Rubbing elbows with celebrities
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You could do this...
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjaqrPpdQYc[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjaqrPpdQYc[/youtube]
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I'm not sure there's any kind of preparation you can do for such an encounter, other than just behave as you normally would with perhaps the same kind of filters you'd put on yourself when meeting anyone for the first time.
I think it's important to remember that you're just meeting another human, not some demi-god. Pretend you're in line at the grocery store and it's time to maybe talk to the cashier, albeit with the knowledge that you have some common interest(s).
I think it's important to remember that you're just meeting another human, not some demi-god. Pretend you're in line at the grocery store and it's time to maybe talk to the cashier, albeit with the knowledge that you have some common interest(s).
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I also concur with what Cagey, said.
And its what I have done over the years when I have met a few well-known people in various circumstances.
I have also just not talked to someone and let them get on with their business. I mean you don't walk up to someone and invade their time, privacy and space unnaturally.
I quite like this story...
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVTMk6I92dc[/youtube]
And its what I have done over the years when I have met a few well-known people in various circumstances.
I have also just not talked to someone and let them get on with their business. I mean you don't walk up to someone and invade their time, privacy and space unnaturally.
I quite like this story...
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVTMk6I92dc[/youtube]
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I find that if you can talk to a celebrity about a personal interest of theirs, beyond what they are famous for, they are far more likely to engage you.
E.g. talk to Neil Pearl about motorcycles, not drums. Talk to Slash about reptiles or monster movies, not Les Pauls or Marshalls.
It's also best if you share this common interest with them, and can talk knowledgeably about it. It establishes a common interest, apart from the obvious.
E.g. talk to Neil Pearl about motorcycles, not drums. Talk to Slash about reptiles or monster movies, not Les Pauls or Marshalls.
It's also best if you share this common interest with them, and can talk knowledgeably about it. It establishes a common interest, apart from the obvious.
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If you wanna talk fishing well I guess that'd be okay.
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One of my fave songsswarfrat said:
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Just to toss this in:
We are talking scheduled mtgs or happenstance encounters.
When you are playing said celebrity's song and he walks in, the proper response is to have your knees knock and to move side stage offering it to them. (Yes it happened)
We are talking scheduled mtgs or happenstance encounters.
When you are playing said celebrity's song and he walks in, the proper response is to have your knees knock and to move side stage offering it to them. (Yes it happened)
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The other day I was at a domestic Cricket (Oi oi oi) match and one of the player's on the Away team was walking towards and past me when I'd just come in to sit down. I just asked him for a photo and he was cool with it. This guy plays internationally and everything which is awesome.
I'm not sure where I was going with that, but I guess just try to act as if they're, as Cagey said, a human and not a demi-god.
I'm not sure where I was going with that, but I guess just try to act as if they're, as Cagey said, a human and not a demi-god.
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heh, most of this is probably common sense, but then again it's not like anybody ever spelled it out.
Most times I hear of stories, its always in a sensationalistic way, like, okay the person who met the celbrity was blown away, but the way they tell the story they make you think like the celebrity is a leprechaun and if you catch them they will give you their pot of gold, or 3 wishes etc.
One reason I'm curious is because a fairly well known saxophonist on the jam circuit was signing autographs after the show, so I got in line and when it was my turn I handed him the CD's of the recording he just made from the show that night (which is awesome btw, there's nothing like a goody bag from the show you just saw! Venues be advised)
So when it was my turn I handed him my CD's and I just noticed a certain stillness about him. Like he was degaussed or something, and the power of that stillness was fairly intimidating. A certain aura of degaussed ness. I've noticed that magnetism, and from not really meeting a whole lot of important people trying to subdue that magnetization in advance.
Most times I hear of stories, its always in a sensationalistic way, like, okay the person who met the celbrity was blown away, but the way they tell the story they make you think like the celebrity is a leprechaun and if you catch them they will give you their pot of gold, or 3 wishes etc.
One reason I'm curious is because a fairly well known saxophonist on the jam circuit was signing autographs after the show, so I got in line and when it was my turn I handed him the CD's of the recording he just made from the show that night (which is awesome btw, there's nothing like a goody bag from the show you just saw! Venues be advised)
So when it was my turn I handed him my CD's and I just noticed a certain stillness about him. Like he was degaussed or something, and the power of that stillness was fairly intimidating. A certain aura of degaussed ness. I've noticed that magnetism, and from not really meeting a whole lot of important people trying to subdue that magnetization in advance.
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Getting star-struck can take you completely by surprise. I got to meet one of my guitar heroes once - well-known guy - and I was useless for the 5 minutes the encounter lasted. Weird for me, because I'm the type who can get on a stage and play guitar or give a speech in front of hundreds of people without batting an eye, and have met lotsa "captains of industry" who were very wealthy and highly successful people and have no problem striking up a conversation as if we'd known each other for years. Somehow, "celebrity" is different. Not sure why.
The opposite has happened me and I'm sure many here. You play a show, and even though you're a million miles from famous or anything, people will come up to you afterward just gushing, wanting to shake your hand, buy you drinks, be your friend, etc., often babbling like idiots all the while. Of course there are some who take it as their due (cough) singers (cough), but I always wanted to smack 'em or something and say "snap out of it! I gotta go take a piss!" :laughing7:
The opposite has happened me and I'm sure many here. You play a show, and even though you're a million miles from famous or anything, people will come up to you afterward just gushing, wanting to shake your hand, buy you drinks, be your friend, etc., often babbling like idiots all the while. Of course there are some who take it as their due (cough) singers (cough), but I always wanted to smack 'em or something and say "snap out of it! I gotta go take a piss!" :laughing7:
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