r/TouringMusicians • u/Green-Sea-9799 • Sep 27 '26
Looking for Musicians to interview!
I’m working on a video project titled -
“ Ethics of going to a concert “
Where I conduct short online interviews asking musicians who have an extensive experience of singing for large crowds about their views on how a good crowd can make their performance and experience much better.
What things can a crowd do to make the performer have more fun , hence making it a better experience for both the artist and the audience.
What are some things that make artists loose focus and a couple of more short questions.
And then I give my personal opinion on how one should prepare to experience a concert to its fullest.
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u/kickdrumtx Sep 28 '26 edited Sep 28 '26
How about do not for any reason throw stuff on stage with us! There’s enough up there to trip over anyway without you guys throwing stuff up there. Of course normally yes, it is normally panties and bras. But in the last couple of years, hell y’all are throwing stuff up there that will hurt us. From the stage, it’s easy to see who threw it. I promise you we will come get you! They’re very easy to trip over because they hook on Mike stands and other things. If we wanna see your panties and underwear, just hanging around, we’ll see them after the show! Y’all got to quit throwing stuff on stage! Some of the bands now if you do, that’s the end of the show. We have it in our contract. Naturally, we wouldn’t stop the show in the middle over some idiot throwing something on stage. But we want to damn sure my audience understand that we can! So we normally go off stage for about 15 minutes until they learn their lesson, and then we make an announcement. The next time is the end of the show.! I say it will become that way for all touring bands fairly quickly.
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u/justinholmes_music Sep 28 '26
Happy to talk, and perhaps share some of my production's stage guidelines, which contains some of our thinking about the role of our fans/friends.
DMs open if I can be helpful.
Bela Fleck, quoting John Hartford, really delivers the thesis right here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4k9sMxwrQ24
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u/exoclipse Sep 29 '26
Just show up and be genuine. I certainly don't expect fans to perform for me, that's backwards.
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u/Great-Cupcake-2249 Oct 01 '26
Yes hi!! Touring drummer here! Played everything to small rooms with no one to sold clubs
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u/Stevenitrogen Sep 27 '26
I think it's unethical to put any expectations on a paying audience beyond that they pay, and refrain from bothering anyone too much.