Maybe the actual problem IS that the show always goes on. The show always happens and artists take advantage of that.
See, there’s no person who stops you two or three songs into your show and says ‘this just isn’t good enough, try again in a few months’.
I would argue that if this sort of thing happened once or twice along the way to every artist, there would be a proper fear and respect for what a show needs to be in order to pass.
But this sort of thing doesn’t happen. So the show always goes on and in turn the audience gets a lot of lack luster, mediocre entertainment.
What if you had to prepare in a way that you were juuuuuuust a little afraid the boogie man was going to stop you if it wasn’t up to par?
I’m going to say you would prepare better. Because it would be REALLY embarrassing if the boogie man came on stage two songs into your set and announced it was over because it wasn’t good enough.
The fear of that possible embarrassment would cause you to prepare a better show.
I don’t anticipate any venue will be employing a boogie man with the threat of kicking you off stage…
…so if the ‘show goes on’, make sure it’s a good one.
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