Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2002/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Too Loud
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:46:01 -0400

At 07:00 AM 9/5/2002 -0400, Ken Shaw wrote:
>I posted this on the Clarinet board, but I wanted to get reactions here, too.
> An interesting article from London says modern instruments are too loud --
>they spoil the music and injury the players' ears:
>
><http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/hottx/review.html?in_review_id=673980
>&in_review_text_id=645839>
>
>The article is over the top, but I think it makes a good point. I quit
>playing in bands because everyone was blasting. Greg Smith has said he wears
>earplugs in Chicago. I now play more recorder than clarinet, because the
>music is human-scale.
>
>We're used to pop music, played at 100 dB+ in stadiums, and, at least in New
>York, booming from every 10th car. People on the subway wear headphones with
>music too loud for me, even on the outside. TV commercials, and now programs
>themselves, have constant flashing lights and sound effects. (..etc....)

I've been saying this for YEARS! (Note signature tagline)

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
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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