I attended the Cleveland show last night at the Agora Ballroom. Although I enjoyed the show intensely, I have to complain that the sound was not very good at all.
I don't know if they were using a house PA system or what, but whoever was working the sound for the guys didn't do a very good job. The guy was late bringing up the volume on every single lead Mike Pinella did. He was late on most every lead that Mike Romeo did as well. The overall mix wasn't very clean and the bass was almost not even there. The drums weren't crisp either.
Now, maybe it was where I was standing (right side of floor, about 10 feet from the stage in front of Pinella) but when I was at the back of the room (by the bar) during the last 2 songs of Seven Witches set, the sound for them was pretty good.
I was really disappointed with the sound quality on the 1st 4 songs, particularly Romeo's guitar sound. It was just noisy during the rythm sections. The leads were still good. After that the sound improved and the guys were tight, but the leads were still all late which really hurt the quality of the show.
The impression I got was that they were forced to use the house soundman who was totally unfamiliar with their songs. Either that, or they did have their own sound man but he was working a board he was totally unfamiliar with and the result was him not being able to keep up. I don't know, but whatever the situation the soundman didn't do a very good job, in my opinion of course. Anyone else feel the same, different?
The only other criticism was that they only played for 90 minutes or so. They went on around 10 and were done by 11:30. I don't know if that was a club rule or their own, but it would have been cool if they had done a few more songs. I'm not knocking the guys for that as it may not have been their choice, but if it was then maybe throw in a few more tunes to fill 2 hours or so.
Anyway, I just felt I had to put my 2 cents in on this. Overall, it was an awesome show! Russell was amazing as were the rest of the guys. I had a great time!
I don't know if they were using a house PA system or what, but whoever was working the sound for the guys didn't do a very good job. The guy was late bringing up the volume on every single lead Mike Pinella did. He was late on most every lead that Mike Romeo did as well. The overall mix wasn't very clean and the bass was almost not even there. The drums weren't crisp either.
Now, maybe it was where I was standing (right side of floor, about 10 feet from the stage in front of Pinella) but when I was at the back of the room (by the bar) during the last 2 songs of Seven Witches set, the sound for them was pretty good.
I was really disappointed with the sound quality on the 1st 4 songs, particularly Romeo's guitar sound. It was just noisy during the rythm sections. The leads were still good. After that the sound improved and the guys were tight, but the leads were still all late which really hurt the quality of the show.
The impression I got was that they were forced to use the house soundman who was totally unfamiliar with their songs. Either that, or they did have their own sound man but he was working a board he was totally unfamiliar with and the result was him not being able to keep up. I don't know, but whatever the situation the soundman didn't do a very good job, in my opinion of course. Anyone else feel the same, different?
The only other criticism was that they only played for 90 minutes or so. They went on around 10 and were done by 11:30. I don't know if that was a club rule or their own, but it would have been cool if they had done a few more songs. I'm not knocking the guys for that as it may not have been their choice, but if it was then maybe throw in a few more tunes to fill 2 hours or so.
Anyway, I just felt I had to put my 2 cents in on this. Overall, it was an awesome show! Russell was amazing as were the rest of the guys. I had a great time!
