RE: [Harp-L] Has this ever happened to you

[Ryan Hartt <rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This happens so often that my default is now just assume there is an awesome sports play, a fight, two hot chicks kissing, etc, etc.
It's a rare treat when the applause is actually for me.
Ryan

> From: diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 08:16:51 -0400
> Subject: [Harp-L] Has this ever happened to you
> 
> You are in the middle of a solo on stage. You feel confident and full  
> of ideas.
> 
> Your eyes are closed and you become one with the music.  All of a  
> sudden the audience is roaring with applause and cheers. You think  
> you've reached them.
> Your eyes open and you notice they aren't looking at you. They are  
> looking at some ball player on tv making a great play.
> 
> Yep, the cheer of victory and the agony of defeat playing in a sports  
> bar.
> 
> I sat in with a friend's band Friday night and that happened to him.  
> He was lost in his low volume guitar solo and as he brought up the  
> volume the audience at the bar started to cheer. I looked up to see  
> the Philly score in a game they ended up losing later that night. The  
> rest of the band was looking at the guitarists so they got caught up  
> in the excitement and not the game. The band put everything they had  
> into it but they lost the audience attention by then.
> 
> I laughed and told the guitarist about it after the gig.  He said that  
> happened at another bar he played.  He had his video set up to show  
> the band and some of the audience.  The audience made lots of cheers  
> but not necessarily  for the band.  Since you couldn't see them  
> looking at the tv's around the room it looked like they were cheering  
> on the band in the video.  He used the video to get gigs at other bars  
> telling the owners the fans loved them.  Great way to make lemonade  
> from lemons.
> 
> Btw,  I opened my eyes a few times at gigs to see the cheers weren't  
> for me either. bummer.
> 
> Michael Easton
> www.harmonicarepair.com
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