In his 1984 arena shaking B-side Kids Wanna Rock, Bryan Adams exhorted his fans to ”Turn it Up! Turn it up!” But now, faced with a measure of hearing loss from decades of playing at eardrum-piercing decibel levels, the British Columbia-born rocker is the public face of a global campaign suggesting that listeners might want to turn the music down a tad.
Next step would be to turn people on to good quality sound and an appreciation for dynamic range.
25 November 2008 at 3:39
It’s about time someone spoke up… most concerts are WAY to loud… the feelingof compression in the chest is nice, but the ringing afterwoods it’s not worth it!
12 January 2009 at 9:48
I’d agree with that wholeheartedly. It’s great to hear something loud, but once you’ve lost that particular listening range forever it’s just not worth it.