Re: [Harp-L] Stupid volumes and egos

["ben bouman" <fitgo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

and....rock n' roll can be played acoustic...
warm regards,(one of your friends),
Ben Bouman 
www.seydel1847.de
www.marbletones.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave R. Fertig" <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Stupid volumes and egos


> At 02:41 AM 6/11/2006, you wrote:
> > half the guys up there playing were wearing ear plugs while they played.
>
> "With all due respect," that's just stupid.  Send these guys out 
> hunting with Dick Cheney.   Darwin, do your stuff.
>
> Was the host drunk-deaf?  Did anyone stop and beg "enuff!"?
>
> I think the Volume Vampire is often alcohol-fueled, as it dulls the 
> hearing.  And of course Vvlad (enter name of your favorite 
> Marshall-stacked-plank-spanker/rock-drummer/screaming front-person 
> here) has some culpability in egging on rock-hero-posers into 
> fantasies of arena shows full of nubile groupies pawing at your feet 
> . . . I digress, hmmm, wait a moment please . . .
>
> BUT after all pleading and threats fail, there is a tack that's 
> worked at jams which I co-host, such as Elmtree jams:  I simply 
> unplug and say if ya can't hear me acoustic, turn down.  It works for 
> a song or two, more if others unplug too.
>
> And sometimes (when the drummer hasn't a soft touch?) I give the 
> drummer a set of brushes,  even hide the sticks!   And just don't 
> invite back the ear-impalers.
>
> Hey, some of my best friends play rock n' roll . . .
>
> -Dave Fertig 
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