I recently attended a seminar where a well-known expert in artist development said to actually chat with your audience for as much time as you are playing music! That may be taking it to an extreme, but his point was that you need to use the time between songs to connect with the audience, as some here have suggested. Since hearing his advice, I have noticed that what he said is true...when I see performers using that time to tell a personal story about what inspired the song, it really did build a connection with me and I paid more attention to the song afterwards. Storytelling is very powerful and sometimes the audience is so easily distracted that the song itself doesn't do the job. Also, regarding humor, the artist that I represent doesn't have lots of humor in his songs and notices that other songwriters use humor to hook audiences very effectively. So he is now using the time in between songs to weave some humor into his set. I think it is also a powerful way to connect with audiences.

The advisor who did the seminar I mentioned said that doing this connecting with the audience in this way will increase CD sales at your shows. I am looking for examples from artists to support this assertion, so post your success stories if you try this out and it works.

Thanks,

Stacey

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my blog:
http://www.staceydepolo.com/blogger.html
my favorite music: http://www.mokaimusic.com
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B A R D I C M E D I A
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http://www.BardicMedia.com