[Dixielandjazz] Too loud!

[john petters]

Norrie said
> I told him the bass was too loud.  On mentioning this, the bass player
said
> that it was the bass drum and not the bass.
>
> In most pub situations all that is really needed is a voice mike.
>
Well said Norrie. For most of my dates we play acoustic if possible. I've
heard 'name' jazz bands in this country using rock PAs. Heaven knows why
cheers
John Petters
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norrie Thomson" <jnt at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <TBW504 at aol.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Too loud!


> I agree with Brian.  As the organiser of a jazz club I am also frustrated
by
> the volume of some bands and especially bass players who have 'promoted'
> this instrument to the front line.  On one occasion a band leader asked me
> to record his session.  At the first interval he asked me how it was
going.
> Norrie
>
> Norrie Thomson
> Edinburgh
> Scotland
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> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 6:58 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Too loud!
>
>
> > As a protest against deafening over-amplification several friends and I
> have
> > started to boycott our local jazz venue. Protests have met with
> indifference.
> > In one case the response was, "It's supposed to sound like that!" As a
> > one-time BBC recording engineer I am not unaware of the problems of
making
> oneself
> > heard properly but the venue concerned is just an average sized British
> pub. Yet
> > each week bands struggle in with their amplifiers, cables, microphones
and
> > speakers. One week the power circuit failed and the band was obliged to
> perform
> > acoustically: absolute bliss! Rare is the band that doesn't have
separate
> > amplification for both string bass and banjo yet neither is a "quiet"
> instrument.
> > The consequence is that the rest of the band blow lustily to restore the
> > status quo. I attend many jazz festivals. Few are the groups which
attempt
> any
> > light and shade or dynamic range. The game is to play triple forte all
> night long
> > with occasional forays into the horrendous. The expected cries from
> > bandleaders of "Not me guv!" will be treated with a degree of cynicism
I'm
> afraid. It
> > seems to me to be a real problem in all but the largest auditoria, and
it
> seems
> > to be getting worse. Notice that I have refrained from mentioning
alleged
> > "sound engineers" who spend the entire session playing with their
> equipment.
> > Forgive the intended double entendre!
> > Brian Wood
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