[Dixielandjazz] Rehearsing in Front of an Audience

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Everything you said is absolutely true.  We have done all that but without 
gigs at least fairly often it's hard to keep focus and you will lose the 
edge.  But as I said playing for free is against my grain.  I used the word 
rehearsal very loosely but like you I don't "rehearse" in public.  If I do 
anything like that it won't be "let's try it again at the top guys."

I'm not sure exactly what I will do but I have to do something or my big 
Dixie band will wilt and just go away.  I had that happen before.  They 
really perk up when a public performance is pending.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 1:03 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Rehearsing in Front of an Audience


> No way.
>
> I don't know about your rehearsals, but we work very hard at ours to get 
> the
> ensembles/concerted  chorus's clean.  Make sure that the rhythm section is
> using the same chords and that the front line also knows what chords are
> being played behind them at all times.
>
> If an arrangement is written, we make sure that all mistakes are 
> corrected.
>
> If head chart, we make sure that we are all on the same page, figuratively
> speaking.
>
> You don't have a good, productive rehearsal in front of an audience.
>
> We are pros.  We don't show the blemishes.
>
> Think about an actress's picture you see in a mag.  If it is not taken by
> the paparazzi and in a tabloid, the photos are retouched to show the 
> actress
> off at her best.
>
> By the same token, when our public hears us, we want them to hear us at 
> our
> best.
>
> Check out our latest CD to understand what I am talking about as far as
> presenting ourselves musically, properly.
>
> See: www.ringwald.com/recordings.htm
>
> or
>
> www.cdbaby.com/cd/ringwald2
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> 530/642-9551
> 916/806-9551 Cell
> www.ringwald.com
> Fulton Street Jazz Band
> See our new CD, www.ringwald.com/recordings.htm
>
> "I can resist everything except temptation."  --Oscar Wilde, 1854 - 1900
>
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