Re: [microsound] beware the decibel...

[Xdugef <info@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Randal,

   My objection was that listening to loud music once does not
instantly make you go deaf like jabbing yourself in the eyes with a
sharp object would.

I had a blast at the AC DC concert.. for various reasons but I actually
didn't really enjoy the merzbow concert..  see them doing various
things on stage but all I could hear was a wall of static. 

The interesting  thing in comparing the two is that AC/DC had way more
amplification but of course were in an arena versus Merzbow being in a
small club/bar with a basic PA. 

Since then I have been to performances occasionally and some really
noisy performances but with no ringing. 

I would be alot more concerned if I was exposed to that kind of volume
on a regular or daily basis.

I do worry though and I know that tinnitus can strike regardless of
exposure to loud music.. my mother has lost hearing in one ear from it.
Maybe she was wilder in the 60's that she admits??


Adrian


--- Randal  Davis <randal_davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Analogies may not always be "fair," but they may be useful.
> 
> You perhaps misread me - my suggestion was not that there was
> anything
> intrinsically damaging about, for example, painting, but simply that
> blinding yourself does not improve your eyesight.  Just as being a
> sculptor
> doesn't atrophy your hands - the point is, not having hands might
> effect
> your ability to be a sculptor.
> 
> But, I think, we basically agree - if your ears rang for a week, you
> suffered some measure of permanent loss.  Glad you don't want to do
> it
> again.
> 
> RD
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Xdugef" <info@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [microsound] beware the decibel...
> 
> 
> > Well .. that's hardly a fair comparison but I do work in computer
> > animation for a living and the subject of eyesight is an issue ..
> > fortunately LCD's are far less hazardous to vision than CRT's and
> have
> > become widely accepted if not preferred in most workplaces.
> >
> > There was a time when CRT's gave me a headache.. for example
> looking at
> > the CRT after returning to work from a vacation... or maybe it was
> just
> > returning to work .. who knows..
> >
> > As far as I know there is nothign about painting that will cause
> you to
> > lose vision unless maybe you get an eye full of turpentine.
> >
> > The two loudest and most painfull concerts I have ever been too
> were
> > AC/DC and then years later Merzbow. Both caused a week of ear
> ringing..
> > which I don't wish to experience again.
> >
> > --- Randal  Davis <randal_davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Thought experiment: take an ice pick to your eyes, then decide to
> be
> > > a
> > > painter, and let me know how it works out.
> > >
> > > RD
> >
> >
> >
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