DiThe unknown quantity of the opposition which can disrupt your plans, not being able to rely on tired material (perhaps a sport is more an extended period of improvisation) and vastly different audience habits. Football fans go as often as they can because for whatever reason they are hooked on that team, music fans go and watch a band they like, can pick and choose multiple artists and except in a few sad cases do not have teh same addiction as football fans do. I'm a musician myself actually and deal with sound engineers and management all the time. I do it on a professional basis which assures better sound, better promoted concerts and that I get paid. I wouldn't expect any of them to be working against me, and if they did I wouldn't work with them again. Though sometimes I have to, bit like a crap boss really.cambgull wrote:
Why is football different? It is a form of entertainment and enjoyment that you get from multiple other aspects of life. Your mention of band members not being tripped up is wrong too. If you've ever been in a band you'd know what its like to deal with Sound Engineers, Venue Management, fellow bands and the people who come to see the gig.
Apart from being forms of entertainment there really isn't much the two have in common.
Same here, and if you were anything like me you would have off days as well. Maybe you were a bit shirty with staff and colleagues, perhaps you were under the weather and took the afternoon easy, or got annoyed and placed the phone off the hook for a few hours. Do you honestly think the players 'couldn't be bothered' on Saturday? More likely they started poorly and lost confidence against a side which didn't make many mistakes. If you really want a comparison with playing live music then I can tell you I have had performances were I make a few minor mistakes and find the rest of the show difficult as I'm not playing as well as I should. It's not nerves or pressure it just happens. And I count myself lucky that I don't have some kind of opponent to capitalise on mistakes I do make, which is the key difference between sport and our line of work.but I've worked in some tiring and hard working jobs in my life and if I couldn't be bothered today, I'd have my own colleagues giving me a kick up the backside, let alone the customers who are paying my wages