Ah "Bill the sound"....How true!

Whilst mixing a (now defunct) English dance band at a Sat night dance in Stoke on Trent in the early 90's, I was harangued by a gentleman (well, OK Morris Dancer!) telling me that he couldn't hear the melodeon. I dutifully raised the gain on the appropriate channel, was he satisfied.....?   No!

I looked perplexed, as I always try to please...

What the gentleman had fail to notice was, that the tune being played was in B Flat, being led by the Soprano Sax player, and said Melodeon player was at the bar buying a pint!...Doh!

He still wasn't happy...Ho Hum.

FOH engineers always get blamed. It was nice to get my own back just once.

As far as hearing loss goes, All 25 of my colleagues who spend a lot of time doing loud gigs (Glasto, Reading etc) have all had hearing checks in the past couple of years, (Health and Safety stuff).

We all passed with flying colours, apart from a slight dip about 6-7 KHz. We blame the crack of a snare drum.

Just my 2 pennorth Ralphie