Jacob is out of this world amazing - Venue not so much
by Dhansel on 5/11/22House of Blues Boston - BostonI've seen Jacob many times, and I'm a huge fan. I know each song intimately. Took the family to House of Blues on May 8th and we had balcony tix. I hoped they wouldn't be so bad due to the size of the venue. The view was fine. However, the SOUND sucked. The bass in the balcony was completely overloaded and masked the subtle nature of the playing that was happening onstage. Both Jacob and Robin's basses (plus kick drum) suffered the same fate. It was so overloaded, that the delicate harmonies were often masked and the piano disappeared as well. All you could hear was sub bass overload and distortion. I'm not sure I'm gonna blame the FOH mixer either, because when I moved positions (down) the problem was less. So, i'm gonna blame the venue and say they need to install baffles or something. Because it was ridiculously bad. Maybe it works for the normal HO Blues crowd, but Jacob's music is way to exacting for this venue, so I hope he doesn't return here. If he does, I'll have to suffer the mosh pit next to the mixing desk I guess. Otherwise, the venue seemed ok and is a nice size. Just don't go upstairs if you're remotely interested in things sounding like they are supposed to. BTW, I used to mix music (and film sound) in my younger days. Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and in the studio with Sting and Dire Straits programming synths in the late 80s early 90s. So, spent lots of time in perfectly tuned, very loud rooms, so i'm not some Karen when it comes to sound and sound quality.