audience-performer

The relationship between audience and performer is more complex than what is present at just one show. It is constantly evolving relationship that changes as the artist changes, or as the audience changes. Music is meant to be heard and therefore an artist must have an audience for his music and he must trust that the audience genuinely appreciates his music. In the same way, the audience must trust that the performer is playing genuinely and not only doing so to please them and get at their wallets. So I guess what I'm trying to get at is the line that the artist must draw between pleasing the audience and pleasing himself. If he wants to please only the audience, his music may be shallow and he will not trust the audience for listening to it. On th other hand, if he wants to please only himself, his music may not be heard by many and he will not have any reaction to judge it by. The point of my ramble is that the audience must trust the performer and the performer must trust the audience on however large a scale. They need eachother, otherwise both of them will be disillusioned as to what the music really is.