The fine line between MUSIC and NOISE!

Subject: RE: The fine line between MUSIC and NOISE!
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Mar 19 - 03:30 PM

I believe that a large percentage of the public because of the high decibels of rock music
have hearing loss. They require the music to be loud so that they can hear it.

It's a know axiom that in a mix of a professional recording, it's advisable to hear the final mix in a low decibel level to know whether the instruments and vocals are balanced properly.

Subject: RE: The fine line between MUSIC and NOISE!
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 17 Mar 19 - 02:57 PM

I've always believed that music that need s to eb played loudly has very little else to offer - I was appalled when I first heard the term, "pump up the volume" - cultural fascism, as far as I'm concerned
We have adopted the practice of pointedly walking out of shops that play loud music to sell their goods - a frequent practice in many of our capital's stores - now quite reached the wild west of Ireland yet
Can I just add that I find the practice of over amplified cinemas equally offensive - uncomfortable and distorting
I too have hearing problems, so if I can hear things it's probably too loud for everybody else, so if it's too loud for me....
Jim Carroll

Subject: The fine line between MUSIC and NOISE!
From: Dorothy Parshall
Date: 17 Mar 19 - 02:45 PM

Once again, we were subjected to "music" so loud it was painful, offensive, auditory assault. The musicians were good. I would have loved their music but I had my fingers in my ears and my arms got tired and my brain got tired of the assault. We walked out between songs; I could not have done it while they were playing because I cannot put my coat on with my fingers in my ears. I knew I was missing much of the music, of the nuances of it but it was too loud to be heard.

It appeared that many were enjoying the music. I wish I could have. I was sitting there wondering if the musicians were contemptibly stupid. I have been told by some of these sorts that "people like it". But they lost two of us Friday night and others, that I know of, prior to that - people who had endured it before and were not going to do that to themselves again.

I have been told by audiologists that I have a "slight hearing loss". I guess others have a BIG hearing loss. I am sad that musicians I would otherwise enjoy are too..... to play their music at a reasonable sound level. Think Jesse Winchester - wonderful music, beautifully played.

Is music meant to be heard? An endurance test?