| From the Where2sing.com forum: Rovics,
Thanks for prompt reply. Again, it is difficult to reconcile conflicting demands. It may well be that some 'singers are now far more discerning than ever before', yet we patiently sit through some clown shows that are so bad that we later actually find the culprit sitting in the gutter outside the venue, dejected that the bouncer threw them out for misbehaviour. So we are 'discerning' yet tolerant of rubbish the like of which I've never seen in any other hobby or pastime (even dog fighters have their codes). One guy said to me the other night 'So & so is a hopeless singer. He doesn't have a mean bone in is body. But he gets up & has a go. . That's good enough for me'. I replied that this was not really good enough for me. This person has sung the same songs for years but never put in effort to try & learn the lyrics (I actually do bother to download them if they're something complicated - so I practise what I preach). He doesn't buy anything. I don't know if he's even a $5/yr club member, but I've seen his nasty side and I believe the bouncers have an eye on him. So what is his contribution? Local 'character'? Maybe. Seems we have double standards.
The one solid issue that is open to objective scrutiny is what constitutes 'loud ... too loud'. We don't need a db meter. The objective evidence is whether our ears ring afterward. This is a physical symptom. Excessive noise is damaging in the same way smoking used to be. Thank God we got rid of that pox! Some people used to enjoy going home reeking of tobacco as a symptom of 'a good night out'. Had we sent them the dry cleaning bill, we'd have stopped the smoking plague decades ago. We need to do the same with dangerous noise. levels. While some 'under 30`s.......no breaks at all.....dance music in between' crowd may enjoy ringing ears, it won't be so much fun a few years later when they have to shout at each other from 2 metres away ('Can you turn the TV up. luv?' ' What?' 'I said ...')because of early deafness. As long as vocal matches backing, noise can be dropped considerably. The crowd will quiet down to adjust when they hear a good tune. So there's no excuse for loud noise. Sure, we can (& do) put cotton in our ears - but why should we have to?
As for dance music - why? Does anyone actually dance to it? Or is it just for the painfully shy who don't want to talk to the others at the table?
Things for thought. Tom
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