Managing Your On-Stage Comfort – Gig Gab Podcast 178

Your comfort level on stage can make or break your performance in so many ways, including how both you and the crowd each perceive the outcome. How do you do it? What tricks can you employ to lean towards success? What’s the magic formula? And, most importantly, what should you […]

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Your comfort level on stage can make or break your performance in so many ways, including how both you and the crowd each perceive the outcome. How do you do it? What tricks can you employ to lean towards success? What’s the magic formula? And, most importantly, what should you avoid?

Paul and Dave talk through all this and more. Press play, listen, learn, and enjoy!

00:00:00 Gig Gab 178 – Monday, August 20, 2018
00:01:00 Shoulder Ribbing
00:01:59 Last-minute gigs
00:05:25 How under-rehearsed is … just right?
00:09:08 Managing comfort level
00:11:00 Pulling out the old favorites
00:13:16 Managing public appearances
00:16:15 Beware the telegraphing!
00:18:14 “Playing Music” vs. “Working Music”
00:19:38 Uplifting Music
00:24:34 Rock and Roll National Anthem
00:25:46 Contracted sound
00:27:06 PSA: Beware changing EQ when using In-Ears
00:28:02 The power of Bill continues
00:31:26 Don’t take anything for granted
00:34:34 You gotta earn it every night
00:37:13 When do you just keep the band happy?
00:45:03 Four gigs in 48 Hours

Monkey Fist at Portsmouth Gas Light
Rocky Horror at Seacoast Rep

00:48:03 Rehearsing Ronstadt
00:50:14 The cost is not the barrier
00:53:04 GG 178 Outtro

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