This is just EMBARRASSING!!! britney spears, direct audio in concert

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britney spears, direct audio in concert - YouTube!

[DeathFromBelow]

There are a lot of these kind of videos on the net, and most of them are obviously fake.

This one however seems legit.

What a great artist.

[lowfreq33]

I've seen this one before, it's fake. Someone did go to a bit of trouble to do it though. She's not great, but she's not THAT bad.

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Honestly, I hope it is a fake. Its just SO bad!

How can you ascertain that its fake?

[Munjibunga]

Think about it. She has to actually sing the part to minimize the appearance of lip-syncing, but what's the need to sing it in full voice with accurate pitch? She's doing all kinds of activity up there, and would probably have a tough time singing at studio quality. She also sounds short of breath in some places.

I'm not defending the whole lip-syncing thing, but most of the kiddies in the audience either don't know or don't care if she's doing it. It's as much a visual spectacle as audio ... you know, entertainment. (Not anything that I would pay money to see, but I don't exactly fall into her fan demographic.)

That whole genre of music is more about marketing than it is about talent. My preference is seeing performers who have the talent to actually play and sing their music live. You know, people like Esperanza Spalding or Tommy Emmanuel.

[john turner]

i hear they don't use real bullets in the guns in war movies, either. i know, shocking .

[kevteop]

Singing while dancing like that is impossible, what do you expect?

[fourstringdrums]

I can understand obviously not being spot on if you're lip syncing and if you're more concerned of the visual aspect, but that is absolutely horrible.

[Pacman]

There's a reason people say they're going to "see" a show.

[JdoubleH]

I actually find this much more compelling. I'll probably watch this a few more times. I can't say that about anything else she's done...

[pedroims]

Make sense, I always have asked myself how some ''artists'' can sing that well while dancing, jumping and running around , as Pacman said, people go to these venues to see a show not to listen to a singer.

[Art Araya]

I'm not a fan or an apologist but this is not fair - she's not trying to sing these - she's lip-synching and just mouthing the words with minimal singing effort - her effort is clearly on the dance/choreography part of the show.

tell her that the mic is live and let her stand still and sing one of these like she did in the sound booth when she recorded this and you'll hear better quality I'm sure.

[Skitch it!]

"Oh baby baby
How was I supposed to know
that something wasn't right here"

[pablomigraine]

Originally Posted by Munjibunga

Think about it. She has to actually sing the part to minimize the appearance of lip-syncing, but what's the need to sing it in full voice with accurate pitch? She's doing all kinds of activity up there, and would probably have a tough time singing at studio quality. She also sounds short of breath in some places.

I'm not defending the whole lip-syncing thing, but most of the kiddies in the audience either don't know or don't care if she's doing it. It's as much a visual spectacle as audio ... you know, entertainment. (Not anything that I would pay money to see, but I don't exactly fall into her fan demographic.)

That whole genre of music is more about marketing than it is about talent. My preference is seeing performers who have the talent to actually play and sing their music live. You know, people like Esperanza Spalding or Tommy Emmanuel.

I have a good buddy who works for Clair Bros, and also runs around the country doing sound for these massive pop-star shows. He says most, if not all of the female artists who's stage shows involve elaborate dancing and stage architecture lip-sync. He also states that ALL of the teen-idol pop stars lip-sync, and that he hears their actual mic feed, and has on at least one occasion asserted that one star's album was not actually thoroughly processed in Pro Tools to sound like she could really sing, but that her album was recorded by someone else entirely!!

This DOES happen most of the time.... they are almost always lip syncing

[NKBassman]

Ouch

[pacojas]

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by pablomigraine

I have a good buddy who works for Clair Bros, and also runs around the country doing sound for these massive pop-star shows. He says most, if not all of the female artists who's stage shows involve elaborate dancing and stage architecture lip-sync. He also states that ALL of the teen-idol pop stars lip-sync, and that he hears their actual mic feed, and has on at least one occasion asserted that one star's album was not actually thoroughly processed in Pro Tools to sound like she could really sing, but that her album was recorded by someone else entirely!!

This DOES happen most of the time.... they are almost always lip syncing

Two words: Milli Van Illi (okay three!)

Those guys took so much heat for doing essentially the same thing. One of them felt so much pain from the fall out, he killed himself.

I guess as a musician, I expect to hear music *performed* at a concert. Call me crazy!

So do the guitars, bass and keys all fake it too?

I dont mean to pick on Britney as she has had a number of challenges in the past, but I just dont get this.

Kids these days!

[pacojas]

i believe the term is "Performance-Synch" when singer and band perform to a sound track.

[dmusic148]

It's fake IMO. There are lots of places where the video and audio really don't line up at all. You just have to watch and listen carefully.

[pasta4lnch]

honestly, would anyone go to a BS show to see a stool and a mic stand? I would be far more surprised if they, at any point, focused on her singing . . .