Re: Akai Heardush , a little frustrated, please help..

[Ian Popperwell <popperwell@iname.com>]

Hi,
>Kim wrote: "Maybe that's also a question of practice?
>I often find performers who sit down when they could be standing to be a 
>little boring to watch. I guess it depends on the context and instrument 
>and type of music, but most times I think standing is better. I think it 
>affects the energy of the music and the engagement between performer and 
>audience as well.

I think I agree in terms of appearance and energy but My own issue, (as a
Disabled musician) is 1- about being able to see my equipment well enough 
to
use it accurately and 2- due to a neck condition, I find it hard to stand 
for
long periods. So I try to do both - sitting down when I need to for either
sight or pain/tiredness reasons and standing to play sax/wind-synth when I
can.
This is a compromise but I guess that its the best way that I've found of
managing it for myself. I like to stand up to play as much as I can.

Oh, and I also think that standing or sitting musicians that are playing
freely
look much better than musicians with music stands in front of them, that 
does
really turn me off! (only slight change of subject) but the last bass
player in
my (acoustic non-looping band) had a music stand when the rest of us played
from memory and improvised freely - I think it looked aweful - I like to 
see
that musicians can play freely enough to be able to develop the music with 
one
another as they play rather than being tied down by the written 'dots'.

Ian