5 Things you Learn from Performing Music

Everyone wants to play music to perform. Performance plays an important part in learning your instrument and can teach you a lot of things that you need to do to become a better musician. Here are a few things you can expect to learn from your performances.

1. Band dynamics

The best part about performance is that you play with your peers or fellow musicians. Performing is a team sport and everyone has to be on the same wavelength to be able to put up a solid performance. Everyone should understand each other’s roles and what they bring to the performance. That is why practice is such an important part of performance. Song dynamics, sound level and tightness are the things that you work on during the jam sessions. Understand your role in each of your performances and executing them along with your bandmates will lead to a satisfying performance.

2. Use of techniques

You have been practicing your technique and now it is time to showcase them. It is during these performances that you understand how it actually sounds with everyone and adjust it according to what the song needs. It should not be too overpowering and neither should it be lost in all the noise. Finding the right settings, tone and volume beforehand is important to get the best of your instrument or voice. The techniques used should be able to enhance and complement the song and other instrument that is being played and not the other way around.

3. Stage Presence

Performance is not just about showing your skills. It is also about engaging the crowd. If you are too focused on playing/singing, the audience will never be able to connect with your performance. Learn few tricks to engage the crowd. Make eye contact. If you can engage them you feel their energy and it gives a different dynamic to your performance. It is important that you make your presence felt, not just with your playing but with communication and showmanship.

4. Feedback

Learn to take honest feedback from your bandmates or the audience. After the show, listen to how they felt about your performance. In fact, make sure you record your show and play it back. Be an honest critique of yourself and see where do you need to improve and what could you have done better. Learn from each performance and strive to do a better performance next time. Performance is all about getting your audience back again and if you can work on what they have to say, they will surely return to hear your improvements.

5. Confidence

Everyone gets nervous when they get on stage, especially the first few times. So, by figuring out the things that made you nervous and correcting your mistakes, you will become more confident each time. Everyone has a few tricks that calms them down and everyone deals with it differently. So, you have to find your mantra and exercise them before you get on the stage. Being confident is a key factor to showcase your skills efficiently. Nervousness can kill your performance and the audience can feel it. Always show your skills with authority, even if your performance is not entirely perfect.

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