Doug, That's good advice you hit the nail right on the head. I've been doing the one man band thing for about 10 years now. The first thing you must do is consider the typ of gig you are doing. If someone hires one person they probably don't want you to be that loud anyway. Pick a volume and stay there. The people who want to hear it will be close. The people who want to talk will move away. Everyone has given some good input with hotspots and earbuds. I don't sing so it's easy for me just to put a speaker right behind me so I can hear it doesn't need to be loud enough to lose hearing. Just loud enough to follow what's going one. Remember, the only one you need to impress is the one paying you. If you do that, you will impress others.


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