The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?
Music is a performance and needs the audience.
In order to make my solo shows as interesting as possible, I moved songs onto very different instruments so that I was moving instruments quite a lot during the set.
Concert repertoire is some of the most beautiful music ever written, and I frequently seek out opportunities to perform it.
Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.
I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!
I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.
I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.