[NewMusic] Marco Eneidi's Animal Farm

[weasel walter]

i know you're not pointing the finger at me. i'm just trying to figure
out what happened and what needs to be done.

all he could hear were horns? i seriously doubt that. during rehearsals i
though that too, but it became clear after a little more investigation
what was really happening  . . . 

i spent most of the rehearsals in front of the band, trying to figure out
what the balance was and my conclusion was this (and this took awhile):
the basses - namely you and george - were sooo loud that it made
everything seem like it was inaudible/noise. i was standing there looking
at all three other drummers batting away and i actually couldn't hear
anything they were doing until we turned the basses down considerably.
after that i could hear horns, drums and basses equally. i would assume
the volume of the basses came back up during the show and that might
explain what the audience member heard. 

now, i'm not pinning this on you either - hardly. what i think could have
been done was if marco did a leeetle more conduction and helped you guys
with your volumes. i went to marco in rehearsal and said "damon and
george are way too loud" and he laughed and said "that's damon and
george!" that was the end of that one. 

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On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:09:03 -0800 Damon Smith
<damon at balancepointacoustics.com> writes:
> I am not pointing the finger at you, I am just saying that part of 
> that situation is that each individual is responsible for what they do 
> and don't do.
> A guy I ran into today who was in the audience said all he could 
> hear were horns anyway, so there you go.