tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post8713544188363326734..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Going On (Expressing Two Meanings: 'Going Onstage' And 'Continuing On' Should The Double-Meaning Be Foggily Unclear And When You Have To Explain Them It Invariably Is" Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-47101496451227993532016-07-28T07:16:12.190-07:002016-07-28T07:16:12.190-07:00I spent a number of years of my adult life perform...I spent a number of years of my adult life performing as a solo folksinger. The largest audience I ever played for was probably at one of the folk festivals - Tonder in Denmark, or possibly one of the workshop stages at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Figure my largest audience was maybe 2,000. My smallest was probably around five in a small folk club, but trust me that was a whole lot better than some of the middle ranges, such as the lunchtime concerts in community college cafeterias, where you might have 100 people, but they'd all be more interested in eating and talking to each other. It was the latter that were the most discouraging and demoralizing because they didn't care if you were there, and I didn't have any fellow band members, where you could shrug and just have a good time playing with each other.<br /><br />Then I went into journalism and started writing for audiences of a few hundred thousand. I liked that a *whole* lot.<br /><br />So, based on that: I think having an appreciative audience that cares about what you're doing can make up for a *whole* lot. I would also note that while I have less than no interest in seeing Carole King-the-musical I would *love* to see the play about Bill W and Dr Bob.<br /><br />wg<br />(PS: samples of my former profession are at www.pelicancrossing.net/mp3s.htm)Wendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.com