The smallest stage I ever played on was with a rock band when I was 16. I had to stand IN the drums (not in front, IN the kit, between two cymbals). Everybody else was similarly crunched, and the sound was so deafening that the other trumpet player and I could not hear ourselves at all, even with mics, and the other player was a big band lead player. I have no idea what we sounded like that night. Was painful for all, and my left ear hasn't been the same since.

But they still danced.


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