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Matthew Whitehouse:
I have had blood in urine before after a couple of heavy shows.. I had no idea what it was, so i did some research - turns out, capillaries break in the hands, filter through he kidneys and flush out in your urine. It's actually a pretty serious condition.. I've had a few things happen that are pretty worrying.. crippling flank pain after a big gig, dizzyness and as i mentioned blood in urine.. These incidents are VERY spaced apart - once every 6-8 months, and it generally depends on how hard i play, and how well my hands are protected.. Anyway, i just wanted to spread the word - protect your hands, keep your technique in check and try not to get carried away.. if it happens a lot it can lead to renal failure, which can in some cases be fatal! I've adjusted my technique now, I've had it happen after 4-8 hour sessions at a festival or something, or if I've been ahem intoxicated in various forms.. anyone else had this happen at some point?

Bart Elliott:
We've discussed that here at the Drummer Cafe in the past. I've personally never experienced as I take great care to not overplay, etc.

It's tough when you are working in a high volume music situation, but that's when we need to let the microphone do the work, and never try to compete acoustically with an electric guitar, etc.

Matthew Whitehouse:
i find it's a monitoring problem.. if i can't hear myself in the monitors I end up playing too hard.. anyhoo, feel free to close the thread if it's been discussed before :)

Bart Elliott:

--- Quote from: Matthew Whitehouse on May 09, 2012, 12:49 PM ---i find it's a monitoring problem.. if i can't hear myself in the monitors I end up playing too hard.. anyhoo, feel free to close the thread if it's been discussed before :)

--- End quote ---

Right, and you can't hear yourself because everything else around you is loud. When I said to let the mic do the work for you, I meant to include monitors as well. Let the electronics work for you; perhaps that's a better way to put it.

It's a tough thing to balance. Whether it's music or just have a simple conversation, if one voice is loud, we have a tendency to increase our volume to match, so we can hear ourselves.

If my monitor is too loud, and all I hear is the other instruments, I will tend to play too hard. That's why I set my monitors based on own playing at a moderate volume ... and I don't put myself in my monitor mix (if possible) ... monitoring myself acoustically. If the stage volume is loud, well, you are going to have to put yourself into the monitor mix in order to hear yourself think. Unfortunately that just contributes to the stage volume, so it's continues to be a battle.

Matthew Whitehouse:
ah, what we play is loud music - drum and bass, hip hop, big heavy drops from a double bass, percussive guitar - it's essential that i hear myself through my monitor, monitoring myself acoustically just isn't an option, its dance music, played at dance music volumes done on acoustic instruments.. it's not you're average acoustic set..

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