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Recently, Polyphia's drummer, Clay Aeschliman, had every musician's nightmare scenario in which his in-ear monitors stopped working during a live performance, and he could no longer hear the click or backing tracks. And in typical internet fashion, everyone seems to have an opinion on how the situation was handled, and are even questioning his, and other musicians' skills for even using a click and tracks during a performance.

In this video, we discuss what click and tracks actually are, talk about how they handled the situation, I give my opinion and experience with tracks from a touring standpoint, and even give you the opinion of another professional drummer.

https://youtu.be/B4HC91V-btM

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Recently, Polyphia's drummer, Clay Aeschliman, had every musician's nightmare scenario in which his in-ear monitors stopped working during a live performance, and he could no longer hear the click or backing tracks. And in typical internet fashion, everyone seems to have an opinion on how the situation was handled, and are even questioning his, and other musicians' skills for even using a click and tracks during a performance. In this video, we discuss what click and tracks actually are, talk about how they handled the situation, I give my opinion and experience with tracks from a touring standpoint, and even give you the opinion of another professional drummer. Intro 00:00 What Are Tracks 01:22 The Polyphia Situation 06:14 Everyone's A Critic 10:02 Another Professional Drummer's Opinion 14:54 My Thoughts On Tracks 17:26 Outro 18:47 ---------- Merchandise: https://tankthetechmerch.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tankthetech Donate on PayPal: https://paypal.me/tankthetech ---------- Wanna rock the same jewelry that you see in my videos? GTHIC Jewelry is the only brand that I wear on a regular basis, and they have designs and styles for just about everyone's tastes! Check out the link below, and don't forget to add the discount code "Tank20" at checkout for 20% off of your entire order! https://gthic.com?aff=291 ---------- Be sure to follow me on my other social media platforms: The Back Lounge Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/tankthetech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tankthetech Twitter: https://twitter.com/tankthetech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tankthetech Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/tankthetech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TankTheTech ---------- Follow my created streaming playlists all of the music featured on my channel: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LNgoaHewY0hxHMDfoUQvx?si=qX85XXyZQnaDEM0jzhInEg Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/roadie-reactions-playlist/pl.u-RRbVv17s3zKlAA ---------- #polyphia #clayaeschliman #roadiereactions #tankthetech

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Andrea Goernemann

I do not know this band, but I have mad respect for their drummer and his tech for handling the situation like that. My first thought on seeing the picture was about nerve response and reaction time and how these add up (and my knees hurting in sympathy with the poor drum tech). So not losing track there is - to me - an incredible achievement on its own. Apparently it worked for the rest of the show however long that was. Sadly, there will always be those people that think they know better than anyone else involved in the topic, the Dunning-Krueger-effect is quite strong with this lot.

Bill Richards

People really don't understand what those wedges at the front of the stage were for, or why foldback is essential, and every musician had his own set up, it meant a lot of musicians did not move about on stage. Monitoring is an art form in itself. Bands using backing tracks and click tracks just mean they can produce a better show. Those who rip on artists for using tracks know nothing about performing on a loud stage, where IEMs have meant better performances and musicians being free to move on stage and give the audience more of a show