John Summit was shiet house at Listen Out Sydney.

Like I knew he was hyped so had pretty low expectations, (and went cause I wanted to see him live before making a judgment) but that was a literal disaster.

Pretty sure the only thing he did was red line the decks and the sound guy looked stressed - the whole time speaking into the artist mic and trying to stop him blowing the speakers. He also kept doing it THE WHOLE SET, not like once or twice, but sometimes twice a song you’d hear the pop pop shuhgg through the speakers. It was messy, hollow and the only upside of seeing it was every DJ I saw the rest of the night 1000% better.

Also the ONLY artist to have this issue. Like I actually don’t think he knows what he’s doing??

And made me kinda annoyed super talented people attach themselves to him. Like Sofi, Dom and Sub are soooo talented in the studio and live 🙃😔

Curious if I’m alone in thinking this post his set?

Edit: by artist mic I mean the mic that the AV/stage team uses to communicate with the artist, whether through someone else or directly.

Edit 2: I get how this post may come across hyperbolic, but haven’t you ever been to a festival, your riding the high of seeing some of your faves, but keep thinking about that set that didn’t land and wonder WTF happened?! So I came to reddit to find out other peoples experiences.