The Stool

Always do at least 3 songs back to back at the beginning of the concert before you start talking.

By now you are ready to talk and catch your breath and the audience wants to hear what you have to say also. Your song selection depends on the age group of your audience as well as other factors. Case in point while playing for an all male prison show you wouldn’t want to sing love songs.

One thing is certain that a good patriotic song always goes over well these days.

Somewhere in your show bring a stool out on stage and bring it close to the front of the stage. This is where you sing the most heart wrenching song in your list. Before you sing the song you should go into a short monologue about the song. Because you are closer to the audience than you have been the whole show and because you are sitting just like they are there is a natural bond happening between you and them. You are suddenly at their level and not standing over them.

At end of song get rid of the stool and resume high energy level.

If you are lucky enough to have a hit or some hits keep them toward the end of the show.

Never open your show with the most popular song you have because where do you go now.

You just gave them what they came to hear and you got no where to go.

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