Originally Posted By: Mike Head
Hi

Well when I was kid we went to the pantomime every Christmas , and I remember spending more time watching the orchestra in the pit than the show.

But my first real concert was TAGERINE DREAM the synths a sequencers were enormous size things as big as a buss . and the sound so load,
I remember one of the guys on the mixing console, had to turn the bass down at one part as the audience was getting chest pain with the high intensity bass notes down at very low frequencies, in fact to say it was heart stopping is no exaggeration.

My taste in music is wide so the next was the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Mike


That reminds of an assembly that was held at my old school a long time ago warning us about the dangers of "concert life", and how chest pains could be a very real side effect and the kind of stresses it can have on the body.

I didn't believe them until I went to a concert where that exact thing happened to me. They also had to turn down the intensity.

Interesting story! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Ember