Originally posted by Dnj:
The best sound system or instrument will NOT magically make the player better although many think so buy reading some of these posts of course you'll never hear anyone......but you talent can never be covered up & eventually be exposed to the audience one way or another. Become a really good player or /singer first then worry about the sound system. Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to dinner with friends.
ciao
I agree with Donny 100000% about working on your skills and then enhancing your performance with a nice PA. First things first, absolutely...
I do think that if I made Donny use a Radio Shack set of PA speakers for a gig instead of his preferred equipment, it would make a difference. It has to do with mind set, I think. It wouldn't reduce his vocal range or make him forget how to play chords, but if it sounds brutal...some of the life gets sucked out of it. Kind of like your swimming upstream.
When I've been forced to use other people's PA's and I don't like them, its frustrating to me because the audience isn't hearing me the way I want them to.
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Bill in Dayton