Re: [Harp-L] capturing and holding audiences/FRONTMAN/SIDEMAN



There are a lot of ways to do this, I'm not sure if this was mentioned, but some of the best shows I see start easy and ramp up intensity towards the breaks(s). The finale is the cressendo. I've seen some artist where they kind of break up the intensity up, down, up down, you kind of lose interest. Altough the music may be excellent the show is overall just good.

So I think choice of material is very important and the sequence is paramount. I don't think it necessarely has to go up linearly but it should be generally going up. Again this probably depends on the style of music. Note that its not only speed of tunes, its building interest.

Pierre.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve McIver" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harpl Post" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:27 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] capturing and holding audiences/FRONTMAN/SIDEMAN



Not sure how interesting this subject would be but I'll throw it out there
anyway. I was told once, the difference between myself and those who play
all over the world was not in my chops but in my presentation/ability to
capture and hold the audience. So I'm curious, aside from playing skills,
what can those of you who have the ability, share with those of us who seek
the ability.


Steve

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