Even Brian May gets nervous- one for the perfectionists; Part 2 now added

p90fool

Big stages help, it's amazing the difference it makes being 20 feet or more from the drums and backline, though he still did it night after night for years.

crunchman

That was good.

Knowing some of those songs, what he said made a lot of sense.  I played for a production of We Will Rock You at my daughters' school.  Thankfully I was mainly rhythm plus some harmony parts - not all the tricky leads.  I'm going to forward the link to the guy who played lead - especially the bit about changing the arrangement of Seven Seas of Rhye.  He dreaded that bit.

siraxeman

vasselmeyer said:

I can't imagine the volume that 3 cranked AC30s would put out. He's been doing it for 45+ years so he must have extraordinarily robust ears if his hearing hasn't been affected!

maybe the hair covering his lugs helps? ;-)

redrighthand

Lovely interview, thanks OP.

rsvmark

Part 2

EricTheWeary

Part 2 maybe a bit more for the fans/ BM nerds maybe but nice interview.

57Deluxe

I like Badgers too...

roberty

p90fool said:

Big stages help, it's amazing the difference it makes being 20 feet or more from the drums and backline, though he still did it night after night for years.

Also big spaces. It's to do with sound pressure as much as volume. A drum kit in a tiny rehearsal room will fuck your ears far quicker than in an auditorium, even stood next to it. Toilet venues are just as bad. Speaking from experience