hey mods is it possible to partition this discussion into a new topic? I'm pretty interested in where this is going but don't want to keep derailing
Anyone can make a new thread, your new thread can contain quote bbcodes.
Much of the side discussion is covered in a "how do you play live" thread if you want to necro one. I can add the following:
If your personality and/or music don't lend to jumping and dancing, but you try jumping and dancing anyway, your audience will see through it. If you're not sure what your style or "pose" ought to be, find other musicians in your genre (chips not necessary.) It will take practice much like finding your own "sound."
The context of your audience is of critical importance, whether you have a stage separating you from them or not, and whether your performance is invited or not. Your performance begins when your ass is in the venue, not you take the stage, set up, soundcheck, or whatever- your very arrival is part of your gig, and your clothes, whatever they may be, are your costume.
Your audience may not be interested in your gig. How do you adjust? Are you able to do it? Will people remember you in a good way when they leave?
