Ear Pieces

[i like tictacs]

ive never heard of someone performing live with a metronome or click track in their ear. that's the drummers job, and if you are in a band where the drummer is so bad you need a click track, im sorry but you should quit.

well the band that i know that does it really uses it for the songs where the guitar player comes in way before the drums do.

can you play a song all the way thought without a metronome? any person who is gigging should be able to do that The audience won't notice if you speed up a couple BPMs here and there, but if you do'nt know you are ten or twenty bpms off, go practice

[Thomas]

ive never heard of someone performing live with a metronome or click track in their ear. that's the drummers job, and if you are in a band where the drummer is so bad you need a click track, im sorry but you should quit.

well the band that i know that does it really uses it for the songs where the guitar player comes in way before the drums do.

can you play a song all the way thought without a metronome? any person who is gigging should be able to do that The audience won't notice if you speed up a couple BPMs here and there, but if you do'nt know you are ten or twenty bpms off, go practice

i've never used a metronome to play before, i really have no idea why you would use one for a live performance but i was just pointing out that some bands do.

[jwool]

Most established bands use IEMs for a number of reasons--they are excellent. You can customize your mix and hear every band member better than using floor monitors, easier to control feedback, and musicians wont get hearing damage. Monitor engineers also pump in crowd tracks (that is why bands have small mics on both sides of the stage facing the crowd) so the musicians don't feel isolated. It's very rare to see a touring performer NOT wearing IEMs.

As for the metronome, I've heard of bands pumping in a click track into the IEM of the drummer so he can keep the beat...this is usually not the case for an established band, as their drummer is good enough to keep time. But other bands, such as Keane (who has a prerecorded bass track), has to use a click track so that the prerecorded bass track can "play along" with the live band.