Klarinet Archive - Posting 001229.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Earphones... most considerate
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:32:44 -0400

At 10:58 PM 10/24/2000 -0700, Oliver Seely wrote:
>Talking about being considerate, I've often wondered why no one has ever
>organized a rock concert in which the band has no P.A. system, but the
>microphones for which go to a low-wattage FM transmitter to be picked up on
>earphones connected to receivers by the participants (who get their 5 bucks
>back when they turn the receivers in on leaving). Sorry for the
>non-KLARINET (but musical, in any case) posting, but does anyone know of
>cases in which that was tried? The velodrome at my university used to be
>used for such concerts until the neighbors complained with sufficient
>threats of violence that all future ones had to be cancelled.

As wonderful as it would be for the neighbors, it will never work. Without
the visceral pounding of multi-megawatt bass, a rock concert just isn't any
fun.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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