Are you a musician or a showman?

Subject: RE: Are you a musician or a showman?
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 11:22 AM

I don't play an instrument, I sing. I really love singing and performing to an audience. I like to watch their faces. Will do it again tonight too.

Sal

Subject: Are you a musician or a showman?
From: jimmyt
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 11:18 AM

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