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--- Mark Hamburg <mark_hamburg@baymoon.com> wrote: > 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. I find that a lot of it has to do with the venue. If everyone involved, including the audience, knows their role, it's easy for me to play the part of the engaged performer. It's in unusual venues that the distinction becomes blurred; places where no one is quite sure what's expected of them. When I used to tour it was usual for my band to play in front of widely diverse audiences. One night we'd be opening for a well-known act in a big place, the next we might be playing in East Podunk to 20 people who'd never heard of us and would rather be shooting pool. I always found it interesting that I would get stage fright before playing for the *small* crowds, but not in front of the big ones. I think it's because the big crowds are more abstract while the small audiences have individual faces and instant biofeedback. I always felt inhibited "getting into it" in a small room, but in a big place where the audience is feeding off its own energy, it's a natural. -t- ps: Last night I heard for the first time a live recording of a set played about two years ago at Tonic by Carter Burwell and SPLaTTeRCeLL. The music started gradually; the crowd continued to chatter throughout most of the first piece, even after it was clear that the performance had begun. Hmmmmm..... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com