[Dixielandjazz] Loud Bass

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/12/04 6:55:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, patcooke at cox.net 
writes:

> We attempted to tell the
> >player and he would "play" with the controls, but never brought the sound
> >down so that it didn't interfere with sound coming from the other players.
> >
> >Do you think musicians loose their hearing and just don't realize how loud
> >they are playing?
> >
> >Rebecca Thompson
> >Flower Mound, TX
> >
> 
Therein lies the problem Rebecca you came from the audience and tried to tell 
him it was too loud, not the musicians on the band stand or the band leader 
who controls his pay check.   That is common practice to smile at the audience 
and act like you give a hoot what they said and trun around and fiddle with 
the knobs turning them down and right back to where they were or even louder.

How dare an audience member think they know more than the trained ear of the 
guy with the amp, especially when one of them is one of those kind of bass 
players who gets no respect, whether or not he deserves it. :)

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins