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Trashcans, Cut Offs, & Thanks: Ending with Authority

You’ve created a terrific moment… your audience has been visibly engaged & you played great… and now you’re heading to the end of the song. Here are your choices: 1) keep the momentum going and get wild, exhilarating applause, or 2) kill the energy and restrict the response.

I’m guessing you choose #1. Of course you want to keep things going! The idea is to develop a relationship with your audience – going from just meeting, to getting to know each other, to a deep friendship… maybe even to “being married” to them.

One of the things that will help you do that is to end your songs the right way. If you’ve set up a great emotional connection with the audience, you don’t want to spoil it by giving up authority and stepping on the applause after the song is over. … Read More, Watch, Comment – Backstage Pass Required