I really enjoyed the main East Bay solstice! Thanks to everyone who put it on.
I found it slightly off-putting that one of the performers seemed to take lots of joy in using lyrics different from those displayed on the screen. I can definitely see how this might be an honest error, but that’s not how my gut felt. I felt like I (and the other audience members) were being very implicitly made fun of by not being allowed to know what lyrics would come next during the sing-along. I suspect that this sort of status game is negative sum, since lots of audience members can feel put down by it, while Critch is the only one who really benefits.
Other than that, I generally enjoyed the musical parts, and greatly appreciated the performers :)
I can ensure you, as someone who was tangentially involved in the organizing, that it was not intentional. Just a failure to coordinate between the people who created the slides, and the people who modified the song.
I think Critch was just trying to make light of an awkward situation not of his making—at least for some of the disagreeing parts, he was clearly working from written notes that differed from the written slides on the screen (not just making it up as he went).
FWIW I had the same impression you did initially but I think it wasn’t accurate.
I really enjoyed the main East Bay solstice! Thanks to everyone who put it on.
I found it slightly off-putting that one of the performers seemed to take lots of joy in using lyrics different from those displayed on the screen. I can definitely see how this might be an honest error, but that’s not how my gut felt. I felt like I (and the other audience members) were being very implicitly made fun of by not being allowed to know what lyrics would come next during the sing-along. I suspect that this sort of status game is negative sum, since lots of audience members can feel put down by it, while Critch is the only one who really benefits.
Other than that, I generally enjoyed the musical parts, and greatly appreciated the performers :)
I can ensure you, as someone who was tangentially involved in the organizing, that it was not intentional. Just a failure to coordinate between the people who created the slides, and the people who modified the song.
I think Critch was just trying to make light of an awkward situation not of his making—at least for some of the disagreeing parts, he was clearly working from written notes that differed from the written slides on the screen (not just making it up as he went).
FWIW I had the same impression you did initially but I think it wasn’t accurate.