Singing in a Jazz Band — No Time to Get Musician's Earplugs

wonderful9235

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Aug 23, 2018
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08/14/2018
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So basically, the situation is that I am scheduled to perform 2 songs in a Loud jazz band. I'm talking real big, real loud. Before, I would just sing my songs without earplugs and then put the plugs in after my songs were over, assuming 10 minutes of exposure wouldn't be too bad. Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that that's not what I should do.

I know that Ideally, I would get some musician's earplugs, but I can't in time for the gig for 2 reasons:

1) I'd have to get them custom molded, and I can't get that all done in a week's time.

2) I'm broke as hell and the earplugs would be expensive.

Are there any cheaper musician's earplugs I could wear/get in a shorter period of time? The foam ones stop me from hearing my voice well.
 
Foam ones would be fine. I'm playing in a Death Metal band at the minute, two weeks ago I got to a venue and realised I'd forgotten my custom plugs. Just bought a 3m foam set from a nearby pharmacy. Not a bother on me after the gig and I could hear everything on stage. Get some foam plugs so and enjoy the gig.
 

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