Re: [Harp-L] How much do you need to hear yourself while gigging?

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

Hey Chris,  great question and a topic that has been tossed around a few 
times but never  gets completely answered in my opinion. 
 
        I've been at it for a long  time. Started on harp in 73 I think it 
was. Back then I didn't get to use much  of a monitor because for one the 
technology wasn't advanced very far along  those lines unless the band had big bucks 
and could mix the monitors with a  separate board. Everybody had to be in 
complete control of their  volume too. That was pretty hard to do when the set 
list had Sabbath and Grand  Funk on it along with Mister Skin by Spirit (man I 
loved putting a  harp lead in where the sax part was) and other stuff. (quit 
rambling  Randy) O yea where was I? What I did was put in one ear plug so that I 
could  hear myself better. The ear plug seemed to make the music I was 
playing  reverberate in my head to where I could hear it. I got the idea from 
watching  that dude in (what was that brother band that did Lonely Days and Gotta 
Get a  Message To You?) Anyway, he always put a finger in his ear, or blocked it 
off  with his hand to hear his harmony's better. I tried it and it worked for 
 harp too.
 
       Just a quick idea I thought I'd  throw out there, I hope it works for 
you like it did for me.
 
                  Randy
               BiscuitBoy Blues
 
In a message dated 10/28/2007 7:40:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Cljdm@xxxxxxx writes:

So I  guess I would like to know,  is it common for 
players to not be  able to hear themselves and yet still play effectively? I 
mean 
by just  knowing where you  are at on their instrument, is that enough to 
create  
what you want.   I find this very difficult and get a real  empty feeling 
after a gig when I can barely  hear myself playing  most of the night. 
Probably 
because I wonder how many mistakes I didn't  hear.


 



 
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