Re: Would such a piece of synthetic pop be good?
> singers that can't perform live without wearing their earpiece yet all throughout the history of music they never needed them to perform. Strange..
It is INCREDIBLY difficult to hear yourself on stage. Try it with a band sometime.
Side-speakers cause feedback as much as improved self-hearing. Floor wedges and cardoid mikes are just-barely tolerable.
Even seasoned instrumentalists who don't self-pitch live (pianists, drummers, e-bassists, most guitarists) adopted earpieces real darn quick, despite the expense.
Earpieces have been a MAJOR improvement in performer hearing. I only wish they had gotten good while I was still in that racket.
You do have a bit of a point. Paul Robeson invented the stage monitor and was able to hear better even when the speaker was out in the stage wings. But Robeson was amazing in many ways.)