... a band playing a show where people purchase tickets to see them seems like a very different thing from a band playing at a place where people aren't necessarily there to see the band.
Definitely two distinct audiences with different expectations of a band. The former is clearly a more appealing audience to a band as they are there specifically to hear music. The latter typically wants from a band what it wants from a jukebox or a radio, background music, possibly recognizable so every now and again they can go "hey I love this song!" and then go back to their conversation.
Not to say it's not possible to get someone's attention with your music in an audience that isn't there specifically to see live music, but it sounds pretty far from the normal course of events.
Dee, I can only imagine it's frustrating to have an audience react like that, but if you enjoy playing this music with this band, just keep doing it. It's about you (the band) not them (the audience) anyway. If they like it, that's great but if not, as long as you still do, ignore it.
"I happen to have perfect situational awareness, Lana. Which cannot be taught, by the way. Like a poet's ... mind for ... to make the perfect words." - Sterling Archer
Okay, here's a horribly distorted clip of one of the bluesy jam spots from the yesterday's gig...despite the bad quality and gig, I still loved the way the Ceriatone wailed there :-)
You can hardly make it out, but I played the entire gig with that used-to be turquoise 'Dee-constructed' Squier w/single EMG85.
Dee
"When life's a biatch, be a horny dog"
Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
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