yep
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
@ Mordy "expense" is the least of the issues. The mixer is strictly mixing for broadcast. There is one mix. The mixer is not even in the room, s/he is mixing in a separate room on monitors. There are just so many factors that could contribute to "bad mix", esp. if the mixer is confronted with too many channels.
In my experience the hardest thing about putting a Working Band on a studio stage with new faces at the desks is that the monitoring is completely different and most musicians don't know how to verbalize their needs. Every band that's big enough to appear on SNL will have a full-time monitor tech to ring out their wedges and get their vocals sounding good. And they'll have excited people in front of them to make them psychologically "not give a shit". Singers have gotten used to a particular environment and struggle in a new one. In my experience.
Ultimately tho I don't really care I don't watch SNL's musical performances for anything but research and/or lols
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
I do have big respect/awe for bands that really shine in the studio environment tho (Vampire Weekend)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
goon tie can you confirm this rumor a musician friend told me: when appearing on a late nite show, for each "vocal mic" that is requested and set up, the band's appearance fees go up by like an additional $900 due to some union rules/regs?
so a band like ozomatli can rake in an extra $5k just for asking that each member have a vocal mic for a call and response part of the song they're performing
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
sorry everyone for shitting up the snl thread i'm sure there's a better place to ask
If that is/was true, it might explain why for years on "Late Night" the "band" would often just be one or two principals playing with the house band (e.g., two Pixies, two members of Pere Ubu, Ray Davies without any other Kinks, etc.)
― hopping and bopping to the krokodil rot (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
gr80 I can't confirm that, I've never heard that, but it wouldn't at all surprise me. Singers can be members of both AFM and ACTRA, and both unions are known for special dispensations for special ""skills"".
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
It's tough to be a Canadian in your thirties and not in(-to-) Arcade Fire in Toronto at least
lmao very true
Glad to hear it Stevie <3
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 4 October 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl 2mWe're going to be LIVE later than usual tonight! 11:57p to be exact. Plan accordingly! #SNL
oh miley
― Mordy , Sunday, 6 October 2013 03:33 (ten years ago) link
miley sounds great
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 October 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link
of all people
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 October 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link
hillary sketch was pretty funny... nasim pedrad's ariana huffington is crazy good
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 October 2013 04:36 (ten years ago) link
This has been a pretty killer episode
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Sunday, 6 October 2013 05:10 (ten years ago) link
for a non actor i thought miley was exceptional
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 October 2013 05:13 (ten years ago) link
well i guess she is/was an actor but whatever
loved mornin' miami
― balls, Sunday, 6 October 2013 05:45 (ten years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 6, 2013 4:34 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you've come a long way, Jordan S.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 6 October 2013 06:01 (ten years ago) link
i don't know what that means, i was just referring to the conversation earlier this week about everyone sounding bad on SNL
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 October 2013 06:06 (ten years ago) link
big upping Taylor Swift records, calling Miley's acting exceptional, you've softened over the years. I think it's a positive obviously.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 6 October 2013 06:16 (ten years ago) link
positive in which column?
― 6 Tuesdays on every Tuesday. This is called dumpy pants. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 October 2013 06:25 (ten years ago) link
*updates xls*
― 6 Tuesdays on every Tuesday. This is called dumpy pants. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 October 2013 06:26 (ten years ago) link
i thought miley sounded great! i like her on snl comedy-wise too. kinda hope she keeps that
dug her getup for 'wrecking ball' btw
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 October 2013 07:28 (ten years ago) link
she did sound great; imo pop singers shouldn't dance and sing unless they've gone through the Beyonce Boot Camp
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Sunday, 6 October 2013 13:00 (ten years ago) link
Poetry teacher character was brilliant. Bayer seemed to dominate this ep.
― hopping and bopping to the krokodil rot (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 6 October 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
Set it to record, missed the last 20+ minutes because of its late start. Anything I should try to track down after the cheerleading sketch?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
mornin miami, poetry class, and the kyle mooney thing were after so i'd say yes
― balls, Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
this was mostly dire
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
interesting that bruce willis is hosting nxt week
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
nah hes the musical guest
― shiny trippy people holding bandz (m bison), Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
lol I would love it if Katy Perry hosted and Bruno came out and played his version of "Respect Yourself" twice.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
"mornin' miami" was definitely by and far the best of the night, although of course it was the one that came on right after i went to bed, so i just now watched it online
― marky markers & the blinky bunch (some dude), Sunday, 6 October 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
I passed out after Morning Miami so that's good to know
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Sunday, 6 October 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
it is 'interesting' that Bruce is hosting for the first time just now with nothing to plug, especially since he makes like 3-5 movies a year, they should be able to just wait a few months to catch him on a promotional cycle.
― marky markers & the blinky bunch (some dude), Sunday, 6 October 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
i passed out after seeing that i had typed "by and far"
willis hosted way back in the 80s, was a pretty great host, did one of the first wayne's worlds. always wondered why he hadn't been back, figured he just wasn't interested.
― balls, Sunday, 6 October 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
Isn't Red 2 out soon? I saw a preview for it recently.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Sunday, 6 October 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
Red 2 came and went three months ago. the next sequel in his queue, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, is ten months away.
― marky markers & the blinky bunch (some dude), Sunday, 6 October 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
Oh weird I swear I saw a preview for it a month ago.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Sunday, 6 October 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
it was originally supposed to come out in october but they pushed it back to april
― da croupier, Sunday, 6 October 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
sorry, next august
― da croupier, Sunday, 6 October 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
it's so fucking bad
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 October 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
Red 2 was bad? I didn't even see Red until this year, and liked it, so hearing that is a drag.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 6 October 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
first one was fun - sequel is the opposite of fun
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 October 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
the more i think about it, the more irritating it is that they did a pretty decent parody of Miley's video about the gov't shutdown, AND THEN felt the need to do a cold open that shoehorned Miley at the VMAs and the shutdown into the same labored premise.
― marky markers & the blinky bunch (some dude), Sunday, 6 October 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
Jay's Shannon Sharpe impression on Weekend Update KILLED me
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 6 October 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
I loved his Will Smith because it was more like he was doing an impression of his Fresh Prince of Bel Air persona
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:55 (ten years ago) link
aka peak will smith
― shiny trippy people holding bandz (m bison), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
otm
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, October 6, 2013 7:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
was def loling @ this but idk i have reservations
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
i loved it but wondered how many ppl watching were loving it. also loved the possibility that somewhere stephen a smith was feeling hurt and neglected.
― balls, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 02:14 (ten years ago) link