Re: [Harp-L] Loud amp for loud band

[Vince Meghrouni <Foomcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's easy to say "If your bandmates won't lower the stage volume, I'd  
quit the band", without hearing the band.

I play in (among others) a very loud band with extremely creative  
musicians writing unique music I dig.  It's not just a matter of  
"remove harmonica-player unit from music machine A and place in music  
machine B which features all attributes of machine A except for  
volume aspect".

Sometimes you accept the negatives of a situation for the positives  
inherent within it.  To say "find a new band" or "I'd quit" is  
facile.  It's glib.  Easy to say if you don't know the particulars.

Hendrix played real loud.  If he'd asked you in the band, would you  
have turned him down because it was too loud?  Maybe you would.

Rex "T for 'Tempest in a teapot" Tobago

On Nov 12, 2007, at 4:01 PM, Special20 wrote:

> Earplugs?  In-ear monitors?
>
> Life is too much fun to be crippled with hearing loss or tintinitis.
> If your bandmates won't lower the stage volume, I'd quit the band.
> You can still have a high FOH SPL, but you don't have to ruin your own
> ears to sound good.
>
> -Spec20
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Vince Meghrouni
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