<..> > > It really isn't as simple as just turning it down. Honest! > > There may be another way - why not have the band in the > theatre? Then it > will be less noisy in the bar, and it will be obvious which > people want to > listen to the band and which people are in the bar for a > drink -quiet or > otherwise? I did not patronise the bar at all during the > weekend, mostly > because after a day on the IWA South London stand I was only > interested in > getting back to the hotel for a rest. However, from > experience of previous > years, there is always conflict between those who want an > evening 'in the > pub' to chat with friends and those who want the band to be > heard. Whether > the latter group includes any actual 'fans' is something I > have never quite > worked out.
Theatre is already in use in the evenings and very sucessfully Better to have kept the quiet bar then there'd be both types of venue >It is always the techies who speak up for the loud noise. Nope, as a techy I aim to have it as quiet as is consistent with the venue and genre of music. There's nothing to be gained by having it any louder than necessary but however quiet you manage to make it there's still going to be a proportion of people for whom it is too loud. > I am fussy, although I like rock music I have no time for second-rate > musicians, and it seems that the bands the NWF can afford > could only *dream* > of becoming second-rate! Now that *really* isn't true at all! In fact, it's complete and utter cobblers! The Beat Beatles at Preston Brook were superb, Trends at Beale Park were excellent, Fudge at both Burton and Preston Brook were fantastic as were Irridescent Bass. In fact, whilst I can't really say what the bands were like at St. Ives 'cos I only heard them secondhand, as it were, in 2004, 2005 and 2006 there have been some top notch bands and some of the best musicians I've met, or heard for that matter, in many a long year. > While we were packing up our stand on the Monday evening, the > band started > up in the bar and the noise was quite loud even from about > 200 yards away. > It put my companions off going to the bar for a drink, and > the one person > who did venture there came back, saying people were leaving in droves. > > This is a discussion which has been going on for years, > without any sensible > resolution, but it seems to me that trying to combine the bar > function with > 'entertainments' is a non-runner. And yet, at Preston Brook on the Monday evening you couldn't take a deep breath in the main bar 'cos it was absolutely packed solid and the music was as loud as you'll ever hear when I've got my mitts on the controls. It was full to 'capacity' for Trends (and the non-appearance of Elvis!) on the Monday evening again last year and, whilst not as loud as the year before, it wasn't exactly quiet either. So loud music, per se, doesn't put everyone off. Take the music away and as many people, I suspect, will complain about the lack of music as currently complain about the noise. Back to the question as to why the quiet bar has been scrapped - an economy too far IMO. Bru
