Boston Show

[Newzchspy]

Originally Posted by wheart

I KNOW!!! Maybe she should just go back to the good old days and stop using them. They seem more trouble than they're worth!!

She's been saying for years that she's losing her hearing, so perhaps she can not perform without them???

Glenn

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by Newzchspy

She's been saying for years that she's losing her hearing, so perhaps she can not perform without them???

Glenn

She could maybe go back to old school monitor on floor in front of you.

[Newzchspy]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Sounds like Stevie's ready to go home....

Sounds like Lori is ready to go home!!!

[Songbird4]

Originally Posted by Newzchspy

Sounds like Lori is ready to go home!!!

It appeared to be a combination. Stevie was clearly flustered with the inner ear. Not only was she commenting on it, but I was seated in front of the girls and at least once a song Sharon and Lori would turn around and have their volumes adjusted. Just before HAEWAFY, Stevie turned and gave her "I'm angry" glare toward the side of the stage and then violently moved her hands up and down before she began singing. PS aside from occational obnoxious drunk yelling, you could have heard a pin drop during that song. And as much as I love BATB, HAEWAFY is a great closer.

Steve, sorry I missed you!! I was looking for you. I saw Tina before the concert....did you end up seeing her after?? And I looked for David everywhere, but never saw him.

~Kim

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

She could maybe go back to old school monitor on floor in front of you.

I forgot to say that at the Rama show she was totally reading a monitor for the words for FTP. Did anyone else notice that?

[RoseGarden]

Originally Posted by GoldDustOrphan

On Friday night I threw out my back - badly - forcing me to miss the show. I live exactly 15 minutes walking from the Pavilion, so it stung just a little more.

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That's pretty funny!!!!!

[Songbird4]

Originally Posted by bikerchic

I forgot to say that at the Rama show she was totally reading a monitor for the words for FTP. Did anyone else notice that?

Any show I have ever seen, she has had a monitor...solo and with FM.

[Newzchspy]

Originally Posted by Songbird4

Any show I have ever seen, she has had a monitor...solo and with FM.

To hear the music or because she forgets the words??

[Richard B]

Poor Stevie. Every show that I have seen and since she started wearing the ear monitors, she has always fiddled with them. Every time. Maybe she needs to give them up.
I've seen lot's of other shows and have not seen any artist fiddle with them at all or anywhere near as much.

[Songbird4]

Originally Posted by Newzchspy

To hear the music or because she forgets the words??

As far as I know the prompter is only for the words....I think I even have some concert photos where you can see the monitor. I don't know much about the mechanics of it though. Anyone out there know the difference and how exactly the inner ears work?? I know Stevie loves to fiddle with it....usually turning it down before she hits a high note. And wasn't it the famous Hard Rock Ft. Lauderdale cursing incident that took place due to problems with her inner ears?? I seems like we are talking about two different things...the OCD playing and then the echoing a la last night.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by Songbird4

As far as I know the prompter is only for the words....I think I even have some concert photos where you can see the monitor. I don't know much about the mechanics of it though. Anyone out there know the difference and how exactly the inner ears work?? I know Stevie loves to fiddle with it....usually turning it down before she hits a high note. And wasn't it the famous Hard Rock Ft. Lauderdale cursing incident that took place due to problems with her inner ears?? I seems like we are talking about two different things...the OCD playing and then the echoing a la last night.

There are two "monitors" that are being referred to - one is sound monitors - the ear monitors that she wears but the old "floor" monitors are monitors that are on the floor in front of the artist. Sound monitors let you hear the music and yourself singing, although some singers don't like for their vocals to be up too high. I think if you sing "by ear" and do a lot of harmony singing you prefer your vocals to be up high though.

The 'teleprompter' is also called a monitor which scrolls the lyrics to the songs. I think Cory may run the teleprompter or the back screens- at least that's what it looked like from my vantage point in Alpharetta.

Originally Posted by Richard B

Poor Stevie. Every show that I have seen and since she started wearing the ear monitors, she has always fiddled with them. Every time. Maybe she needs to give them up.
I've seen lot's of other shows and have not seen any artist fiddle with them at all or anywhere near as much.

I've seen many "older" artists have issues with the ear monitors. One in particular I know of mentioned that he needs a lot of treble due to earing loss and unfortunately, it never seems to get adjusted. I think at soundcheck you can't accurately gauge how things will be once you put thousands of people into the venue which changes the acoustics and then add all the noise from the crowd. And, then there's the technical issues which you can never really control. Maybe they were just having a bad night...or the sound guys were pissed at someone...lol

[Maria78]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the board, and I wanted to share my Boston experience with you. I've been a Stevie/FM fan since The Dance and have been to almost every Boston area show for the past 5 years. This was the most special to me because I finally got to shake Stevie's hand!

My seats were Section 1, Row 2. This was the closest I have ever been, though I managed to pull 4th row in Vegas last March. During Mandy Moore's set, I saw Lenny Castro and Jimmy Paxson talking with one of the security guards. My friend kept telling me to go over and talk to them, but by the time I actually got up the nerve, they headed backstage. I thought Mandy Moore was decent, and I respect that she's trying to get away from her earlier teeny bopper songs.

Stevie was amazing as always! I love Stand Back as an opener, it gets the crowd going right away. I didn't think Security was that bad. There was one older guy who was a jerk but there were two nice guys who were letting people come up from the back to take one close-up picture. I was afraid the grumpy guy wouldn't let us go up for the Edge walk, so I asked one of the nicer guys if we would be able to and he said yes. Right before Stevie finished Landslide, I told my friend to get all her stuff and we stood right in front of the nice security guard. When he motioned us through, we got right up to the stage, right in front of the girls! I was able to get to the stage in Vegas, but this was WAY better because there wasn't a wall of security guards blocking the stage. Once Stevie started singing Edge, I thought I was going to pass out because I was so excited. Then when she started the walk, I started getting tears in my eyes thinking about Stevie being so close to me. My friend kept laughing at me and reminding me to breathe at the same time. Then Stevie was in front of me and I saw that she had a free hand, so I put my hand right up to it, and she took it! Then I completely lost it - I cried and cried because I couldn't believe I had FINALLY gotten to shake Stevie's hand on the famous Edge walk!

By the time she started singing Rock N Roll (loved the high leg kick at the beginning of it), I still hadn't completely recovered. We were right in front of the girls, Lori saw me and smiled and waved so I waved back and then Jana saw me and smiled too, which I thought was very nice of them. I felt bad for the two guys who were standing next to me because they were having a blast and taking all kinds of cool pics. They probably thought, "Who is this freak next to us crying?" I don't know if they are Ledgies or not, but if you are, I was the girl in the purple shirt next to you crying like a baby. As much as I loved Beauty and the Beast as a closer to the show, HAEWAFY seemed to be the perfect way to end what is so far the greatest night of my life.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone on the board and am so glad to have found a place where I can share things like this with fellow Stevie/FM fans!

~Maria~

[SandyMac]

Welcome Maria78 !!!

That is a wonderful review and am so happy you got a hand shake. Very cool

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Maria78

Then when she started the walk, I started getting tears in my eyes thinking about Stevie being so close to me. My friend kept laughing at me and reminding me to breathe at the same time. Then Stevie was in front of me and I saw that she had a free hand, so I put my hand right up to it, and she took it! Then I completely lost it - I cried and cried because I couldn't believe I had FINALLY gotten to shake Stevie's hand on the famous Edge walk!

~Maria~

Maria that sounds like it was just such an exciting moment. I can even feel the quickened heart beat you must have had. I laughed reading how your friend told you to breathe!

Michele

[StandbackStevie]

Originally Posted by Songbird4

Steve, sorry I missed you!! I was looking for you. I saw Tina before the concert....did you end up seeing her after?? And I looked for David everywhere, but never saw him.

~Kim

Hi Kim,
No I only saw tina before we went into the show for about half an hour or so with her mom and 2 other friends I think Tom and Jim met them in mansfield last year had a great time on the show I was thinking of heading down to edge walk but when i saw everyone rush during how still i said forget it i know i wasn't going to get in there so i stayed where I was section 3 row k 9th row on waddy side . I saw Lenny Castro walking around and he was right near me by a few feet and just watching Mandy Moore peform I was so tempted to walk up to him and introduce myself and tell him how long of fan I have been of Stevie's and was wondering if he can get me into a meet and greet with her I just don't like to hear the word no so i chickened out do u think he would have helped me get a meet and greet cause no one came up to him at all to talk to him. I know you have been to a few meet and greets i don't know if u met Lenny at one of the shows before do u think if i went up to him and told him about me and how long have been a fan do u think he would have got me into a meet and greet? I would go nutz if he said yes.



talk to you soon kim,

Peace and Love,

Steve