Dont always blame the audience,...On any gig including a NH you as the entertainer need to really be in charge of YOUR stage and keep YOUR audience in an attentive state,.... it works both ways like a battery charging off each other, ...
if they are bored with YOUR performance that's your fault, they will drift to something else.
Give em the WOW factor!! Don't be just like the other guy up there!!! If you do it right you will a big difference.
Donny.....this is not what the post was about, but......let's have an understanding here. I've been playing music full time to an audience probably for longer than you've been alive. Do you actually think I don't know what I'm doing?
I play the piano for the morning group because that's what both the AD and the audience wants me to do.
I play the accordion for the afternoon group for the same reason……that's what both the AD and the audience wants me to do.
Both groups just want to sit and listen to their favorite old songs.
Did you honestly think that the the only way to entertain an audience is to put on some kind of a Motown show or ramp up your act with the Stones.
Audiences come in all kinds of flavors, shapes and sizes. A good musician can switch back and forth between presentations.
FYI.....I spice up the piano and accordion performances with songs like William Tell Overture, Tico Tico, Brazil, Dizzy Fingers, etc (so they DON‘T fall asleep). Attached is a short demo of me playing the beginning of Dizzy Fingers.
Looking forward to hearing your PA900 demo.
Mark
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