Klarinet Archive - Posting 000120.txt from 2007/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] loud bands
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:23:38 -0400

At 05:28 PM 7/13/2007, Rien Stein wrote:
>It was a couple of events that brought me to my tag line. The first
>one lays back some 15 years, when in Utrecht was a "roaring 60's
>night". Man, it was roaring, litterally. It was the first time I saw
>a jazz band in which every instrument was micked, even though the
>amplification was only moderate I was really irritated.

That's pretty much what MY tag line is about, too. The big band I
play in does mic everybody, but mostly for the monitor speakers,
which are not very loud (sometimes I actually wish they were up a bit
more!). I'm sure the amplification helps for the outdoor gigs and
even the large ballroom we often play, but in very small venues we
sometimes do without. On the whole I'd prefer it that way more of the time.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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