Nick, Mark, Tell me about it. We used to sit in his truck while he played Garth Brooks 'Thunder Rolls". Nature didn't have anything on that stereo. Natural thunder is 130db. His stereo was 140db. He's more sane now and has upper-grade 'stock' systems.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 4:04 PM Subject: RE: FW: [VFB] WAS Howdy- now what do you tie to,?? > DANG! that's just stupid..........lol. Anything over 95 decibles is not good > for your hearing. I know i've lost some hearing after mixing prolly over 8K > nights/days/whatevers, and 95% of that never got over 85 decibles. It's the > high frequencies that go first. I had my own EG phillosopy about trying > never to add (+) EG unless absolutely nessessary. I was almost always able > to accomplish what was needed/i wanted by subtracting EG (-) or changing > mics, or mic position. Vocalist are the hardest in that respect, because > they always seem to think they know best. And VERY often they > do......because it is THEIR voice. Naturally an instrumentalist has his or > her own "voice" as well.......but they are much easier to work with once > they realize you have a good ear, by listening to playbacks or by walking > the room while you work. Plus they can hear what your doing in the > monitors/phones. Hope you weren't to close to the stage OR the P.A. that > day/night? Course, you'd have to have been in the next county to of escaped > the damage, lol. MAIN reason i stopped going to rock concerts around 1970 > was because i didn't like my ears ringing for 2/3 days afterwards. mark..... > > >From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: RE: FW: [VFB] WAS Howdy- now what do you tie to,?? > >Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:08:49 +0100 > > > >The loudest I've heard myself is Manowar when they were here, playing in > >S�derhamn. For those who aren't familiar with Manowar, they entered the > >Guiness book of Records as the loudest playing band when they played in > >England... 129.5 decibels. I'm sure it wasn't THAT loud here... but you > >sure > >wouldn't have heard your cell phone signal standing there. ;o) > > > >/Nick > > > > > > > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > >Fr�n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >F�r > >mark romero > >Skickat: den 13 februari 2005 22:22 > >Till: [email protected] > >�mne: RE: FW: [VFB] WAS Howdy- now what do you tie to,?? > > > > > >Loud, did somebody say LOUD!? The loudest thing i ever heard........well > >since the old, old days when i was a teenager, (LOL), and that was rock > >concerts with 100,000 folks there.........was Stevie Ray Vagun. Man that > >cat > > > >was LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess it didn't help much that the stage was right up > >against a dead end street in Perugia, Italy. We had been there for a week, > >and it was the last concert of the Umbria Jazz Festival. Perugia is a town > >in Umbia which means Green Heart, it's a state in Italy. One of the BEST > >Jazz Festivals in Europe, and there are a LOT of them. I've worked them all > >and Perugia is definately one of the BEST! I was right up front for that > >concert becasue i knew it might be the only time i ever heard him live, > >which it was. I had to put tissue in my ears. Usually you don't get a whole > >week at a festival. You do your hit, and your outta there and on to the > >next > > > >one. Sometimes your there for two/three days.....but this time our trumpet > >player (Terrance Blanchard of all the Spike Lee movies fame) was on a staff > >of teachers for the week, so we had the whole week there. I think we hit > >about 4 times during the week. You can't imagine how nice it is to be able > >to stay in one place for a week. Especially in the summer time when it's > >all > > > >festivals. mark..... > > > > >From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Subject: RE: FW: [VFB] WAS Howdy- now what do you tie to,?? > > >Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:15:23 +0100 > > > > > >I use to separate myself to the rest of the world... using portable > > >CD-player with EAR PHONES. Teresa will believe I can't hear her calling > > >because of maxed volume. But what she doesn't know is that it's not > > >that loud, as I want to hear my PC telling me if mail arrives. Am I > > >strategic or am I strategic. ;o) > > > > > >The tying "fuel" that normally goes through the cables is ZZ Top, > > >Leonard Cohen, Loreena McKennitt, Jeff Healey, Magnum. Much > > >blues/rock... some classical tunes like Paganini, Ravel and Albinoni... > > >and, of course, a good deal of HARD ROCK (which, to you older guys, is > > >like rock but much harder). > > > > > >My music spectrum reaches from one end to the other > > > > > >/Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > > >Fr�n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >F�r > > >jerry goldsmith > > >Skickat: den 13 februari 2005 18:54 > > >Till: [email protected] > > >�mne: RE: FW: [VFB] WAS Howdy- now what do you tie to,?? > > > > > > > > >Mark gave us quite a list of what he listens to when tying. How about > > >others, Is the TV on, or are you listening to Music , or neither. > > > > > >If it is music what kind, style , who > > > > > > > On Behalf Of mark romero > > > > As to your last question. the Messengers,Trane, Tyner, Tatum, > > > > Miles, O.P., Silver, Shaw, Hubbard, Pops, Hicks, Watson, Mingus, > > > > Shorter, Henderson, A.T., C.T., Art Ensemble, Vangaurd Big Band, > > > > Flanagan, Jackson, Fort Apache, Ellington, Basie, Vaugn, Holliday, > > > > Washington, Lincoln (Amanata Moseka), Flora and Airto, Krual, > > > > M.J.Q., Getz, Gillberto, Mobley, Dorham, MONK, > > >and > > > > i'd still be sittin' here a year from now if i listed them all. lol, > > > > > > > > >[jerry goldsmith] > > >my list would have many of the above esp Basie w/joe Williams. Love > > >Gerry Mulligan, Chet baker, Ginger Baker, etc Of course Miles. Coleman > > >Hawkins, Lester Young, Johnnie Hodges. I am mostly playing music that > > >was or came from the big bands and evolved into early Bop- Parker, > > >Miles, Monk- {Monk meets Mulligan of my all time favorite albums] > > > > > >And I tie to a whole lot blues-- from Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert > > >"Pete" Johnson to Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Albert's-Collins and > > >King. > > > > > >Takes me as much time to select and organize the music, mostly CD and > > >Vinyl as it does to select and organize my tools and materials. > > > > > >Whose next !!! > > > > > >jg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
