[Jimturner]

Originally Posted by John_W

For many years I went to a lot of concerts. I remember seeing the original Journey with Steve Perry in 1980 and it was very loud, but I attributed part of that to Steve's very high voice and they use a high pitched keyboard sound to color most of their music.

In 1984 I saw Def Leppard with Krokus opening, and it was so loud I couldn't hear well for 3 days. A few days later I saw the Scorpions with Bon Jovi opening. This time I took along cotton and put it in my years. I was only 10' from the stage but it sounded perfect.

I used the cotton trick from then on, for such shows as Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, Styx, Kansas, etc. The only concert I ever found that was too low and I didn't need the cotton was Peter Gabriel. I saw him twice, he's a great artist.

Great suggestion. You adapted to the situation rather than demanding that the venue adapt to you.