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:: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 ::

Sound Advice

"For anyone involved with work on anything that might involve exposure of musicians or employed staff to music noise the following web site has a lot of very good information and useful links. According to this week’s EHN the HSE has released this as a portfolio of draft advice for the industry. Comments on the web site are invited (there is a “Feedback” button on the home page) by 12 October. This is in advance of the provisions becoming applicable to the entertainment sector as of next April."

Music and Entertainment Sector Working Group in conjunction with HSE

"Sound Advice brings you the recommendations of the Music and Entertainment Sector Working Group. Experts from different sectors in the music and entertainment industry have worked together with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to identify good practice. On this site you will find out what you can do to avoid the harmful effects of prolonged exposure to noise - for yourself and for the people you employ or work with."

I have to deal with this problem from both ends, working as an acoustic consultant during the day and as a (very) amateur musician and DJ in the evenings. I've frequently had problems with levels when I've been playing in clubs, from being unnecessarily limited due to badly designed buildings to being uncomfortably loud (for both me and the audience) due to deaf club owners who keep bumping up the volume. I maintain my general advice to clubbers which is to wear ear plugs whenever you go clubbing, especially if you go frequently.

Labels: Acoustics, Noise

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