yea, the Justice photo..
apart from the fact that they both look completely munted..
âHey, why are my filter sweeps not working anymore?â
âIs it because we are playing off a CD?â
âNo, my controllers not on, or even plugged inâ
âMer!â
thereâs no justice
oh. my. god. Thatâs worse than the chicks in ZZ Top videos
You canât post that photo.
I never signed a release.
LyleHaze
Man the adaptor isnât even plugged inâŚthey must be stoned out of there minds, anyway it looks that wayâŚreally sad actually.
Whatâs wrong in that picture is that the crowd arenât rushing the stage. Sadly those of them with the brainpower to notice the missing power connectors are probably too munted to see it.
Whatâs wrong in that picture is that the crowd arenât rushing the stage. Sadly those of them with the brainpower to notice the missing power connectors are probably too munted to see it.
Yeah, cause the whole puprouse of going to gigs is to check if the actâs interconnections are okay! 
Youâd notice if a guitar werenât plugged in⌠or a mic⌠why not a midi controller? The whole purpose of going to the gig (social concerns aside) is to listen to the music. Without an integral part of the performance, the music will be shit, and the crowd would normally notice, if they had a clue. They have a clue about guitars and mics, but computer music is beyond their education, or cognitive abilities, it seems.
On that note: I had a think about this⌠tried to see the other side of the story⌠And I thought, OK itâs possible to not notice that your controller is plugged in. Maybe for a few seconds. But only if the music isnât really live, but played-back. Same as with a guitar or a mic⌠Without those connected, the effect will be instant - no sound. If youâre playing a live PA and your controllers arenât working, youâre going to get no sound. But if youâre playing a prerecorded tune or large parts of tunes back, and via midi, throwing samples or fx over it, then the dead controller will be far less of an issue - the music will keep playing. Itâll just be kinda vanilla.
A quick google around showed me that these guys werenât really doing a âlive setâ at all, it was a DJ set, with some samples and fx thrown in. Calling it a Live PA is good marketing and poor use of terminology. Believing that marketing hype leads people to hang shit on these guys for âlip syncingâ the performance, when in fact the performance is far from reliant upon human interaction at such a level. Itâs like, if you had a singer with a recorded backing track and one guitarist, and the guitar werenât plugged in, you wouldnât say the singer was lipsyncing. These guys can easily do this kind of set sans-controller - to refer to my earlier example, the controller is not an integral part of the performance - so having it disconnected for a short time is really not a big deal.
If you wanna point fingers at unprofessional behaviour, think of the photographer⌠Heâs exposing his clientele to bad publicity, either intentionally or by not knowing his subject. Fortunately for him, suckers who believed the âlive setâ marketing hype will probably be so distracted by hanging shit on the performer that they wonât consider it. Bet your ass that the performers and promoters will!
Heck, speaking of the promoters⌠and hey, the performers too, I wonât defend them too muchâŚWTF happened to sound check?!? How did this even happen in the first place?..
A lot of âliveâ acts do this. I even have friends who have lent bands synthesizers before because they need something to âfillâ the stage⌠shocking
LOL. I was about to make a joke about filling the space in your music with marshall stacks⌠as I was typing, I remembered that I read something about the duo in this pic, filling the stage with marshall stacks. Oh wellâŚ
Back in the day, Marshall did a reasonable bit of extra trade supplying empty cabinets and amps for videos. I know that one stage rig had at least 50% of the amps plugged in but not running, (I know because Iâd filched the EL34âs to fix the amps they were using).
Any other sound engineers want to own up to putting a mic on a lead guitarists stack, with a DI box, as âinsuranceâ, then never turning the mic up? - or in some cases letting them test it during the sound check? Or putting about 10 mics around a drum kit, then working with 4?
I was asked by one band in the 70âs to âmake the lights flash on this thingâ, a Moog Modular they had rented to make the stage rig look good - because it was feck all use for playing on stage. It was a very early unit and would only stay in tune for for about 5 minutes. It was a really good working patch, sadly no-one ever heard it.
Names withheld to protect the guilty.
I know Iâm a newb here, but I couldnât help but chime in on this one.
I work at an outdoor music venue near Chicago, USA. During the season,
we do a good mix of classical and a wide variety of âpopâ acts.
The Beach Boys played our main stage with âspecial guestâ John Stamos this year. If
youâre from the US, or if you have a thing for American sitcoms, you might remember him
as Uncle Jessie on âFull Houseâ.
Anyway, the cable for his Gretsch went under the drum riser and got plugged into nothing.
His SM 58 did get a channel on the board, but the fader stayed down for the whole show.
To his credit, though, he was not a terrible drummer. 
I know Iâm a newb here, but I couldnât help but chime in on this one.
Noobs are welcome to do so
Btw, just wondering - their wrist bands say âartistâ. Maybe thatâs sort of a joke and their actually an installation.
plenty to laugh
plenty to laugh
Hey space invader i want to be your love invader. Omg that made me wet my pants
Noobs are welcome to do so
Totally! I applaud your honesty and fear for your career
Noobs are welcome to do so
Btw, just wondering - their wrist bands say âartistâ. Maybe thatâs sort of a joke and their actually an installation.
There is probably another word before âartistâ that isnât visible, âP**sâ or âMimeâ, spring to mind - you may have other suggestionsâŚ
LOL this could be fun! Join in guys!
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