It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned.
When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.
You have 'listeners' ears' when you're just starting out, and your 'listeners' ears' tell you what will work. You lose those ears later, when you break songs down into production elements too much.
My first killer amp was a Sunn Beta Lead. It was solid-state, but that Sunn was incredibly loud. I used to say to my friends, 'Hey, check it out. It's only on two.'
My hearing after 50 years of playing music sometimes isn't too great.
I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing.
Rock stars are good at making noise.
I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play.' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!'
I knew 'Ojuelegba' was a good song, but I didn't expect it to blow up the way that it did.
When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.