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

[Special20 <special20harp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ask Dave Grohl if I am being facile or glib:

http://www.deafness-and-hearingaids.net/2007/09/21/dave-grohl-talks-about-his-hearing-loss/



On Nov 12, 2007 5:38 PM, Vince Meghrouni <Foomcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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