Tips To Perform Live On Stage In Public - Pre-Gig Preparation and Onstage Performance Tips
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This guide is a follow on from an previous article I did about how to create a profession as a paid singer. It helped on a broad standard from obtaining the ideal items for you to work with at a show to how to get accepted on the roster of an professional singing organization.
In this piece I'm about to tell you about the preparation on the day of a music performance, it will leave you raring, confident and quick on your feet so you can shine brightly. straight off, you need to think about your nutrition on the day. When it comes to showtime you don't want to feel lethargic with a belly full of heavy, starchy food so avoid pizzas, chips, pies and most other types of fast food. You need to eat with a see-saw effect, starting the day with the heaviest of foods then getting lighter with food that is quicker to break down. A great example diet on the day could be, toast and a bowl of cereal up against a banana for breakfast, for lunch, tuna sandwich with mayo and salad, for early evening a healthy thick vegetable soup. This will give your body a chance to break down the heavy carbohydrates early on but the later meals offer you continued energy through the evening time.
The next thing is voice warm up, for an hour before you set off to your show you should carry out a warm up session. First you should carry out a complete body stretch for every body part. This is a time where you can regulate some calm breathing, counting to three slowly whilst you inhale and exhale. Next you can warm your voice up by going through some some scales, a guitar or a piano may assist you stay in tune. 15 minutes of vocal warm ups should get you ready to try a run through of some of the tracks you will be playing in the evening. Once you have completed this you can try some exercises just before you go on to perform but this is your preference, personally I think the warm up at home is ideal to last the rest of the day.
So here we are, 5 minutes to show time but wait a second. You're not just a singer, you're an performer. In my opinion the gig starts when you enter the venue. So after you have set up your equipment, rather than sitting around the dressing area segment you should go out to meet and greet the people of your audience. Unless you are famous, this is a very simple task which will make a fans warm to you as it shows you are down to earth, so even though you will eventually morph into a rock god you are showing respect to the people who came to see you.
Now you are on the stage and the initial song is starting, you are warmed up, energised from healthy food and have the crowd on your side. Now sing.... but when you sing, look up and outwards. There is nothing on the ground that is so interesting you can ignore a room full of people all looking in one direction, at you. Many singers look at the floor for many reasons, they are shy, they are concentrating too hard on staying in pitch but the negative is you are not connecting with the fans and unless it is an amazing jaw-dropping show their interest will wane. This brings on another key point and that is smile. When you smile, the world smiles with you. Try it next time you go out in public, it works. When I first starting smiling on stage everyone would react with a great interest and positive feedback which in turn pushed me into more flamboyant performances. At first it felt somewhat strange smiling when no-one was actually saying or doing something funny. It felt like I was a fake and people would tell. I tried it in front of a mirror and it looked like a minimal, happy smile that looked like I was pleased to be here.
The final tip as hopefully the show is going well, you are singing good and the fans are smiling. You could talk to them between songs. There is an art to this, as occasionally the fans will shout things straight back when you say something creating a nice two-way communication. Providing it isn't heckling you should have a nice time. The other scene is when it falls on deaf ears and they look back disinterested. This in all likelihood isn't a rejection on your part more simply they are the ones afraid of public speaking. To counteract this you could write and rehearse a comprehensive interesting monologue you can put to work that requires no response whatsoever so if you are holding an one way talk you look like the most confident interesting man/woman in the room. Compile them new thoughts and ideas into your repertoire as an entertainer and you are one step closer to being a professional. Good luck.
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