[the-old-coach]

This is a great thread, because I believe we ALL have this issue.

These days, when we maybe see a performer at a one-night appearance somehere- (at a bar or something😎- wherever), most of the time they’ll have their phone or some other device to look at while they are performing. It’s quite common.

I don’t know if they are just looking at the TAB’d song on the screen- but I’m guessing so. I don’t see any problem with something like that, because they aren’t staring at the device, it seems like it’s just there to glance to for a milli-second, to remind them of some weird lyric or one-time chord change.

It doesn’t mean they can’t play and sing– because– they are playing and singing. We came to see them perform— not to see how much they could recall from memory.

Added edit— When I visit VOM’s, it looks like the performers are all pretty-much looking down at something to help them along….. and I think that’s great.

I suppose the reason we all see top entertainers go on for a couple of hours just playing from memory is that they have likely performed those songs, literally, thousands of times.

Anyway, I deal with the same issues. I can work to get a “Daily” under my fingers o the point where I’m satisfied with it…… and then move to next daily and work on it for a bit.

But then, if I go back to the first one and try play it again10-15 minutes later– it’s pretty-much gone…………. and I had just had it “down”. A bit frustrating.

Great thread that I’ll certainly be following-along.

theoldcoach

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