[78-L] Acoustic-era monitoring

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 09:42 PM 8/8/2009, you wrote:
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>I am used to playing LIVE...with individual players adjusting their volume
>levels according to MY hand signals...with the final issued recording being
>the result of the session! In fact, I used to use "dynamics" in live
>performances.
>I would, by signaling, bring the band's level down to "barely audible"...and
>then suddenly go to "full blast" for the next chorus/stanza/wotever! This
>ALWAYS amazed younger players who happened to be in the audience...
>they set their "volumes" to MAXIMUM...believing that the whole point of
>live music was to blow the audience to the back wall and leave them
>effectively deaf...?!
>
>This MIGHT be true for "rock"...but it isn't, and never was, true for
>playing
>BLUES music!!
>
>Steven C. Barr

Or classical music either. It goes loud & soft as well.....