When Live Sound Sucks
I love live music. But as an audience member, I'm frustrated by the fact that, more often than not, live sound sucks. And, as a live sound system engineer, I find this situation to be unacceptable.
It seems to me that the ultimate root of the problem is that the audience isn't demanding better, especially at modern ticket prices. But it occurred to me that many audience members don't know how good sound could be, because they've never heard it, or that they may not trust their opinions.
So, while I write for the backstage side of the entertainment world, starting in 2008 I started working through some ideas about this topic; you can see the series of blog entries here. (It's in reverse order, with the newest entry first so it's easier to read if you start at the bottom).
