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Hey.....don't forget.......Alice Cooper, when first starting out, got signed by Frank Zappa and his label.....BECAUSE they cleared the room...! People came around and he still sells out world wide!! --- rabbirabbifive <rabbirabbi5@yahoo.com> wrote: > >Axiom 1: The number of individuals in an audience > will be inversely > >proportionate to the experimental and avant-garde > nature of the > >performance > > There doesn't seem to be any relationship actually. > I've seen packed > houses for harsh noise gigs, and more people > listening- and > applauding!- from the parking lot 'cause the stage > volume was so > dangerously loud. (I was one of those- only one set > of ears ya know). > The next night for a normal indie rock band, 6 > people. Go Figure. It > has more to do with hype, what else is happening, > the size of the > performers's entourages, and luck than anything > rational. > > >Comment 1: I'd love to show up for a gig where the > venue is full, and > >proceed to clear the room (audience =0) > > Done that. Hard to tell if you suck or they suck or > both when that > happens (it's happened to me twice). More fun was > the time we drove > out everyone except the hard-core drunks (and the > bar lady passed us a > note about 20 minutes in threatening to cut the > power), but the drunks > told after us how much they liked it and bought us > beers! Go Figure. > > >Axiom 2: The degree of performance satisfaction and > artistic > >gratification > >of an experimental/avant-garde artist is directly > proportionate to the > > >number of people who show up for his/her gigs and > rave over how > >original, > >creative, and interesting his/her performance > was...i.e. how much they > > >feed > >his/her ego. > > I can live without the ass-kissing, personally. > Just buy the merch. > ;-) > > -rabbi > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love > (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures > list. > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367