When you’re performing on stage, what should you be thinking of?
What should you be listening for?
How do you know that the performance is going well?
All interesting questions!Let’s get some answers… How to sing on stage Tip 1 When you’re on stage performing and you are singing well, you know this becauseyou can hear it, right?
WRONG! The truth is: when you are performing onstage, with many types of music it’s quite difficult to hear your voiceperfectly. Especially any type of music that involves having a band playing inthe background.
Fold back speakers and “in-ear monitoring” do helpmatters. (In-ear monitoring is when you wear special headphones that help youto hear yourself).
But it’s not completely perfect. It’s not the sameas practicing in your bedroom where your voice powers over the stereo.
What can you do aboutthis problem?
Listen up: when you sing, your ears aren’t the onlythings that give you feedback. Yes, you can hear yourself sing and it is valuablefeedback. But even more important, you can feel yourself sing.
This feeling when you sing isprobably more important than actually hearing the singing yourself!
It’s these feelings that allow youto navigate your voice.
This means that when you jump on stage, and youcan’t hear yourself perfectly, just relax. Instead of desperately trying tolisten for your voice,tune into the feelings. Pay attention to thesensations that your singing produces. This can literally make or break aperformance.
It’s very likely that many of the performances youdo won’t have perfect fold back systems. This means that many times, you won’tbe able to hear yourself perfectly as you perform.
This is why it’s vital to begin tuningyourself in to the sensations you feel when you sing.
You can begin doing this in your practice sessions.Instead of just listening, be curious about how your singing feels.
What does it feel like to hit a high C?
What does it feel like to hit a low C?
When you memorize these sensations (and it doesn’ttake long when you begin “tuning in” to them), you will be much morecomfortable on stage. You will have two feedback systems instead of one. Youcan hear yourselfand feel yourself sing.
Practice it. You willlove it!
How to sing on stage tip 2
Do you know how to sing on stage with excitement,passion, and absolutely no nerves? Here’s a quick tip that willhelp you cope with those nerves before a performance.
Imagine this: you are sitting backstage, ready togo on. You can see the massive crowd through the cracks in the door. You canhear them. Anticipation is in the air.
You are nervous. Very very nervous.
What can you do to make things manageable so youcan take the stage?
Here’s a trick:
Just for amoment pretend that you don’t own your body. Pretend that instead, you’re ascientist who is very interested in your body. You’re investigating it and theway it reacts. As you do this, step back and just watch what’s happening toyour body.
Look at the thoughts running through your head.Don’t let yourself get involved in these thoughts. Just watch them like aninterested scientist with no agenda for what should happen.
Look at the sensations you can feel running thoughyour body. For example, you may feel a strange churning in your stomach. Zonein on this feeling. Examine it with curiosity.
What other feelings are running through your body?Examine these too. As you’re doing this, don’t try and manipulate anything.Just watch yourself with curiosity as a scientist would in an experiment.
Continue to do this and you will notice somethingmiraculous! You will notice that a lot of this nervousness will fall away. Itwill cease to be a problem!
There are a few psychological reasons why thishappens. Reasons that are well beyond the scope of this article! But thisdoesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is that it works! Try this nexttime you feel a little nervous before a performance.
You will be surprised when you walk on stage, calm,composed and ready to deliver a stellar performance!
How to sing on stageTip 3
What is the most infections ingredient you can takeon stage with you?
One word. Passion.
A passionate performance is compelling. It’sengaging. It causes the audience to become interested in you and your story. Deliveringa passionate performance is easy. All you need to do is remember what the songyou’re singing is about. Re live that experience as you send the words flyinginto the audience.
Imagine in your mind that this event is happeningagain. When you do this, your passion will come through and your audience willappreciate it.
One more tip
for deliveringa passionate performance is this: Add a small “cry” beneath every note that yousing. Use this “cry like tone” to deliver your performance and you will notonly communicate your passion to the audience, but your singing will feeleasier as well!
This small cry will add a richness to your voice aswell as make your tone production easier.
Just listen to Michael Jackson perform, and see howhe releases each note with a “cry”.
Try adding a “cry like tone” to your performanceand watch the audience respond. Also notice the benefits of your richer toneand easier tone production.
Well, I hope these tips on how to sing on stagereally help you get out there and deliver a dynamite performance next time!