Your stage persona

[skygzr]

i made a comment in another thread that my stage self is much more confident than my regular self. I suppose the stage is a contained environment and you have license to be whoever you want. You expect a performer to be bigger than life.

I suspect many theater people are like this, too.

You?

 

[dtripoli]

Yes, you are correct. People don't go to shows to see normal people doing normal things.
You do have to be a bit bigger than life and have some what of an ego but not be outrageously egotistical.
It's entertainment, be entertaining.

 

[Bodeanly]

I lost my mind trying to be a musician, a teacher, and myself at the same time. These days, I'm just the one and let the chips fall where they may. (I still dial it back a bit for work.) (Just a bit though.)

 

[captainofsmooth]

I've put on a very different face in public for my entire life. The "person" who people come across in life is actually a very fabricated entertainer. Bigger than life, loud, opinionated, crass, energetic, etc... My wife sometimes has to remind me to turn off when I get home post-gig.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Haha, yeah. My boss keeps telling me to turn the "JC Meter" back a couple notches. Haha. Whatever that means?

 

[wesonbass]

I'm pretty much the same person on off the stage. A lady at work whom I'd just met said "you must be in a band " I had just met her. Imy coworker said, yes he is. I said, "why do you think that "she says, "you just look like a musician." It was weird. If the music is funky, I can't help but dance a little. (I'm no dancer ) I personally just let the music dictate how I act on stage. Just giving it everything you got. I have a friend who looks like a robot when he plays lead guitar. He doesn't try to. It's just him.I dress for the gig too. Whatever genre the band is. Appearance looks professional. But in jam bands I pretty much look like any other hippie in the crowd. As I've always been. Been known to have a sore neck from head banging. I just roll with it and try to rock out.

 

[pappabass]

I am about the same in normal life & on stage. I met a guitar player who is about 5'2" tall, real short person disease. Has a exotic hair style, dresses over the top, cocky, arrogant, plays a huge red epiphone semi hollow body. Looks like a wierd kid playing this giant guitar, he wanted to play a 20 minute guitar solo with us. Luckily no one said yes,,,,

 

[twinjet]

Even more conserved on stage than in reality. I need no attention. Just foot tapping, head bobbing, finger snaps and booty shaking.

 

[Verb the Noun]

High energy and I cant stand still on a stage. I do this weird dance/shuffle/circular pacing thing and usually have my cord twisted into a knot by the end of a show. Definitely in danger of colliding with a band mate if the stage is small.

I wouldn't call it a persona though. Just the way my nervous energy manifests itself. Even when I fronted a band, it was just me having fun up on stage with the frenetic nob on 11.

 

[Resonance129]

Never took the time to notice it before now. I don't really change much when I'm on stage. If anything, I'm actually more tame on stage than I am off. A smile, a little head motion or 2-step, and that's that. I'm so focused on not screwin up, my personality gets a little stifled.
I think if I were playing different music (rock!), or at least music that was totally rehearsed/solidified, I'd be more animated.

 

[Nashrakh]

On stage, I'm the butt of all the frontman's jokes.

Wait a second...

 

[JRA]

You?

most gigs =
work =
home/family =
rehearsals =
practice =
TB =
pre op =
shopping with spouse =
hanging with guitarists =
hanging with drummers =









seriously: i think most of my bandmates consider me 'low-key' while performing but unusually fascinating, otherwise.

 

[Wisebass]

You?

Hi skygzr

I am who I am!

i play with musicians, that could be my kids and quite often folks comment on this.

Barmaid (whispering) to our singer (my neighbour' s daughter): Where did you find that guy?

Singer (whispering back): I spoiled some blood over an old coffin, I found in the basement…

Wise(b)ass

 

[redwingxix]

I am much more outgoing and animated onstage. I'm the only guy in the band that does not do any singing but our typical arrangement onstage is lead guitar, me, rhythm guitar/ lead singer and then keys and drums in the back, so I have to be a bit more engaging than my usual self that would rather just be left alone most of the time.

 

[Warpeg]

In my band, we have a theory that playing gigs is "therapy". It allows us to be the same people, but more expressive and less inhibited. After each "therapy session", each of us is much more relaxed, focused, and content for a few days.

 

[InternetAlias]

When on stage, I play the "does not care about anything" detached persona while shreding. We have some passages which would be very demanding on bass... If I didn't practice. So when it comes to them, I just kind of look at the audience and nod a bit while letting my hands do the thing.

One of the girls I know told me it looks like there's two people - one going about the stage and looking around randomly, the other one actually playing the instrument. I don't know what ot think of it, whether it's good or bad, but I like being so lowkey while doing something considerably harder than you'd expect. It gives off a relaxed vibe in an environment that is everything but, so it's kind of fun to subvert that.

 

[ThinCrappyTone]

I randomly high-kick to accentuate certain key parts. But I don't do that in real life. Unless I'm telling a joke or arguing.

 

[TeamScorpioRI]

i made a comment in another thread that my stage self is much more confident than my regular self. I suppose the stage is a contained environment and you have license to be whoever you want. You expect a performer to be bigger than life.

I suspect many theater people are like this, too.

You?

Same. When I am on stage I try to be "larger than life". I'm sociable, flirt with the crowd, and generally be outgoing. But if I am in the crowd, I can usually be found in the corner minding my own business.

 

[socialleper]

I don't know if it is a persona, but I try to be more animated on stage. It is more about trying to feed energy into the audience so they feed it back to you. It doesn't come naturally to me, and it takes a little bit of effort. I don't want to stand there like a lump because no one wants to watch that. In the sort of venues I play, you are lucky if you get 50 people and they are right in front of you. If you want to call that a persona, fine. I'm not "in character" or anything. We aren't GWAR.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

I hate being on stage. I don't get stage fright, I just don't like it as I'm not a performer and have no desire to be the focus of attention. I should stick to being behind the desk really (or should that be MacBook these days).