Judge for yourself: http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=2&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fservice%2Egmx%2Enet%2Fde%2Fcgi%2Fdfstools%3Fopenid%3D30949%2E1287316081%26o%3D959384029%2E1287316082%26cmd%3Dopen%26file%3D04%2BGigue%2BWach%2Bauf%2BMs1645%255FMatthias%2BRebecca%2B%2B%252Emp3%26folder%3D%252F (last Sunday, Cottbus). In the beginning, or so I was later told, a woman said, now a mike is needed, but after a short while she could dela with it. As a matter of fact, there was a lot of echo in the huge cathedral. But focussing does the trick. Or so I was told >8)
Mathias "Gary Digman" <[email protected]> schrieb: > 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 > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3199 - Release Date: 10/15/10 > 11:34:00 > > > -- Viele Grüße Mathias Rösel http://mathiasroesel.livejournal.com http://www.myspace.com/mathiasroesel
