we barely touched the issue [of stage presence] in class

You’ve brought up ‘active listening’—a mechanism by which audience creates meaning based on partial, complex or contradictory stimuli. Is the underlying mechanism by which this (the perception of magic) occurs stage craft?

also because i’m generally more interested in the musical side of a performance, and regard theatrics as a bonus.

Can we talk about the ‘musical side’ in the absence of theatrics?

i wouldn’t like to have to do something theatrical just for the sake of it

For the sake of who/what?

but if the situation requires it

Who/what requires it?

some idea comes up i might come up with something

Same ol’ question: does the music (or theater) just happen, or do you make it happen?

but generally speaking i thought the ‘rehearsals’ we have done during last class basically sucked.

Isn’t ‘it sucked’ sometimes a better place to start then ‘that was great’? At least we have something to fix (and improve) rather than reveling in lazy dogmas of good or bad.

See you tomorrow.