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Location: Nashville TN. | I tend to break up when doing Circle Be Unbroken
The emotion is real.
Should try this on stage or not?
How do you handle something like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR0OPWNEnA4
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The best singer on American Idol just did a song that caused his voice to crack and tears to well up in his eyes.
He got booted off this week.
What does that tell you? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Tells me that you watch American Idol... |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Hey brother, I would play it. When I play out I tend to talk a little about the song I'm going to play. I would explain that it is an emotional song for you and that you hope they enjoy it. :) |
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Location: Italia, Zianigo di Mirano (Venezia) | grape juice, have to drink just a little, because it hurts too much ....
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Location: Flahdaw | Go ahead and play it. Why should you be the only one not crying? |
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Location: NJ | go for it |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by muzza:
Tells me that you watch American Idol... specially this year....the new talent and the new judges have been outstanding compared to past years |
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Location: Tennessee | That brought a tear to my eye too. If you play that on stage, maybe the audience will all sing along and everyone will feel a little bit better for that. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by stephent28:
The best singer on American Idol just did a song that caused his voice to crack and tears to well up in his eyes.
He got booted off this week.
What does that tell you? don't watch A I |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I remember watching some Soul singer on the Ed Sullivan Show (I'm too you to remember specifically who.... :rolleyes: ) & the camera would zoom in to catch the little tear they were working up.
Good professional touch, cry and keep going. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | get a bigger hat and wear it lower |
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Location: Flahdaw | A sombrero....and backless chaps. You might still cry, but everyone else will die laughing. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | backless chapps with plaid underneath, if anything.... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The perfect set:
Amazing Grace (to the tune of House of the Rising Sun)
May the Circle Be Unbroken
(Sometimes) It's Hard To Be a Woman
They'll be laughing and Crying... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Depends on the general expectations of the audience at the time. Are they there to dance and have a good time, or are they reflecting during a prayer at a funderal? Is it within the first ten minutes of the first set of the evening, or the third encore? Having some experience in programming, it is always best to vary the set list order and give the audience an opportunity for some wide swings in their emotional response to the songs, but in moderation. Every song is perfectly appropriate under the right circumstances. Pick and choose accordingly. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I think I;m gonna try it to at the Thomaston Opera House... |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by Beal:
get a bigger hat and wear it lower Oh yes I'll order one that fits my ego |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Waskel that about the right size.
I did do the Will the Circle be Unbroken at the Thomaston Opera House and did not break down.
I did see few people wipe their eyes.
The once a month open mic there was NOT actually in
Thomaston Opera House
its old fire station that was next to it.
I know a bit the stix but had expected this in the mens room
btw
Everyone was mic'ed and My 1980 Legend represented Ovation very well. It better than most of the vintage Martin and Gibsons almost every one else had. I noticed I was only the guitar the mic vol had had to lowered for. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Way to go Brother.... :) :) :) :) :) :) :) |
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| Originally posted by stephent28:
The best singer on American Idol just did a song that caused his voice to crack and tears to well up in his eyes.
He got booted off this week.
A performer needs, owes it to his audience, to be in total control of himself while onstage. Needless to say this includes his emotions.
I would not perform a song that affected me so much that I was not in total control. |
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| Yeah, if you're going to blub in the middle of it and have your timing and such go all off then don't do the song.
Most of the songs I do are pretty miserable and some are about completely hopeless situations so I kinda had to get hardened to it because I do them for what I believe to be the value of the lyric content.
One way I found early on to to avoid the emotion was to think of the line that was coming up before I sang it which somehow took the sting out of it. I don't need to do that anymore because now I think it's really self indulgent to get all carried away with yourself and think that it's all about you.
If you have something worthwhile to say you'll realize that you have to get it across without feeling all sorry for yourself and putting yourself before the song.
You think that circle song is sad - that ain't even barely on the first step of being sad.
I like this version of it though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RIn-ov1yJM |
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try infront of people or not?
