Last nights show now up on YouTube

[Magic City Surfer]

...In my case, I had NO sound whatsoever but I made it through without a hitch. Fun event.

Hey, Matt. Great to see you on here, I really hope you'll stick around for a while.

I love hearing your perspective of the show and a little behind-the-scenes info on how you like your monitors.  Tidbits like that are a lot of fun for fans (at least some of us!).

I chuckle at your "Fun event".  I can't tell if you're being sincere or sarcastic given the screwy sound setup. I'm guessing it's a little of both.

I had the pleasure of catching one BB show during your time with the band. It was in May of 1995 at Callaway Gardens, GA. I didn't know enough going into the show to know you were in the act. But I knew the falsettos belonged to Brian and Brian wasn't there. And whoever was singing those parts had absolutely nailed it. It was enough to make me look it up and I was thrilled to learn it was a Jardine keeping the sound alive.

I don't remember if Hushabye was on that set list, but I've seen the video on YouTube of you knocking that song out of the park at a '94 show. Awesome.

Just one question: why aren't you rockin' that same mane you used to have? 

[tpesky]

Matt, Thanks for coming onto the board. I remember the first time I heard you perform with the BB in I think '93 Wallingford, CT.  Your Dad introduced you and you blew us away on Warmth of The Sun among others. My Dad who is not a BB fan is still blown away by that performance. You always blended so well with your Dad and Carl and the guys.  Also saw you in Ridgefield, CT. such a great show! I hope your band will do some more touring.

[Seaside Woman]

Again folks, thank you for all your kind words & comments.  Al Jardine's Endless Summer Band doesn't use in-ear monitors because we don't tour enough to justify the expense of a system like that. Old school onstage wedges/monitors are readily available wherever we play & it's just easier that way. Plus, all of us in that band are old-school & wedges/onstage monitors are what we're comfortable with. The last two years I was in The Beach Boys (96-97) we used in-ears & it was not a fun experience for me. The falsetto bandwidth in such tiny speaker drivers (in the in-ear monitors) was such I could never really hear myself over the other singers. I really need to hear a little of the front house audio (main speakers pointed at the audience) & a lot of myself in a wedge/onstage monitor so I'm not over singing & screwing up the vocal blend (& blowing my voice out) to really get dialed in w/ pitch. I sing those parts w/ a lot of power (on the uptempo tunes) & back off the mic &/or sing softer & easier for tunes like In My Room, Surfer Girl, God Only Knows, etc. So I split the difference & had one in-ear in & popped the other out & had a wedge at my feet. Best of both worlds.  At the Reagan Event, we didn't have in-ears & were given wedges/onstage monitors while everyone else in that band had their custom molded in-ear monitors. In that kind of set-up all guitar/piano amps are off-stage. All you hear are the drums & the front house. In my case, I had NO sound whatsoever but I made it through without a hitch. Fun event.

Thank you very much, for the detailed answer, I'm in the loop now. There is so much more going on up there than I ever would have appreciated from the audience point of view.