Frank
4372 posts
May 27, 2014
8:02 AM
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The audience, drops the ball in an intimate setting..what would you do?
Last Edited by Frank on May 27, 2014 8:03 AM
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jawbone
540 posts
May 27, 2014
8:27 AM
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I would start the most exaggerated, two foot stomp the world has ever seen. At least they had the sense to realize that they were waaaay off beat and stopped.
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LSC
638 posts
May 27, 2014
9:45 AM
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When I first came to Austin I went to see Bonnie Raitt. At one point the audience began to clap along. Bonnie noted after that only in Austin does the audience always clap in time. Been here 10 years now and found that to be absolutely true.
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LSC
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arzajac
1383 posts
May 27, 2014
9:57 AM
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The crowd was way into it!!! Deservingly so... You can palpate their energy.
I'd be curious to know what they had just finished playing or where they were in their set. Was the crowd just coming down from an up-tempo song?
In any case, they just rode it out. They never deviated from the groove and eventually everyone just snaps to it.
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rockmonkeyguitars
91 posts
May 27, 2014
10:11 AM
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Reminds me of Steve Martin in the Jerk.
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atty1chgo
944 posts
May 27, 2014
10:23 AM
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@arzajac
"palpate" - examine (a part of the body) by touch, especially for medical purposes.
Still trying to figure out how you "palpate [the] energy" of an audience from a video, but OK.
At least I learned a new word. LOL
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GMaj7
427 posts
May 27, 2014
10:46 AM
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You own it..
Have the guitar player keep up playing softly .. motion to him to keep playing...
Tell a quick funny story to the crowd..
While you are chatting it up, help them clap on time..
Some really great artists out there - guitar great Keith Urban comes to mind - deal with this all the time. The magic of their performance is the ability to get the crowd participating and sounding good, too. Makes for great shows.. and even better You Tube vids..
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nacoran
7779 posts
May 27, 2014
11:29 AM
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Buddha was on an episode of one those shows on a Discovery/TLC/History/A&E type channel. It was an auction show, I think. He was called in to show that a walking stick with a harmonica in the handle actually played. He was prepared to play something complex and jazzy, but the audience started clapping in time and he couldn't find anything but basic stuff to play. I think he ended up with 'O Susanna'. It really frustrated him.
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Frank
4384 posts
May 28, 2014
5:50 AM
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Whatchu think of this one, notice any rhythmic things?
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