{"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":"<p>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 &#8220;You stink!&#8221; at the top of his lungs; the whole section agreed!<\/p>\n<p>The reason they &#8220;stunk&#8221; to me (and him) was that the band didn&#8217;t introduce themselves, didn&#8217;t tell us what they were playing, and didn&#8217;t engage the audience.<\/p>\n<p>HR Recommendations for live performers (from experiencing some of the best)<\/p>\n<p>1. Engage your audience (we are paying to be there, acknowledge we are there!)<\/p>\n<p>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<p>3. Take breaks between songs to give us a chance to applaud (or yell out You Stink!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My nephew, like most children, has the unique ability to say what is on his mind without a filter. 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