Though most of the show shifted in all the right ways and flowed to all the right places on the strength of Noonan’s smooth and soothing lyrical storytelling, a bit of tension arose between Noonan and fans who gazed upwards in awe at him from the front row. Getting a bit frustrated, he [...]
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Do We Get In The Way of a Great Show?
Filed Under: Concert News, Fan News Tagged With: Bell X1, camcorders, cell phones, Chicago, Concert News, Concerts, Double Door, Eve the Apple of My Eye, Event, Fan News, How Your Heart Is Wired, Live Music, Observations, Paste Magazine, Sociology, texting at concerts, the O.C.
How Deep You Wanna Go With Of Montreal?
Do we expect anxiety and tension at a rock show? If it’s not there at some level do we feel jipped? In a Paste interview Of Montreal’s front man Kevin Barnes revealed that your emotions are at the center of his performance plan to create large amounts of “confusion and tension” during their live show. [...]
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Concerts, Emotions, Interviews, Kevin Barnes, NPR All Songs Considered, Of Montreal, Paste Magazine
Why Are Some Artists So Scared To Perform?
This Paste Magazine “UnGlued” humor piece by Grant Shellen that suggests things artists can do in between songs to avoid “terrifying silences” brings up an interesting topic: How do artists deal with social anxiety and how this impacts the live show. Even though Shellen’s focus is on how to entertain audiences, most of what he [...]
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