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Topic: Bad, Bad, Bad, Acoustical Properties! |
Rick Collins
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Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 3:28 pm |
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I find that most clubs have very bad acoustical properties and usually bands do not compensate for this properly. For dancing it isn't so bad; but to those patrons who want to occasionally listen to the music it can be a nightmare.
A PA system set too bassy doesn't allow the vocalist to be understood and the electric bass and drums must be controlled properly, because nothing is worse than the "bang and thud" of an out of control drummer and a bassman with too much volume.
Recently, I was in Las Vegas and saw two lounge acts with steel guitars. One of the bands steel players was playing a Sho-Bud and he might have been a great player, but I could not hear a single note in the lower and mid-range because of "Mr. Bang and Mr. Thud". I could only tell he was playing when he hit notes above the 15th fret.
A Fender Telecaster with the treble pumped up was the only thing that could really cut through "Mr. Bang and Mr. Thud". The drummer also seemed to strike the cymbals on every beat of every song with the force of the brass cannon discharging in the 1812 Overture. It was really disgusting.
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Ricky Davis
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Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 3:37 pm
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WEll Rick; you have to go listen to a Country Band if you want to hear those good qualities in sound.
That was a Rock band you were listening to; and I don't care what they say they are....it was....ha  
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Rick Collins
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Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 4:05 pm
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Ricky, they claimed to be country.
I also saw a stage show of impersonations. An Elvis impersonater who had been judged best in a contest at Graceland in Memphis who did a great job. There were impersonations of Christina Aguilara, Tony Bennett, and others. But the act that stole the show was a heavy man that played fiddle and impersonated Charlie Daniels. He got a standing ovation.
Why is this? Country isn't supposed to be popular;___not with a fiddle anyway. Do you think hearing them all on the same stage made the difference? Charlie Daniel's man was the only country act on the stage.
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Bill Terry
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Bastrop, TX
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 6:09 pm
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| A Fender Telecaster with the treble pumped up was the only thing that could really cut through |
Exactly why I have one....
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Patrick Ickes
From:
Upper Lake, CA USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 9:27 pm
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Dude!!
Haven't you been payin' attention?
That's what every country music fan hates about "country", the Boom Thump Bass and Drum. Listen to Larry Chordle's song Murder on Music Row. I'm afraid you will have to go to bluegrass festivals to get away from that thumpin' sound. It appears that it's here to stay with "country" music.
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Tom Olson
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Spokane, WA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 11:33 pm
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| That's one of the things I love about bluegrass -- there's no mistaking the beat with a good band, and they can do it without any drums at all. |
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Chris Forbes
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Beltsville, MD, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2002 3:47 am
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| calling Charlie Daniels country is a bit of a stretch |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2002 7:51 am
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| calling Charlie Daniels country is a bit of a stretch |
...well Chris, he played "Orange Blossom Special",___sure sounded country to me.
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