Osckilo's Live performence journey..........

[Flash Harry]

Ha,

Ha ha!

Bugger, I wish I'd been there.

[Jim1970]

VERY, Very!!!  COOL!!

JIM

[Bluesberry]

I really enjoy checking this one from time to time

[OsCKilO]

****Shared umongst soncrafters only******




Strange night tonight....

I have been running an "Open mic" for the Past year with a friend (Sophie...)...

I get a chance to play sometimes..... Most of what I do is warm up for the artists we book...

In the town we run the gig (Islington ... An "Arsenal" town), we had a load of football supporters in from Huddersfield... (who had lost to Arsenal today 2-1)...

We didn't have many acts.. four including me.....

In the 4 was a man I think is a great performer... Someone I aspire to be like... (PM me and I shall show you his awesomeness)...

The crowd didn't warm to anyone...
The performers were being heckled and it was a real bad atmosphere for an artist...
Even the ones that I consider to be awesome...(I Name no names as I don't want them to google this and feel bad..)

The acts ran out..

There was a break as a performer didn't turn up..

I filled for an hour...
Played "Crown of dust" as an opener then a few others...

The Huddersfield crowd actually liked my music....

The thing is... I didn't give them what they wanted...
They shouted  "give us something happy!" to the other artists....

I said when I got on stage "It aint gonna be happy... But I'll play it up beat.."

The hour went by fine.. "Sad" (as in not happy) songs.. as always... But with a degree of indifference to the circumstance that brought them about....As the songs were intended to be played.

The Huddersfield crowd liked it...

So much so they heckled other performers to get me back on....

This didn't make me happy...
It made me sad that talented people can be subjected to abuse when they bare their soul on stage...


It wasn't my best set...  But still... They liked it...

I made some friends tonight in the crowd but learned one thing...

You gotta be yourself...
No Loving Yourself...
No Expecting a crowd to be happy...
No Pretence that "YOU ARE AN ARTIST..."  and "THE CROWD IS PRIVILEDGED TO LISTEN..."

The experienced performer that I admire told me today "These pubs make you wanna do it more..."

I consider myself very fortunate that I went down well....
I remain confused and heard the best set I ever heard to a Hostile crowd from a man that they didn't like, but I consider the cream of the crop...

Northerners (The English Kind) remain the MOST HONSEST people in the world in my mind...
If they don't like it.... They WILL tell you...
It is the sort of people you want to like your music!

It reminded me of playing in Saddlesworth and Upper mill in Yorkshire...
Awesome people... Honest... and So Friendly....
Big Fuckers as well!!!


Great night for me.... Thankful to the "Tough crowd"....

But I am sorry to the other talented performers that got a hard time...

Live eh..?

Here is a recording of C.O.D that was recorded on a previous night (Thanks G for creating the MP3 for me..)... It was pretty much the same as tonight...

Nothing Special...

But it got me through an equally hard night....

I'll never understand this game...


Peace all...

Strange business this music stuff...


T (OsCKilO)

[OsCKilO]

I Think the question is...

"What is Happy...?"

"What is upbeat...?"

Is it Just something (a performance) which takes the listener away when they are listening? and it doesn't need to be any genre..." 

[Bluesberry]

I think people confuse "Happy" with "Emotional".  This performance of yours, C.O.D., I can see why it went over well, damn man it is dripping with emotion and dynamics, it is a window onto a soul and in that it feels like something real.  I believe this is what people want, and respond to.  You could be the most polished performer out there, but if you are not projecting your self, your feelings, your emotions, your truth, then nobody else can connect with it.  Thats what I think anyway.  It is not really about "happy" or "sad" songs, more about real emotion that connects the performer with the listener.  Thats always my experience listening to live music anyway.  Great job on that song Tharek, you are getting very good man.

[OsCKilO]

One Thing people wanted was covers....

Thing is....


I don't do covers...

Don't know any....


Hard enough time remembering my own lyrics...

LOL!


But who would I cover...?

Got by with my own....
But people like something they know.....

I haven't had to do covers yet...

Should I Start?

For me it would be as hard as writing a song from scratch as I don't know any really..

Did an Oaisis cover here once, but it aint something I connected with...

What would I be suited to?

[Ted]

I haven't had to do covers yet...

Should I Start?

No.

[OsCKilO]

I haven't had to do covers yet...

Should I Start?

No.

Thank Goodness!!

[Geir]

yeah !! Why play other peoples music when you can get them to listen to your own !! Just keep on playing your own wonderful stuff Tharek !!