Exposed Lav or not

[Todd Terry]

I noticed in Fox’s recent debacle of “RENT” live that everyone wore Countryman mics. Not overly obtrusive, but for some reason it still bothered me to be able to see them.

Conversely the cast also wore them in NBC’s live staging of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and for some reason those didn’t bother me nearly so much… I guess because it was much more of a big-stage spectacular. That, and it was just an incredible show.

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com

[Mark Suszko]

Micro-thin headset boom mics make me cringe, no matter the application. I only accept them on aerobics instructors.

[Gary Huff]

[Mark Suszko] “Micro-thin headset boom mics make me cringe, no matter the application. I only accept them on aerobics instructors.”

I would only ever use those headset boom mics on any kind of workout instructor after an incident I encountered many years ago in which a lav was used instead. A lot of editing was done to turn down that mic whenever the instructor was not talking because you could literally hear water sloshing around in their gut.