Comments by "Acid Joke" (@PWMoze) on "Tinnitus: The Musicians Demon (and mine)" video.

I have played the bass since the early eighties and I have always preferred to stand with the drums on my left, possibly something to do with keeping my eye on the drummer's foot on the kick drum? I now get quite severe tinnitus, mostly in my left ear. I blame it on the cymbals I have endured over the years. Its especially annoying that the particular drummers I have worked with started wearing ear plugs years ago and I passed them up, thinking that they were for 'light weights' and 'softies'! I just didn't see the point. Now they all retain great hearing and I can still hear their fucking cymbals ringing weeks after a rehearsal or gig! I notice it particularly in the mornings. Like most things that develop with age, you have to just put up with it, although I must admit that its nice to be reminded that I'm not the only old git who suffers with it! Old rockers don't die they just go mad with the constant ringing in their ears!
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