The story of the ear (shout out to all DJ's, Music producers & Music Lovers)
Countless times I have been to parties, clubs, bars where many djs play tunes … including myself as a DJ…
The first golden rule I was thought by a colleague dj was ‘never to go in the red’ on the mixer - if its green, orange you are all good…
You can also manage your master gain to push the sound a bit more & in case there is a limiter you know your boundaries.
As years went by, I noticed that not everyone had received this valuable information which in turn through time turns into experience & knowledge.
I was noticing mixers peaking in the red, allowing my ears to become eyes on the dance floor… you could hear the hi frequencies just axing through earlobes…most music peps know this… that the more you grow older, the more you lose hearing in hi frequencies… this is inevitable for all humans… & this is where ear consciousness comes in.
After many years dancing away my youthful ears… I decided to have an ear test done to very soon realise that I had an inverted triangle in the 6000 hz… this was worrying but knowing it was inevitable …. I kept flowing through my music story, settling into music making rather than djing… but my shadows were not finished playing out, so I continued to wear and tear… & to my disgust my ears were at times getting raped by unlimited numbers of compressed and meaningless mp3’s played out by dj’s…ugh this was upsetting, and time wasting … but sure a learning curve.
This is my manifesto. 14 years later after going through ptsd with reminiscence, an endless akufen* (acouphenes : french word for tinnitus), & vertigo ….. I do not wish this on the future children of today.
Wear ear protection (or in worst case scenario you are being ear raped in the club & you have no options but to use toilet roll rolled up into a ball. Gently put into your ear without applying any pressure). This won't stop you from having a good time but will filter out the nuisance.
If you really like the music, buy your tracks in high quality (wav) & play them out. It will be rewarding to your ears and vibration to hear such fantastic frequencies instead of having uneducated ears a washed in a mess of axed mp3’s.
I do understand that we learn on the go, not every sound system & room acoustics are the same, so as dj’s we need to adapt, take care & be aware of the space and act upon it with the safety of our ears & others in mind.
Mind your ears, they are precious.
Don’t go in the red & please play wav, or any other high quality format (vynil - cd).
Please rest your ears or the result is a sea of mindless chaos…
Music is vibration & the questions is what vibration are you putting out there?
Is there any rules or code that you work within?
HAPPY EARS MAKE A HAPPY PERSON
If you are looking for something more in dept, check out this article :
http://www.djconquest.com/red-makes-amateur/
Awesome post this was rly informative to me and knew none of this can I share it on my website ? X
Of course you can :)
love it!
Resteemed because this is a very serious issue. Too many millennials are suffering from hearing loss, and the results are permanent. Thank you for sharing your personal experiences, and some very, very sound advice. Pun intended.
you are very welcome! & yes it is serious matter so many thanks for resteem :)
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I wish more people would realize this. The worst place for us was when we used to go to a very contemporary church. The music was SO loud that my husband's ears would ring for 24 hours after we went. We stopped going to the music portion, talked to the people in charge over and over, but no one would listen. We finally stopped going altogether because it was always so deafeningly loud.
My husband has dealt with tinnintus for years and who knows how many things exacerbated it. It is horrible for him to deal with!
Thanks @BynThereDoneThat for sharing you and your husbands story. There needs to be more awareness spread around this subject!
Absolutely! Especially because once the damage is done, there is often nothing you can do about it. My husband has suffered from progressive tinnitus and struggles with depression and focus because the ringing in his ears is so bad all the time. We have tried everything and he has researched only to find that even wealthy people with lots of resources can't seem to fix it.