To you guitarists and frontmen out there who have your own band, G. Love, (who is a famous musician and has his own blog at Guitar World), gives advice to bands that your frontman should also do acoustic solo shows.

Read the blog, here.

I agree with him.

If you have a band, don’t be afraid to do something else, by going acoustic solo. There are quite a few bands around here that do play acoustic solo shows, to get away from your band a little bit, but I think more should do it.

I never had full band experience, but I’m looking to getting into full band stuff soon. However, I’m not ashamed of being a solo acoustic performer. I agree with him there’s nothing better than strapping on your acoustic guitar and hitting the stage with just you and your voice. When you’re an acoustic solo performer, you’re not just a performer, you’re also a storyteller. As an acoustic solo artist, you can talk as long as you want in between the songs, and tell an interesting story behind it ’cause that’s what acoustic music is all about. Acoustic solo performances is no different than sitting around a campfire performing Kumbaya or something, pretty much the same thing.

When I perform acoustic solo shows, I don’t talk a lot in between songs ’cause I’m not a very talkative guy, but when I’m up there performing songs, I’m very confident. Next time I go back out there, I’m going to try to talk more in between songs. Try to explain the story behind my songs and things like that. Joke around with the audience or whatever.

It’s an amazing feeling getting together in a small room with a group of people to perform your stuff. Better than full band gigs, in my opinion. This is why I mostly like to play non-alcoholic venues like cafes and diners ’cause the audience is so quiet and not rowdy. The audience will listen to you at those kind of venues that are not bar rooms.

I want to get back out there in the music scene in a big way. Start playing everywhere as much as possible again. I miss performing live.

Kev