I would consider this quite a compliment! - I've played plenty of gigs where the musician is absolutely, totally ignored. To have your music effect the crowd in such a way gives you the power to direct the crowd's mood as you please! And, did it 'dampen the crowd' or did it elicit more quiet listening among the attendees? trj
-----Original Message----- From: andy butler <[email protected]> To: LuteNet list <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 3:25 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Jarring the mood with slow pieces. > On Jan 30, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: > I played an art show this afternoon. > > sometimes a slow piece seemed to > dampen the liveliness of the crowd. This happened especially when > the slow piece followed a fast piece. perhaps this is when they appreciate the art? ;-) andy To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
