Sunday, March 30, 2008

So how much power does Nelly Furtado's microphone use?

Nelly Furtado did a concert in Nathan Phillips Square to mark Earth Hour. It was described as an acoustic candlelight concert. But the picture in the paper shows her holding a microphone, which means there was also some sort of PA/amp/speaker system.

Now from a performance perspective this is eminently reasonable. I don't think you could ask even an opera singer or a musical theatre performer to handle an outdoor performance to a crowd of 10,000 on lung power alone. But how much electricity did this require, and was it worth it?

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