Despite all I'm saying on working to make your performance great, this is not a test. This is the reason you got into music. Music is a performing art, so enjoy this and every performance. Yes, a part of your brain is dedicated to monitoring what you're doing, how you sing ...
Read MoreAs you're learning your pieces, take time to soak them up correctly and thoroughly. Like a new-born duck, you are imprinting the song on your brain ...
View MoreNext, for any live performance, consider this. When you perform live you are communicating in 2 media, aural AND guess what - visual. You're all ...
View MoreSo a normal practice session is 60/40 technique-theory to songs. But as we approach a single performance we will adjust our practicing schedule. NOTE: ...
View MoreNow spend 60 percent of your time on the song isolating those mistakes and trying to perfect them one measure at a time. Some songs are so difficult ...
View MoreTo wrap up discussion of normal practicing, when working on your songs, in the practice section (60%) you are trying to work on about as much of a ...
View MoreAlright, now that you're coming closer to the date of your performance and you're thinking about consolidating your gains, it's a good time to mention ...
View MoreCutting off the forward growth allows you to internalize the piece (as directed towards a single performance), making it a part of you. It's like you ...
View MoreFor your performance to be perceived as great, you have to be performing the top 30% of your abilities, but solidly within that ability. That's really ...
View MoreWell, we're back from Ice Week here in Dallas. Probably the next important thing in preparing for a single performance is deciding when you are going ...
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