[Dixielandjazz] Applause

[John Farrell]

And that's jazz? Ye Gods .   .   .   .

John Farrell
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Applause


> Jim Beebe and Bill Gunter are right on about applause. Many times the
> audience for one reason or another is not giving it up easily. If you
> want it, milk the crowd.
> 
> Clarinet players? Just hit you altissimo G or A (or C if you can) and
> hold it for 4 bars, before a swooping downward arpeggio. Or hold your
> high C and circular breathe through a full chorus.
> 
> Or make the most excruciating faces you can. Or point you horn at a loud
> bunch in the audience and play to them for a while.
> 
> Or, failing all that, at the end of a solo, put the horn in your right
> hand and hold both arms out like you are on a cross and nod
> questioningly to the audience. (guaranteed applause)
> 
> Or hold out the horn in both arms straight straight out as if you are
> offering it up to the audience. (guaranteed applause). Or facing the
> audience, grasp the horn by the bell and thrust it downward along your
> left leg as if you were putting a sword in a scabbard after skewering an
> opponent.
> 
> Or have your bandmates smile, nod and start the clapping after a solo.
> 
> Or, just don't care about applause and play your ass off whether or not
> you get any. BUT, by all means when you get applause, ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
> That is the best way to get more. (stage presence)
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve
> 
> PS. Or if you are trading 4s when finished, hold you axe like a sword
> and pretend to fence with the guy taking the next 4.