It is the listeners’ impression that truly matters.
On the show my band had this past Saturday, I was feeling pretty crappy and under the weather. I felt that I messed up too many times and that the people listening were going to think poorly of us.
Strangely, everyone seemed to like us.
People that came for the other bands liked us enough to buy a considerable amount of our merchandise that night. And if it weren’t for everyone in my band, including myself, doing our very best regardless of any issues we may have had that night, we might not have obtained the interest of the first time DDM witnesses.
The true key to this result is just putting on a good show. If you give the people attending something to watch, they will forgive small tech issues from bad cables, messed up pedals, and the occasional wrong note. You go to a show to see a “show!” Once other bands figure this out, the live music scene will be bombarded with high energy shows that will be really fun to go to.
—-BTW, don’t let a high energy show make the music suffer, play it right, play it loud, and enjoy yourself.
RJ Ellsworth 