RE: [Harp-L] playing but not hearing

[daledut <daledut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently joined a band. At or first rehearsal I was between the drummer and a Bose speaker column. ÂI couldn't hear myself at all. ÂI spent much of the time with a finger in one ear so I could hear it inside my head.Â
So for our first performance I set up a Behringer 205D monitor speaker on a mic stand right in front of me. ÂI fed an out to their mixer. That worked great I could turn my monitor up as needed to hear myself and let the band leader worry about how I sounded in the mix.Â

I just simply can't pay very well if I can hear myself, especially since I didn't know all the songs and play by ear.Â

Dale


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-------- Original message --------
From: Mike Price <mikerockin@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
Date:03/31/2014  12:47 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Harp- L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: [Harp-L] playing but not hearing 


Last night I had the privilege to sit in with the famous "Smoking Joe Kubeckâ band. I had fun but, no lie, the guitars were so loud on stage that I could not hear a single note I was blowing. My wife said she could hear my harmonica just fine out of the main PA and that I sounded good but I don't know. Is this a somewhat common occurrence? My guess is the only thing worst would be not to hear your singing. Anyone else have any related stories? In hindsight I should have just played out of one of the available vocal PA mic's instead of the tiny little amp which was at my feet.
Mike