Bobby Owsinski's Big Picture Production Blog: 5 Reasons Why Concerts Sound So Bad

I have been reposting from Bobby Owsinski a lot lately. The reasons are I just found his blog and it has lots stuff, and a lot of it is stuff I agree with. Here part of a post he wrote a while back but holds true today. 

I believe that an entire generation of soundmen grew up learning the wrong way - that the kick drum and snare are the most important part of a mix. While that may be true in some small way when mixing a record (it's really important, but not the most important), it's an entirely different thing mixing live sound, where the vocal should be king.

Read more: http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/2012/06/5-reasons-why-concerts-sound-so-bad.html#ixzz2DCbXOjDr
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