Let's turn those old bridges we crossed into ashes.
We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.
-Me
Genuineness only thrives in the dark -- like celery.
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
There really is no explanation for this painful phenomenon. I passed out cold. Then I died. - Ach Mein Gott, issue 1.
The lurker formerly known as LollipopSpider.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Let's turn those old bridges we crossed into ashes.
We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.
-Me
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Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown
Quote:
1. Your audience. Don't turn your back on them too much. Free up your face a little bit so that you can contact with them in a personal way.
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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so.
a proviso. you almost undoubtedly will end up disliking the track you pick to do your routine to.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
Quote:good advice, but there's always exceptions.
the first thing you always learn (and that I teach) is that you should not have your back to the audience for a long period of time.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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i reckon that any time doing that would be better spent purely practicing to the music, working out what works and memorising the sequences you come up with.
(though of course, you couldn't do that on the bus...)
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if there was a really good beat based notation system for poi, then it'd be a different matter, but there isn't.
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Jim Morrison's stage presence was (arguably) the main reason for the huge popularity of The Doors, and for the early part of his career he performed exclusively facing away from the audience, due to his shyness.
Once he became famous he lost his shyness, faced the audience, showed them his willy and generally became extremely irritating.
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i reckon there's loads of guidelines to performing well, but very few rules.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown
Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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"Also, from teaching dance I know that there are ***alot*** of people who remember by writing things down."
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Nietzsche
More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown
Quote:
here's where I get called "silly american" but I found that your body motions are as important as your moves for audience effect..
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]