brianthedrummer
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Here's my story, I want honest opinions. What would you do?
Last Saturday we had a gig with my blues band.
Facts:
-The bar is notorious for wanting the music low. Acoustics are horrible
-Our band has 2000 watt PA, 3 monitors and 3 mics.
-bass players has a 300watt head and cab, guitar player has about the same (thats about as specific as I get)
-I play on PDP birch 4 pc, Zildjian Armands, Tama artwood custom Maple with maple hoops, no mic's (for this gig anyway).
-We are all older guys with admitted hearing loss in our own respected freqs.
_set list (blues/classic-Tulsa Time, Stormy Monday, Crossroads, Little Wing, Move it on over, Blue on Black)
So we are playing through the first set, and we were told to turn down. Now I am acoustic and I play with 5A sticks, I am A snappy player but i don't crush my instrument. I was playing with the sticks about 5" off the head to reduce volume.
(Here's a video of me playing in a louder environment).
So, when the guitarist turned down, he said he could not hear himself and was making mistakes (He has twin 150watt cabs one stage left and one stage right in stereo) because the drums were to loud. I was told to play with brushes.
So I did.
I challenged the guitar player afterwords telling him that for the acoustic instrument to play with brushes was not only ludicrous, but reduces my effectiveness (no double stroke rolls, etc.). He said he had been playing for a long time and knows what he's talking about and that me playing quieter was the right thing to do.
Now my problem is this. If He can hear himself, the BAssist should of turned down (We get constant complaints of him being too loud) and the PA should of turned down (our lead singer BELTS), rather than making the already acoustic drummer play with brushes.
AM I wrong? Or are the electric instruments suppose to be only as loud as the acoustic instruments?
thanks....
Last Saturday we had a gig with my blues band.
Facts:
-The bar is notorious for wanting the music low. Acoustics are horrible
-Our band has 2000 watt PA, 3 monitors and 3 mics.
-bass players has a 300watt head and cab, guitar player has about the same (thats about as specific as I get)
-I play on PDP birch 4 pc, Zildjian Armands, Tama artwood custom Maple with maple hoops, no mic's (for this gig anyway).
-We are all older guys with admitted hearing loss in our own respected freqs.
_set list (blues/classic-Tulsa Time, Stormy Monday, Crossroads, Little Wing, Move it on over, Blue on Black)
So we are playing through the first set, and we were told to turn down. Now I am acoustic and I play with 5A sticks, I am A snappy player but i don't crush my instrument. I was playing with the sticks about 5" off the head to reduce volume.
(Here's a video of me playing in a louder environment).
So, when the guitarist turned down, he said he could not hear himself and was making mistakes (He has twin 150watt cabs one stage left and one stage right in stereo) because the drums were to loud. I was told to play with brushes.
So I did.
I challenged the guitar player afterwords telling him that for the acoustic instrument to play with brushes was not only ludicrous, but reduces my effectiveness (no double stroke rolls, etc.). He said he had been playing for a long time and knows what he's talking about and that me playing quieter was the right thing to do.
Now my problem is this. If He can hear himself, the BAssist should of turned down (We get constant complaints of him being too loud) and the PA should of turned down (our lead singer BELTS), rather than making the already acoustic drummer play with brushes.
AM I wrong? Or are the electric instruments suppose to be only as loud as the acoustic instruments?
thanks....