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onion Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: July 2005 Posted: June 10 2007, 17:11 On several live recordings from different times where MO and Maggie Reilly performed, I have seen Maggie standing on MO´s left side and holding (shielding) her right ear?  if she had problems, why not stand on the other side of MO so the sound from his guitars went into the other ear?....it seems like a common problem for her, because I have seen concert with years between and she still hold that stupid ear (many times).... wft was that all about? Mike -------------- Are soft boiled eggs supposed to make a crunchy noise when you eat them? Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: June 10 2007, 17:56 I've always understood this to be a tuning issue - the 'hand over one ear' business being something I recall seeing from time to time with some members of Steeleye Span. I think the idea is that in certain circumstances, covering one ear makes it easier to sing in tune. But I don't know why this is, and I'm not even certain of the explanation, so I'm hoping someone who really knows will explain better than I've been able to..... Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: June 10 2007, 18:01 Ah, the old 'hand-over-the-ear' trick. No, Maggie is not shielding her ear from anything, and she's not actually covering it. By putting their hand over one ear, singers monitor their own voice -  it's a natural monitor, usually more reliable than the stage monitors. This practice kind-of-ended when singers started using earphones, or in-ear monitors, but someone occasionally still does it - especially when singing indoors. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

onion Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: July 2005 Posted: June 10 2007, 19:59 thanks for the explanation...I´m not sure I fully understand it though...how can covering one ear make a better monitor than two ears?....it´s funny (no, not really) that I´ve never seen it from other singers? is it the clarity, volume, pitch whatever they try to control??  ...I´ve seen lots of singers with nothing in their ears, singing like the angels them self....so why do some (and especially such a good singer as maggie)  need that type of help? Mike -------------- Are soft boiled eggs supposed to make a crunchy noise when you eat them? Back to top

ImAFoolAndImLaughing Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: June 11 2007, 03:21 I always understood it as blocking out some of the noise from the performers around her - who'd be playing basslines and descants and harmonies - in order to get a better purchase on the sound of her own voice in her head, in order to stay in tune. -------------- "I was in this prematurely air conditioned supermarket and there were these bathing caps you could buy that had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them that were red and yellow and blue and I wasn't tempted to buy one but I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding the beach." Back to top

ktran Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: May 2003 Posted: June 11 2007, 14:09 The idea is that you hear your own voice via bone conduction. It is a sign, however, that her monitor isn't turned up loudly enough, or that (more likely), the stage volume of the other instruments is too loud. You'll notice that in a lot of those recordings, Maggie is rather quite out of tune. I don't think it's necessarily her fault: it's hard to sing in tune if you can't hear yourself and make corrections. ~k Back to top

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