[Dixielandjazz] Amping the bass (was Banishing the Mikes)

[macjazz]

These people are doing permanent damage to their ears.  Every thump breaks 
off the microscopic hairs in your ears that are the sensing aspect of your 
hearing.  Once those break off, they do not regenerate and each one is a 
step toward deafness.

I am profoundly deaf and speak with authority (not from having that kind of 
amplification, but from knowledge of hearing loss.  My deafness is 
hereditary.)  Many musicians should wear "musical" ear plugs that dampen the 
volume without affecting pitch or timbre.  Once your hearing is gone, it 
doesn't come back and it does look a little awkward to be playing up there 
with a hearing aid (but lots of people do it.)

Martin D. McKay (Designated Listener)
(Gives the DL tag a whole new meaning, doesn't it!)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Smith" <robert.smith at tele2.no>
To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Amping the bass (was Banishing the Mikes)


> Dear John,
>
> Here in Norway you hear cars with the bass thumping from about 300 metres, 
> and then you see them bouncing up and down on the springs in time with the 
> thumping. That's why!
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Bob Smith
>
>
>
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