Re: [Harp-L] capturing and holding audiences/FRONTMAN/SIDEMAN

["Bob Boyd" <bboyd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes for sure. And the last song of each set should have them wanting more.

Bob "The Captain" Boyd
www.texastide.com

> There are a lot of ways to do this, I'm not sure if this was mentioned, 
> but some of the best shows I see start easy and ramp up intensity towards 
> the breaks(s). The finale is the cressendo. I've seen some artist where 
> they kind of break up the intensity up, down, up down, you kind of lose 
> interest. Altough the music may be excellent the show is overall just 
> good.
>
> So I think choice of material is very important and the sequence is 
> paramount. I don't think it necessarely has to go up linearly but it 
> should be generally going up. Again this probably depends on the style of 
> music. Note that its not only speed of tunes, its building interest.
>
> Pierre.