Members steve mac Posted May 24, 2014 Members Share Posted May 24, 2014 Am seriously considering performing sat on a stool, just wondering if anyone else is doing it and if so on a tall stool do you raise your pedals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 25, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 25, 2014 I have done both, and when I do straight acoustic, non-vocal background work, I'll use a stool. But if I am singing, I find my control to be much better if I stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted May 25, 2014 Members Share Posted May 25, 2014 it's tough for me to sit unless im playing drums... that said, i agree completely! if im singing i want to be standing up... not only for the breathing but there an energy about standing, that extra little push like when you get up on your toes to really belt it out, or shy back, playing with the proximity effect of the mic... i just feel like i perform better and have a better presence while standing... easily YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve mac Posted May 25, 2014 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2014 I agree I would rather stand but, I have just ordered a Beet Root stomp box to go with my other two pedals and I feel like I am tap dancing some times plus, although I haven't tried it yet, I can imagine a bit of leg ache on the stomp throughout a whole song when standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted May 25, 2014 Members Share Posted May 25, 2014 i know a good drummer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 25, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 25, 2014 Steve, yeah, if you are going to manually operate the time keeper, you will need to be seated. But I'll bet you won't use it all the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted May 25, 2014 Members Share Posted May 25, 2014 they make a wearable percussion suit... seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted May 25, 2014 Members Share Posted May 25, 2014 sorry, it's just that sitting down makes me nuts... .. it's a different delivery... at least to my sense of feel it is... i saw jack tempchin perform "already gone"... a tune of his made famous by the eagles... he played the gig solo, standing and the delivery impressed further towards standing over sitting for me... the last dup i worked in i sat when i played drums because a djembe is just too heavy to wear and when i switched to guitar it was awkward because the other guitarist always sat down to play... he never worked clubs much since his early rock and roll days and almost exclusively plays restaurant type gigs now... or ala john hartford... one could always soft shoe on a piezo board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve mac Posted May 25, 2014 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2014 I watched the final of The Voice the other night and Blake Shelton sat on a tall stool whilst he played guitar and sang and he looked fine as well as being able to keep his feet on the floor, but I am just not that tall. I fear I will simply get lost in the crowd in some places I play if I sit in a normal chair. I wil wait until my new foot gear comes and see how it all pans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Dey Posted May 25, 2014 Members Share Posted May 25, 2014 I've got a collection of stools that stay at home now days. A stool is just one more thing to transport, setup and put away. But if I start gigging a few nights a week again I may bring a stool. They come in handy when I'm too exhausted to stand all night. I think you need to try out one or two for yourself and decide where you stand on th.. <(damn terrible pun). Another caveat: the butt can get tired sitting too long. Another option is a combination of standing and sitting throughout the gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 25, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 25, 2014 I am actually going to get another stool (my old one recently surrendered to age and abuse... ), a 30" folding metal one, where I can have the option of leaning/sitting or standing. Plus you can kind of 'perch' on a stool without being seated completely....but I still prefer to stand when I sing, and using teh harmonizer and looper and soon a beat buddy will definitely have me tap dancing a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted May 26, 2014 Members Share Posted May 26, 2014 Last year, I had a gig where I needed to sit - house rules basically. I found that I was sluggish after the gig, because I was sitting all night. Then just recently I heard a radio piece on the CBC where they talked about how sitting for long periods can have an adverse effect on your body. It kind of rang true with what I had experienced. Sometimes sitting looks better, like in a small restaurant, but I generally don't care and stand anyway. I know that I'm sometimesa a little too tall to be standing over a table of diners (6'1") but I play better standing, so that's what I try to do. On the very rare classical guitar gig I get, then I will sit, but that music kind of requires it - unless you're Jesse Cook, but that's not really classical anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted May 26, 2014 Members Share Posted May 26, 2014 I prefer to stand, like others especially when singing and also for playing sax. I do bring a stool and use it if the song is going to require constant wah-way throughout the entire song. I had plantar fasciitis (heel spurs) and if I put all my weight on my left foot for 4 minutes, it takes days for my heel to heal. I think sitting on a stool would be OK for some casual gigs, especially if you were sonic wallpaper -- but if you are the "entertainment" I think standing relays more energy to the audience. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nousername Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 At 6'6" (1.98m), if I stand it looks odd. Even when my singer is wearing tall heels. So I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 I prefer standing so I can move to the music. When I play sitting down and start moving around, it just looks like I have to go to the bathroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 I stand if I'm playing guitar. If I'm playing piano I sit -- need that pedal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_big_e Posted July 3, 2014 Members Share Posted July 3, 2014 If I'm playing keys as a 'piano' player then I sit because of the pedal. If in a band setting then I prefer to stand and pretty much ignore the pedal.When playing the keytar, I stand, it's just so much more fun and I can annoy the guitar players or even wander out into the audience (well, out front anyway), especially if I go wireless!Oh, and I'm six foot five so no hiding at the back for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members musicmanmu Posted July 17, 2014 Members Share Posted July 17, 2014 If I'm using my looper (which is about 80% of all solo gigs), then I stand, because I can't tap dance sitting down....lol. If I'm not using any effects, I will sit if there's a high top stool available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted August 18, 2014 Members Share Posted August 18, 2014 I play more than half the night on piano so i always have a stool handy. I usually do my finger picking stuff sitting and my more strumy stuff standing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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