[Superman]

Sounds like wisdom. I will read these posts again in the morning. It's almost 4:00 am, and I'm 54 year old.

The gig was a sound trainwreck. Stage sound SUCKED by all accounts. The kick drum mike was feeding back (deep, low feedback) all night. The sound guy said he was a bass player, but I just wonder. I kept walking out to the TALL speaker stack and NOT hearing any bass.

It was so bad that I stopped playing several times, and nobody noticed. I'm about DONE trying to compete in volume wars using one 15" speaker against a Fender HotRod DeVille. At the end of the night it was the drummer (she's pretty forceful, but I've never been afraid of drummers' sound level) and the guitard with the 4 10" speakers. His volume was on "6". He was pleased.

Total trainwreck. There is going to be some discussion at our next rehearsal. And when I can afford it, I am going to bring enough muscle to stop the insanity.

Actually, what I really need to do is get with some musicians who have a CLUE.

G'night.