david hobbs
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Mediums and presentationLast night I went to watch a very accomplished medium friend of mine working, how things have changed.
Held in a restaurant with a meal and drink before the proceedings have begun. Now as Punch once said to Judy "that's the way to do it".
This lady is very good at her work and you need to book three months in advance to see her, and that is if you're lucky.
I have always wondered why she was so successful because as with all mediums she is never 100% correct with her readings.
As I looked around the hall I realised that there were only three men present and one of whom was her husband.
Then I realised that she appealed totally to the female needs in the audience. Every grandparent was lovely and children who has passed were all beautiful. She gave reassurance to all who needed it etc etc.
In other words she brought comfort to those ladies who hung on her every word.
So now it boils down to one thing.
Give them what they want.
You can be a good medium with a small following or an average medium with a huge following.
It all depends on delivery. And of course a little accurate mediumship is also important.
I wonder though, just how important.
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wackyjacky
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I have to say David, if I went to see her, I would've picked up on the points that you make and I would not go back to see her again as I think accuracy is The most important part of any mediumship. I would've been very disappointed to have wasted my money to be honest. Sorry. 
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david hobbs
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It takes a lot to dissapoint me.
The food was good and I was taking a recently breaved fried out for the evening so I was not there for the mediumship.
The point I was trying to make was that public mediumship requires certain presentation skills.
If you have a good medium and good skills then you have the recipe for a good evening.
Mediumship is more than passing on a message. It is about the way that the message is passed on.
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Raymond
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All very true David. I personally quite a few female mediums who completely refuse to read for men. Hmmmmmm
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evergreen
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Well I have many male clients though still more females than males... I'm not entirely surewhy it is... though I get on well with men in generl so I think I may have a good repall with them??.... BUT the men are usually directed to me by their wives or girlfriends and I love that kind of referral it shows great trust and respect in me ...
as far as showmanship goes well if people dont' like they won't come will they they will go to someone who is nicer... basically we all try to find someone who meets our needs
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david hobbs
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| evergreen wrote: | Well I have many male clients though still more females than males... I'm not entirely surewhy it is... though I get on well with men in generl so I think I may have a good repall with them??.... BUT the men are usually directed to me by their wives or girlfriends and I love that kind of referral it shows great trust and respect in me ...
as far as showmanship goes well if people dont' like they won't come will they they will go to someone who is nicer... basically we all try to find someone who meets our needs |
It's not to do with showmanship but more to do with being able to make good contact with the audience. This is a public meeting not a one to one and is very different.
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evergreen
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true David .. the public stuff I have done has all been about accuracy too... for me anyway ....
If you are infront of others is is important you are heard clearly, speak well and are still good at making contact.. It is imporant that the audience are happy no matter where the readings take place
come to think of it if people aren't happy with these things they rarely say so to the medium would they, I think they are more likely to go home and tell others maybe these people have never seen an accurate medium and were happy to be there regardless
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evergreen
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there is also the awe factor.. some people love others to be in awe of them.... mediums are often up on the pedestal of many
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david hobbs
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Yes and when the ego comes in the mediumship leaves the room.
I have laughed in the faces of egotistical "mediums"
Who do they think they are?
SOMEBODY.
Oh and bloody witches too in their tye dye and purple streaked hair.
Present company excepted.
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laura
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i have to say that whenever i have seen a medium on the rostrum .. it just
makes me think i would never want to do that !!
i don't know whether it is ego or not but you've got to take your hat off to their confidence/ faith in themselves.
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evergreen
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you know when I have done platform work for me it has always been about the people in the audience and my trust in spirit... it has never been about me... it just like any job you do you know what you are doing and you do it
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Raymond
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I don't go to Spiritualist Churches an awful lot these days but I keep a close eye on who's demonstrating at my local church and every now and then I will go and see certain mediums.
A few of them I will see because I think their mediumship skills are good but others I go along just because they always put on a bloody good show.
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evergreen
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Raymond that wants me want to see another medium at work.. I've only ever seen one and that was a few years ago..
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david hobbs
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| evergreen wrote: | | Raymond that wants me want to see another medium at work.. I've only ever seen one and that was a few years ago.. |
Don't worry about other mediums.
They all begin to sound the same after a while and they seem to have a learned language.
Evergreen stay the way you are because that is what makes you good at what you do.
A medium should in my opinion remain uninfluenced by outside stimuli.
Once you see others you begin to compare yourself to them and them in turn to others.
Once this happens you will be lost.
Great artists are original and that is what makes them great and brings evolution in art.
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Raymond
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| david hobbs wrote: | | Great artists are original and that is what makes them great and brings evolution in art. |
But in the other side of that coin, if you completely throw away the rule book and turn in into an 'anything goes' situation you could end up doing more harm than good.
I mean, have you seen some of the crap they call "art" these days?
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david hobbs
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| Raymond wrote: | | david hobbs wrote: | | Great artists are original and that is what makes them great and brings evolution in art. |
But in the other side of that coin, if you completely throw away the rule book and turn in into an 'anything goes' situation you could end up doing more harm than good.
I mean, have you seen some of the crap they call "art" these days? |
The probably said that about most new art forms as indeed my parents thought that modern music was rubbish.
I think that Evergreen would not take the "anything goes" approach to her mediumship and that is not what I am suggesting.
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evergreen
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anything goes nah I work hard take my work seriously but with a sense of humour. I attempt to remain very focused I also try not to let others sway me unless it feels the right direction
Think that possibly I haven't got caught up in what others expect or think because I haven't had this formal training that appears to go on in the UK.... I can see the pluses to both sides....
everytime I have come in to contact with someone who has had all this training they want to become my manager or something else.. hmm I'm not in to that.....
I know I have only worked alone so my learning has been limited by that and part of me would so love to connect with others- that's why I'm no here I think that I'll met with people when I am ready and by them much of how I work will be fairly set .. but I'm always open to learn more
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Raymond
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| david hobbs wrote: | | The probably said that about most new art forms as indeed my parents thought that modern music was rubbish. |
Yeah but Mr. Hobbs, modern art really IS a load of sh*te.
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david hobbs
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I know but you cannot agree with your folks when you are young and know it all.
I still like a lot of the music my parents listened to and loved.
My favourite was a little ditty my dad often sang entitled
"I am peeping through the knot hole in grandma's wooden leg".
And,
"Old mother nick nack she is a fairy she has a wooden tit and she don't care"
Ray mate it brings a tear to the eye.
They just don't write songs like that any more.
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Raymond
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LOL!
I know what you mean. My Great-Nan was a true old time cockney bird and she used to sing a song that used to have us kids in fits.
I can't remember what it was called, and I'd love to find out, but it was about going round someone's house and the place being a bit dirty and the killer line was: "There was dog shit, cat shit, all around the place".
LOL!!!!
Another one she used to sing after a few light ales was,
"Oh what a beauty!
I've never seen one as big as that before.
Oh what a beauty!
It must be two foot long or even more.
It's such a lovely colour
It's big and round and fat.
I've never seen a marrow*
As quite as big as that!
Oh what a beauty!
I've never seen one as big as that before!"
* - pronounced "MARRAH".
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david hobbs
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My old Nan was a bit of a gypsy. She would often quote a poem that made no sense at all.
The sausage was a fat one
The outside was a skin
The inside was a mystery
And a little boy called Jim.
A lot of the old time music hall songs had a double meaning. Everyone new what was meant but it was never voiced.
Today everyone talks and no one knows the meaning of much.
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Raymond
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| david hobbs wrote: | | A lot of the old time music hall songs had a double meaning. Everyone new what was meant but it was never voiced. |
Absolutely, back then everything was 'implied' and the titilation was left up to the imagination.
Nowadays they whip their tits out at the drop of a hat.
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