the lovehammers and the rest is history dvd

[rockinghorse]

hello! My "sound engineer" husband and I are a huge fan of Marty and the Lovehammers. Although Marty and the boys haven't been to Seattle, that is where we are. So, I bought the dvd in hope to get the live sense of the band. However, the sound is not up to my standard and wondered why you didn't spend more time and attention to the mix? It seems to me that all the players did a great job, but the sound technician fell short on producing a professional quality product worth listening to. So, that's my complaint and thought you should know the sound sucks....and I am too embarrassed to share this movie with my husband...as it sounds so bad. It's too bad. I love the stories and the history of the band...but the live clips of the band sound so bad as Marty's vocals are too much in front and are out of phase with the rest of the band, they are muddy and flat, and the band disappears behind the vocal....which is too bad...because yes Marty is a serious rock star...and he could do an ripping accapela career....but his band totally rocks and I find it a shame that the mix is TERRIBLE. I will keep this dvd as I suffer through it, but wonder why I have to? I paid really good money for it.... it should sound good. actually is should sound GREAT! such good musicians that I can't hear over the vocal...you need a "wall of sound" man that mixed nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, panic, supersuckers...before they made it big in our rainy little city in our little rock clubs.
so I suppose nothing will come of this as it's a complaint, but have been mulling this over for months and had to finally say something because I am that way...love the photography and the story and all that.... however...it's just the sound I have trouble listening to...and that's too bad as music is listened to isn't it?

[FlyIntoOblivion]

From Dino's Diary post on November 21:

Everyone has worked their asses off and it will show. I saw a rough edit of it last night, and I freaked out. I had a vision going into this, and everyone else through in their visions and this DVD has turned into something that I am really pround of. We have been spending time on the audio as well - not correcting errors, and inserting new tracks to make it sound better - rather, we are taking the opposite stance - making it sound more real, letting everyone feel like they were at the concerts that they are watching - pretty much enhancing the mistakes, improvs, everything, ha ha ha. I guess some bands are insecure about themselves, and have to redo audio cause they want everyone to think that they are perfect. To me, playing live is not perfect, it is about a feeling, a vibe, a passion...... Anyway, we are making this DVD seem more like a movie - a few songs, then some video of us showing and explaining the history of the band.

Hope this helps.

[rockinghorse]

I get it...I get the music industry but your response doesn't really help...and I knew it wouldn't matter what I thought, but at least I got it off my chest and the "powers that be" know that this "little one person" in Seattle, thinks they need a new sound tech...ESPECIALLY for the live stuff if that IS the sound live...the band and Marty did their jobs, the tech didn't and that's my opinion...and I will still go see them if they make it to the northwest....thanks anyway....

[FlyIntoOblivion]

Then I don't understand what you want the answer to be. In my opinion, it sounds like it should, and I was there. Maybe I like it because I can feel nostalgic about being there. Dino said that's what they wanted it to sound like in his post that I quoted, so I don't understand how that didn't help.

By the way, the Lovehammers have played in Seattle-they opened for INXS January 19th, 2006 at the Paramount theater. It was a killer set, and it made me love them more than I did when I went into the venue. I hope they come by again so you can see them live.