Fwd: [Harp-L] playing but not hearing

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I sat in with Humble Pie in Flint Mi. and Jerry Shirley was the only original member at this time. Anyways we started with 30 days in the whole and could not hear myself think, the Guitars and band was so loud. Friens of coarse in the Audience stated how they could hear it quite well. 

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From: "The Iceman" <icemanle@xxxxxxx> 
To: mikerockin@xxxxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 2:04:40 PM 
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] playing but not hearing 

too loud guitars on stage is not uncommon...and also, IMO, there is really no reason for this, but try to convince a guitar player. 


I will avoid situations like this, but have found myself sittin' in and unable to hear myself. Therefore, I rely on my instincts and inner ear to guide me, but won't spend a set on stage...maybe a few tunes. 


The best bands have a reasonable stage volume in which all members can hear everything that is going on. Otherwise, how is one to know what and where to play?? 



-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Price <mikerockin@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: Harp- L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 12:47 pm 
Subject: [Harp-L] playing but not hearing 



Last night I had the privilege to sit in with the famous "Smoking Joe Kubeckâ 
band. I had fun but, no lie, the guitars were so loud on stage that I could not 
hear a single note I was blowing. My wife said she could hear my harmonica just 
fine out of the main PA and that I sounded good but I don't know. Is this a 
somewhat common occurrence? My guess is the only thing worst would be not to 
hear your singing. Anyone else have any related stories? In hindsight I should 
have just played out of one of the available vocal PA mic's instead of the tiny 
little amp which was at my feet. 
Mike