![]() ![]() If you aren’t going to tell hilariously extravagant stories, then the few words you speak softly into the mic should set the crowd at ease. If you’re an introvert, you can be an introvert, but be a confident one. If you have an extremely dry sense of humor don’t try to be bubbly, be dry! But be hilariously dry. You have to do what makes sense for your personality. Be an enhanced version of your best self. It takes time!Īnd there’s no one way to customize your stage banter. I know my stage banter didn’t settle into place until my 200th show or so. This takes a level of confidence that is gained after years of performing and hundreds of shows. You want to get to a point where you have nothing planned and can play off of the room and make every show unique and special, but this takes time. Make mental notes about what works and what doesn’t. If you freeze up on stage, make notes on your setlist to remind yourself the story or joke you’re going to tell. Stand up comics don’t come out of the womb funny. Just like your instrument, you have to practice it. When you’re starting off, you aren’t going to have great stage banter. Most pros have mastered this art and let loose in between songs. Stage banter is a time honored singer/songwriter tradition. So, dear singer/songwriters, here are 8 reasons why your shows CAN BE boring as hell: But that doesn’t mean that the singer/songwriter genre is boring. ![]() She said that most singer/songwriter shows she walks away from she can’t remember a single song they played and nothing sticks out to her about the show.Īs someone who has probably seen (and played with) hundreds of other singer/songwriters, she had a point. We got to chatting and she asked me a curious question, “why are most singer/songwriter shows unmemorable?” Taken aback (being a singer/songwriter) I asked her to expound. And the show is free for attendees.īefore the show, a woman came up to me and mentioned that she was going to review my show for a publication she writes for. And unlike the pay-to-play clubs on Sunset Strip, the singer/songwriters are paid a guarantee for their performance. Most people in the house are other singer/songwriters checking out the talent. Run and booked by musicians and music lovers, these nights have become somewhat of a hidden gem of the Valley. But what makes these shows special, is the crowd. The artists setup in front of the front window, and for all intents and purposes it’s a bar. Without fail, every Sunday the place is packed with an audience silently listening to the performing artists. They have built up quite a supportive crowd of musicians and music lovers for this Sunday series. I just played a new songwriter series billed as #songwritersundays at The Fox and Hounds in Studio City, CA. ![]()
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