Does anyone actually enjoy going to gigs???

Post Reply New Topic

Ah, it all makes sense then. I try to only go to acoustic concerts for other genres, or outdoor concerts so I can move away from the speakers and crowds.

I think for me the best gigs were at small festivals, 2-400 people only.
A small stage and we sat on the grass enjoying the music. It was so peaceful, everybody was very friendly. It was "safe".

The best gigs, for me, are in a bar (though the bar music tends to be noisy).

I can order my soda and sandwich or whatever----and soak in the atmosphere. The volume should be akin to Billy Joel's "Piano Man."

A folk music thing is much preferable to a heavy rock thing.

I enjoy wearing noise cancelling headphones that only let sounds below a certain decibel level through, and standing by the speakers. This enables me to feel sound vibrations without the overwhelming audio.

Guys... take earplugs with you to these venues. That business of ears ringing for days afterwards might seem funny now, but when you're ten years older and the tinnitus never stops and keeps you awake and makes you want to scream, and the doctors just shrug, you'll wish to god you'd stayed off the artillery range in low orbit for the Disaster Area concerts anyplace other than inside the jet engine farther back from the stage...

Image below is from the N'awlins Musicians' Clinic. Shows decibel levels of various noise sources, length of exposure until hearing changes observed (the 12 hour limit is when the study period ended with no changes noted, they're not saying that 12 hours in the rain will damage your hearing - a bit unclear there but this was the best graphic I could find)



Here is the full web page I pulled that from:

I tend to react much more to "high" sounds than to "low" sounds.

just buy replacement ears.

sounds fun - i'm gonna try after i buy a pair ~

good point!

that's super interesting. i also noticed a tendency to enjoy/ write music that is busy and has more high frequencies. I like juxtaposing the high frequencies with some deeper tones but in general i seem to like "hyper" music. my theory is that our brain tends to crave something that will be easier to digest and therefore is similar in structure to itself. sounds perhaps a bit insane but when i am drunk or after meditation i perceive music differently and enjoy it differently. oh also, write differently. this could be a concept album ahah :p

I'm actually a person who likes "low" ones better than "high" tones.

I get really bothered by something like a scratchy blackboard.

A jackhammer emits a "high" sound. It bothers me. The subway emits a "low" sounds; it doesn't bother me like it used to.

you are right > <

oh you're talking about environmental sounds. yes, in that case i'm with you! the sounds of engines is very nice. and i like the sound of old trains. very nostalgic.

scratchy blackboard is the worst thing.

I'm pretty sure I've kept all my gig tickets but have no idea where they are.

I've tried earplugs before, but it's really the deep bass vibrations that get to me...and earplugs don't fix that.

...and here I am, a bass player, with a giant fridge of an amp ¬_¬

I do, but I don't think I want to share it here in public. I could PM some links if you want.