What do you do to ensure you’re always able to entertain an audience? Performing is great, but entertaining is the goal.
Listen as your two favorite weekend warriors talk through this from a few different angles, both as performers and as audience members. Spoiler alert: it’s not just about the songs you select!
Then Dave shares a few aspects of his recent SXSW experience with Paul and all of you, too. Some interesting bands — and band names! — come up, as well as some stories about masterful logistics.
Press play and enjoy…and always be performing! And entertaining!
- 00:00:00 Gig Gab 377 – Monday, March 20th, 2023
- 00:01:00 Shows to a Click: Keith Urban vs. New Order
- 00:11:17 The Zombies
- 00:15:04 Staying Power of Music
- 00:17:48 The Paul O’Kent Experience…Entertains!
- Always Be Performing!
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- 00:27:36 Other Notable SXSW Bands
- Tayls (Confetti blast mid-show)
- The Banditos (that singer’s mic technique!)
- Saloon Dion
- 00:35:38 SXSW Twenty Minute Changeovers
- “Can I have more guitar in the monitor”
- “Get your tone and leave it alone”
- 00:43:41 SXSW Add Motion to Your Show. If it’s not you, it’s the lights
- “my education” used motion laser light show to make them interesting to watch
- Maybe the Chauvet DJ Scorpion Dual RGB?
- 00:46:17 GG 377 Outtro
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