MusicMyLife

Hey, STORY TIME! Now, I don't think I'm the greatest, neither am I an inspiration to anyone in the music industry, I'm simply a student learning music. However, there are some things that I have done in my life that I think will benefit you readers...one of them, is the live performance I am discussing in this post.  Crowd was good, Les Paul and a track, but the music stopped for a frac It was a good night for me. I was performing in a prestigious lounge bar. I love Les Pauls, AND I HAD ONE IN MY HAND! There was a good cheerful audience that night, and I was performing alone on stage, with a backing track. I was hyped. This would be the best performance I'd ever done. What more could I want, being a student and all that! I went up on stage, took the guitar in hand, I was ready.  The track comes on, the crowd cheers, and I start playing. It's going beautifully. All that practice was finally paying off! I was killin' it. The guitar sounded so perfect....

It's not very easy to rock the stage, specially if it's one of your first. Here are some small things which can make a great difference: 1)Involve the ones: This part of a concert is very very important. People have payed to come to your concert. The least you could do is involve them in your performance. Its not like you have to bring them up on stage or anything, but what I am trying to say is make them repeat what you're saying. In this way, they won't only enjoy your music, they will also have fun. If you don't involve the audience, a major part of the audience will get bored. 2)Get some effects on there: This is not important, but it will really really affect your music. There are various ways to improve your music, and this is one of them. You cannot really do any of this stuff with the drums, but on other instruments, for instance, the guitar or the keyboard, you can. For a guitar, you can get an effects foot-pedal which will give you a wide range of ef...