What I mean by that is, obviously the guitars and other instruments are not plugged in, but the drums don’t have that option. So why can we not hear that the drums are actually live? Hopefully that makes sense what I am asking.
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I worked on a cruise ship as a show band musician. The entire show was “Tracked”, meaning there was a drum track, guitar, bass, horns, sweetener (background vocals and effects) etc….Obviously they preferred to play live, but the new guy isn’t going to nail the show on day 1 with a small amount of time to prepare.
Occasionally though we would have to run up on stage, and those were 100% tracked. My bass wasn’t even plugged in. The keyboard I don’t think even functioned, and the horns were just miming it.
For drums, he had to at least look the part, hit the cymbals at the right time and such. But the reality was he was playing so quietly, and the sound in the room was so loud, that I couldn’t even hear him and I was on stage with him.
So to answer your question, yeah you might get some bleed, but stages are big, and drummers can play quietly.
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