Gee I thought a topic with the subject "Covering up .... " was going to be about covering up mistakes when playing live.

I have played live a lot over my life and ( although I don't like to admit it ) have covered up a lot of mistakes while playing and the audience rarely even notice them. The number one thing to do when you make a mistake is NEVER show it in your facial expression. Most of the time the audience is never sure you made a mistake but when they see the musicians frowning then they know FOR SURE you DID and it sticks in their mind. But if you keep the same expression like nothing happened then the audience don't think anymore about it and it all moves on as though nothing ever happened.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 10-14-2005).]