Re: Bar/Club stage volume level?!?!
I've never been the guy to just give up and walk out on a band. Someone is paying me to be there and make it sound good, so that's exactly what I'm going to do. My first effort is to have the band bring their stage volume down during sound check. If that doesn't succeed, then I'll just deal with it. Vocals and kick in the PA? Works for me. If they're outrunning my PA, well, then I did everything I could and when people start complaining, I send them to the band on stage.
Normally when the house is packed, nobody cares what the SPL is, as long as it sounds good. I've been cruising along at 108dBA in some of these smaller clubs. It sounded awesome and everyone was having a great time. Yeah, it was fucking loud, but that's what earplugs are for.
Evan
