Manufactured 'High's'
...typically associated with drugs/chemicals..."a temporary euphoric state induced by a foreign particle/object/body"...
Concert's are like this as well..
I frequent a popular restaurant in this city, known for it's 'karaoke nights' that happen through the week...these guys know the art of manufacturing high's...i mean, right from the MC to the choice of songs to the steady build up to the high that culminates in a truly memorable evening for any visitor on any of the karaoke nights...it's quite a marvel
This evening i was at a concert (nothing to do with the restaurant) with some of the better known singers from the city, 'strutting their stuff' as part of a live western music concert....overall i thought it was a fun evening...though i wasn't 'high' by the end of the concert...
I guess that my first association with live western music are the karaoke nights...but then this isn't a bunch of casual performers trying to hold a tune...there was some serious talent on show tonight...some had tremendous stage presence...some could've smiled a bit more...that 'zing', however, was missing...
The end was quite messy...in that it looked a bit 'off the cuff'...not really planned - or, if planned, maybe not practised enough...and instead of ending on a 'high'..it sorta petered out like an untuned trombone...the MC did the best he could to keep things seemless....but the low crowd turnout might've had something to do with the 'petering out'...
For the kind've talent that was on show, i'm pretty sure i expected more...and i think, outside of being sentimentally attached to all the hardwork and the time spent in putting together a show of this kind - if the performers were to really look at the show critically, i'm sure they'll agree that there were areas that needed work and before they do have another show, they need to - in my mind - gel as a troupe, and not just individuals having individual connections with the band and the one other person they are singing with...this could be the reason why the last (and only) group song, didn't work...
I realize that my 'observations' and 'criticism' aren't very specific in this case, but that's purely because i don't profess to knowing a whole lot about live music....i have sung live, on occasion, and really enjoyed it too...but i don't know what it takes to 'perform' to a paying audience in a 'singing' sort've scenario. Theatre is a different story...
That's it for now...a little tired...need to get some Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
Concert's are like this as well..
I frequent a popular restaurant in this city, known for it's 'karaoke nights' that happen through the week...these guys know the art of manufacturing high's...i mean, right from the MC to the choice of songs to the steady build up to the high that culminates in a truly memorable evening for any visitor on any of the karaoke nights...it's quite a marvel
This evening i was at a concert (nothing to do with the restaurant) with some of the better known singers from the city, 'strutting their stuff' as part of a live western music concert....overall i thought it was a fun evening...though i wasn't 'high' by the end of the concert...
I guess that my first association with live western music are the karaoke nights...but then this isn't a bunch of casual performers trying to hold a tune...there was some serious talent on show tonight...some had tremendous stage presence...some could've smiled a bit more...that 'zing', however, was missing...
The end was quite messy...in that it looked a bit 'off the cuff'...not really planned - or, if planned, maybe not practised enough...and instead of ending on a 'high'..it sorta petered out like an untuned trombone...the MC did the best he could to keep things seemless....but the low crowd turnout might've had something to do with the 'petering out'...
For the kind've talent that was on show, i'm pretty sure i expected more...and i think, outside of being sentimentally attached to all the hardwork and the time spent in putting together a show of this kind - if the performers were to really look at the show critically, i'm sure they'll agree that there were areas that needed work and before they do have another show, they need to - in my mind - gel as a troupe, and not just individuals having individual connections with the band and the one other person they are singing with...this could be the reason why the last (and only) group song, didn't work...
I realize that my 'observations' and 'criticism' aren't very specific in this case, but that's purely because i don't profess to knowing a whole lot about live music....i have sung live, on occasion, and really enjoyed it too...but i don't know what it takes to 'perform' to a paying audience in a 'singing' sort've scenario. Theatre is a different story...
That's it for now...a little tired...need to get some Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
