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["samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com>]

   I used to make a living playing,and I've played everywhere from the 
street to stadia. The largest audience I ever played live in front of, 
175,000 was on the street. It was the San Francisco Carnival parade,in 
'99. 
We won 3 prizes inc. best music.
  Anyway,yes it can be a bummer for working players to have no turn 
out,but 
the best response is to treat it as a chance to work on developing the 
ability to play really well no matter what else is happening. I don't mean 
just with precisiion and energy ,I mean really making the moment vividly 
alive,and really engaging and moving the people who are hearing. 
Developing 
that kind of power is key to making a living in performance. Besides,if 
musicians can't communicate to a small audience,how can they communicate 
to 
a large one? Playing on the street is a real education-no one is there to 
hear you,there' lot's of competition for attention,sonic and physical 
space. 
If you can draw and hold a crowd on the street you can play anywhere.
   We played a gig once in theis bldg called a tennis stadium,held about 
2000,the gig drew about 20.The bldg was a 50 foot tall quonset hut open on 
either end.The set us up in the middle.and the only sound we could make 
was 
wwaowwoawwoawwoawwaowaawoaawoa,   about 2.5 second intervals
  This group did  dance songs,but we liked playing wierd stuff so we went 
with it.The audience all left but we kept playing for 90 minutes till they 
kicked us out.Our only regret was that we didn't record.

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