Have you ever been asked to turn your volume UP? - Page 2

machine gewehr · #21 06-07-2007, 01:37 PM

Turn up the bass? Never heard that one.

With my heavy metal band,2 distorted guitars and a loud drummer I am always asked to turn down,even when I can't hear myself.

BTW we recorded a gig of ours and watched it later.Sometimes songs are only drum'n bass,thats why they are asking me turn down.

bassman1185 · #22 06-07-2007, 02:23 PM

It's only happened to me once that I remember. I was playing for the youth worship at my guitarist's church, and normally they run their bass DI, but I brought my amp and prefered to run it without the DI, since the PA in the youth room, although large, didn't have subs. I could hear myself on stage fine, but the soundguy said I was free to turn up. I looked over at him and said "I've been playing bass for eight years, and I can honestly say that I have never heard anyone tell me to turn up before today."

P. Aaron · #23 06-07-2007, 03:08 PM

I was asked at our last gig to turn up...and I play guitar!

T-MOST · #24 06-07-2007, 03:32 PM

Johnny Crab · #25 06-07-2007, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cutthroatmolloy

ive been asked to turn up a couple of times. mostly by our drummer

+1
If the time-keepers ain't tight, EVERYBODY

LumpyGravy · #26 06-07-2007, 08:12 PM

I usually get the turn it up from the patrons, but doing so usually buries the drummer. We don't mic him because he is a hard hitter and we run our own sound most of the time. I have some presets that I use that will fill the room. One has a killer phase that sounds like a jet engine when I am trilling or ending a song. I like it loud, but don't want to bury the rest of the talent in the band. We usually get a decent mix. Most people that want me to turn up are just intrigued by seeing 2 hands on the neck and flurries of notes. They are sick people!

yaniv · #27 06-08-2007, 07:27 AM

actually,the ones who tell me to turn my volume down are bass players who dont like the distortion i cause because of the volume but my band members want to hear the bass a lot because they like the weird stuff i do and they hate bass players who can barely be heard\bass players that dont make anything interesting in the songs they play

anderbass · #28 06-09-2007, 12:59 AM

Yep, It was the first time I'd ever gigged with an all-tube amp.

I'd turned up loud enough to very easily hear myself anywhere on stage
(loud rock band/PA was voc-kick drum only/no sound man) When asked, several people
in the audience said "good mix", but the bass could be a little louder...

(I'd never heard this before)

Its happened a few times since, and I had just the opposite results when I played quality solid state amps for over 15 years. (couldn't hear myself on stage while I was already to loud for the room)

Coincidence...I don't think so.

KromaatiKlauun · #29 06-09-2007, 08:19 AM

I usually play very, and I mean very, loud. So I always get into a lot of arguments with my bandmates and our engineer. Last show we had I decided to skip all the crap and put the volume in my amp in a moderate setting. So we start the soundcheck and my engineer yells somthing like: "OK Klauun!! You made your point, NOW TURN YOURSELF UP!!!!"

sedan_dad · #30 06-09-2007, 08:26 AM

Yes,quite a bit.
I know what I'm playing and I find myself keeping my volume low as to hear the guitar player better but mostly to lock in with the drummer.
I try to keep a vise grip on the bass drum.

LumpyGravy · #31 06-09-2007, 08:13 PM

I was in a band once that used to tell me to turn down. They were old...

jnprather · #32 06-10-2007, 12:59 AM

The only time was the first time I played with other musicians.... I showed up with my shiny new SWR Workingman's 12 combo, and of course was completely drowned out by the guitar player's 30 watt Fender blues combo and the drummer... The drummer kept asking me to turn up, and I had it cranked... I had gotten my first bass a couple of weeks prior, and was originally going to buy a 30 watt Randall combo.... but then I decided to SPLURGE and get a 120 watt 1x12 SWR Workingman's 12, thinking "at least i'll be set for awhile"... little did I know...

tony909 · #33 06-10-2007, 01:07 AM

i find it hilarious that in my band the singer keeps telling me to turn it down, but our lead guitarist will interject saying. "no way! turn it up! i want more bass!!" its good fun

arbitrary · #34 06-10-2007, 01:36 PM

I'm pretty sure I get asked to turn up every gig.

morf · #35 06-10-2007, 01:44 PM

I've been asked both to turn up and to turn down many times over

Goes to show that they should just let me handle the volume as I'm the only one who seems to be able to know when I'm good in the mix...

Happynoj · #36 06-11-2007, 04:28 AM

I play in the Staffordshire Youth Jazz Orchestra, and the guitarists and me and the other bass player are constantly being asked to turn down by the conductor at rehearsals. Once, we all just turned our amps off, and pretended to play. He didn't realise, and at the end of the piece, told us that the volume had been perfect...

Then, for one piece, he actually asked us to TURN UP! OMG! I asked if we could have it writing to prove that he had actually said it.

Ale · #37 06-11-2007, 04:34 AM

Yes , very often acutally , im pretty lazy when it comes to volume. I try to find a good mix. I also think it is very important asa musician to listen to others and dont like to have "ego volume". It is mostly drummers who wants louder bass , but we often rehearse with monitor systems so its no big problem.