- Countdown Entry #50
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- 3:42 PM, Saturday,
May 8th, 1999:
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- Fellow Online
Supporters,
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- It took every bit
of 6 months from the moment I had the idea on November
3rd, 1998 to get to this point. The fact that there
was an audiecne the VERY FIRST TIME the
TVs were even turned on is pretty amazing. I simply
wanted others to share this moment.
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- CD101
BIG ROOM
- Friday,
May 7th, 1999, (9-12AM)
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- THE SET-UP
- I took my
time since I was at work anyway. Once 5:30 hit
I went at it. I was so excited you can't
imagine. I was putting the TVs onto their stands
and getting ready to perform. A dream realized. When
everything was set up I hit play and basically
sat and watched. For about an hour that's all
I did. Then I turned around and 20 people
were already there. I wanted to watch the
TVs!
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- THE FIRST
PERFORMANCE
- 12
SECOND VIDEO CLIP
(285K)
- SETS:
RHYTHM - OPEN 1 - LOVE - BURG -
HARRY
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- I screwed
around some more. The people knew that this wasn't a
formal performance, and I was just as curious as they
were. I did do one set specifically for them and then
went from there. No real order, just seeing if it all
fit. The room was pitch black and we had a flood light
on me. It was impossible to open my eyes. Just
incorrect lighting, no biggie. I had fun seeing how it
all worked, where I needed to stand...how
I needed to act. It felt pretty good.
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- THE REACTION
- Everyone seemed to
harp on the same thing. I wasn't looking at the
audience enough. I tried to explain about the lights,
but they kept saying "you need to learn how to deal
with bright lights" (sigh) I've been on stage, I've
been on TV, I've done LIGHTING for TV,
I understand how bright lights work. These were
incorrect. You don't use a huge flood light 4 feet
from a performer. We did it because we had nothing
else. Oh well. To tell you the truth, it was a bit
annoying. Many people treated it like this was an
actual performace and seemed to question my ability to
interract. I know when I have my first show this
will not be a concern, but I took their critique
and got to the good stuff. The good stuff being the
interraction!
"WE WANT MORE INTERRACTION!"
Absolutely. I felt the same. These were the first
5 sets I even tried. It was hard enough to get
everyone to sing at the right places, let alone speak
to each other and make it seem like 5 different
people. From this point on the sets will be more
comedy oriented. Heh, what a tough crowd friends are.
I loved them for coming down and seeing it, and
I hope they come and see the first REAL SHOW
and see what can really happen.
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- THE SECOND
PERFORMANCE
- SETS:
OPEN 1 - BURG - RHYTHM -
HARRY
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- Ahh, there ya
go... Finally an actual performance. 5 more people
came aftrer the first crowd left, and though my voice
was killing me, I had to do it again for them. And
this time, I actually got to start with the first
set, and treat it like a performance. Much smoother.
I still couldn't look at them 'cause of our flood
light (which they eagerly pointed out...heh heh), but
it went nice and smooth. Then I had to run and
jump on the air because I was doing my show! We
played Nintendo all night on the 4 TVS. IT ROCKED.
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- Anyway, we used
these test runs for the promo tape that I sell
and give to establishments. Hopefully the next time I
turn these babies on I'll get paid for it!
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