[Harp-L] Re: Digital Gus

[BluzeHarp@xxxxxxx]

Agreed on all counts.  
 
Inexcusable for a paid entertainer to phone-in a performance because  he or 
she is staring at the tube.  Once the band starts that should by  design 
become the focal point, unless of course you have been hired  specifically to 
play background music.  
 
Around here, anything played during a Bronco's game becomes  'background 
music'.  Bad ju-ju if you schedule to  play during those kinds of events, but 
sometimes you can inherit  a crowd if you start playing right after its 
done. 
 
Stay tuned for announcements about the 2014 pre-SPAH Blues Blowoff...  
another GREAT lineup!
 
Christopher Richards
Twin Tone Microphones - Tone Defender Cables
Harmonica Planet.com
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/25/2014 2:29:54 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

I do  know 2 of the rooms we non longer play are due in part to the amount 
and  location of TV's in the venue. People, including band members become 
fixated  on it rather then the music or the people across the table.

Nobody  listens to music at home with the tv on nor do they watch tv while 
playing the  stereo. It's one or the other so why should we have to put up 
with it on gigs.  

People are use to background music (jukebox, DJ, radio) while staring  
blankly at the tube in bars. When the band comes on it remains a continuation  
in the background 
and create a climate of non communication between a  performer and 
audience. The attention drops, the applause drops at the end of  songs and the room 
remains silent on many occasions oblivious that there is  even a band there. 

Take  care
Mike
www.harmonicarepair.com