Miscellaneous Is this Music?

[atwl77]

Yeah, it's music alright, and it takes skill to be able to play the way they play. Just..... not my kind of music.

 

[Tenor Viol]

As an occasional bass guitarist, I question how they are holding their instruments. They've gone for the low-slung "looks cool" method. It's wrong for a lot of reasons and in 20 years they'll known why it's 'not recommended'.

 

[MarkSax]

Reply from my son: It takes a lot more skill to play the instruments than in a lot of other genres, the band also plays less energetic songs, the people who attend the concerts are friendlier, more amicable and more in touch with their core emotions. Especially during the concert because it's a controlled environment where people can let loose over this very energetic and extreme music.
Well, I'll give it a go.
Ally Pally 25th September.

 

[mizmar]

Well, I'll give it a go.

You might find it cathartic - or maybe just for the target demographic

Listening to 'extreme' music makes you calmer, not angrier, according to study

Rather than inciting people to anger or violence, research has found that loud and chaotic music such as metal and punk is ‘a healthy way of processing anger’

www.theguardian.com

Recently, I found my self (helping out) in quite a heavy concert and kept my ear buds in as eat protection.
The folks on stage just looked quite ridiculous without the accompanying banging, power chords etc. Just (oldish) blokes hopping around.

 

[MikeMorrell]

I'd definitely go. It's not my 'preferred style' of music but I've been to a couple of 'Heavy Metal' gigs and - to my complete surprise - I enjoyed them! In addition, both of my daughters have been 'performers', my youngest still is. And IMHO whatever the 'performance style' that your kids choose, it's always wonderful to see (and listen to) how they 'shine' on-stage.

 

[BigMartin]

Is it music? Yes.
Do I ever want to hear it again? No.
Would I risk my damaging my hearing by hearing it live? Be serious.

 

[Tuppertn]

...let loose over this very energetic and extreme music.

Yes, energetic.

SPL of 120+dB carries lots of energy.

 

[MarkSax]

Yes, energetic.

SPL of 120+dB carries lots of energy.

LOL. I must remember to bring earplugs.

 

[Nick Wyver]

It may be loud but I’d hazard a guess it’s not as loud as Gary Moore at the Marquee in 1980. I managed about 30 seconds before retreating to the bar.
My nephew used to play this sort of stuff when in his early 20s (guitar and vocals). He’s 43 now.

 

[Jimmymack]

I remember going to gigs that seemed loud all the way to the end. There was one in particular at Leeds University. Since it took my hearing a couple of hours to return to normal afterwards I reasoned that they must have kept turning it up to maintain the level as we all got deafer. Sorry, what was that?

 

[LostCircuits]

Plenty of this kind of stuff going on here with local bands and they do have lots of followers, for sure more than the local jazz bands. There are a few events around here with 5 or 6 of those bands playing on a single evening and guess what, if you want to see the prettiest goth girls in the area, that's where you want to go. Unfortunately, though they are usually drowned out by some - let's call them "colossal" ladies (?). But either way, after about an hour, you start developing a "taste" for this music genre, even if it is transitional and the bizarrely shaped "battle axes" they use as instruments. And funny enough, I jammed with some of the musicians at very different venues / events and all I can say is that at least some of them really knew what they were doing, even playing what we might call "civilized music".

 

[wakyct]

The incredibly talented upright bassist we've been jamming with on jazz standards for the last few months (he's been playing upright for a couple of years) is also the lead singer and guitarist in a metal band. Sadly for us he's off to violin luthiery school for a year, but we might be in luck because he said the bassist in his metal band has been getting into jazz as well.

 

[Tenor Viol]

I'll just flag up that official UK medical recommendation is that extended exposure to SPLs above 85db risks permanent hearing damage (deafness and tinnitus). That's legal limit imposed for the likes of bar staff.

 

[Targa]

I remember going to gigs that seemed loud all the way to the end. There was one in particular at Leeds University. Since it took my hearing a couple of hours to return to normal afterwards I reasoned that they must have kept turning it up to maintain the level as we all got deafer. Sorry, what was that?

I think temporary threshold shift is involved, if I remember from ‘back then’.

 

[Colin the Bear]

I'll just flag up that official UK medical recommendation is that extended exposure to SPLs above 85db risks permanent hearing damage (deafness and tinnitus). That's legal limit imposed for the likes of bar staff.

My local music bar has a sound meter fitted by council request. They get in trouble over 90dB. I can register105dB singing without a mic. Does that make my singing an official health risk? 😬😁🤔

 

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