The Being On Stage Podcast

Moments become magical no stage because of great timing and use of rhythm. Performers need to harness the power of the beat and use it to timed movements that will capture the audience.

Do you really need to rehearse? You have done this dozens of times. It's not like you have the time to put in for this show. Let’s just wing it this time.

A performer cannot function when they have expectations. We need Freedom!

The butterflies in the stomach...The sweaty palms...The tightness in your throat...The weakness you feel...It's all part of being nervous before you go on stage. This is exactly how you should feel before a performance.

Stop turning away opportunities that don’t “fit” with your vision. Sometimes you hae to do things you don’t want to do in order to have the opportunity to do the things you want to do.

Your success as a performer is entirely up to the audience. You have to engage with them and give them a memorable performance if they are going to like, follow, subscribe, and eventually come back.

Too Often performers obsess over the size of the crowd. Before they even set foot on

stage we are concerned that not enough people showed up. Our whole career comes to

grinding halt because only 15 people are here to see us perform.

Calling yourself a performer means you have to be your best on stage every single time. That can be hard for most of us because of a little thing call life. So what do you do? How can you be at your best every time?

The day I discovered my performance style is a day I will never forget. I met an entertainer that was absolutely incredible and immediately became infatuated with learning more.

“If Art is made by ordinary people, then you’d have to allow that the ideal artist would have to be an ordinary person too, with the whole usual mixed bag of traits that real human beings possess.”

~Art & Fear - The Perils (and rewards) or Artmaking

By David Bayles