RE: [Harp-L] The Volume Game

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yikes?

Bring in on home
When the levee breaks
You shook me
I can't quit you baby
Custard Pie
Nobody's fault but mine

Those are all good songs to know. Robert Plant was no slouch at all on
the harp.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ChipComcast
>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:20 AM
>To: Moandabluz@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] The Volume Game
>
>
>Led Zep covers.....yikes!
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <Moandabluz@xxxxxxx>
>To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 11:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] The Volume Game
>
>
>>
>> I'm now in my 60s and have been around too much loud music. I have 
>> lost high frequency hearing and have to wear hearing aids, or I'm 
>> supposed to.
>I use
>> them when the need arises, but I don't like the artificial sound from
>hearing
>> aids.
>>    Bands always play too loud. I have been   playing from 
>time to time in
>a
>> band that does Led Zeppelin covers and standing next to the lead 
>> guitar
>player.
>> I wear musician earplugs that cut the decibel level by about 25 
>> percent,
>but
>> it's still loud. And it's hard to hear the harp amp, of 
>course. We are
>micing
>> my Blues Jr. and it works ok, but I'm dropping out of the situation, 
>> for various reasons and volume is one of them.
>>    I went to a music party a few days back, a friend lives out in the
>country
>> and had a PA set up in his garage. When I arrived and stepped out of 
>> my
>car,
>> the volume coming out of that garage was almost scary. We 
>tried to get 
>> it under control, but the combination of acoustics and loud guitars 
>> won that
>battle.
>>    Anyway, unless you want constant ringing in your ears and 
>having to
>choose
>> between hearing certain frequencies or hearing them with an 
>artificial
>sound,
>> I would suggest everyone pay close attention to the volume 
>issue. Good
>luck
>> with it.
>>
>> In a message dated 10/4/04 10:38:05 AM, 
>Henderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>> > A word to the wise...I haven't seen any reference to hearing loss 
>> > and stage volumes on this list - but if y'all want to have long 
>> > musical careers I would suggest not playing The Volume Game. I 
>> > worked in electric bands for 15+ years and now have tinitus in my 
>> > left ear ( a constant ringing) and hearing loss in my right. It's 
>> > just not worth it - let's face it, a bar gig is not worth 
>it! I now 
>> > will only take low volume electric gigs (I blow through a 
>1955 Champ 
>> > with a 6" speaker and a Beyer M69 mic - warm, smooth overdrive). I 
>> > have custom ear plugs for anything louder but prefer to 
>play mostly 
>> > acoustic music
>> >
>> Steve "Moandabluz" Webb
>> Still a fool for the harp 
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