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12/14/2022, 9:23 AM
Well Im offically Old
went for a hearing test at the insistance of my dear wife. learned that 50% or more of my hearing is gone. Might explain a few things as of late. New hearing aids coming next week. As Joe said ... What would you do if I sang out of tune. Think theres some stuff to redo! Brucer
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4/17/2023, 6:15 PM
The smooth flow of music starts with well-managed dynamics. In order to avoid irritating listeners, sound propagation requires concerted effort. retro goal
2/19/2023, 6:36 PM
Yeah, I agree wit what you are saying about the drummer. That was always an ear attering experience. I played in the brass section of a marching band in my youth. You haven't heard anything until you have had 8 trumpets blasting behind you while marching through a muddy football field. Two hours of practice daily left a very distinct ringing in my ear that stayed for many years after I had moved up to the jazz band. In some of the bands I played, it was often like a competition to see who could play the loudest. I didn't learn groove music until I played in the reggae band. That was when I started to learned the power of controlled dynamics. A very important lesson that all musicians must learn. Musical fluidity begins with controlled dynamics. The movement of sound must be a unified effort or the ears will become annoyed.
2/17/2023, 7:27 PM
Stonemason... Guitar players LOL try standing next to the underside of a crash cymbal all night for years and you will know something about high freq loss. Guitar cabs are very directional and below the waste!! I say the drummer!! Heck, many times couldn't hear the instruments at all and relied on watching the lips of singers and the drummer to even know where we were! And I agree headphones are a big part of it...one error and whammy! Another reason bone conduction phones have saved me...
2/15/2023, 11:23 PM
Your not old, you're a survivor! I find a good set of bone conduction earphones a godsend. I have severe surfers ear from years of cold water emersion and have constricted ear canals to the point where a doc looks in and can't see even halfway through each ear canal. It's like having cotton earplugs in your ears. Those bone conducting earphones have restored frequencies I lost long ago and had to rely on tools like arc 3 etc. to compensate. Now I don't need em"! Heck, one ofmy often favorite classical composers was deaf for crying out loud...Endeavor to persevere!
1/29/2023, 6:14 PM
According to my Engineering Recording professor, men lose the ability to hear 50% of high frequencies by age 50. He claimed it was a natural occurrence of the species. Musicians even earlier because of the loud screeching guitar players who never turn their shit down. Hearing damage is very common among us musical folks. Age is always a contributing factor. Yet, I have known some folks in their teens who went practically deaf from using ear phones and buds. Just be careful that someone else does the final listening on your mixes from now on. Much Respect, Stoneman
1/28/2023, 5:04 PM
Sorry to hear it folks. I doubt that these can overcome tinnitus, but they might help with other forms of hearing loss or injury. Sad that it's common among musicians. I've been lucky so far, but there have been so many days where my ears were still ringing from the night before too. Anyway I got a pair of Shokz and they use bone conduction, which spares the eardrum and the hammer, anvil and stirrup that have suffered from the pressures of air conduction. Seems to work so far. Shokz Open Ear Headphones. Glenn
12/14/2022, 11:15 AM
Tinnitus for me.... :( Too many nights playing in a Bar cover band in the Nineties I am afraid.
12/14/2022, 9:46 AM
I have lost some hearing ability in my right ear, so makes it challenging listening to songs ,best to you Bruce.