Dave Hopping:
And where did most six stringers cut their musical teeth? Rock and roll, the MORE ME genre. While Jim's right to point out that the bandleader has final say about SPL, and that for innumerable reasons it's unhelpful for one sideman to tell another what and how loud to play,rock's anti-authoritarian DNA operates against that sort of good sense. Jim's also right to say that MORE ME territory has a goodly proportion of vocalists, drummers, bassists ,keyboardists, string-players and blowers of horns as well, all of whom would rather listen to themselves than the rest of the band.
WHAT?
And where are your sources for THAT absurd data? First, your implied correlation between 6 string plsyers in a band with pedal steel "cutting their teeth" in rock and roll; and second, the ridiculous "More ME genre" mental picture painted of players in rock bands,.
I assume you have between zero and 2% on stage experience playing in rock bands. Every one I have played in, produced, mixed or managed has been as...and in the majority of the cases more democratic, cooperative and aware of the overall levels and mix than most of the country bands I've worked with.
It may have been that I played in some bad country bands - which is true - but The idea that rock players as a whole are compltely self-centered and could n'y care less about burying bandmates volume wise is stylistically prejudicial position not based in fact. My guess is you WANT it to be like that so you say it is.
again - absurd.
And nowhere did I state - as you attribute to me - that other players of some specific instruments AND singers are concerned only with hearing themselves.
Don't put words in my mouth, especially contentious ones.
Do not mention me again - go find someone else to play your silly lie-filled games with.
