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A Great Show Doesn’t Happen by Accident

As musicians, we are emotionally attached to our music. With that attachment, we often lose perspective. I’m not asking you to emotionally detach from your songs when you perform live, but I am asking you to look at it from the audience’s point of view.

Why does your audience show up? What are they hoping to get out of the evening? Why do they go to a coffee house, a club, a church, a concert hall? To hear you play your songs? Not really.

Unless you understand the reasons your audience shows up and meet their expectations (dare I say, exceed them?), you will have minimal success and may never truly amaze them with a great live show. The goal is to meet your audience’s expectations without changing who you are.

If you are content being a weekend warrior, making your living from your day job, and simply experiencing the pleasure of playing your music in front of people and having 20-50% of them like it… maybe even once in a while having a magical experience at a show where the spirit falls, the planets align, and you can actually hear the monitors – then this article isn’t for you.

But if you want more out of your shows, if you want to emotionally connect with your audience, generate a buzz from your live show, and make a lot more money … Read More, Watch, Comment – Backstage Pass Required