Don't you sometimes wish to give the crowd something a little bit more to go home excited about that would keep them them asking when your next performance is going to be and each time you did a gig the crowd got larger because of the word on the street about you and the band, every band, artist, performer has an image and a reputation about them, in the past musicians like Jimi Hendryx, James Brown, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Slash, Prince and Angus Young to name a few have been out there,worked up a crowd, driving them wild into a frenzy.
As a guitarist I didn't do a lot of singing because I always left that position for the lead vocalist whether male or female, on the odd moments I got a spot to play a riff or guitar solo, I never really spent a lot of time constructing a solo, I let it come naturally, the style would change slightly depending on mood and the audience, if they were a bit down I would up my level but if they were wild from the start, I would capitalize on it.
It is a known fact that the majority of women in audiences are attracted to saxophonists or guitarists, it wasn't so much due to handsome looks but to the appeal of the instrument, I tended to find that one of the crowd pleasers.
I used to pull off would involve positioning myself in front of a female vocalist as I was about to take a solo break, the logic was that this would be pre - arranged between the two of us, not even the band would be in on it, as I start soloing I would slowly callapse at her feet and drop to my knees, at this point the audience would let out a roar, as the solo gets wilder my body leans back to the point that the back of my head is touching the floor, as the solo is ending I would rise to the sound of screaming and applause being careful to keep my balance.
Another technique would be to walk right up to the front of the stage during the beginning of a guitar break and as I reach the front just lean forward as if I was lowering a tray, this gives the presence of intimacy and the first few rows of people honestly believe that solo is purely for them, believe it or not the feeling that is felt up front from the audience is quickly relayed to the back from the domino effect that has been created.
I have heard of and witnessed people collapsing and fainting at gigs but to witness someone sensually stimulated was an experience to stay with me forever, I remember one cold evening and for some weird reason I was feeling tense, maybe it was nerves but I just couldn't shake it off, anyhow the show went on and throughout the first three numbers I felt stiff and tried to loosen up, I didn't think it was my night at all, it was now the time to play an instrumental which was a funky number I had to live through, I knew if I played it the way I felt it would have been obvious to the audience, after the first few bars I began to let myself go and decided to do some improvised 'pogo' dancing, it was a weird move but once I started I just couldn't stop, I couldn't really hear what I was playing because of all the screaming that was going on, I felt better after that and at the end of the gig the keyboard player came up to me and told me that the ladies thought I was hot and sexy and got turned on, one particular girl sitting in the corner was going through multiple spasms, well, at the time I was feeling far from sexy but when I do it nowadays the feeling's not far from my mind.