Immediate Encores
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:13 pm
What do you think of immediate encores, when a band immediately starts playing again right after they are done? Do you cut them off while DJ'ing or do you let them play? I find that generally speaking, people get confused as to why there is still music playing when the song has already finished. However, I also find that the band on the recording almost always reserves their best for this encore... So in my eyes (ears), the encore is the real ending that I want to hear. But when these encores are played, most dancers will either (a) wander around confused, (b) say "what, there's more music?", or (c) upon completion of the encore, say, "wow, that was a really short song."
I have a feeling that in a live performance there wouldn't be so much of a problem, because I think dancers are more attentive to what the musicians are trying to do when they are actually there in person. On recordings though, I think for dancers there are general expectations about how a song is supposed to begin and end, and if that formula is broken, people get confused.
I have a feeling that in a live performance there wouldn't be so much of a problem, because I think dancers are more attentive to what the musicians are trying to do when they are actually there in person. On recordings though, I think for dancers there are general expectations about how a song is supposed to begin and end, and if that formula is broken, people get confused.