Stage patter

[Rayman]

I do it all for us, but unless there’s a joke to be had, usually at the expense of someone in the audience, I keep it to a minimum. I think it’s important to have a bit of chat between songs… but the big no no as far as I’m concerned, is introducing individual bands members. Literally nobody cares.

[Mickeyboro]

58 minutes ago, Rayman said:

the big no no as far as I’m concerned, is introducing individual bands members. Literally nobody cares.

I think in non-club/pub venues people like to show appreciation and identify with the band. Important if you have a lineup like ours thats ever changing.  

[BassTool]

1 hour ago, Rayman said:

… but the big no no as far as I’m concerned, is introducing individual bands members. Literally nobody cares.

We do it over the end music of the last song, and we've always had a great response for each individual band member.

We find that the audience love to show their appreciation for each musician after watching the band play for two hours.

[tauzero]

1 hour ago, Rayman said:

but the big no no as far as I’m concerned, is introducing individual bands members. Literally nobody cares.

 

We do it (both bands, and the previous band too). Not a huge introduction, just "X on drums, Y on guitar, Ʈ on bass, and I'm Z" while playing the main riff of whatever song it is we're doing.

[ricksterphil]

1 hour ago, BassTool said:

We do it over the end music of the last song, and we've always had a great response for each individual band member.

We find that the audience love to show their appreciation for each musician after watching the band play for two hours.

We do the intros somewhere in the 2nd set and generally the audience like it. 

[NoRhino]

There are lots of great ideas in this topic and I'll nick a few of them.   My tuppenceworth is never ever mumble or speak too quietly.  Always project and sound confident.  It's not a private conversation.   

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, Rayman said:

 but the big no no as far as I’m concerned, is introducing individual bands members. Literally nobody cares.

 

Never found that, audiences always seem to appreciate the chance to show appreciation for the individuals. 

[Jackroadkill]

In my last band the singer used to introduce me as "the long-haired, soap-dodging, sandal-wearing friend of Jesus on the bass", and despite none of it actually being true it always got a laugh.