Is it true Broadway singers lip-synch for some shows?- Page 4

[morosco]

Posted: 2/2/14 at 1:07pm

Here's a fun sampling of a click track in use in the original production of Dreamgirls. The first link is the live orchestra and you can faintly hear the click track that was being sent to the conductor. The second link is the prerecorded vocals. The third link is the two combined.

(Sorry for the long links, I'm bad at html.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14946831/Live%20Orchestra.mp3

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14946831/Pre-recorded%20Vocals.mp3

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14946831/Pre-Recorded%20Vocals%20%2B%20Live%20Orchestra.mp3 Updated On: 2/2/14 at 01:07 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 9:06am

That is wonderful, morosco. A perfect illustration of what I was saying and a wonderful way to revisit Dreamgirls!

[Patash]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 10:29am

I'd like to nominate the following as best line of the day:

"It was one of those arena touring children's shows, so it's not like anyone in the audience was upset over artistic integrity."

[Famebroadway2]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 12:07pm

I remember during a performance of Dance of the Vampires when the click track stopped working mid production number. It went from a very grand lush sound to a rehearsal piano in an instant. That was when I realized just how important click tracks are.

[greensgreens]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 3:18pm

Ooooh! Morosco! That was so cool to hear! Are there other things like that that exist! I would love to hear them!