how do you move around onstage?

Most of the time I move like a constipated accountant.

 

I'm a strong believer in simply moving however you naturally move rather than trying to force anything I'm not a foot-tapper; I feel the groove in other parts of my body and move accordingly.

BTW, I think "Constipated Accountant" would be a grea.... On second thought, no, that would be a terrible band name.

 

I'm a cross between John Entwistle and Flea. Well. . . . I wish I was as animated as John Entwistle.

 

I don’t move. I stand like a stone and only move my neck every now and then to look at the drummer in disgust and judgement.

 

Imagine a hippopotamus trying to hula-hoop

 

Funny, I played in band called The foot tappers. Of course, it was The shadows tribute band.

Edit: on topic - sometimes I force myself to move on stage, and then I watch the video and I wish I just stood still

 

It really is a game of pinches.

 

I have a move I patented, called 'The Sidecar'.

The singer in one band invariably positions himself between the myself and the drummer. The silver lining is a good core stretch, throughout the gig.

 

What's a stage?

 

Yeah anything forced is going to look REALLY forced...and honestly I wouldn't worry too much about it, people in the crowd usually like someone with natural groove or rhythm to their performance.

I used to play with my mouth slightly open (think like a mildly surprised face), but forced myself to stop because I was self conscious about it. I also used to move about more until I got a gig playing for...a "religious institution" and that kind of movement was rather frowned-on for that particular job.

It was funny because I didn't know any good warmup songs from their list of approved music...so Limelight by Rush, 46&2 by Tool, and Wrathchild by Iron Maiden MAY have been played at subdued volumes during rehearsal

 

This dates back to my early- to mid-twenties. My guitar player and I realized we would be fine in practice, but at shows we would be exhausted after the first song or two. So we bought those little 9V powered amps and would go on jogs together. With our instruments. While rehearsing the set.

It was quite the sight to any onlookers, but it paid dividends on stage.

 

In fifth grade band the director taught us to tap our toes inside our shoes because we were all tapping our feet to different beats.

 

You know how Bill Wyman looked like a statue? That's not how I do things. I move, a lot, randomly, chaotically, sometimes in time, sometimes not. In one band I jumped in time with the song constantly back when I was young and dumb. Now, old and dumb, I'm just kinda random... I'm not a good boy sitting there looking professional, though.... I did that for years, and now I don't want to do that any more.

Of course I no longer get paid to sit still and look pro anymore either, so... there's that.

 

I inspired David Byrne's Once in a Lifetime video

 

I just smoke a lot.

Don't move much playing bass.

Move more when I play guitar but don't smile as much.

I like smiling more.

 

This guy (Kevin Andrews) teaches in Nashvilles and seems like he knows what he's doing. I'd like to see more of his tutorials. Any of you Nashville musicians ever hear of him in your area?

 

I am tethered by the cable and don't move around much. I'd like to go wireless but only if it is simple and convenient. I had a gig this last weekend and the band before us had a bassist using a bug type system called Xvive on his Rick and it seemed to work pretty well. But I am worried about things like latency, battery life, signal range, interference, etc.

 

I used to move a lot more than I do now. Back in the 70's I moved and danced and did the Chuck Berry Duck Walk back and forth across the stage and managed to avoid getting tangled up in my instrument cord. Now, I mostly just bounce alnog with the song....unless I'm singing an AC/DC song. Then I get all kinds of crazy facial expressions and movements.... But I'm afraid most of the time I've turned into that old bass player who often looks somewhat somber a lot of the time. I like to think it's because I'm concentrating on playing the songs well, but I'll have to work on that.