AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken
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I haven't played in a band for a few years due to various personal and professional changes. Recently I sat down to practice, put on my ear protection, and thinking back I realized that in every single band I ever played with, someone made fun of me for wearing ear protection.
At the time I always just shrugged and ignored it - I'm not going to damage my ears because someone thinks my molded earplugs are funny or uncool or whatever - but thinking back, it strikes me as odd.
I don't recall ever having an issue hearing anything going on in any of the bands, with one exception: I auditioned for a funk band and they had a huge rehearsal room so I was a long way away from where the lead singer was setup. He made fun of my earplugs from the minute I put them in. One time I took them out between songs for discussion and for him to call the next song, and as soon as I put them back in he quietly called a different song. I don't know if this was a mistake or my own personal end scene of Whiplash.
But it just seems so weird. Am I the only one who has experienced this?
At the time I always just shrugged and ignored it - I'm not going to damage my ears because someone thinks my molded earplugs are funny or uncool or whatever - but thinking back, it strikes me as odd.
I don't recall ever having an issue hearing anything going on in any of the bands, with one exception: I auditioned for a funk band and they had a huge rehearsal room so I was a long way away from where the lead singer was setup. He made fun of my earplugs from the minute I put them in. One time I took them out between songs for discussion and for him to call the next song, and as soon as I put them back in he quietly called a different song. I don't know if this was a mistake or my own personal end scene of Whiplash.
But it just seems so weird. Am I the only one who has experienced this?