Eighth Day Sound, currently providing audio for some of the summer's biggest tours—Beyoncé and Rhianna among them—recently added to its inventory of loudspeakers from Adamson Sound in a big way.
By Rob Tavaglione As an engineer or producer, you're surely used to seeing weird looks on the faces of the talent—maybe it's just looking through the glass?—but sometimes, frankly, it's almost too much to bear. You've been there: You set up a nice cue mix, but the moment Ms. Diva dons the cans and you "roll-in-the-red," her nose turns up, she looks like she suddenly whiffed raw sewage, dramatically takes one or both ear cups off and says, "OMG, this sounds so weird!" At that moment, you've got about 10 seconds to rectify, tops, or you might just get that "tap on the shoulder" and your walking papers.
"A lot of the comments we're hearing from the crowd is how emotionally involving it is. Quite a strong thing goes on at the shows—it's a tangible thing that happens." - Tom Howat, monitor engineer, Above & Beyond
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