Re: [Harp-L] Super Loud Bands

[fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>]

Hearing loss having a continuum with some people being much more 
susceptible to it than others it is still inevitable.  Freddy Fender in 
his waning moments with his Twin Reverb dimed.  It didn't make a whole 
lot of sense to me or the guys playing in his band.  It's pretty much 
the same as staring into the sun.

Don't get me wrong I'm not telling anyone what to do.

Stephen Schneider has the idea (I don't know if it originates with him) 
that electric basses are the culprit.  They're louder and they push up 
the frequency range into guitar territory plus they can be played with 
much more attack on a note.  Watching bands at the folk festival 
recently I watched it happen.  The band I started watching had a mic'd 
upright bass.  Reasonable volume, I had my earplugs out.  Next band 
comes up same sound system same sound person similar instrumentation but 
with an electric bass.  Instantly louder and I grabbed for the plugs 
immediately.

I'm with Larry, I don't get it.  I have a terrible time playing music in 
a loud stage environment and I've never liked loud anything.  Watch the 
kids by the railroad tracks watching the trains.  Notice how they stick 
their fingers in their ears.  They're on to something I think.

Pink Floyd did do a really good job with sound but it was still too loud 
for me.  fjm