappearing Stevie.

I remember papers on the floor to the right of her mic since the Wild Heart tour.

I am so happy that her performances are less stressed, stress affects your voice and I find her more willing to free up her voice for emoting. The in ear replaces the sound system facing the stage. I think that it sucks and can hinder your performance...it so the singers can hear the harmonies of each other instead of randomly sing to blaring music.

[THINKABOUTIT]

IMO guys....it's always the fans who know the lyrics best LOL

[SaidSomething]

Originally Posted by THINKABOUTIT

IMO guys....it's always the fans who know the lyrics best LOL

Especially the Night Of 1000 Stevies goers!

Also, the record just came out and some vids on youtube show a bunch of guys singing all the new songs with her on her Wiltern Birthday Show.

[Aussie W/Heart]

Originally Posted by THINKABOUTIT

IMO guys....it's always the fans who know the lyrics best LOL

Well not quite true, i still stuff up the lyrics when singing along to Rhiannon, even after all these years lol..