Somewhere Back in Time
Jul. 21st, 2008 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
We visited Helsinki and then Tampere for the Iron Maiden concerts on the Somewhere Back in Time tour. (And we did some general touristing.) If we had time and money for as much travel as we might wish, I'd definitely want to return to see more of the place, and eat more Finnish food. Sadly, we had to eat the sort of food one can get anywhere, on the days of the concert, because of the timing.
I enjoyed the Tampere gig more than the Helsinki one, because the sound was better, at least from the seats we had. Yes, seats. Neither of us are really fit enough to stand on the flat bit, and I reckon we could see better than anyone except for the first few rows back from the stage, at least at Tampere. We were at the front of our block, so the view was unobstructed.
It can't be rocket science to make the sound work well in a stadium. It all relies on principles well known, even if the application has complexities special to each venue. I can't understand why the sound was slightly muddy at Helsinki. Is it arrogant to think I'd know how to do better myself?
The sound at Tampere was good, and the show is superb. For people (like me) who have been listening to their CDs for decades, it was good to have them play some of the older songs from the days of my (relative) youth. They're still just as good!
What can I say - live music, a way to forget, for a short time, how rubbish a lot of reality is.
I enjoyed the Tampere gig more than the Helsinki one, because the sound was better, at least from the seats we had. Yes, seats. Neither of us are really fit enough to stand on the flat bit, and I reckon we could see better than anyone except for the first few rows back from the stage, at least at Tampere. We were at the front of our block, so the view was unobstructed.
It can't be rocket science to make the sound work well in a stadium. It all relies on principles well known, even if the application has complexities special to each venue. I can't understand why the sound was slightly muddy at Helsinki. Is it arrogant to think I'd know how to do better myself?
The sound at Tampere was good, and the show is superb. For people (like me) who have been listening to their CDs for decades, it was good to have them play some of the older songs from the days of my (relative) youth. They're still just as good!
What can I say - live music, a way to forget, for a short time, how rubbish a lot of reality is.