This week I played a new venue. It is a very upscale retirement community($750.000 buy in for each resident) and while there I am not to "interact" with any of the residents on a one-on-one basis. They believe they protect their clients this way. Security is also very tight.
Anyway, my location for the gig was in a very out of the way spot and during the gig not a single person approached me nor did I hear any applause or acknowledgment that I was even there.
I figured what a waste of time.
I played my usual songs and packed up and left - again without a single person speaking to me. The next day the AD called me and
booked me on a weekly basis for the rest of the year. She said the residents wanted me back all the time.
I guess you never really know what your audience is thinking.
Hammer
no offense, but if I'd hear someone playing covers with an arranger keyboard, I would not feel compelled to give applauses. This is not because I am mean ,or because I am diminishing your job in any ways.. I would simply assume that you are doing your job, no more and no less.
Maybe I am wrong, but I think that the audience perceives the above in the same way. I don't think they meant to be nasty.
Personally I respect an audience like that. I can't stand an audience who gives applauses like monkeys every 3 seconds for nothing. In some settings, like classical music concerts, this happens often. I can feel that people applaude out of social requirements, rather than because they really want to applaude. They also do it out of habit. I think that sucks.
Especially rich people, do you think they give a damn.... they can get a lot by just giving directions; they simply thought that they are paying for a service (and in that, I can't fault them).
But in the end, you are right, what do you care, just be as pro as possible. It's not worth wondering what other people think of you or why. It's their bag, who cares. Don't even hate them, as it would show in your profession.
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