Shred Room 55: The Gobi Dessert

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 Horizons wrote:

 Polymorphia wrote:

So Swans:
For the first three songs, I was in the front row. Terrible, horrible idea. Even wearing earplugs, I started to hear dangerous signs of hearing loss. Whenever the crowd screamed it was more of a warble. My earplugs kept vibrating violently inside my ears and it hurt. And I couldn't even really hear the music up there. Just a ton of unwanted frequencies from the amps. So I moved back. Better. Still a problem. So I moved further back to the bar, and I could hear everything. It was stellar. But I only got to hear the last song that way. I feel like I wasted my Swans experience. :(

So word of advice to future Swans concert goers: they sound best at least 20 feet away.

This is the most intense tinnitus I have ever had.

Dem ear ringing m8.

It almost sounds like the sound was a bit off for you guys. Not sure if i got that warble. But yes, very intense and loud. I warned u :>
Well, when I finally got towards the back, I was hearing the mix like it was supposed to be heard. The stack of speakers was pretty high and they projected pretty far back. Before, I was really just hearing their amps and not the final product in the speakers. I couldn't hear Thor at all and could barely hear Phil up front. The venue was also pretty small. I was within arms length of Gira and Christoph at first.

Edited by Polymorphia - April 04 2015 at 13:29