Rock concert, hearing damage wake up call

[Farrell]

Maybe they would help, but I don't see them anymore. I went to see George Thoroughgood and his band in a small theatre a little while back - WAY, WAY, WAY TOOOOOO LOUD! And this is coming from one who grew up on Zepplin, Hendrix, et. al. However, at least the portion of the crowd around me were a bit more aware than Tom's crowd. Instead of passing smoking material down the row, folks were passing cotton balls down the row to use as earplugs! A good thing..........but kinda sad also. I left early. I guess it's just a new era of life.

I went to see Crosby, Stills, Nash & Neil Young a couple weeks ago - you know, "Teach your children well...." I thought it would be enjoyable, even if it was at a large arena. Geezzz - just about blew my head off. I am quite a Neil Young music fan and I can enjoy his electric guitar at pretty high volumes - but why on earth to they try and blow your head off even with a couple acoustical guitars? I don't get it.

I likely push the safety envelope a bit when in my 1,200 watt car listening to Neil's Les Paul or Stevie Ray Vaugn & his Strat, but when I listen to acoustic guitars or a violin, I usually turn it down a bit. Why would they just blast everything at a concert?

It's like playing a Beethoven sonata and pounding every note as hard as you can - you really miss half the effect.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "w peterson" <wpeterson2@socal.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: Rock concert, hearing damage wake up call


> I am sure that drugs help. Bill Peterson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Servinsky <tompiano@gate.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 2:38 PM
> Subject: Rock concert, hearing damage wake up call
> 
> 
> > List,
> >  Attended a rock concert the other day at an outdoor festival. Actually
> this
> > is one of the few concerts I've attended in the past 20 yrs., where I was
> > there only as an audience member and not working.
> > Maybe I'm just getting older or maybe my hearing is becoming that much
> more
> > sensitive and accute, but as I approached the concert area the pounding of
> > the decimals were defeaning.  My party had reserved seats in the 10th row
> > from the stage and were so proud of the view. Me, I moved back to the far
> > end of the area to protect my losses. Even with ear plugs, which I might
> add
> > I was the only one wearing any protection in our section, the sound is
> > brutal.
> > What I found absolutely amazing was the total disregard most rock concert
> > goers still have toward protecting their hearing. They just sat there as
> > though they were listening to a harpsicord concert and took the pounding
> > like it was nothing.
> > It's like the smoking issue, people know the harm yet they pretend the
> > damage isn't going to occur.  What most still don't get is that in a short
> 2
> > hr. window severe irreprepable hearing damage can occur.
> > I know I'm preaching to the choir but this issue really is still not
> > understood by the masses.
> > Just my 2 cents
> > Tom Servinsky,RPT
> >
> >
> >
> >
>