Firstly there is the common issue of nerves, nearly every performer will suffer from being nervous. This can affect your performance as you will usually be very tense and this can affect your voice and it can throw your concentration and seriously affect your singing. There is no easy way to deal with being nervous but usually the best way to deal with nerves is to relax and take control of the situation and imagine yourself giving the best performance possible. It's good to be nervous because that means that you want to do well and you have lots energy to give a strong performance. You should always be prepared and have plenty of practise with what you are singing and when you feel like you can remember every little detail of the song then it's good to just leave the song and have faith that you know exactly what you are doing.
For me, I can get very stressed about performing, but sometimes it's usually down to my lack of preparation! So one of the things that I'm working on is practising regularly an making sure I rehearse in front of a few people it prepares me for the actual performance. I usually visualise the performance going well and that helps a lot, deep breathing and gentle warming-up exercise help me to feel prepared and relaxed because it's just like being in a singing lesson and preparing to sing a song for my teacher. I really enjoy performing now and singing has become something I really enjoy doing when being in front of a large crowd, this is usually because I can't see past the stage lights so I can't see all of these people!
Sometimes it's performing in front of a small intimate crowd of people that I get really nervous about, probably because you can hear every note and every little thing you're doing with your voice and you body language and posture. I shall be working on this because in later life if I were at an audition I would have to sing or perform in front of a small group of people and it's a very good skill to have. Another thing I have been trying to work on is my stage presence. Usually, at school concerts there isn't much need to have some kind of introduction but I think I should try and develop a way with interacting more with the audience and acknowledging them during performace. This can help as they will then be able to connect with the song and with me performing, this in turn makes my performance more successful. I do not have a problem with musical theatre as I feel a lot more comfortable when I am a different character and it's easier and makes the performance more enjoyable for me and in turn more enjoyable for the audience. I need to take this across into my singing recitals and have confidence in my performance.
With this performance it should be relatively simple and to prepare myself I will do the correct warm-ups and preparations.
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