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Why do singers hold their headphones?
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Mxsmanic
Apr 16, 2012, 11:41:53 PM4/16/12
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Whenever I see those feel-good videos of famous singers banding together and
singing a cute song in order to stop world hunger, I notice that most of them
are holding their headphones with one hand. Is there a useful purpose to this,
or is it just for looks? I sometimes see music videos that look the same, with
the singer in what looks like a studio with one hand clasped against her
headphones.
Also, if a singer is wearing headphones, what does he or she hear in them? Is
it just her own voice, or a mix of everyone singing plus instruments, or what?
Why wear headphones to begin with (assuming that everyone is being recorded in
the same room)?
singing a cute song in order to stop world hunger, I notice that most of them
are holding their headphones with one hand. Is there a useful purpose to this,
or is it just for looks? I sometimes see music videos that look the same, with
the singer in what looks like a studio with one hand clasped against her
headphones.
Also, if a singer is wearing headphones, what does he or she hear in them? Is
it just her own voice, or a mix of everyone singing plus instruments, or what?
Why wear headphones to begin with (assuming that everyone is being recorded in
the same room)?
Predrag Trpkov
Apr 17, 2012, 3:13:39 AM4/17/12
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"Mxsmanic" <mxsm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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the intonation, it's the same reason they hold their headset mics - they
just don't know what to do with their hands.
Predrag
geoff
Apr 17, 2012, 6:06:36 AM4/17/12
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> Unless they actually remove the headphones from one ear, which helps
> with the intonation, it's the same reason they hold their headset
> mics - they just don't know what to do with their hands.
Probably one cup off for the intonation (and maybe the others, directly),
> with the intonation, it's the same reason they hold their headset
> mics - they just don't know what to do with their hands.
and the other is on in order to hear the backing track.
Or maybe it just doesn't look sincere with hands in pockets...
geoff
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ckoz...@snet.net
Apr 17, 2012, 6:48:12 AM4/17/12
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Headphones(or headsets, even the ones with only one earpiece) serve in studio the role that those large wedges do on-stage in concert. They are monitors. So my theory is that the singers clamp the headphones so their own voices don't bleed through the headphone padding during high/loud notes.
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John Williamson
Apr 17, 2012, 7:12:06 AM4/17/12
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response.
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Tciao for Now!
John.
Mxsmanic
Apr 17, 2012, 3:16:15 PM4/17/12
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> Headphones(or headsets, even the ones with only one earpiece) serve
> in studio the role that those large wedges do on-stage in concert.
> They are monitors. So my theory is that the singers clamp the headphones
> so their own voices don't bleed through the headphone padding during
> high/loud notes.
But presumably they are already hearing a distorted version of their own voice
> in studio the role that those large wedges do on-stage in concert.
> They are monitors. So my theory is that the singers clamp the headphones
> so their own voices don't bleed through the headphone padding during
> high/loud notes.
through direct conduction in their heads, so would that really help?
Just from looking at it I sometimes get the impression that it's an
affectation, done just to look good on screen. If it really served a purpose,
wouldn't you want to hold both sides of the headphones (I've seen this, too,
but it looked more "sincere").
I saw a film of Keith Moon playing with headphones apparently duct-taped to
his head. I couldn't figure that out, either.
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geoff
Apr 17, 2012, 4:50:03 PM4/17/12
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geoff
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gtbuba
Apr 20, 2012, 4:25:08 PM4/20/12
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On Apr 17, 7:36 pm, Jeff Henig <yom...@yomama.com> wrote:
> "geoff" <ge...@nospampaf.co.nz> wrote:
>
> --
> ---Jeff
Well In the 2nd version of "A STAR IS BORN" BARBRA was using one
headphone and holding it to her ear as she sang "THE WAY WE WERE".
So I think thats the way to do it. GT.
> "geoff" <ge...@nospampaf.co.nz> wrote:
> > Mxsmanic wrote:
> >> I saw a film of Keith Moon playing with headphones apparently
> >> duct-taped to his head. I couldn't figure that out, either.
>
> > He was so wild and physical they wouold otherwise fall (fling ?) off.
>
> > geoff
>
> Knowing Keith Moon, that wouldn't surprise me.
> >> I saw a film of Keith Moon playing with headphones apparently
> >> duct-taped to his head. I couldn't figure that out, either.
>
> > He was so wild and physical they wouold otherwise fall (fling ?) off.
>
> > geoff
>
>
> --
> ---Jeff
Well In the 2nd version of "A STAR IS BORN" BARBRA was using one
headphone and holding it to her ear as she sang "THE WAY WE WERE".
So I think thats the way to do it. GT.
MG
Apr 20, 2012, 7:10:58 PM4/20/12
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