Learning Tone Master Posts: 3.622
Joined: 29-March 08
From: kansas, USA
after battling the covid the past few days ( thanks for the well wishes ) , it seems I have a enormous amount of time left to quarantine and reading another thread got me thinking of this topic. In these examples we have mainly the same band with a couple of different players . Queensryche is my favorite band. I lived in southern California and saw them many times including this warning tour. Quick side note, I saw their last full live operation mind crime full album cover , and they did it the last part of the show ( Todd could never sing like Geoff()). I Never saw them with this new singer (Todd) , but with the second guitarist (Parker). As I was pondering what gives a good stage show and what does not I started analyzing this same band with different players. In this first example with this bands main players (IMO) Geoff the singer and Chris the guitar player with the white guitar own the stage. Why? as I noticed Geoff and Chris know their parts so well it is like they are hardly playing , but , interacting with the crowd, they are inviting the crowd to be on stage with them. They are looking, smiling, staring at the crowd . Geoff hardly looks like he has to do much to hit the notes , his eyes are open and looking at the crowd. Now don't forget the other players to take note , as they are in the next 'version'.
In this next example, we have a different singer, and the guitarist ( Chris) has been replaced as well ( new drummer too). Now as you notice the sunglasses that they are all wearing , Looks good(NOT), to me it keeps the band aloof, the audience at bay. Now to talk about the 2 replacement players . Todd ( singer) can hit the notes, but his eyes are closed , he does not look at the crowd ( hardly ever) whilst singing and the other guitarist just looks like he would rather be somewhere else. Now the other two original members , although smacked by father time, don't have much of a different show than in the first version, true they are a little less active now, but even then, they looked aloof, looked at their guitars more than the crowd and in my Opinion WALKED BACK AND STARED AT THE DRUMMER WHICH IS A HUGE MOMENTUM KILLER, just watch what happens from this perspective and how dead it gets when they TURN THEIR BACK ON THE CROWD
So in short, invite the audience up on stage with your playing (not literally), make it about the audience- not you. These are my opinions , what do you think?
Experienced Tone Seeker Posts: 765
Joined: 28-June 13
From: Den Helder (Holland)
I think that its also about showing that you love to play as a band. If you have interaction with all your band members and moving freely at the stage that People will take over the enthousiasme and start to dance and stuff. And i deed have interaction with the crowd is very important. Some slingers are good at talking between numbers with the crowd but also during songs. For me personally i really love to see that the band is enjoying the concert and have a lot of energy. I want to see that they love to do what they do
Learning Rock Star Posts: 7.676
Joined: 14-June 08
From: Odense, Denmark
QUOTE (tflava @ Jul 23 2021, 08:22 AM)
I think that its also about showing that you love to play as a band. If you have interaction with all your band members and moving freely at the stage that People will take over the enthousiasme and start to dance and stuff. And i deed have interaction with the crowd is very important. Some slingers are good at talking between numbers with the crowd but also during songs. For me personally i really love to see that the band is enjoying the concert and have a lot of energy. I want to see that they love to do what they do
I gotta say that in some regard it's probably also about what is being played. If it's progressive rock or metal people will likely not dance. At a death metal show you might see a mosh pit, at a jazz fusion concert people might admire and clap. At a concert for more "dance"-like music, people will dance.
And then can possibly relate to the difficulty of playing the songs too. Some 3 chord song you might not have to concentrate much, where as if you're playing something much more difficult you might have to put close to all your focus into the solo to play it correctly. But on the other hand you can maybe get away with a few mistakes if you put on a good show and people are enjoying themselves.
jstcrsn Stage Presence Jul 22 2021, 02:36 PM
