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Location: NJ | Kinda.
But I've also found that sitting restricts the diaphragm & limits your "projection" (& I tend t'project a lot). I tend t'sing much better when I'm standing.
Sitting for a long time also tends t'make me feel a bit "complacent" (it's kinda' like having yet ANOTHER "DeskJob" for FourHours . . . when I'm s'posed t'be having "Fun"). Staying On-My-Feet allows me to "move" & helps keep the EnergyLevel "up".
I guess if I was just doing a night of NeilYoung/JamesTaylor/JacksonBrowne "dirges" & th'like, I could "sit" th'whole night . . but I tend t'do a lot of "up-tempo" stuff, as well.
I have some tall, metal IKEA stools that my ex-partner & I used t'gig with. They're at a good level where you can park yer ass on it & be "half-sitting" & then just kick the stool out from under you when you wanna' "stand" . . . but it ends just just being yet ANOTHER piece o'crap to transport, so I generally don't bother . . .
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Location: Flahdaw | I can't tell if you're making fun of my earlier post in this thread...
"That's a good point. Do you guys stand or sit when you play? I don't think I could stand and play for hours, I would have to sit....but I sing better when I stand (opens up the lungs or something?)"
...but despite the fact that I KNOW I sing better standing, I just couldn't do it for that long of a stretch. More power to ya if you can, especially at your advanced age. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by dark bar:
I can't tell if you're making fun of my earlier post in this thread... If you can't tell, then he probably is. Kind of a standing rule with Clifford. |
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Location: Ontario Canada | Originally posted by dark bar:
I can't tell if you're making fun of my earlier post in this thread...
"That's a good point. Do you guys stand or sit when you play? I don't think I could stand and play for hours, I would have to sit....but I sing better when I stand (opens up the lungs or something?)"
...but despite the fact that I KNOW I sing better standing, I just couldn't do it for that long of a stretch. More power to ya if you can, especially at your advanced age. As long as our little group keeps advancing.
That's all we can hope for.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | What Cliff said about standing opening up your diaphragm is the same thing I was taught, so I my guess is that he was serious.
I like to sit when I play guitar, but I really need to practice more while standing up, just in case I ever get asked to play where they don't have anything to sit on. |
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Location: Indiana | I did a recording session with an artist who insisted on singing lying down. So we moved a couch out into the studio...
Keep the client happy. |
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Location: NJ | t'be Honest, I actually sing BEST when I'm standing - and barefoot . . .
Don't know what it is . .
Could be a "comfort"-thing . . . or just feeling "grounded", but I do.
. . not a lotta' venues y'can "get away" w/that, tho.
(that's when th'Crocs came in handy . . y'could just inconspicuously "slip out" of 'em . . .) |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by cliff:
t'be Honest, I actually sing BEST when I'm standing - and barefoot . . .
Wow, just like Kaki King |
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Location: NJ | great . . . |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I was with him on the diaphragm part, but I'm not going for the foot thing. |
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Location: Flahdaw | But do you drive your Porsche barefoot? |
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Location: NJ | (ding!) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Sometimes. . .but I wear a hat. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by cliff:
t'be Honest, I actually sing BEST when I'm standing - and barefoot . . . Also adds authenticity to the Jimmy Buffet Covers. |
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Location: Utica, NY | Originally posted by dark bar:
So why not sit on a stool? Strictly personal choice? Yeah. I just can't do that yet. Especially for the type of music we play it's just not appropriate. Perhaps that's part of the problem... :rolleyes: |
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