Musicians Fear 'sound Of Silence', Bold Brash Brass? Options

[grand choeur]

Here I go again mates.

Another link for you to reflect on. I think it's particularly interesting reading for the Brass players among us with overtones (pardon the use of the word) for all of us in an empathetic vein.

Since I wouldn't want to spam the forums I have chosen to post here as opposed to the Viva Brass forum.

Do invite the Brass players among us to have a read would you?

Cheerio mates...

So here it is - the link to the info...

Musicians fear 'sound of silence'

[grand choeur]

QUOTE (Dangermouse @ May 31 2005, 12:48 PM)

I was talking to some fellow musicians recently who had joined me for a performance of Hello Dolly! The woodwind on this occasion had specifically requested that they be placed behind the three brass players in the orchestra pit. On one previous occasion the tenor sax had his eardrums blown out! Squeak Squeak  :blink:

Im leaving the politics out of it. But I am curious about the Sax player who got his eardrums blown out!!! :o How did that happen and how is he doing?

I am currently doing a paper in which I investigate Hearing loss in Musicians - since many musicians seem to end up deaf/hard of hearing.

Politics aside, I still think the article is worthwhile reading. As a matter of fact, there are several sources of research findings about the protection of one's hearing as a musician.

Just over the weekend, I happened upon an Alternative (Rock?) band and I was forced to retreat to the outdoors... When I got in the car I swore my ears were ringing as though I was on Santa's sleigh!!! Those guys seemed to know one tune tho - Loud written by the MacLoud brothers and produced by Loudness Inc.