Re: [Harp-L] Standing up or sitting down

["46long Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

I play in a duo in a lot of quieter-volume venues.  My guitarist partner in
crime always sits down - largely because he's added a fair amount of foot
percussion in the past year or so (huge difference in our sound, BTW).  I
used to always sit next to him, but I've found that I play better and am a
more interesting showman when I'm standing up.  So now I mostly stand with
Jonathsn sitting unless it's a really casual coffeehouse type gig. Bar gigs,
where the entertainment value is more important to keeping people drinking
and having fun, I'm always standing now....yes, for all 3-4 hours. It's a
little weird, visually - me standing and him sitting, but he's such a
character, it works, and besides, if Satan and Adam could do it, so can
we.........yeah, cuz' we're just like them....chortle, cough.......

 - Blake

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:00 AM, Steve Shaw <moorcot@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> > I used to always play standing up, especially when playing amplified
> gigs with a full band. Now, probably due to my old age, I find I am a lot
> more relaxed and play a whole lot better, acoustic and amplified whilst
> sitting down, usually on a bar stool.
> > What do you think, is this normal or am I just lazy old git ?
> >
> > McSwaggerty
>
> It wouldn't be practical for me to stand up in the Irish pub session
> situation I find myself in.  For a start, I'm there for three or four hours,
> and on top of that my knees are not what they used to be.  No-one else is
> standing up and I'd look a bit odd were I to do so.  I'd always stand up for
> a solo party piece at a gig.   The compromise is to sit with a very straight
> back when playing so as not to cramp the ability to use the diaphragm.   You
> can always bend the back in between pieces, to reach for the beer for
> example.  I get a lot of exercise that way over a long evening.
>
> Steve
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