What a lead guitarist hears on stage (John Frusciante, in this case)

I saw EB posted this on Facebook. Totally geeking out on it. It's John Frusciante's (for those who don't know, former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist and all-around guitar legend) in-ear feed. I'm listening to it now, it's so interesting that night after night, show after show, he is laser focused on the sounds he is producing - guitar and backup vox.

What a difference from how the audience experiences shows! :) He's barely interested in hearing Anthony Kiedis' lead vox. I guess he knows exactly what Anthony will sing when, and all Frusciante needs to worry about is his backup vocals and harmonies being on point. It probably helps him stay on the correct harmony, and not accidentally "shift" into singing the main vocal line.

I saw EB posted this on Facebook. Totally geeking out on it. It's John Frusciante's (for those who don't know, former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist and all-around guitar legend) in-ear feed. I'm listening to it now, it's so interesting that night after night, show after show, he is laser focused on the sounds he is producing - guitar and backup vox.

that's super interesting... I am a floor wedge guy myself and I like tons of kick, snare and bass guitar and maybe a little of myself if I am running low stage volume or I am on a huge stage.... I like to be swimming in a sea of rhythm section no matter where I am standing... I do like a low of my vocal if I am singing though and I want it to have way more reverb than it gets in FOH because I can't pitch well if its too dry... I NEVER want any lead vocal in a rock band, its distracting, particularly if your singer is very consistent with phrasing

I NEVER want any lead vocal in a rock band, its distracting, particularly if your singer is very consistent with phrasing

consistent with phrasing... explain please?

I NEVER want any lead vocal in a rock band, its distracting, particularly if your singer is very consistent with phrasing

consistent with phrasing... explain please?

if your vocalist changes his/her cadence sometimes (adds extra words, riffs around a note a bit, etc) you will probably want some of them in the monitor so you can adjust your playing to make space for the change in the vocal or even to change your part around on the fly to enhance what they are doing... towards the end of my longest running band's touring life I needed to hear the singer because we would riff off of eachother sometimes in a few songs, but for most of the set she was just reproducing the album parts dead on... y solution was to keep her out of my monitor and share her floor wedge whenever we were going to improve a bit as she had a little of everything plus a lot of her in her floor wedge