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US- and British musicians often like to play in Germany.
They told me, in the US f.ex. people are drinking and talking
while they perform. This is different here. In most
clubs, except maybe pubs, the people listen to
the music respectfully. Then they react depending on the
"value" of the performance.
Christo
From: mark francombe
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:34 AM
Subject: German audiences (WAS site specific
looping) (Actually THIS is the controversial comment) When I used to play in germany, We often got this reaction, absolute silence during songs, minimal applause inbetween.. till the end, then.. after we had left the stage and thinking "God, they hated us", they would go CRAZY demanding 3 or 4 encores.. What is that...? It would put me in a bad mood during the show and had NO idea that they were enjoying it? Is this normal, directed at the german LDer,s Rainer etc? I think manly it because germans really listen, and listen hard (I think Stockhausen said this at a lecture I attended - is he German? I think so.. that the rest of Europe has to learn to listen!!!) and as such, maybe they are more absorbed, and it takes some time to snap out of it? If thats it, then its a compliment I guess.. still very off-putting. (and before anyone jumps at me for being generalistic, or god forbid, rascist.. Im just reporting what I promise was the case for me... never saw it anywhere else - except perhaps one strange gig in Scotland, on April fools day, when the audience played a trick on us by NEVER applauding once.. ha ha! very fucking funny... Mark -- mark francombe www.markfrancombe.com www.ordoabkhao.com twitter @markfrancombe http://vimeo.com/user825094 http://www.looop.no |