Not everyone shines, but they all hold up the show.
This post should have been written in a concert hall. But I'm doing it in between shots, video calls and an August that smells like a pause... but not for everyone.
In the background: the Stones
Not only the wild Stones live... but also the wild Stones of "Shine a Lightthose of "Under My ThumbThe sweaty faces, the perfect tension, the look of complicity in the midst of chaos.
And I thought:
- What makes a band work live?
- And what makes a complex project come to fruition?
The answer, for me, is the same:
What cannot be seen. What sounds, but makes no noise...
Mick shines. Keith is off-key and thrills you just the same. But in the midst of this choreographed mess there is a precise machinery that holds it all together:
- Rhythm guitars
- The choristers who soften every sentence
- The technician who corrects without warning
- The one who changes a rope without interrupting
- The one who takes care of the energy so that it is never extinguished
As in a good play. As in every project that has made me feel part of something that deserved to be told...
💥 Because we've also had our Rock and Roll Circus:
Projects that promised more than they could deliver
Customers who wanted epic without rehearsal
Star suppliers who forgot to tune
Chaos, delays, tension?
The occupational hazard of the job. As in music.
But even on those occasions I learned something important:
🎶 "The sunshine bores the daylights out of me"Jagger said in Rocks Off
Light is also tiring. The spotlight wears out
And there are times when To shine is to know when not to get in front...
In my job I've been a frontman... and a rhythm guitarist...
I've led openings in areas with more tension than backstage at a festival...
I tuned quietly, so that others could sign the last note...
And when everything went well, as in a good encore, I thought:
"This sounded like it was meant to sound".
Not just the Stones
I am also inspired by Springsteen, The Who, U2, Oasis, The Libertines...
Each with their own chaos, their own hunger, their own way of going on stage. knowing that there is no network...
Just like us. As in every project in which the technical aspects are only the beginning.
Because what makes a performance memorable is not the score.
It is the delivery. It's the rhythm. It's the people you do it with
THE BEST THING, THE FINAL RESULT
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