Live Music!
“Live music.” That common saying might contain some truth, but these days the word “live” is having less and less to do with music. For many individuals, a DJ is their form of live music. Despite what DJ ’s would like to have you believe, artists make great entertainment.
In the first place, individuals find pleasure in human performance. many artists like great athletes are multi- skill ed. They will croon on the tenor saxophone right to your soul, then turn around and chunk out a funky rhythm on a Fender Stratocaster. might a DJ play a turntable behind his head or with his teeth? Professional artists love to sing and groove on just about any style of music from a Frank Sinatra to Outkast. They especially find pleasure in playing when the audiences is responding to their performance.
In the second place, artists are students of the arts. Musicians do not merely “push buttons.” They’ve had years of practice in their homes, and they do their thing on stage. Un like DJ ’s artists do not try to sing over or add other loud or strange noises to program music. Once a song starts it flows to the end and in the unfortunate event of a power shortage artists might continue to entertain acoustically until power is restored. Even non-professional artists usually understand “the show must go on” concept.
Lastly, one of the most attractive features of artists as entertainment is the affinity among them and their audiences. Watching a great drummer is never boring because they are never ending ly moving…feeling. An animated solo violinist playing an old wooden Stradivarius violin has a much greater opening of reaching into your soul and stirring your emotions than a DJ with an array of magnetic speakers and digital amplifiers no matter how great his system sounds. It is an apple trying to be an orange. It is the difference among human blood and electricity.
Contrary to popular opinion, artists may be affordable. Just like with a DJ, locating a band well in advance and securing them with a low down payment, the price may be negotiated to avoid costly or inadequate entertainment. Bands will even throw in a free cocktail hour or an extra half hour at the end to obtain a date! many artists are now offer ing ” DJ time.” This is when the artist hat comes off and the DJ hat is put on to play the Techno, House, Hip-Hop, etc…Genres of now. individuals who have small get togethers should appreciate these characteristics of bands. Nonetheless, many individuals who have large get togethers opt to have artists because they love the artist individual ity. In many ways, artists are the ideal entertainers.