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Super super super lovely tips ❤❤❤

Great advice! My stage presence is influenced by physical performers like Townshend (I jump!), Chuck Berry, Springsteen, and even Keith Richards. And if you’re not into moving a lot, at least have a good stance, face the audience and use some facial expressions and eye contact.

If your art can stand on its own you wont need any stage theatrics

Nice explanation.. 🙏 thank you so much sir🙏🙏🙏

Alright thank mister Todd, we just practiced every step of your perfect course. We totally rock out no9w thanks to you!!!!!!! xx 29 FOOOOOOOOOI!!!!!

very interesting, thank you sir!

Great tips, I wish I could also share this with my Band it is Hard to communicate improvements within the Band. Maybe some advices on this or a video!

What about elderly SOLO entertainment??? You offer nothing about us😢 I'm 78, but look 49 and my voice is very young, too. I play a variety of music and instruments. And I'm female, not male. I find that unless you're a 20 year old sex goddess, you're not taken serious. Nothing but eye candy with a voice, or not. So what can I do to get people to take me seriously, insteadvof looking at me as if im just a poor elderly dementia mentality with hallucinating dreams? Ive been playing since highschool, classical guitar style, vocalist, harmonicas, and Celtic instrument as well. I was in a Celtic band for 12 years, but moving to another state 8 years ago, not recognized worth anything but telling people what i do puts me in the catagory of a poor elderly woman with a bad case of dementia causing them to give me pity looks. I'm a very L-O-N -G way from being dementia. So what can I do? I'm in a catagory you have forgotten.

Just watch Paul Stanley and his fancy footwork and head shaking lol

All good points. I’m old and to see me now you’d never guess I was the lead singer and bass player in a hugely successful regional band with record companies coming to our shows. Here’s the thing - audiences listen with their eyes. You bitch and moan all you want about “it’s about the music mannnn” but it’s not. The only people who care if you miss a note or a cue are the other musicians sitting there scowling with their arms crossed because they wish they were on stage killing it. They’re not your audience. Regular folks listen with their eyes. Don’t shake your head when you miss a note and no one will notice unless you call attention to it. People want to see a rock star - they want to see something they don’t get to see in their regular lives going to the bank or the gas station or to work. Dress the part and look like a pro. For the duration of your onstage set - be the rock star. Always rehearse your songs so everyone starts at the same time and more importantly END your songs tight and together. The last thing they remember about a tune is the ENDING. What you do in the middle of the song doesn’t matter so much as long as you end tight and together. Rehearse your sets - boom boom boom one after another like you are playing a show. If you fuck up keep going just like a show. So when it happens during a show, and it will, your muscle memory takes over and no one will notice except the scowling musicians in the audience. If you are having a good time on stage, the audience will take that cue and have a good time. Now I’m gonna take a nap.

Well, I found that a singer can look right over the top of the crowds head, and to the individuals in the crowd, it looks like you're looking right at them. If there is 20 in the spot, you're looking at 20 individuals think you are looking directly at them. Plus, it helps the singer if he has problems making eye contact

I was skeptical until you said I should not look like a DOOFUS. Exactly the advice I need!

Great video Todd!

4:55 If you look right over the audience's heads, it looks to the crowd like you're looking at them

I kinda like the 2 "maniacs." They were moving pretty good and inspiring at that age. Looked like they were having fun. An audience may be ageist ( upward climb already). But entertainment at a Bingo gathering, they'd Dig it!

Really interesting. Just started to lean about this.

Very helpful, thnx

I would also suggest Rick Wright from Pink Floyd - he might not be the fastest but from piano to organ sounds to pads to solos, his style changes to fit within the song and is always so tasteful and versatile. Dark Side of the Moon alone is a textbook case of many different styles of perfect keyboard parts along with piano parts as well.

Hey Todd, thanks for your great video! Very informative! The chorus flanger video, do you have a link to it? I can't find it O:-)

Can someone point me to where to buy that kit? I tried once but never received it.

where can i buy music manuscript /paper did i hear you say amazon?

One of the best videos on the subject

Thank you grandson, just so you know you've always been my favorite unlike that sister of yours she has always been a thorn in my side. But thank you for explaining how that works honey. 🤥

What if you're in a band with a lead drummer? 😐

still dont know what to do. how do i move with the bass? its not like the guitar where you can do whatever the hell kinda movement you like, shits heavy and throws you around if you get cocky.

Great video.Only John Entwistle could give this a thumbs down.

Very well explained. Thanks

You're a great teacher sir. 🙏🏿

Or your a natural. I’m not

thanks Todd, I could distinguish them now. reverb: multiple sources returning (room) echo: single source returning (echo=delay)

I got to see one of my all-time favorite bands a few years ago while they were on tour. Although they played the music perfectly, the only thing that I truly remember is how they didn't move throughout the show. The singer did some crowd-inclusion stuff. But, the rest of the band came out on stage, went to their spots, and never moved from them.

Moving to the music gives the permission to move to the music. If you're not moving, why would they?

5 stars love this!

Good video, but 6 Quadrants, seriously ?? 🤣

Tips on being alone on a huge stage plz ?lol

Briliant stuff thanku

I love your advice. The sound quality is poor, but what you say could definitely help me quite a bit on my way to become a better performer. Only the 6 quadrant thing made me wtf, because I'm a wise guy and immediately thought "Wait, there can't be 6 quadrants anywhere because quadrant literally means one quarter of space" <3 much love

Did you call it motion pictures??

These are things I have been saying for over years in a banda .😅

But what if my specific music does in fact require violently spinning, rolling and waving?

Excellent information, thank you. 💯

I just ❤ This video!!!

LOL those would be sextants.......

I video every practice and gig on an I pad and critique it the next day. The 1st time i recorded our gig , it was an eye opener… we were nowhere near as good as we thought we were and we cringing at how we came off even though the crowds acted like we were great

I have Bose nc headphones and have NEVER been as dissatisfied with a product that I paid b$400n for and don't work worth shit. They take forever to connect to bluetooth and then will suddenly stop for 15 seconds which breaks the bluetooth connection and takes 15 to 30 seconds to reconnect. I now use a nice simple set of $80 headphones that WORK WELL!

Never mind cameras.. the good old full length bedroom mirror was my training tool from a young age, lol...I made my mark😉✌️

If your not living life on the edge you are taking up too much space

La Villa Strangiato from Hemispheres at the 6:42 mark.

Nice!

Six quadrants? Is that like a square circle? (Quad = 4) Seriously though, nice video. Thanks🙂