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It doesn't matter to me at all. I've performed sitting down, standing up. lying down, and hanging upside down from the rafters. It's the quality of the music you are making that counts to me. All the very best! Terry --- Travis <tiktok@sprintmail.com> wrote: > People's opinions on the "right" or "best" way to be > on stage vary > greatly depending on context and personal > preferences. If you're a > string quartet, sitting down and music stands don't > give anyone pause. > But if you do the same thing and you're in a > power-pop-punk band, there > may be a collision between audience expectations and > your presentation. > There's always going to be a balance between > what's most comfortable > and/or effective for the musican and what people > want/expect to see. > There's tons of great musicians who sit down, use > sheet music, or wear > their strap "too short" or who just stand there > looking at their shoes, > and vice versa. > > > TravisH > > > On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 02:45 PM, > Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote: > > > Oh, and I also think that standing or sitting > musicians that are > > playing > > freely > > look much better than musicians with music stands > in front of them, > > that does > > really turn me off! (only slight change of > subject) but the last bass > > player in > > my (acoustic non-looping band) had a music stand > when the rest of us > > played > > from memory and improvised freely - I think it > looked aweful - I like > > to see > > that musicians can play freely enough to be able > to develop the music > > with one > > another as they play rather than being tied down > by the written 'dots'. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com