General Music Chat

Perhaps I am too old. But I'd rather have 10 people listening to my music than 100 talking about what a crappy day they had while I am playing.
Would I sherk an opportunity to play to 10,000 screaming fans?
Not on your life!!
As far as small venues from a fans prospective I have had it both ways.
I have really enjoyed a "conversation level" group while on an outing.
I have also enjoyed loud music in a smaller settting. I have been bored senseless by a "conversation level" entertainer. And I have walked out on some who were just too damn loud to hear.

JUST BUSTIN' YOU KEEP PLAYING , and playing GREAT

I'M NOT GONNA TURN IT DOWN. IMAGINE An OUT DOOR concert where the drums and my guitar are to LOUD and the sound crew doesnt know what to do TO TURN IT DOWN. DAMN I,M such a heavy metal player

Music = Noise production + Volume . Some loud . Some louder .

Hey, Giongi, when you play live, do you do any of the stuff like you have here on your profile? You have some great tunes that have all those little musical nuances that would be lost by overly loud playing. Just wondering, because I don't play the stuff I have on my profile. I more or less wrote it for my own personal pleasure and, being in a 3-piece band for so long, wouldn't have been able to pull it off anyway. I'm talking to a friend, who's a drummer, about putting together another band that would be interested in doing original stuff and it'll be a 5 or 6 piece so we'll be able to pull off some pretty intricate stuff. Wish you lived down here. We'd have a hoot playing off of each others leads.

Philby, Just want to let you know that I like your sound.

Thank you, Mary!

I wasn't real happy with the sound of that flute on "Heads Up!", but it was wooden, & it did kinda sound like it does on the recording. I took 12 samples of it & put 'em into the DSS-1, but I don't think it has enough memory to replicate the sound exactly. I think it almost sounds like a fruitwood recorder I have. (Plus, when you're playing a flute on a keyboard, you don't hafta stop for breaths, do ya? heh heh heh - a loss of "reality" there, isn't there?)

[quote="Chippy]

So where are you in all of this? Do you consider your Electric instrument, your wind instrument, bongos, drums cymbals to be the end of that story or do accept that something will have to interfere with your sound in order for it to be heard?


Chipper,

In case you missed it the first time around, allow me to assault your eyes and ears with my very first You -Tube production.
The only advanced piece of tecnology between this impromptu performance and your "PC" is my wife's digital camera!

I admit, it aint the greatest, but it is as "live" and honest as it gets.

(In the past, all my serious musical endeavors were produced in the studio,with a sound engineer attending to all the technicality's.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTtJcrbf7U


cheers,
Howlin'

That looks like you guys were having a lot of fun. It was fun to watch. Thanks. I enjoyed it.

Hahahaha. How many did you have?
Sounded a lot of fun Howlin. I was going to say that you are fairly open minded since your studio stuff in your profile is very far removed from this country piece.

Nice one and thanks Howlin.

Chipper,

In case you missed it the first time around, allow me to assault your eyes and ears with my very first You -Tube production.
The only advanced piece of tecnology between this impromptu performance and your "PC" is my wife's digital camera!
I admit, it aint the greatest, but it is as "live" and honest as it gets.

(In the past, all my serious musical endeavors were produced in the studio,with a sound engineer attending to all the technicality's.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTtJcrbf7U


cheers,
Howlin'

NO RAT, ,,,, AMP IS STUCK ON 11 Just have to learn how to work with it.All volume work, try to do with strings.
Just glad there was no 12. Gonna try to buy a new knob or two.
Damn CRIP hears about knobs and he's gonna be all over this.

Apples & oranges, gi.

I do what I like. I don't like music that's too loud to appreaciate. I like subtle nuances, harmonies, melodies that you can hear & relate to, good beats, etc. I've played the loud stuff, & had a good time dong it, for sure, but it ain't all that music is to me.

I like being able to hear everything that goes on on a stage. In those high volume situations, one often cannot differentiate the kick drum from the bass, the screaming guitar from the screaming singer. Yeah, it's fun for the band, but much gets lost to the audience, imho.

I like dynamics - the rise & fall of volume that mirrors changing emotions & situations. When a band does this, it can slip in little interesting sweeteners that would otherwise be missed - a little bell, or a strange back up voice you can barely hear, but adds so much to the mood of the piece, or a whisper that delivers a strong message.

Sometimes you can say so much more with a whisper than you can with a shout. One day you might learn that.

In the meanwhile, enjoy your high volume stuff to the max, & I'll continue to love what I do, & where I do it.

Dit...to. Music is an experience just like life. It isn't set on one dynamic, one sound,one color. Anyone can make something loud. It doesn't take skill to be loud but it takes so much more to be a musician regardless of your skill level.