MIKA the better one wrote:
But in respect to loud, I really like the shows i play to be loud, I cant stand it when you have a band who plays all out and then you can talk over them..... At the same time if someone want to be a loud band, you gotta have good nice tone from amps, and drums, or else its a real mess
Did this band playing have decent gear, because while it was most likely a bad sound guy at this nameless club (Black Dahlia????) bands gea often makes the situation worse.... Its not hard to make your band sound good, at a show, it takes a little forward planning.... and decent gear. and communication with your sound guy (good or bad)
If it is Black Dahlia you talk of, then i remember gigging there years ago when i played in a very bad band, and i remember even further it was a horrible setup for sound....
The main issue was perhaps just the overall master volume, although it's impossible to tell (as a result) whether the individual inputs were properly mixed. It was horrible.
Simply by turning down the master knob a couple of notches would have made the world of difference. I just don't get how the sound guy couldn't figure that the sound was kak. He is at the back of the floor, and gets to hear everything the audience hears.
As for loudness, if you have everything crystal clear, the volume can be turned down but you still get a great impression of fill, if that makes sense.
