Re: Hard of hearing in the session - any practical ideas?
Ditto what Hank said in Post 2. I wear hearing aids for a problem like both of yours. However, while wearing with my otherwise excellent hearing aids, I can't separate sounds, so that all instruments come at me equally, and I'm unable to focus on the sound I want to dominate (the mandolin), and hear it above the other instruments. I've found myself unable to play with more than four or five musicians. I do better with my fiddle, which is louder, but have had to stop attending my regular jams, where everyone plays on every tune. Good luck.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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