In article , Chris Hermann wrote:
Is the piano important?
At least i think so, at least he's playing a lot of the time solo.
Were there piano solos, or pieces in which the
piano was the fixture of the arrangement?
as i already wrote, i think the piano player is together with the singer
the soloist. (dont know if this is the right word)

If the piano is playing behind the singer, it's not as important as the
singer is. If the piano is just doubling the vocal part, you don't need
much of it there. The singer is what is important in that case.

If the piano is playing fills between verses, it's more important then.
But when the singer is singing, nothing else is more important than the
singer.

The double-bass didnt have a pickup, but a big-condenser mike below the
bridge, which was ok. The additional U87 i used perhaps 1 ft away is not
really usable. Since the stage was very small, there is more drums and
piano than Bass on the U87.

Okay, but your mix is lacking drums and piano! If you need to get your
piano sound by bringing up the bass mike and EQing the low end out a
little bit, that's okay.
unfortunately the bass-player was on the side of the piano with the
higher strings and i'm not getting any sound of the piano bass or
bassdrum on the mike. It's more like a room mike with distant sounding
bass, piano and drums.

Okay, that's still a useful thing to have. Not as useful as piano spots,
but still useful. If the bass is doubling the left hand on the piano,
though, having a good bass feed can make up for not having a good piano
spot.
--scott
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