Performance Tips 101 – Gig Gab Podcast 162
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English - April 23, 2018 19:34 - 54 minutes - 26.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMusic Commentary Music Music Interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We always say, “Always Be Performing”, but what does that mean to you? Are you actively performing? Are you thinking about what to do to perform? Or are you just letting it happen naturally? Is naturally good enough for you and your crowd? And are you the kind of musician […]
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We always say, “Always Be Performing”, but what does that mean to you? Are you actively performing? Are you thinking about what to do to perform? Or are you just letting it happen naturally?
Is naturally good enough for you and your crowd? And are you the kind of musician for whom “good enough” would suffice in any other aspect of what you’re doing on stage?
Paul and Dave spend some time today talking through what it means to be a performer and begin answering some of these questions… or at least begin asking them in a way that will make you think.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Gig Gab 162 – Monday, April 23, 2018
00:02:21 Springsteen Songs are Weird to Play in a Dance Band
00:05:51 Teaching people Cover Songs that Matter to You
00:07:51 Learning from the Live Versions
00:11:22 Know who you are as a band
00:15:25 Using tracks for sounds
00:19:00 Is it pure to play with a track?
00:21:50 Performance 101 Tips
00:23:21 The Soloist Spotlight
00:27:14 Always Be Performing!
00:29:07 The benefit – and curse – of watching your own performances
00:31:43 Performance 101 Cheat Sheet
Smile!
Be Engaged on Stage
Interact with your bandmates
Don’t telegraph clams
00:37:41 Look the part… but look the same
00:41:31 Does your band have a Mission Statement?
00:44:21 Know Your Commitments
00:46:20 Know your hand signals
00:47:19 Think about the sound in the room
Think about how you look
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00:51:14 Treat performance as another skill to develop
00:54:11 GG 162 Outtro
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