The Performance of Your Life

Knowing the proper behavior on stage is critical to giving your best live performance. With that in mind, try to follow these tips:

Rehearsals

Make sure you practice with the band. You should have at least one dress rehearsal and several more practice rehearsals before a live performance. When you do your final dress rehearsal, sing from memory.

Outfit

The outfit you choose to wear for the live performance can make or break the show. When you choose an outfit, make sure that you wear it during rehearsals so that you get used to it. It is important to ensure that you are able to move comfortably in your outfit.

Stage Walk

After you know where to stand it’s a good idea to practice walking into place. While one would think walking across a stage would be easy, it’s actually fairly difficult. When you walk across the stage, you want to stop in place, but at the same time you need to have good posture when you do so. Do your best to keep your posture as you walk to your chosen position.

Turn the speaker away from you

Singing with a band can be really cool, but the first time can be a bit confusing. The speakers will probably be turned away, in which case you will have trouble hearing yourself. For the first few times you could ask to have a speaker turned towards you. Remember that bands often play pretty loud, and turning the speaker towards yourself can be distracting if you have a huge wall of sound coming at you. You need to learn to pick out the instrument that plays the melody line.

Remember to smile

When you make your entrance, look at the audience and smile. Even if you are nervous, a smile, will make you appear more confident. Even if you are nervous, you need to make the smile look authentic.

Take note of the audience

When you are singing, you might not know when it’s time to pay attention to the audience. Singers won’t always sing in a small place. Take cues from professionals to get a better idea of how you should perform.

Be prepared for distractions

In a normal concert there can be a lot of distractions. People cough, enter late and even leave right in the middle of your song. People in the audience often don’t consider how this distracts the performer. That being said, it would be wise to stage a few distractions as you practice at home. If you have any friends, you can have them try distracting you, and over time you will learn to ignore it.

What to do with your hands

Make sure you don’t do anything strange with your hands while you are performing; keep them at your sides if you can. It may not be the most interesting place for them but you’re probably better off erring on the side of calm and still. If you gesture, then make a complete gesture, because anything incomplete or half done will make you look nervous. Clasping your hands in front of you is another option for your hands.

Great so now you’ve got a good idea of how to behave on the big night. Of course before you present yourself to the crowds, you’ll need to do some work on your singing voice. I highly recommend the Singing Success vocal training program. And if you want to know the best way to make your mark on the music industry, to ensure you get plenty of gigs lined up, check out Social Bandmaker.