Subject: RE: How bad/good- measuring quality of performers
From: Maryrrf - PM
Date: 09 Jan 08 - 03:07 PM

If at all possible I would try to see them live and my decision would be influenced by several factors:

- Their appearance (NOT their looks, but whether or not they were dressed neatly and appropriately, conveying respect for the venue and the audience)
- Did they start the show on time or were they late getting on stage and fussing around for far too long with equipment, tuning, etc.?
- Did they 'relate' well to the audience - was there a connection?
- Was the music itself good and, for my particular concert venue, was it traditional?
- Did they look like they were enjoying themselves while on stage?

None of the above is set in stone - if they were late because a plane was delayed, or if the sound engineer was ill, or other extenuating circumstances I wouldn't hold that against them.

I have booked people without seeing them live and I would base the decision on hearing song samples either on the net or via CD, looking on their website to see what they say about their music, and checking their schedules to see what type of venues they usually play at.
so spoke Maryff.
supposing they were not dressed neatly[as many folk performers of the sixties and seventies were not]but they performed excellently,would you book them or not?
Dick Miles