How To Use DYNAMICS At Your Solo Acoustic Gigs- KEEP YOUR AUDIENCE ENGAGED

[@gggibson3058]

Thanks!

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks YOU! I really appreciate the SUPER THANKS! :)

[@gregsmith29]

You are so gifted, fun,and great at what you do. as someone who benefits greatly from your videos, I appreseate you and think you should have many. many more subscribers

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks so much. I appreciate the kind words.. cheers!

[@shawnmkramer]

Wow! This is exactly what I needed. I can’t wait to try out these dynamic techniques. Thanks Frank. Your videos are helping me take it to the next level!

[@FrankPersico]

Great to hear! Thank you for letting me know. All the best to you..

[@jackbandel]

Great video Frank! Very overlooked and underrated aspect of performing. I often have to remind myself to use more dynamics.

[@FrankPersico]

Same here. We always have to practice and fine tune. It never ends and that’s the good part!

[@LucHuiskes]

Wow, I'm almost lost for words, to show my apreciation for your ability to teach how to express feelings on the guitar, thanks so much!!!

[@FrankPersico]

Wow, thank you!

[@macstil585]

Man your good Frank 🙏🙏your perspective is one of a kind ...I think I'm learning more than any tab reward video I've ever watched..this is Zen from the master..cheers🎵🎵🎵🎵

[@FrankPersico]

Oh wow thanks for saying that. Nice to know when the vids are helping!! Cheers

[@joeycosentinomusic]

You’re the man Frank! I needed this video more than you can imagine

[@FrankPersico]

That’s great to hear. All the best to you!!

[@thecoffeebroker3007]

I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Great job!

[@FrankPersico]

Glad to hear it! Seriously thanks for telling me this:)

[@J.Blogsblues-ns4to]

I'll add a me too to that, always something new or something I hadn't thought of in Franks excellent videos.

[@MisterNewman]

What an excellent reminder. Thanks for another great video Frank.

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure .. cheers

[@colinhorne2437]

Brilliantly put across Frank! Dynamics are so important in music! Whenever I think about dynamics and 'light and shade', I always come back to the Pixies. Maybe they're a bit of an extreme example, but highly contrasting dynamics has become an integral part of their sound, and it definitely adds drama and interest to their music. Thank you for being so generous with your wisdom and experience!

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks so much it’s my pleasure! Spent my morning listening to the Pixies cuz of this post lol. Cheers!

[@fordmi79]

Your lessons are both a nudge to help me improve and a confirmation that I’m on the right track. As always, thank you for what you do. And thanks for featuring a song by my favorite of the highwaymen... and his girlfriend.

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure. Thanks for the comment. Cheers

[@dootthewriter]

Great advice, as always. Thanks, Frank!

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure!

[@brianemch4449]

Thank you for this lesson! It’s like the secret sauce to making songs connect with people. I’m going to try it out.

[@FrankPersico]

Definitely try it. It’s just fun to experiment with it..

[@JDC57]

Great video, Frank, Wise, heartfelt, and chock full of priceless information. Thank you, brother!

[@FrankPersico]

I very much appreciate this. Thanks so much!

[@allenmcmonagle5544]

I like your videos, you have a style that appeals to us ordinary folk who are just trying to get noticed. I like the reference to the guitar being a muti-dimensional instrument, it's a reference I often use when talking to an audience. One of the useful tools I use in performing is simple bass runs and pick strum (carter style) just to cut out the stumming stuff for a while. Keep up the good work!

[@FrankPersico]

I appreciate the kind words. Cheers!

[@J.Blogsblues-ns4to]

I tend to go straight in full on, because when I get up to do a few songs at my local bar my audience has pretty much already lost it's Saturday afternoon battle with the booze. So then after grabbing their attention, take it down a notch or two, then build up again before a nuanced finish.

[@FrankPersico]

Nice way to use the dynamics of the room on the whole! Cheers

[@Magnet54]

Frank, you are the man! No BS. Your life experiences are “gold” learnings.

[@FrankPersico]

I appreciate that

[@newori.v-europe9650]

Thank you! for an Incradable and MOST Importent Lesson in dinamics. This Is A Game Changer! 🎉 Its was Super Relevant and importent for Myself aswell. To play and sing along with Dinamics way this is the MOST Importent for all. A huge Well done for your playing and singing as well. You are Super profetional And your teaching is perfect. -Ori.

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure …cheers:)

[@pKova55]

You are NOT only talented, gifted! You can tell: IT - IS - also HARD work, devotion, dedication, abandon & passionate & COMMITMENT!

[@FrankPersico]

Very much appreciated

[@MichelleKennedy-sd5yl]

Generous to share what you know, thank you😊

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure!

[@Troy1g]

Very valuable channel many will not share their earned experience, thanks

[@FrankPersico]

It's my pleasure

[@johnkelley9917]

Exactly what I've been missing from my shows! Thanks so much!

[@FrankPersico]

Awesome!! Glad it helped 👍

[@ghijkmnop]

Another good one, Frank! Hope you're well. :)

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks, you too!

[@adriaandorresteijn1694]

Thanks a lot, Frank!

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure

[@jackzaxe]

Frankie, brother troubadour, from another mother, this might, just, have been, one of your absolute best episodes!! 🎉

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks my brotha! 😎

[@DeanMatthewMusic]

I love that you brought in the percussion. I use my guitar as percussion all the time. Underestimated tool for solo gigs.

[@FrankPersico]

Yeah, it really adds to the show!

[@francoismyango5326]

Thanks for sharing this ,😊 I really appreciate the delicacy ,dynamics of all of this video .cheers

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure. Thanks for the comment :)

[@jamesmitchell5859]

Thank you Frank. Powerful. That will take me to new level After static dull phase. Salute you

[@FrankPersico]

Many thanks! Wish you the best in your playing

[@davidscargil9145]

Loved this. You showed me that i am right when i tell my Friends to mix shit up, Dark and light etc. I have a deep voice,so i start really deep,so i have the option of moving higher. It works. Most people who aren`t musically inclined,are easily impressed. Ha ha,i hate playing in front of real Musicians. I get busted for sure.The palm mute is a game changer,and when you get some picking in,you will notice how many people are impressed at me doing basic stuff with Leftie. I am gonna watch my 5th installment of the tutorials that You so Kindly gave to Me. Have You played in England ? If You are ever here,i will give You a roof and grub,but i will be picking Your brain so hard that You will be worrying about a Tumor. Ha ha Go well Mate.

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks so much. It’s nice to know when the video resonates and connects. I any take you up on that one!!! Cheers

[@davidscargil9145]

@@FrankPersico Cheers for the reply. I am pleased that You read my comments.

[@FrankPersico]

@@davidscargil9145 i try to read and reply to all of them. getting more difficult as the channel grows. cheers!!

[@davidscargil9145]

@@FrankPersico Thanks Frank

[@davidscargil9145]

@@FrankPersico What i said was entirely truthful,I was being very literal

[@tomf9292]

Great lesson Frank. Dynamics is THE key to good live performances whether it’s solo or w a band. I see Soooo many players and bands who don’t understand it. Think about going to a rock show. If they do a kickass song that really gets going and has the crowd roaring,the next song usually brings everyone back down, which is very emotional and memorable.

[@FrankPersico]

Absolutely! Couldn’t agree more. Thanks for commenting

[@russr1338]

Excellent lesson Frank! Also, as a fellow New Yorker, I laughed out loud when you said we don’t have to strum the sh*t out of it. Well done my friend!

[@FrankPersico]

Glad you enjoyed it. lol I try to contain the New Yorkerness but it’s almost impossible lol

[@saevar69]

Bravo.well done buddy.cheers from Iceland

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks so much!! Cheers to u as well:)

[@jayfreeman-eq5wm]

Frank...very good channel...as a" wana be " troubadour, i appreciate the content and spirit of your channel. You are right on in so many of your topics that your obvious deep experience shines through. THIS Makes me listen closely to what you say because i do realize where you are coming from . Its very valuable to me and i want you to know that it is sincerely appreciated by me

[@FrankPersico]

I greatly appreciate the comment! Thanks for taking the time to post

[@rickgrebenikpuggles56]

I open my gigs with Jeremiah was bullfrog!! Balls to the wall high energy,lol

[@robertgrimsted877]

Really helpful advice frank 😀🎸

[@FrankPersico]

Enjoy!

[@dentaltok]

Great advise … engaging the listener with the song and between songs …🎶🎶🎸👍

[@FrankPersico]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sgraham49]

Great lesson - thanks again, Frank! 👍🏻

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure!

[@josephscooterdantoni5940]

Great lesson. Thank you.

[@FrankPersico]

My pleasure!

[@dentaltok]

I can almost make people cry with “Bobby Magee”…🤣 or make them happy enough to sing along … even had them dance … great tune in my “go to song bag” 🎶🎶🎶🎶💖🎸😊

[@FrankPersico]

Sweet! Yeah that song can do it all! Cheers

[@dentaltok]

@@FrankPersico love the Grateful Dead cover 🎶🎶

[@FrankPersico]

@@dentaltok thanks!

[@dentaltok]

@@FrankPersico 🎶🎶🎶🎶👍

[@FrankPersico]

@@dentaltok Thank you

[@energiewende-rocken9353]

thank you for this ideas

[@FrankPersico]

You are so welcome!

[@TraceyAnnMusic]

Thank you this was really helpful!

[@FrankPersico]

You're so welcome!

[@HumbleBaritonics]

I like your approach and energy.Dynamics! I am guilty of the boring strum. I also enjoy playing a DGBE tuned tenor guitar. I strum and fingepick. I never have used a pick. I am enjoying some early Elvis like, Don't Be Cruel. I want to rewatch the It's Alright that you did. Jeff

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks for sharing and I’m glad you like the video. I’ll keep them coming:)

[@kego999]

10:25 Is my favourite moment in this video. Made my day! :D Anyway thanks for this video, really helpful !

[@FrankPersico]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DeanMatthewMusic]

Thanks for the great videos

[@FrankPersico]

Glad you like them!

[@ChaplainReece]

Hey man, I was trying to get in touch with you about a zoom lesson.

[@FrankPersico]

Hey there. Thanks send me an email [e-mail]

[@BCDanno63]

Just beautifully stated…. You deserve every success…

[@FrankPersico]

Thank you very much

[@RockStarMichael]

Dynamics = the secret (or not so secret) weapon of all the great musicians I know. It can take a long time to master, but once you have got it... its SO powerful. It's the difference between average and AWESOME!

[@FrankPersico]

For sure. It’s the thing that many players overlook because it seems to easy and simple. That is until you actually try to do it lol 😂

[@AdventuresAdam]

Nice video for the Facebook SAM group! That post got a lot of traction on there.

[@FrankPersico]

Well, did it get tractiion on the Facebook group? I never post anything there in reference to my KZbin because it’s not appropriate for me to promote there but I’m glad to know it’s doing well.

[@mritchea]

SAM 2 is for videos to be posted

[@AdventuresAdam]

@@FrankPersico this video didn’t, but this topic did last week in a post, so thought you might have made this as a response now that you’re in it. If not, my bad, but you have great timing for a lot of SAM’s who have read that.

[@AdventuresAdam]

@@mritchea understood. I thought he was making this video due to a recent post there.

[@AKWANMUSIC]

Thanks for this enlightening video! It helps me a lot bring my play to another level. Dynamics = emotions. One thing I take away from you video is that you do not have to be shy to play a song in a different tone like you did for me and bobby mcgee. It leaves room to play with the voice even more. I used to tend to replicate songs in their original tuning and for this one I always struggled to deliver it live once in the Kentucky cold mine part! Thanks. You got. New subscriber ❤

[@FrankPersico]

Welcome to the channel and thanks so much

[@chrisgoodenough1374]

I try to mix it up as much as possible. A couple crowd favorites from different decades followed by songs most of the general population hasn’t heard before. I also try to put in tunes you wouldn’t expect from a 60- something year old folk singer…I like George Ezra’s Shotgun.

[@FrankPersico]

Great info. Thanks for sharing

[@harryconner1030]

thanks

[@FrankPersico]

You're welcome!

[@herwigkrumfu]

❤thank you Sir you Teached me very well Thank you very much

[@FrankPersico]

You are very welcome

[@FASFatherandSon]

Great video as always. It's almost the same like what newscasters have to learn I guess. If you notice they have that way of sing talking like how they emphasize their words.

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks!! Yeah that’s a good point

[@eazyrider6122]

True

[@FrankPersico]

👍👍

[@jasonverman7207]

I love the songs for performance 🎱

[@FrankPersico]

Thank you!! Cheers

[@chadandrews98]

Interesting way to do B chord?Also do you have a video or tips on “hybrid picking” Thanks.

[@FrankPersico]

Yeah I always did it that way. Lol don’t know why. Hmmm not per se. I may have to make a video on that!!

[@rickgrebenikpuggles56]

Doing a gig in like a majic show, once they see and hear all your tricks, your screwed, people are never satisfied, they want you to juggle, dance and sing at same time

[@FrankPersico]

Great way to put it

[@cmcg5788]

Amen!

[@FrankPersico]

🎵🎵

[@konradhof7318]

Listen to Cat Stevens’ Moonshadow for a great example of the use of dynamics.

[@FrankPersico]

That is a great example of dynamic playing, thanks for sharing!

[@jackielangley5154]

A key shift can liven a room!

[@FrankPersico]

For sure!

[@phillipnorman7423]

👍

[@FrankPersico]

Right back at ya!👍

[@pKova55]

Get out of here, man! WHERE have you been all the years?? REALLY, REALLY understandable approach!! ==>> Keep'm com'n!! √√√

[@FrankPersico]

Hahaha I been in the trenches learning this stuff so I can share it lol

[@pKova55]

@@FrankPersico Its not only the share-thing! Its the way YOU put things together NATURALLY!! I've been watching Guitar-Tuts for a long time, respectively from THOUSANDS of Tutors, but they're REALLY -> ONE-Hand-full of Tutors they nailed it the way you do it! I WISH: you could grab a SINGLE song at the time and go through them step-by-step (from start to end)? ==>> Again: APPRECIATE you VERY much! √√

[@FrankPersico]

@@pKova55 thank you so much. i will definitely try to do more "deep dives" into songs and the specific techniques that we can learn to improve our playing while learning the song as well. so many diff kinds of vids that need to be made and only one ME lol...

[@pKova55]

@@FrankPersico No! Thank YOU!! Hope to see the "deep dives" soon!?😅

[@j.p.7708]

That D-35 sounds as remarkable as your advice.👌

[@FrankPersico]

Thank you so much. Cheers.

[@konradhof7318]

Dynamics m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6DTeKaBfrCAppo

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks for sharing

[@RockAndDoubleBassWithAaronJoy]

I hate acoustic guitarists who play a 5 minute story song with the same strum pattern and same singing style. Come on. Listen to the recording of the cover and I'm 99% sure the original is not the endless same drone. As for your original, get creative.

[@FrankPersico]

Thanks for commenting !