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Ricardo -> RE: Rycardo Moreno is really unique... (Dec. 20 2025 13:47:48)
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ORIGINAL: El Burdo
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That one guy even has one of his feet learning against the stage
I didn't watch the video after reading that, but looking at it just now...what is the problem? It's an 'intimate' gig and the guy who has transgressed all proper deportment, encroaching on their domain, is smiling and loving it. The musicians will be responding to that non-verbal communication and it will improve their communion with the audience. I very much doubt they would find it a problem. Any musician who gets territorial with the audience is not going to have much of a career.
I did wonder about the clave which seems afro-cuban.
This issue is an interesting psychological one that will be different for each individual, but in my experience playing for different audience types, I rank the nerve factor by this:
1. Nobody around, it is relaxing.
2. Playing for people you know at home, is not bad either.
3. Playing at a very loud venue where people are talking while you play can be distracting but not really nerve racking.
4. Very large group of people that are quiet and attentive produces nervous energy. After a certain uncountable size, the actual attendance number is arbitrary, could be hundreds, could be thousands, it feels the same.
5. As the group of quiet observers shrinks in size, the nerves go up exponentially. I feel this is because there is a gradual feeling of individual scrutiny. Like the "juries" that are grading music students in school, there is a feeling of "judgement" that a strong air in the room that you the performer can't escape. That intensifies as the group shrinks to a point you the performer are aware of individual personalities in the room.
6. A single individual watching you, especially a stranger that you don't know their level of understanding and scrutiny, makes you super uncomfortable to the point you hope it ends as soon as possible.
7. Playing in front of a respected Maestro, who you sense is also feeling uncomfortable at sitting through your mediocre execution and therefore squirming in their chair, is HORRIFIC. [:D]
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