[Dixielandjazz] Loud Bass

[Russ Guarino]

The Hot Jazz Society in Monterey had a guest band today that did something I've
never seen a "Dixie" type band do before.

The would do a really soft chorus.  And I mean soft.

Additionally, the bass [stand up] was unamped but could be clearly heard.  The
banjo was played with a crystal clean tone, no slap.

Coronet, T-bone, clarinet, banjo, bass, drums & piano.  All in balance.

Gee it sounded great!!!

The band was the San Francisco Feetwarmers.

Russ Guarino

TCASHWIGG at aol.com wrote:

> 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
>
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