conversationpc wrote:Rip Rokken wrote:Hmm... When I saw them, everyone was floored by Deen's singing, and to be honest, it sounded perfect... not a note out of place. He even held out some notes longer than on the album versions. But no way in heck they are using tapes of Augeri. Deen has some specific qualities to his style that I noticed in the show, and from his songs on the Generations album. It was definitely Deen's voice.
I remember someone here sharing the story of Deen singing back in 2005, I think it was, and there were a couple of fans that were pointing at him and mouthing to him that he was lipping. He got them back stage and asked them to name a song and he sang it for them, a cappella, right there and floored them. Can't remember who shared that but that's my recollection.
What people do not understand is that there is latency (delay) induced because of sound system processing. Speaker systems are time aligned via digital signal processing math to the backline (guitar amps, drums, etc) so that the sound coming from the stage and the PA is in sync. If this did not happen, then there would be a smearing, or phasing, of the sound. You would hear a drum hit from the stage then the PA second. In big rooms this makes a big difference.
Also, there is always a difference in projected video and audio for a couple of reasons at the concert. Then you have the data loss and degredation induced by compression for YouTube to host a managable file.
In other words, these people that think they can tell what is going on do not have all of the facts to consider. Maybe Dean is lipsyncing, maybe he is not. There is no way to tell unless you are next to the man at the show. I don't think he was, because that would require him playing in perfect sync to a click track. There is usually some swing in the Journey tunes, and they vary in tempo from night to night.
When confronted with the question Dean replied by singing the tune as I recall, leaving the person speechless.
