================================================ Subject: Re: Brett From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Tue 26 Mar 2002 20:04:42 -0500 ================================================ I appreciated reading about your opinions on playing in front of an audience. The whole posting is very interesting. If your live CD comes out in my area, I would most likely pick it up because of your ambitions expressed and the other points that you expressed. Thanks for sharing your views. Jim ---------------- Kristian Anderson wrote: > It's only an opinion, but i feel, when palying live, a band should > give as much as they can to the crowd. After all, it's the crowds who > make the shows possible. No crowd, no ticket sales, no show. I play > guitar at my church and it goes off. It's not your typical church > music. We just cut a new live album 2 weeks ago and it's being mixed > right now by the guys who did Kylie Minogue and The Corrs latest live > DVD's. In 2 weeks they're off to do a live recording for Elton John, > that's the calibre I'm talking about. Our Music Director is always > encouraging us to go for it when we're on stage, which we > do....despite how we feel sometimes. Our job on that stage is to > engage the crowd, in this case the congregation......to get their > minds off their troubles and into a place where they can worship > (worship God, not us!!!). We do that every week in front of 1500 > people per service, 5 or 6 services which last for a few hours at a > time.....and we do it for free!!!! I've been in services where someone > has droppd the ball, sometimes it's me, sometimes it's others, but > when somone drops it you can feel it, and so can the crowd. I've had > times when the last thing I wanted to do was jump around and sing > along but have chosen to do so even though i felt like crap. I come > off that stage totally exhausted. Why? Because it's not about me. > It's about the people. Afterwards people have come up to me and told > me how they were encouraged to get into the service just by watching > me. It's contagious. Brett was like that for me. I saw Bon Jovi live > on the Keep the Faith tour and Jon had the flu badly but he still came > out and gave everything for over 2 hours. That's what makes a great > show....passion, intensity. Anything from the heart of the artist to > move the hearts of the crowd. I've payed big dollars to come see > you.....at least look like you're glad I came. > -- Blessed is he who expects no gratitude, for he shall not be disappointed. -- W.C. Bennett To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp