In truth, Day doesn't need an instruction manual to tell him how to perform in front of an audience. He's a dedicated professional, a tenacious road warrior who's only 20 years old. Day is a guy who's completely in it for the music. He spends 300 nights a year on the road, supporting his first album, Australia. Truthfully, he just wants to play.
Intensity makes a good song.
The contradiction between Day's musical passion and his jokey personality makes for a great performance. Like, if you pick up a CD and it just said 'Bunnies' on the back. But it had nothing to do with bunnies. When Day was 15 years old, he started getting himself gigs at the bars around his hometown of Bangor, Maine and its university eight miles south. But even if the audience consisted of 10 people, Day didn't care.