upset when my sound ain't right

[Mushroo]

Fair enough. The pedant in me wants to point out that you said what it should be rather than what it was for you, but I'm an anti-semantite ;-)

I am of the (minority?) opinion that churches are the one last safe haven where religious people can unapologetically lecture others about what they should and shouldn't do. I recognize I probably crossed the line by bringing that opinion to TalkBass. I'll apologize to anyone I may have offended and bow out of the conversation gracefully now.

 

[Ox Boris]

No sweat, me old fruit. I don't think anybody's offended; and if they are, so what? Nothing happens

 

[JimmyM]

I am of the (minority?) opinion that churches are the one last safe haven where religious people can unapologetically lecture others about what they should and shouldn't do. I recognize I probably crossed the line by bringing that opinion to TalkBass. I'll apologize to anyone I may have offended and bow out of the conversation gracefully now.

People going into a church know that going in. That's fine by me and you have nothing to apologize for. But I'll also quote Frank Zappa when it comes to the opinion that everything they tell you to do in a church, you should do because it's for the glory of God: "There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over."

 

[PaulNichols]

It's pretty easy to tell who runs sound on TB. Maybe we should start a forum for BASS players.

I've earned a living for 2 decades from mixing live sound and my number 1 priority on every show is to make the band on stage as comfortable as possible. I'd rather have a backline that's a bit too loud but still have a comfortable, happy band giving the best show they can than kill that energy by trying to achieve the 'perfect' sound while failing to see the bigger picture.

Not all engineers are the same, some of us actually do care.

 

[lfmn16]

I've earned a living for 2 decades from mixing live sound and my number 1 priority on every show is to make the band on stage as comfortable as possible. I'd rather have a backline that's a bit too loud but still have a comfortable, happy band giving the best show they can than kill that energy by trying to achieve the 'perfect' sound while failing to see the bigger picture.

Not all engineers are the same, some of us actually do care.

Not all engineers are bad and all musicians aren't saints. My current band is on a run, we haven't had a bad soundman since I joined two years ago.