Re: [Harp-L] 'A' harp cutting through, telling guitarists to turn down

["ChipComcast" <jandkday@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Many times I turn up for Chrome dominate tunes,because it just sounds
better. :-)
Just have to remeber to turn down.  Many times it is harder to play a
festival gig & then
go to a small club. It is a challenge that is priority one.

Keepin' it warm & low,
JD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Fritz" <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "harpl" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] 'A' harp cutting through, telling guitarists to turn
down


> Seems to me that a lot of people just play too loud.  I've been going to
> a jam in a relatively small club fairly often lately.  It's mostly pro
> and semi-pro players.  When the place empties out it's usually a volume,
> not a quality problem.  There are some really good players I always
> listen to from the parking lot.
>
> A lot of the 40+ players wear earplugs and complain the worst about
> volume.  One of the most common things I hear is people talking about
> wanting to go back to the olden days of amplified blues when 15 watt
> amps were the biggest thing most people had.
>
> R. S. Walters wrote:
> > Sorry, but  I don't buy the caught up in the moment excuse.  There is no
> > moment when your setting up in an empty club and guitar players practice
> > riffs have the barmaids ducking under the bar.  They simply start loud
and
> > get louder.  My way of telling that they are "caught up in the moment"
is
> > when I feel that sharp pain in the side of my head, my eye twitches, and
a
> > tear runs down my cheek for that screaming twang being emitted from the
lead
> > guitar.
> >
> > Now waving the band down does work for a moment or two. But the sound
> > usually creeps right back up.  One night in desparation, in between
songs, I
> > simply took the mic and asked the crowd...Are we too loud?  Guess what
the
> > answer was.  HELL YES!   Pissed off a couple of band members but at
least I
> > proved my point.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> > Of Chris Michalek
> > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 8:20 PM
> > To: Roscoharp@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [Harp-L] 'A' harp cutting through, telling guitarists to
turn
> > down
> >
> >
> > Leave it to Rosco to play devil's advocate.  What he says is true but in
the
> > REAL world it's not that realistic to go out and plunk down $1500+ for a
> > louder rig.
> >
> > The best way I've found to get guitarists to turn down is to point
directly
> > at them and then motion for the them to get soft.  This almost always
work
> > during a solo - especially yours.  I think most players get loud because
the
> > are simply caught up in the moment.
> > Most player will comply and it will add a nice sense of dynamics to the
> > shows.  Or ya could just use the friggin D harp in 3rd postion.
> > The higher frequencies will cut better than the notes on the A harp.
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
>
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