Elizabeth Frazer

by **withahip** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:47 pm

Disappointing - but I bet she watches the videos and improves. Maybe it was a really tough show to mix? I'd like to hear the studio recordings. Nice to see she is for using technology herself.

by **Kounelaki** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:44 pm

withahip wrote:Maybe it was a really tough show to mix?

"We struggled to hear Liz's voice for the first three songs or so. The mixing desk being to the side of stage wouldn't have helped. The engineer had no idea what the front of house sound was like."

"Yes, Elizabeth Fraser was amazing. However, why hasn't anyone dared mention that her ethereal voice was often swamped by an often too loud and surprisingly conventionally sounding band and poor mixing which meant we often struggled to detect her wonderful voice. "

"Yes, I agree about the poor mixing. When we could hear her it was clear that her voice was as good and the delivery as haunting as ever, but too often it was drowned out by the band. And though I thought the band was actually pretty good, the audience was there to hear Liz first and foremost."

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:50 am

Where I was the mixing wasn't a problem, although I thought at the time that Pearly Dewdrops Drops sounded really lame, which clearly it does from the youtube video. The tunes that I thought surprisingly worked really well were the completely stripped down acoustic stuff with Steve Hackett. All in all, I thought the gig had an air of being like a rehearsal/sound check. The backing singers were irritating. Slightly trying to dance on the spot and one of them who clearly was better endowed than the other kept checking to see if her shirt was tucked in her skirt. Yep, my mind was wandering that much by that time I was checking out her tits.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUY-xV4HKZs[/youtube]

by **Dave Smith** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:49 am

Was it at the RFH???When I saw the Bunnymen there the sound down the front was really poor but thats a probelm of the steep gradient seating plan.

by **Kounelaki** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:58 am

Dave Smith wrote:Was it at the RFH???

Yup

by **fat cherry** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:27 pm

thats the only time i did the fanboy thing and stood with my head in front of wills amplifier. cringe or what.

by **withahip** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:18 pm

Kounelaki - where are those quotes from?

Curious to know what effect box she had on her stand.

by **Kounelaki** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:13 am

withahip wrote:Kounelaki - where are those quotes from?

Reader comments from here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/au ... ser-review

by **withahip** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:47 pm

Thanks. I have to say thanks twice or I can't post a reply.

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