Actually for most people any music is a signal to _not_ listen and start
talking. :-)
That's what they are used to with pop music.
When I played gigs with guitar and flute, we tried to play when they were
eating, that was a lot more quiet. :-)
Stephan
Am 17.10.2010, 08:29 Uhr, schrieb Gary Digman <[email protected]>:
As a jazz musician, I play a lot of corporate events and parties. For
years I thought the crowd would get louder every time we began to play,
but now I think the perception that the crowd is getting louder is a
result of focus, i.e. when we begin to play we focus on sound, giving
the impression that all sounds get louder including the crowd noise.
That being said, I have to admit that I have attended lute concerts
given by some of the leading lights of the lute world for audiences
numbering in the hundreds where the lute literally could not be heard at
all past the seventh or eighth row. Very frustating to pay $35-$80 for a
ticket only to find out you will not be able to hear the lute no matter
how focused you are. I think if we're going to play for audiences this
large, some sound reinforcement may become necessary even though it is a
compromise. Other instruments have had to deal with this problem. Jazz
bassists amplify the double bass, even though the best and purest sound
of the double bass is thereby compromised, in order to be heard.
Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Andrico" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:29 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Lute volume
To All:
We have a new post on our blog that may be of general lute interest,
concerning volume in performance.
http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/sound-check-is-it-loud-enough/
Best wishes,
Ron & Donna
www.mignarda.com
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