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| From | Jim D <Not@ThisAddress.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.music.makers.soloact |
| Date | 2019-04-10 23:52 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <2019041023522171190-Not@ThisAddresscom> (permalink) |
| Subject | a cautionary tale |
You can view these posts not as a cry for help, but rather as me documenting the end of my current duo / band. I'm not asking for advice on how to save it, it's toast. It's not over yet, as in we're still working, haven't called it quits, but the handwriting is on the wall. It's over. Spent hours today on the phone with band girl, discussing ...... yep .... volume. This is a simple thing, either we turn down as requested by management, or they will replace us at some point. Simple business. Satisfy the customer, or lose the deal. She says she wants to play at a reasonable volume. She says that, but she MEANS reasonable by her ( or some of her near deaf friends ) desires, not anyone elses. I ask her where this whole " play loud " thing comes from. It's not like people can't hear us at 90 or 95 db ( measured in the back of the room ). She says she measured one of my slow songs in the mid to low 80 db range, and wonders how anyone could possibly hear that. Says, sure they can " hear " it, but it's better louder. We talked levels out in the audience. We talked levels on stage. We talked in ears. We talked about audience people asking us to do this or that. Basically, we talked about things that band people should learn ( or just understand ) before they ever play out for an audience. What I realise now is that she has dug her heels in, and isn't about to actually change anything. She'll be on me about monitor mixes and that we aren't " loud enough out in the room " until the end. So, just as a sort of message in a bottle from someone on a sinking ship, I'll post now and then how it goes down. Learn from watching us fail, or don't. I'm just gonna offer up the story. JimD ps, when it's all over, I'll go back to being a solo guy full time. And I'll be wiser, having learned just how stubbornly determined to fail some people can be.
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a cautionary tale Jim D <Not@ThisAddress.com> - 2019-04-10 23:52 -0400
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Re: a cautionary tale Jim D <Not@ThisAddress.com> - 2019-04-23 19:04 -0400
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