Re: Performance Tricks for the Shy Looper

[Mark Hamburg <mark_hamburg@baymoon.com>]

on 3/21/03 4:19 AM, Rick Walker/Loop.pooL at GLOBAL@cruzio.com wrote:

> oh yeah, and mark hamburg, when the lights are so strong that you can't 
>see
> the audience:   pretend you can and stare intently out into the lights, 
>with
> your gaze just below where the intensity is greatest (so as not to blind
> yourself)..........stare, in essence, at where you think that last 
>person in
> the audience is.............people cannot tell that you are not 
>connecting
> directly with them when you do this and it is a very effective little
> performance trick.

The interesting thing is that I all but have a theater degree and the 
lights
were never an issue when acting. Maybe it's because when acting I don't 
have
all of this equipment (including my guitar) that would like attention.

Mark