Dear Vocalisters:
Richeard answered the question:
> > what's a click track?
>
>Typically a metronome piped into the conductor's ear via a
>headphone, I think is how it's usually done. What it amounts to is,
>the conductor has no real control, they're just keeping everybody in
>time with the tempo that's been agreed to by the producers to get
>the show in under a certain time, or just to ensure that it's the
>"same show" musically every night. It's done a lot on Broadway and
>in professional tours as well, I believe.
The conductor listens to a tempo metronome via a headphone not just
to keep the show tempos consistent night after night but to
coordinate all of the pre-recorded portions of the performance. Much
and in some cases almost all of the so-called live performances done
today are in reality pre-recorded (vocals, chorus, etc) with the
exception of the instrumentals which are live. The conductor must
then coordinate the live instrumentals with the recorded vocals.
When vocals are pre-recorded and lip synched it can hardly be
considered a live performance even if the live performer is there
doing the lip synching.
--
Lloyd W. Hanson
Flagstaff, Arizona
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