Automatic Voice enhancer

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by billyo

i have one that used to come to my show and i was not aware that he was partially deaf !!!! yes deaf !!! i kinda noticed it when every song that has a word that starts /end with s on it it comes out diff. and he was so out of timed,and i could see that he was kinda counting the beat by tapping his feet on the ground,( like a bass drum) and he keeps telling me that there was something wrong with the music..i just dont have the heart to tell him that it wasnt the music..

I used to have an older gentleman who had been steadily losing his hearing since the Korean war ("too much bang bang"). He's now at the point where his hearing aids don't help much and is slurring his words a bit and very monotone (and crotchety to boot). For him I have to turn up the music and his vocals. It can be a long 4 minutes. Most of the regulars know the deal, for other people I will usually discreetly explain the situation to them and their cool about it.
How do you tell a guy "thankyou for your service to our country, but because of that service we don't want you to sing".

Sam

[ddouglass]

Sam do you have a headphone jack on your mixer? If so you could get a long corded headphone and have him wear it over one ear. That might help him. You would have to descreetly approach him about it.

[muzicman144]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

I used to have an older gentleman who had been steadily losing his hearing since the Korean war ("too much bang bang"). He's now at the point where his hearing aids don't help much and is slurring his words a bit and very monotone (and crotchety to boot). For him I have to turn up the music and his vocals. It can be a long 4 minutes. Most of the regulars know the deal, for other people I will usually discreetly explain the situation to them and their cool about it.
How do you tell a guy "thankyou for your service to our country, but because of that service we don't want you to sing".

Sam

The day your show gets to that point of "thank you for your service to our country, but we don't won't you to sing" because of too much "bang-bang", please tell me you didn't tell him he can't sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is not funny, nor should it come to the point of making fun, which is the way i see this post.
He was there so now, you, hopefully, want have to be.
muzicman

[CerealKiller]

I don't think any of our bad singer post were aimed at hummiliating a vet. the post kinda skiped back to the suck knob joke and back to the deaf subject.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by muzicman144

The day your show gets to that point of "thank you for your service to our country, but we don't won't you to sing" because of too much "bang-bang", please tell me you didn't tell him he can't sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is not funny, nor should it come to the point of making fun, which is the way i see this post.
He was there so now, you, hopefully, want have to be.
muzicman

I'm sorry you misunderstood my post.The short interpretation should have been that no matter how bad he was, I would never ever tell him that he couldn't sing, primarily because of his service to our country.

"bang bang" was his euphemism for gunfire and explosions. His way of explaining his deafness .

Sam

[muzicman144]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

I'm sorry you misunderstood my post.The short interpretation should have been that no matter how bad he was, I would never ever tell him that he couldn't sing, primarily because of his service to our country.

"bang bang" was his euphemism for gunfire and explosions. His way of explaining his deafness .

Sam

Thanks for explaining, I am a veteran, and play many Military Post and Military clubs. I just thank the powers to be that so many came back and are able to participate, while thanking the ones who did not come back. I knew the "Bang Bang" lingo, just thought it was in bad taste. I also understand the agony on bad singers, but some have earned the right to sing bad.
Thanks for listening
Muzicman