Re: [Harp-L] Super Loud Bands

[46long Blake <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I recently played with a guitarist who used an external
attenuator. I'm not technically savvy, but it was this little box he had on
top of his Deluxe that allowed him to crank the amp / tubes to the crunch he
wanted while still keeping the volume low.  Pretty genius invention, I
think, but I'm easily impressed. Buy one for your favorite guitarist today!

 - B

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> For a lot of guitar players, a non-master volume, 100-watt Marshall amp
> pushed to distortion is the holy grail of tone. That set up is inherently
> loud, and everyone else in the band will have to amp up in order to be
> heard. Nothing to be done but baffle the beast off or seel the guitarist on
> the joys of an overdriven Princeton or Deluxe.
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:19 AM, <IcemanLE@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Yup - you said load, I corrected it to loud, as "load" made no sense to
> > me..
> >
> > Money speaks volumes - take that off the table. Almost anyone can be
> > "bought" - (Rent "The Magic Christian").
> >
> > Saying people love it and you love it is nice, but doesn't really explain
> > much aside from love - it doesn't answer the synergy, musical relating,
> > musical dialogue, etc query.
> >
> > There was a Florida Harmonica Competition a few months ago in New Smyrna
> > Beach. The back up band was the wall of musicians/wall of stupifying
> volume
> > in a  very small venue. I had a terrible time doing a few tunes and
> crashed
> > and  burned, because it was TOO LOUD - couldn't hear anything on stage or
> > myself in  relation to it except LOUDLOUDLOUD. Two dimensional. Couldn't
> > get
> > the band to  respond to "quiet down" hand signals or anything. (Funniest
> > moment was my trying  for a solid ending to the last tune by jumping up
> in
> > the
> > air and hoping the band  would stop on a dime as I landed - hot sweaty
> > Larry's
> > glasses flew off his face  and across the stage as I tried to make my
> "big
> > ending"). A night to  remember.
> >
> > The other competitors played against this wall of sound, too. Everyone
> > sounded almost the same. Winner was the one who jumped around the most
> and
> > did
> > the most John Popper style speed stuff. Not really a quality competition,
> > but  seemed more in line with bikers, beer, broads and INYOFACE. I kin
> dig
> > the biker  crowd wanting to rock and roll, but don't find it very musical
> > or
> > satisfying. I  know biker gigs can pay good money and many bands do so
> for
> > the money or because  they get drunk on stage, too.
> >
> > Aside from this aspect, I'm interested in how it translates to musical
> > dialogue, creating, etc at a super loud gig.
> >
> > How do I not play super loud and enjoy it?
> >
> > 1. I can hear all the musicians and the parts they are playing to add to
> > the whole.
> > 2. I can gauge how I add or detract to the overall sound.
> > 3. I can start to lock in with some of the musicians as we toss musical
> > ideas/rhythms back and forth
> > 4. I can use musical force to create excitement without resorting to too
> > loud - this in itself is very addicting.
> > 5. A super loud moment may come and go, but will be all the more
> effective
> > because the music breathes in three dimensions.
> > etc etc
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/6/2009 10:47:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > buzzo@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > Money is  great. I love the band.  Money is great.  I love to play loud.
> > People love it.  Money is great
> > How can you play not loud &  enjoy it.  No disrespect you just don't
> > understand.  I didn't  say too loud.  Oh by the way I said  load.;)
> >
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> now.
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