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I sit at rehearsal and stand on stage which actually proves to be very difficult for me. Whatever you chose to do live, make sure you practice that way at rehearsal otherwise all hell can break lose :) On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:54:13 -0800, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> wrote: > > > There are only three contexts where I think guitarists look ok sitting > during a performance: a) big band jazz (at the end of the sax line), b) > classical (with a stool), and c) when they have some apparent physical > hardship (like being a 97 year old blind blues player). > > Hey Dude, what about lap steel players, why are folks always dissing the >lap > steel players, its called a lap steelwork, you play it sitting down with >it > cradled in your Lap OK? Gosh!!! isn't that legitimate enough??? > > But good point about ugly gear racks, I'm striving to have not only the >best > looking rack, but the sexiest as well. > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:32 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Sit or Stand? Guitarist and Bassists only > > At 05:49 PM 2/20/2005, Gary Lehmann wrote: > >Now that the traffic has died down, time to clutter your mailbox again >8) > >with a poll of the looping string players: how many sit and how many >stand? > > Interesting, I always meant to comment about this after these various >loop > festivals. > > Having watched many looper guitarists perform, I really, really think >many > of you need to learn to play standing up. Guitarists sitting down almost > always look very lame. They have less stage presence, less energy, and >less > connection with the audience than guitarists standing up. Especially if >you > sit in a crappy looking chair instead of a stool, and do the big > flappy-foot, legs-spread style of toe tapping. ugh. > > The only two people I've seen pull it off sitting down were Matthias Grob > and Steve Lawson, and I think it is because they are both very tall, have > good posture, and have the stage experience to engage the audience >anyway. > > There are only three contexts where I think guitarists look ok sitting > during a performance: a) big band jazz (at the end of the sax line), b) > classical (with a stool), and c) when they have some apparent physical > hardship (like being a 97 year old blind blues player). > > Yes, I know. It is hard to tap the buttons while standing. But if Andre > LaFosse can do his thing standing up, you can learn to do it too. He taps > buttons a thousand times more often than you. Practice standing up, and >you > will be fine. > > Oh, and while we are at it: The ugly rack of gear. I'm really tired of > being in the audience and watching a performance by the back of an ugly > rack of gear. You have a big tangle of ugly cables all spilling out, and > your head barely poking up over the top. Most of your racks do not have > good stage presence. Move the rack somewhere to the side or behind you. >Buy > some interesting cloth to put over it. Let the audience see you. Let them > see you push the buttons and turn the knobs. Let them see the blinky >lights > instead of the back. Hide the cables. It will really really help. > > kim > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com > >