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Stage volume is an art that few bands master. The sound guy at Hard Rock is a total nazi with the guitarists and I love it. He is always telling them to turn down. I can barely hear my amp speakers on-stage as I have the master set so low - almost all the bass sound is coming out of the monitors. Turns out he's also a bass player so that might be part of it.
At other places we finally just said "no thanks" to PA beyond vocal, sax and kick drum. At some places the sound guys want to actively "mix" the band and execute their "sonic vision." The problem is that these same guys are used to mixing rock bands so when we come along playing jazz and funk they don't know what to do so they mix it like a rock band. And it sounds like a slushy mess.
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