{"id":8711,"date":"2011-08-20T07:55:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T11:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/08\/music-live-performances-and-you-stink.html"},"modified":"2011-08-20T07:55:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T11:55:35","slug":"music-live-performances-and-you-stink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/08\/music-live-performances-and-you-stink\/","title":{"rendered":"Music, Live Performances, and You Stink"},"content":{"rendered":"
My nephew, like most children, has the unique ability to say what is on his mind without a filter. We were at his first concert a couple years ago when after a long, drawn out opening act that played without stopping for 20 minutes, he shouted out “You stink!” at the top of his lungs; the whole section agreed!<\/p>\n
The reason they “stunk” to me (and him) was that the band didn’t introduce themselves, didn’t tell us what they were playing, and didn’t engage the audience.<\/p>\n
HR Recommendations for live performers (from experiencing some of the best)<\/p>\n
1. Engage your audience (we are paying to be there, acknowledge we are there!)<\/p>\n
2. Tell us what you are playing (we may buy it if we know what album its on or what the name of the song is.)<\/p>\n
3. Take breaks between songs to give us a chance to applaud (or yell out You Stink!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My nephew, like most children, has the unique ability to say what is on his mind without a filter. We were at his first concert a couple years ago when after a long, drawn out opening act that played without…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,30,31,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hospitality","category-motivation","category-networking","category-time-management"],"yoast_head":"\r\n