Greg has been Metallica's go-to guy for all things audio related since he came on board as engineer and mixer of the Death Magnetic album in 2008. Responsibility for ensuring this happens falls to Greg Fidelman, the producer of the S&M2 concert recordings.
In the recording trucks, it's clear that something went wrong in 'Confusion', and the crew know they have one last opportunity to record a good performance of the song during the second concert. About all Lars can hear is the slapback of the PA in this very big room, which is not helpful.Īnd now there's a problem. There are no regular monitors, no amps, nothing generating sonic clues on the stage, which has been specially designed in the round for S&M2 to accommodate band and orchestra in as uncluttered a layout as possible. Usually, that wouldn't be a problem - the drummer would simply pull out his in-ears and be able to hear what's going on. Suddenly, during the first set, just into a song aptly called 'Confusion', Lars Ulrich's in-ear monitoring cuts out.
Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony are playing in front of 18,000 fans for the first of two S&M2 concerts, which are being recorded and filmed for a major release. Recording a live heavy metal concert would be challenging enough - but when you throw an 80-piece orchestra into the mix, all bets are off!
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