The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56738   Message #888602
Posted By: jimmyt
12-Feb-03 - 11:18 AM
Thread Name: Are you a musician or a showman?
Subject: Are you a musician or a showman?
My folk group performed last night. 200 or so folks who were absolutely wowed by our music. We did a pretty good job in our performance, not perfect, but pretty good. My point is that because we were playing mostly folk music from 1960 era, and the audience was all 50-65 years old, they absolutely loved the music. Most of them were singing along with the music quietly all evening. They knew all of it. They were all teenagers and young adults when this music was popular. Because of that, we, the performers, were on a high that is kind of hard to describe. I wonder how many folks get their high from pleasing an audience and how many are purely into the quality of the music itself. I guess I am suggesting that there is a difference between musicianship and performance. Just curious   jimmyt