How many times…

So, my question for the day…how many times…
How many times is hitting the mic with your stick ok?  How many times do you come in late on a line or a phrase because you were finishing a fill and either couldn’t go get the boom, or your head wasn’t in the right location to sing into the mic??? How many times is too many??
I played a show last night.  A smaller venue with a good crowd of enthusiastic people, out supporting original music.  We started into our set like we have so many times before.  Maybe a different song tonight for opening, but it’s not about the song, it’s testing the waters.
I don’t know how others feel when the perform for others.  I know that if you came out, paid a cover, or ticket, or admission, or not… I will play my heart out for you.  I’m not playing for your attention.  I’m playing for your heart. It’s not entertainment, it’s interaction.  I want you to like us and come along on this musical trip we are going on.  I want you to be a part of the song.  So everything I do is for that.  Spins, throws, head bang, cymbals, double-kick…the bass player coming over and smashing a cymbal with his bare hands, etc.  We want to to belong, in the music, with us…
With tatt first song, I knew it was on.  People in the audience knew our music.  Ok, this is ON!  Gloves are off now.  We are gonna swing for the fence!
And sometimes, that’s where everything goes right, but small things go sideways.  Like coming in late for a vocal line because I had swung my mic stand too far, or just couldn’t ‘get it together’ in time to catch the first couple words.
Or the dreaded “THWACK” of the stick hitting your vocal mic…ugh, the worst.  I hate that sound.  So dry, and so sharp, and so loud!!!
Did they notice?  It didn’t seem like they noticed.  More importantly, did they care??
They didn’t seem to notice.  Nobody came up after the show and said, ‘Great set.  But I wish you wouldn’t hit the mic with your stick’… At least not yet.
But I know that it was heard…maybe it’s not as important as I think?  I want it to be perfect, flawless.   I know that won’t happen because we all make mistakes.  But what’s THAT line?
How many is too many?
Do I get a pass because of what I’m trying to do?  Put a hellofa show on for you
Should I be looking for that headset mic again and risk being lumped with the Garth’s of the world?  Even though the tend to sound like you are singig into a cup…
I don’t know.  Can you tell me?  How much is too much?