Dad3353

Does your band, with this drummer, play pub gigs..? Does that volume level work, in that context..?

Amplifiers don't deliver sound; speakers (drivers, cabs, whatever...) deliver sound. Watts is a unit of power, not volume; decibels is a unit of volume. The more efficient the speaker (driver, cab, whatever...), the more volume (decibels...) it can deliver for a given power (watts...). This would be referred to as its 'efficiency'. Soooooo... A low-powered amp into an efficient cab can produce more volume than a high-powered amp into an inefficient cab. Watts, in themselves, are a very poor unit for expressing volume. What's the solution..? If volume is required, look for an efficient cab, then match an amp to that cab. Turn the volume down at home. There is no contradiction; a good amp/cab combination can be used on stage and at home with no issues. If arena volumes are required, the PA will do the 'heavy lifting', anyway, and an IEM system will keep the stage volume at decent levels, whatever the amp/cab. Any quality amp and/or cab will be fine for both purposes (but a less imposing version may be preferred for home practice, to avoid carting stuff around...) There's a lot of advertising spiel surrounding the selling of music gear in general; don't be taken in by claims of 20/200/500/1000 watts or whatever, and ask your peers for their experience of 'real-life' usage. Hope this helps.

Fixed.

It's nevertheless not Good Practice to use such machines whilst cycling. ...

Not all music is played to a metronome. It's like playing the accordion; just because one can, it doesn't mean that you have to. Most drum machines have systems to create a more 'human' feel, to avoid having the percussion too metronomic. Just sayin'.

No worries there for the drummer, listen through once, maybe twice, and it's down 'pat'. Easy peasy.

Not at all; he's right. It's you that's got it wrong. Best offer an apology. ...

Cheers; no need to shout, though. I know I'm old and deaf, but not that deaf.

Not so sure that we're 'typical', either, or even if that term means much in the French venues we've played.

Go to your Profile, select your User ID (top right...) and choose 'My Attachments' from the drop-down list. Hope this helps.

I can think of a couple of occasions where that has definitely been the case. On one, we played well, on a decently equipped stage, but the folk sitting around the tables were there for the 'turning to stone' little fellow for whom the event was planned. They had no interest in 'whooping it up' at all. A 'lead ballon' event; they needn't have booked a band at all.

Doesn't 'mint' mean that it's got a hole in the middle..? ...

Maybe with compensation from folk buying non-American products instead.