[Harp-L] re: dress like a musician



Mr. Ice Man wrote:

"No one even hinted that the dress was the most important part or all that was
needed."

If you want to keep your audience, knowing how to play is also not the most important part, or all that is needed.

Showmanship is just as important. There's different brands--like the Stones vs the Grateful Dead vs Elton John, but successful musicians know what the audience wants from them and they deliver. This covers dress, demeanor, stage antics, the whole thing. You think Miles didn't know about showmanship? You think Mozart didn't know showmanship? You want to put your music out in front of an audience you either find out what the audience wants, or find an audience that wants what you put out.

You have to have fun, be true to your music and still keep the band happy, the owner happy, the audience happy, and the family happy. And you have to learn how to do it, and practice it, just like scales.

Rainbow Jimmy
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