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Too Loud??!!
- Thread starter beer&bass
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Hmmm... this could also mean you should turn up a bit as the gig goes on since the patrons will also have some hearing impairment.
Mmm... interesting. Would be more scientific if it was done in a double blind and with placebo involved, how that would be turned out... 
My problems live, provided it's in a small club with no FOH PA, is that everyone (Both audience and band members alike) ALWAYS comes up to someone on the stage and says (yelling): THE SINGING CAN'T BE HEARD! or THE HARMONICA CAN'T BE HEARD and subsequently asks for THOSE particular acoustic instrument - which can't be turned up any further because of feedback - to be turned up LOUDER.
NEVER EVER HAVE I HEARD ANYONE COME FORTH AND ASK EVERYONE ELSE TO TURN DOWN SO THEY CAN HEAR THE WEAK INSTRUMENTS/VOCAL THAT CAN'T BE TURNED UP AT ALL.
Anyone knows if this is slightly related to the above cautionary tale?
My problems live, provided it's in a small club with no FOH PA, is that everyone (Both audience and band members alike) ALWAYS comes up to someone on the stage and says (yelling): THE SINGING CAN'T BE HEARD! or THE HARMONICA CAN'T BE HEARD and subsequently asks for THOSE particular acoustic instrument - which can't be turned up any further because of feedback - to be turned up LOUDER.
NEVER EVER HAVE I HEARD ANYONE COME FORTH AND ASK EVERYONE ELSE TO TURN DOWN SO THEY CAN HEAR THE WEAK INSTRUMENTS/VOCAL THAT CAN'T BE TURNED UP AT ALL.
Anyone knows if this is slightly related to the above cautionary tale?
