I did a short tour with a Chicago Tribute Band from Orlando that exhibited many of these elements within the performance. Audience engagement was enhanced when the lead singer would step off the stage and go to individuals to personalize the performance. Audience achievement was boosted when several patrons came on stage to join the band using rudimental percussion instruments on well-known songs. Several times during the concert, the keyboard player, who was the front man, would begin to tell stories at which time other band members would circle around him, sitting on the floor, like listening to grandfather tell a story. There was a lot of non-music time in these performances, and speaking with the band leader, his philosophy was to avoid “musical vomit” where you simply throw everything you’re capable of doing at the audience, and rather selectively engage the audience through music and interaction. I don’t believe this band was consciously following the PERMA model, but several elements were evident which led to a successful and memorable performance.
I don't think any band follows a PERMA model but goes with their gut and experiences, but now that we have the PERMA model it can help us brainstorm. More on this in future articles! Thank you for sharing your experience!
We already have too many songs. But AI will further aggravate the mismatch between supply and demand. And when this happens to any product or service, it becomes devalued.
We already suffer from this. There was a time when music was something special in everybody’s life. Just imagine what music was like before the rise of recordings. You had to wait until your favorite musician came to your town, and then somehow get a ticket to the concert. If there were some performer or composition you really wanted to hear, years might elapse before you had the opportunity.
Nowadays we’re bombarded with music. AI will not only add to this cultural noise, but will lower the overall quality.
In this kind of environment, silence is the new premium experience. Believe it or not, people will pay to get away from AI music.
I did a short tour with a Chicago Tribute Band from Orlando that exhibited many of these elements within the performance. Audience engagement was enhanced when the lead singer would step off the stage and go to individuals to personalize the performance. Audience achievement was boosted when several patrons came on stage to join the band using rudimental percussion instruments on well-known songs. Several times during the concert, the keyboard player, who was the front man, would begin to tell stories at which time other band members would circle around him, sitting on the floor, like listening to grandfather tell a story. There was a lot of non-music time in these performances, and speaking with the band leader, his philosophy was to avoid “musical vomit” where you simply throw everything you’re capable of doing at the audience, and rather selectively engage the audience through music and interaction. I don’t believe this band was consciously following the PERMA model, but several elements were evident which led to a successful and memorable performance.
I don't think any band follows a PERMA model but goes with their gut and experiences, but now that we have the PERMA model it can help us brainstorm. More on this in future articles! Thank you for sharing your experience!
My favorite Substack writer is Ted Gioia: The Honest Broker. He just posted on 10 things that AI will do to music, and this, from his post, reminded me of what you said about "non-music time" and "musical vomit": https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/twelve-brutal-truths-about-ai-music?r=2b8qvp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
From The Honest Broker:
(10) Silence will be the new premium experience.
We already have too many songs. But AI will further aggravate the mismatch between supply and demand. And when this happens to any product or service, it becomes devalued.
We already suffer from this. There was a time when music was something special in everybody’s life. Just imagine what music was like before the rise of recordings. You had to wait until your favorite musician came to your town, and then somehow get a ticket to the concert. If there were some performer or composition you really wanted to hear, years might elapse before you had the opportunity.
Nowadays we’re bombarded with music. AI will not only add to this cultural noise, but will lower the overall quality.
In this kind of environment, silence is the new premium experience. Believe it or not, people will pay to get away from AI music.