On the performing side. Everyone who has performed in front of an audience knows this, the audience will have a dramatic effect on the performer. And this will even effect the musical performance of the performer, I think the saying is “I feed off the vibe of the audience”. So yeah this will effect the way you play the music. A great performer doesn’t feel the audience, he/she controls it. He/she makes the audience feel what he/she feels and ultimately controls how the music will effect the audience. This is the skill of the entertainer or performer, the one that determines if they are just good or GREAT. A winner makes the world into what he/she wants, the world does not control them. My favorite thing to say is "when the world f@#ks with me, I f@#k it back twice as hard.” My point is to be a “grand” performer, you must be in control not controlled.

Example (yes I am a fence sitting git !!!)

Doesn’t that hurt??? :)