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Originally Posted by
lyrictenor1
Hey, he's writing the checks, so I won't argue with him. I do, however, let him know what the likely implications for suboptimal mic placement will be on the recording.
I apologize in advance for contributing to the diversion of this thread so early in its life...maybe it needs to be taken elsewhere ?
That's so often the 'rock and a hard place' scenario we on this forum find our backs against ! To make your point and claw back some semblance of justification for mic placement, you could provide him with a rehearsal recording (with the mics in correct placement) ?
There's the danger that he'll be unable to discern much difference between the two...or has already developed a conscious bias against the 'correct' placement, such that no argument will sway him ?
In reality, unless the mic stands are very thick or numerous, most audience members (and video viewers) scarcely register their presence after a few minutes.
If you made your own amateur video of mic stands in the 'right' and 'wrong' places (perhaps during rehearsals), and presented him with both versions, I'm guessing he'd be hard pressed to tell the difference...especially if the cameras are zoomed far back.
Perhaps what we here all need is to compile a "video defense fund" of correctly placed mic stands in public concert settings, available across multiple YouTube videos, which could be trotted out at a moment's notice to show how little they impact visually.
Those showing highly regarded orchestras and broadcasters worldwide might hold much more sway than amateur videos.
Should I perhaps begin a 'repository thread', devoted to just these video examples, to which we could all contribute YouTube/Vimeo links ?