The question of why I need the Audio-Technica M3M system really should be

Aug 1, 2008/1:14 pm

So here I am, new to the game, just gearing up. I have had many years on the stage, always as the backup singer. I am now venturing out on my own. Got some pretty divine inspiration to pick up my guitar almost half a year ago and have been playing ever since. I have written many songs since then, having always been in music. The joy of being able to sing and play at the same time is the most gratifying experience of my life. In ear monitors would be pretty freakin awesome as I still perform with a band Subvocal that has a lot of ambient sound and watching my counterpart onstage wearing headphones big and bulky makes me wanna knock him out. He wears them to be sure the sound is perfect. None of us can afford in ears because, well we’re musicians…, that and we all have priorities, like kiddos. So I would love these so that my onstage counterpart could use them for our shows and so I could use them when I do my own stuff. Please don’t let me go through another show where I look super hot and sexy and he looks like Micky Mouse on drugs. The best feature of the in-ears is well, they are freakin in-ear. The clarity is astounding and you have the same sound that YOU want all over the stage. You gotta be able to match your pitch with the attitude your projecting. ~MammaNess

Jul 31, 2008/12:40 pm

Hiya! Well, I’ve read all the comments everyone else has added here and I just want to say I think they deserve this piece of kit much more than I do. I rarely get onto a stage to perform my music and my home studio is so small there isn’t space to move around – so I never step on the headphone cable! I perform in my own kind of vacuum and the music I make only sees the light of day via Broadjam. But maybe there’s just a chance that my reclusive approach to performance might change if I knew I didn’t have to rely on monitors when performing delicate pieces like ‘Calling Time’ and ‘The Mighty Fall’. I don’t know, you guys are the experts – I just sit inside this carboard box all day long, hammering out these songs and wondering why hardly anyone gets to to here’em! http://www.broadjam.com/iancox

Jul 31, 2008/12:03 pm

Hi, I’m Jim the lead singer for Plaid Daddy. Singing has been my only career for the last six years with over 1,000 shows under my belt. The shows started to spread from little night clubs to now not only nightclubs but rock/funk venues, weddings, corporate events, college events and even for the Governor/State treasurer’s dinner last May in Boston, MA. So with approximately 200 shows a year I have to re-group the set-ups for all the unique rooms/venues we encounter.
I move constantly while performing so I am in and out of range of the monitors we use for most of the shows trying to work the crowd (sometimes down in the crowd video cam in hand). I can’t imagine what a difference a a traveling monitor system would make for me, in addition to blocking the excess noise of the cymbals, etc…
The features I like are the LCD screen for the dark areas we are always finding ourselves in. And the fact that it allows volume and mix control of two independent signals on stage. It would be a privilege to wear a pair of these around New England all year ’round. So I’m hoping for your consideration. Peace and thanks Full Compass for offering these on Broadjam~ jim. http://www.PlaidDaddy.com

Jul 30, 2008/12:45 pm

Cookie Cutter Girl, Pop Superhero, at your service! *smile*
I lead a busy life of servitude & solitude in Boston, MA.
Being a Pop Supehero is an unpaid position … but I LOVE my job.
I’ve yet to show much profit. The IRS thinks it’s a hobby.
I can’t quit though, because this is what I was born to do…

I was injured in the line of duty for the first time in 2006,
when I slipped on a wire on stage, sustaining the following injuries:
2 holes in my ear canal & ear drum, 6 compression fractures in my neck
and back, broken front teeth… and constant ringing in my ears!
This Pop Superhero is self-employed, so I get no workman’s comp.
I’ve had to cancel my performances for 2 years, while I see doctors 4-5x each week & do physical therapy.

I could truly use the Audio-Technica M3M Wireless In-Ear Monitor System
to help this Pop Superhero reach out to people as a motivational speaker, until I’m healed & can perform again. The M3M in ear monitor would not only help me hear my voice & instruments over the constant ringing in my ears, the M3M wireless system would also help me deal with the “basophobia” (fear of tripping/falling) I’ve developed due to my disabling stage accident. While my back is healing, I can use the M3M system during rehearsals.

What’s my favorite feature of the M3M in-ear wireless monitor system? While up to 16 complete M3 systems may be used simultaneously, any number of M3R stereo receivers can operate on the same frequency with a single M3T stereo transmitter. On every small stage, less IS more!

M3M is generously offering this wonderful product “giveaway,”
and I trust sales come to them via word of mouth about the wonders of the M3M. If chosen, I would certainly be honored promote the M3M system via my high traffic websites, CookieCutterGirl.com & PowerofPink.com. I would run an International press release & post it to my list of 50+ PR sites.

I leave you with this lesson: Everyone can fly…
It’s the landings that take practice! *smile*

Strength Through Unity!
Julian aKa CCG Pop Superhero

Jul 30, 2008/8:37 am

I do all my recording in a little 10 x 12 studio. A little cramped but everything within reach. The problems that I have is that I tend to edit as I go along, stand up to record, sit down to edit, up, down, up down, well you get the picture. I can’t count the times in any session that, when I sit, one foot ends up on the headphone cable. Soooo, when I stand up again, yep, rips the phones right off my head. I have been through three sets of headphones in the last year alone.

I’ve tried the inexpensive wireless sets and the hissing drives me nuts.
These EP3 Headphones will certainly make my recording life a whole lot easier, with a lot less wasted time ( cursing,picking up the headphones, putting them back together).
I am also starting to play out a little again and I have absolutely no monitors, so again, the EP3 headphones will come in might handy.

Thanks for listening,
Hank

Jul 30, 2008/2:28 am

I would just love to be able to hear myself singing for a change. We are getting ready to play out and just to be able to pick my voice out and the voices of the other singers in the band, would be a major improvement for all of us while practicing, not just during practice, but also live.

We recently recorded ourselves with an H2 Zoom recorder and while I love this device, we sounded so flat in spots that it made us cringe to listen to what we thought was a great practice session. So we’ve ended up turning our instruments way down and toning down the drum so that we can hear ourselves sing in this tight practice space. It would be a bonus to have an in-ear system like this would make a huge difference in our life as a band and for me alone as a singer as well as our lead female singer who would love this very system, because we were talking about the M3M at practice on Sunday.

Throw it my way if ya would please. It would be going to a great home.

Jul 29, 2008/9:12 pm

I’m the singer and songwriter for a band that gigs a lot and the range of stages we come across is dizzying. Over the last few months I’ve started to work with the players to collect gear that lets us stay on top of our sound. This includes on-stage rack compression and effects, as well as vocal effects.

Until now in-ear wireless has been a dream, but soooo expensive that we’ve had to deal with the problems that all of us have probably dealt with, like no monitors (“can’t you hear the house mix?!?”) or worse a boxed in stage where if the monitor mix is loud enough to hear the PA feeds-back like a monster, and we all know how rare it is to find multiple monitor mixes available or drum monitors except at the best venues.

These in-ears seem to solve all those problems. With multiple receivers each capable of being tuned to a personal mix, none of us would ever have to kick a wedge again! I’d be happy to take these on the road and let the sound geeks I know give them a try too!

Thanks for the opportunity!

Jul 29, 2008/6:12 pm

Wow as a lead singer of a very VERY loud rock band (they go to eleven!), I would d to have one of these in the arsenal when we were gigging constantly. There were years where I played guitar as well, and whether I was playing too or just singing, the vibe of the show would thrive or dive based on the onstage mix. I needed the guitars loud, the kick and snare sharp for timing and my vocals nice and loud so I could perform without having to think about all the details. The seperate mix in one ear sounds like a genius solution for vocalists. The LCD display sounds like it would be very handy under the changing lights in a dark club as well. Now, as I’m preparing a set of solo music and planning to add various sampled material, these headphones would be absolutely perfect for me…whether by myself with an acoustic guitar or hanging from a light rig while belting a note at the top of my range (which I’ve been known to do). Sign me up for a pair!

Jul 24, 2008/4:50 pm