I'm too busy thinking about bowing a tune to worry about how I look, but so many people have commented that I look happy when I'm playing and that so many musicians look fierce and grim as if they're angry or upset. A lot of people say that a smiling musician is unusual. Hmmm... I know that I am concentrating intently at times, so I'm surprised to learn that I do it with a smile instead of a grimace, as I would expect would happen. I really do love my bowed psaltery, and it relaxes me to play it, so maybe that's what shows. Even when I was on stage at an event, I truly wasn't aware of the audience, which is strange since I'm a shy person.

I do know what you mean about the chewing the scenery type. I see that a lot with young singers today. It can be irritating to watch those who go overboard.