stage monitor
A stage monitor is a speaker that whispers the unvarnished truth of your performance back at you, unseen by the audience. It cheerfully exaggerates every wrong note and half-baked lyric with ruthless clarity. Set up to aid performers, it often turns into a feedback-happy tormentor delighting in sonic chaos. The endless quest for the perfect mix is a blood sport fought behind the scenes. Ignored when silent, it becomes the scapegoat the moment the show stumbles.