“Falling in Love With Your Audience”

I. WHAT’S FIRST??

A. Preparation = 30%       Performance = 70%

B. You have a good deal of control over your audience!!

1. Audience makes basic assumption about you  individually & as a performing group before   you ever take a pitch to sing.

                   2. First 3 seconds = basic assumption and attitudes are formed                          – you hold or dispel

          C.  Basic Requirements

                   1. Unity of physical  expression

                   2. Choreography executed with comfort and ease

                   3. Solid consistent rapport with audience

                   4. Solid foundation of physical energy present in music product

                   5. Director comfortable and integrated part of musical plan

6. Each member contributing to the visual selling of musical product

7. Minor to the performance: costume and makeup

8. Degree of creativity in preparation

9.     80 – 85% of learning takes place visually

D.  Absolute Requirements

1. Face = the story-teller (mirror of soul)

2. Attitude = is everything

3. Choreography = crisp, accurate

4. Energy = consistent; don’t confuse with Tension

II. CHARACTERIZATION: 

A.        Who is the person singing this message?

B.         What happened before the song?

          C.  What happened after the song?

               D. Pretend:  

          1. You're telling a story to young children.

                   2. The nearest person is 200 feet away.

                   3. You have a wonderful inner secret.

                   4. The video camera is doing a close-up on you.

          E. Four Fatal Face Flaws:            

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IV. FALL IN LOVE WITH PERFORMING… (audience resonance)

A. Give yourself the gift of escape into the lyrics

B. Keep involvement 100%

C. Stay in relationship with the Audience –responsible to physically include audience       in performance

D. The stage is your home

E. The audience = guests in your home

F. Act as if you’re going into a room full of friends

…your music = food/entertainment you offer them

G. Imagine audience says “YES” to everything you do

H. If you think about tasting a lemon = audience will!

I. Imagine audience reaction:  technique, fearing mistakes, worrying about how you’re doing

You write your own score sheets!  

What choices will you make?