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

["Craig (Skip) Effress" <effress@xxxxxx>]

"AND THE CROWD WENT MILD !!!"



On Oct 9, 2011, at 7:21 AM, Ryan Hartt wrote:

> 
> 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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