[Dixielandjazz] The Audience

[EDWIN COLTRIN]

Steve, I had to laugh at your comment "Hardbody HUg"
 
I volunteer on board the USS MIDWAY, an aircraft carrier museum in San Diego. Part of the World War Veterans Forum . We relate our experiences with our audience, ranging from toddlers to grey heads. In bwtween there a lot that give us hugs and kisses for our participation, some even with tears in their eyes. (I don't know weather for us or for the memories brought back)
 
I know this Off line, but couldn't resist, sorry Bob
 
Haven't seen  any Cadrhu 
 
Slainte 
 
eichy Da from Cymru
 
Ye olde Mouldy Fyge
 
Ed Coltrin

--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Audience
To: "Ed Coltrin" <boreda at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 10:15 AM

I guess I will never understand why musicians want to deny that they  
are making love to the audience. It is simply a figure of speech  
meaning that we (at least I think most of us) take the audience into  
account when we are performing.

Isn't that why we perform in public? To please the audience?

My band just did a 4 hour swing dance for 200 kids last night. They  
specifically asked for most tunes to be within 110 and 180 beats per  
minute. They specifically asked for tunes of less than 5 minute  
duration. They specifically asked for minimal talking between numbers.  
Because they want to dance and many were beginning swing dancers.

We delivered what they asked for. And they couldn't get enough of us,  
cheering, stomping, asking for encores etc. The trumpet players wife  
who was there asked me: "How do you deal with all this adulation?" We
 
reluctantly had to stop playing because we were worn out.

On break, and while packing up, these kids came up and smiled, flirted  
and made us old folks feel like kids again. They made sure we knew  
their names and having seen us hug some of our fans who came to this  
event, made sure to hug us. (And to an old guy, there is nothing like  
a hardbody hug)

What was going on? Simple, we were making love to them and they were  
making love to us. All night. If folks don't understand this, they  
either never will, or take themselves and their musical abilities much  
too seriously.

You don't love your audiences? What, have you no soul?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband






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