[Harp-L] Charisma on stage

[Robert Bonfiglio <bon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There are those people who just have it!

Isaac Stern once said about Lambert Orkis, his piano accompanist -  
"great musician, but lacked the audacity to be a soloist."  And there  
it is.  Your personality on stage, what you project, how it's seen by  
the audience - all very nebulous this charisma thing, but it's there  
none the less.

Some things can be learned, but will they appear real or fake?  If  
you can figure out how to be yourself and be attractive, that's  
great.  If not, maybe some play acting is possible, you know, pretend  
to be a character in a play with a certain charismatic personality as  
opposed to yourself.  Otherwise, a sideman or accompanist is not such  
a bad life.

Harmonically yours,

Robert Bonfiglio
http://www.robertbonfiglio.com