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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