So, had another show today with Vienna at Club Charades (which is a fairly nice club and everyone should check it out) and I’ve noticed that there is something in particular that is really pissing me off that never used to happen during live music.

Gestures.

Yes, gestures. I have a plethora of them, and use a few often. Would I use them constantly during live music? No way in hell. I find gestures, moreso the ones that make noise, to be absolutely obnoxious and rude during live events. I always have to turn down sound when I go to any concert, whether I’m dancing with Vie or enjoying another singer, and this should not have to happen.

Gestures completely take away from the show. You go from listening to the music to going, holy crap what is that sound and who is doing it. It’s unneeded at concerts, other than applauses. Gestures are fine between songs etc (such as clapping, woohooos, hoos, woots, etc) but while the person is singing it’s just obnoxious.

I can understand the gestures that the hosts or club owners use to tell people to tip and blah blah. Those are fine because they never usually have sounds involved, but those with sounds and played mid-song just make me want to set the person who played it on fire.

OH, and those gestures that take up the entire screen? Yeah. Those should be banned from SL entirely. It is IMPOSSIBLE to follow chat when people keep playing these gestures that take up 20 lines of chat. Completely unneeded and pointless. Oh yes, it’s so nice that you either acquired or made a gesture that creates a heart out of @’s but ffs we don’t need to see it every 5 minutes.

There are some singers that I refuse to go see because all people do at the shows is play gestures. It completely turns me off and I will even come in at the very last second if a person like that is playing before Vienna is up on stage. If said artist is after Vienna I am out of that venue like white on rice on a paper plate.

In conclusion… gestures during live music events = FAIL!

Be respectful to both other listeners AND the artist! I’m sure they would rather have the attendees hearing them than your stupid gestures!

KTHXBAI!