Legendary bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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[–] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Well they should at least turn up their monitor if they ask lol geez.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    monitors are for the artist only, and if they're too loud, they start messing up the mix coming through the mains--after a lot of time spent by the sound guys ringing out the monitors, pre-sound check, depending on the acoustics of the room. a lot of artists don't know and don't care how any of this works-- they want what they want and don't care what "problems" they're causing for everyone else.

    hence the pretend turning up the monitors

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