[Dixielandjazz] Hearing loss again

[philwilking]

One of the riverboat band leaders from New Orleans was famous for his 
admonition to his drummer, which should be a guide to the whole rhythm 
section for playing in a balanced manner, "I don't want to hear you. I just 
want to miss you when you're gone."

I try to use this as a guiding principle as a banjoist.

Rather than blasting to try to force an audience to shut up and listen to 
you, use the old speechmaker's trick of playing so well, in a restrained 
manner, that they voluntarily stop talking in order to hear you. You will 
play better and you will last longer and you will get compliments on the 
quality of your sound.

Phil Wilking - K5MZF
www.nolabanjo.com

Those who would exchange freedom for security
deserve neither freedom nor security.

-----Original Message----- 
From: ROBERT R. CALDER

Time for this one again?

Patron: …  … fff  "can't hear you over the rhythm section!!!!! "

Trumpeter:  fff "can't hear you over the rhythm section!!!!"

Oddly enough the venue of this was a pub called "Doctors"
across the street from the medical college in Edinburgh.
And next door to the premises where that trumpeter opened a sandwich shop.