I know I haven’t posted a Loren Weisman blog in a long while, but he finally came up with something that interested me. He wrote a little something about that when bands & musicians play to small crowds, you should always play your best as possible. Even to an empty room or to just 5 people.

Read his blog on it, here.

I absolutely agree!

Over the years, when I gig out, I played to empty rooms to large crowds myself. Even when you’re just playing to the bar tender alone, YOU MUST GIVE IT YOUR BEST, performance. You should play every single gig as if it was your last. Kill it every time.

I can’t tell you how many friggin’ times, I’ve seen bands & musicians play to small crowds or empty rooms, they half ass their performance on purposely ’cause they’re disappointed that they are playing to a small crowd. They would shorten their sets or not play as good performances but when they do play larger crowds, that’s when they play amazingly tight. It doesn’t matter how many people show up. KILL IT EVERY TIME, I repeat.

I played to plenty of empty bar room gigs, and I had gigs where I only played to like 5-10 people, but I play my best at every one of them. Play it like you’re at a real concert. Watch my live performances in youtube, and you’ll see what I mean. I did play in front of large crowds too though. Playing your best every time, really does help build a bigger audience and fan base.

With my performances, I try to give them the best show possible. I want people to walk out happy and I’ve had done it before. I’ve surprised many people that they didn’t think I could perform that good and I get people saying to me how confident I was on stage. That’s how you want to do it. Never let people down, at all.

Kev

Edit to add: On top of all this, playing your best to a small crowd anyway, is a perfect excuse to practice or rehearse for your future gigs. Think about it.