Bad Audiences Can Ruin Concerts

The actions of the people in an audience have just as much of an impact on the enjoyment of a concert as do the performers. Why don't audience members realize this?

Any professional musician can tell you that having a happy, excited audience is almost as important to the success of a performance as is the talent of the performer himself. A pumped up audience will pump up the excitement and atmosphere in the venue while a dead, bored audience will drag down the intensity of even the most seasoned performer. This simple fact is why most professional touring musicians will employ an opening warm-up act to get the crowd in the mood for the big show to come. These things are fine for loud, pop music style concerts, but even more subdued school music concerts benefit from an audience that is happy and that pays attention to good concert etiquette. In a recent article by Steve Aboroa, the significance of how much an impact concert manners and etiquette can play becomes quite apparent.