5.20.12 NCOE Video Teaser, KTUphoria 2012

Whew! Just caught up with all the pages. Forgive me for chiming in late about the sound issues. But gotta say: It just ain't their fault. If the keys or the guitar or the backing vocals are too loud, don't blame the players or singers. They don't have anything to do with the sound balance in this type of situation.

As for the pitch problems, glad some people don't hear them. It would surely make the performance more enjoyable if I didn't, or if I could ignore them. But, have you ever tried to ignore fingernails on chalkboard? Oh, I guess peeps don't know that metaphor these days. What about biting down on tin foil when you have a filling and getting a jolt? Or a caterwauling baby in the seat behind you on the plane. Painful. Cringe-worthy. Impossible to ignore.

With the girls, I don't think it is a matter of vocal technique or good musical ear. They are total professionals with lots of experience. It is almost impossible to sing on key if you cannot hear your own voice or if you cannot hear the instruments or cues to give you the key. How can you hit the bullseye if it is dark and you cannot see the gun sights or the target, or the results from your shots. You just have to make your best guess.

I cannot think of anything more frustrating for a singer. It is totally out of their control. When it happens in performance what options do you have? Not sing? Start over? Those are not really options. You have to plow through and smile ever broader, dance ever more fiercely, and hope. If your singing is your trademark, your reason for being up on that stage, you feel so frustrated you want to cry or just walk off the stage.

Kudos and hugs for the band, the vajayjays and Adam for rolling with it and continuing to give their all and then some. No criticism from me. And no talk about firing anyone except the sound man, who they didn't employ in the first place.