One of the reasons its a very good idea to get out there and play a couple hundred shows as soon as possible is because there’s a very good chance it will increase your ability and willingness to adapt, to implement new things in a short amount of time, to let your intuition mature.
And this opens up possibilities.
Because when you’re 200 shows in and then it’s time to play some bigger high profile stuff, the process of maximizing those shows’ effectiveness is a LOT of tiny little tweaks.
Important tweaks, tweaks you have to remember. Important tweaks that have to look natural to the audience at a minimum, but it would be best if they actually ARE natural.
If you’re a new band, its a good idea to simply practice implementing new things to shows. Even if they’re not home run ideas. Even if it’s little things. It’ll exercise that muscle that becomes good at doing new things, which will need to be strong if you want to be a big act.
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