Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
Probably not much different in age from most folks on here, but I started playing for money at age 11. This photo is about four years later, from 1966. I'm playing in a rock band with my older brother (pictured). Even with a mike and monitors, we two trumpet players could not hear ourselves over the din coming from the rest of the band. Why my hearing is still OK, I'll never understand.

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Great photo...Cool cats!

I’m about 5 years older than you and I worked with rock bands through the early sixties and my ears didn’t survive. I have tinnitus and am shot above 2K or so. But a great PhD audiologist turned my life around with some high end hearing aids including a program for mixing smile

Bud