Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 20:39:21 -0500 From: Fred S Subject: What do you wear, what you do, how you do it...
chris moran wrote: >Personally, I find the shades and fedora thing a tad >overdone. A little too Dan Ackroyd-ish...
WHO??? [I thought enough time had passed that his shtick was forgotten, and I'd be viewed as an original :) :)]
Well, would it help if I told you it was a tan fedora and clip-on shades?
How about if I told you it wasn't worn in public? Chris Michalek asked what we wore and what we played. I guess there's gotta be an assumed "in front of an audience" following the "perform" in his original e-mail. I'm pretty much a total amatuer/hobbyist/hack who plays mainly for my own enjoyment (and there's a lot of us out there, maybe even a Silent Majority, c'mon fellas, speak up), and can count on one hand the number of times I've played in a room containing more than 3 people. Nevertheless, as a list-member in good standing, I felt I should answer the survey question and help get us to a statistically significant number of answers. :)
Anyway, it was interesting to hear about all the folks who do perform (in front of audiences) and their take on clothes. And it got me wondering about a couple of important questions: - - Does it matter whether you're getting paid or not as to what you wear?
- - Does what you wear affect how you play? - - What fraction of list posters do you think has been financially compensated for playing the harmonica? - - Has anyone else on the list played harmonica and golf at the same time? (had to ask that one, I'm looking for a niche here - The Golfing Harmonicist? - but the guy who wants to play in the plaid pants got me a bit worried, though - a little too close to home on that one)
One reason I'm kinda into this is that I have my first truely "public" performance coming up in one month. Previous few gigs in front of >20 people were groups where I knew 80% of the audience, so I don't put them in the same class. At this one I will know no one in the audience. Best of all, the group I'm playing with will consist of ~20 flutes, 3 electronic keyboards and one harmonica... what a hoot! Eat your heart out, Bonfiglio!
BTW, I think I'll leave the fedora and shades at home.
