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| Re: American Idol 5 [message #65104 is a reply to message #65091] |
Thu, 02 March 2006 12:12   |
t.rossi
Messages: 6
Registered: July 2005
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I worked with Taylor a lot during his time in Auburn(1997ish). He was very
raw at the time. I ran sound for his band "Passing Through" quite
a number of times. They were all very nice kids. Easy to work with.
What struck me about them was that if I made a suggestion to help
them sound better, they would do it.
Kids in the 18 to 21 age range usually are way too much into what THEY
think to take suggestions from the sound guy. But they always listened
and made adjustments then asked me what I thought about their adjustments.
As far as Taylor goes, for his harp, he had a little fender blues amp that
he played through. Had his own mic that he ran into it and I just had to
slap a 57 on it and we were ready to roll. For his vocals, I made sure
I had the cleanest beta57 from the batch for him. One thing I remember
was that he could KILL a sound board with his volume. I ran sound for
a lot of bands back then and nobody hit a microphone as hard as he did.
Not even close. Once he got warmed up and started really getting into it
he almost didn't even need a mic. He's the kind of performer that needs
to get into the groove before he really starts to shine. The thing about AI
is that he doesnt have that time to get into the groove so his performances
so far
have been a little stiff IMO. He does a lot of shouting whoo! and such on
AI if you
notice. He's just trying to get himself into it as quickly as possible.
When he's not
into it he's just another guy with a good voice but once he gets rolling he
can
send shivers down your spine. Back then his mic technique was horrible so
he
tended to "bottom out" the microphone quite a bit. I talked a lot to other
sound
engineers in the area and we all agreed that if Taylor ever learned how to
work
a microphone properly he would be dangerous.
From what I remember about him he was always a very polite guy. He
seemed a little stand offish but that's because he was a bit shy. He always
really got into what he was singing and came alive when he got on stage.
My impression was that he was a very genuine guy that truly enjoyed what
he was doing. I'm glad to see that someone like him is getting a shot in
this
industry.
Did anybody listen to his version of "Georgia on my Mind" through the link
that I posted? If so, what did you think? I think it blows away anything
he or anybody else has done on AI.
peace,
T.Rossi
"Chris Latham" <latham_c@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:4407193c@linux...
> My favorite, too.
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> T. Rossi, how is Taylor to work with? Nice enough fellow?
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> CL
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> "Rob Arsenault" <info@studiomanitou.com> wrote in message
> news:44063576$1@linux...
>> I love this guy's feel/sound, he has been my favorit since the begining
>> cause he really stands out and I hope the American public see's this.
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