Connecting With Fans: Paul Simon Invites Fan On Stage To Play Song After She Yells That She Learned Guitar To It

from the a-nice-way-to-connect dept

Carl J points us to a story from a couple months back, of how singer Paul Simon found a neat way to connect with fans (well, one fan in particular). As you can see in the YouTube video, Simon invited one fan on-stage to play a song. If you listen very closely, at the very beginning of the video, with the crowd cheering, you can hear a female voice yell out: "I learned to play guitar on this song!" Simon hears it, goes over to the mic, and repeats the statement back as a question. When the woman yells yes, he waves her up on stage, and tells her to come on up. He then gives her the guitar, and tells her to play. The look on her face is priceless. She looks like she's going to have a heart attack. But then she goes through with it, and the band joins in, and the crowd loves it. Apparently, this all happened at a show in Toronto.

As we've discussed, one of the key "scarcities" out there that musicians can really use to connect with fans is authenticity. And the thing about this video is that it's such a genuine and authentic moment. Obviously, he connected with that one fan... but he also connected with everyone else in the building, judging from the cheers they gave. Furthermore, the video already has a few hundred thousand views, again allowing Simon to connect with more fans who are impressed by his decision here. It may seem like a simple thing. And, in fact, it is a simple thing. But no one said connecting with fans needed to be complicated at all. You just have to do it. And Paul Simon did in this case.

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