Walking down the streets of most big cities, you can see them. On every telephone pole and every bulletin board there are flyers advertising performances by live bands. The names change from town to town, but the message is the same: these are your sources for homegrown musical entertainment. These are the places you turn when you want to feel the real music from the place where you live.
Usually, the bands advertised on these handbills are as local as you can get. On a Tuesday night, for example, maybe half a dozen bands will perform sets at the bar down the street. On Fridays and Saturdays, there will be a smaller number of performers, but more popular and well known acts will do their shows. In either case these musicians make for one of a kind events.
Of course, when bands perform at bars and clubs, the show is usually different than when they perform for a party or a hosted event. When performing at a nightclub, the connection between the band and the audience is more fragile and tenuous. The band does not know who will show up or how the crowd will like their sound. At parties and hosted events, however, because the band has been contacted and negotiated with ahead of time this is not usually the case. At hosted events, the bands and the crowds tend to be more relaxed.
Live musicians also provide an experience that is fundamentally different than the one you can get from a DJ. With the right songs, a DJ can get the party guests dancing, but DJs do not give the guests the anything interesting to look at. With a DJ, dancers can sometimes feel insecure if they are the only ones on the floor. With a band, however, the performers give everyone a new focus of attention. People in the audience can feel looser and freer, because they know that everyone is not looking at just them, but at the performers on the stage.
Homegrown talent can also give your guests a better sense of your citys actual creative expression. When DJs play, they take the latest songs that are popular from across the country and one DJs set in one city can usually be interchanged with another DJs set in another city. Only occasionally will a DJ have a deep enough library that he can play songs by local acts. Actual bands from your area, however, usually create music based their experiences in the local scene. These performers are usually more able to address the actual tastes and interests of their audiences.
For variety of musical tastes, a live ensemble is also a good choice. Many bands can play in a number of different styles whether it be rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country and western, or some other particular type of music.
The best thing about actual performers however, is that they bring out an essential human experience that originated with our earliest ancestors. Singing, dancing, and making music together are primal activities deeply embedded in all of us. Good performers help us to express those essential human characteristics.
All in all, live bands are an asset for any party. They can make every event an enjoyable one.
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