GG: audience voyeurism (was Re: Ecstasy and obligation)

[Frederic Howell - EECS <fhowell@eecs.wsu.edu>]

> Hi everyone.
> 
> The one thing that kept occuring to me as I read this was that live
> performances are supposed to be fun. If a performer isn't having fun,
> trust me, it communicates itself to the audience and ruins it. Conversely,
> if a performer - musician, actor, whatever - is having a great time, the
> audience picks up on that, and the music automatically becomes better -
> musically, perhaps technically, perhaps not. 
>
>  <snip>
> 
> Arin Murphy
> Student, Savoyard,
> Bookseller, Cellist-By-Night
> 
>


I think you've given a great example of the voyeurism of the audience that
Gould disliked in the concert experience.  I'm not sure he wanted people
estimating how he felt from the 20th row, and I'm almost positive he
didn't want that estimation to play a part in how they perceived his
performance.

Frederic Howell