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Creating exceptional performers and performances.

Topics include:

-Stage presence and etiquette
-Performance preparation
-Mental preparation and outlook
-Performance conventions (and challenging them)
-Music career
-Creativity and artistry

7 things you need to book a new musical act

The musician’s catch 22: How do you book a gig before you’ve had a gig? How can you prove that your musical act is “real?”

The one thing that makes you successful as a musician

Success in music = artistic collaboration.

You must be a good… no, outstanding artistic collaborator.

How to build an audience, and why you should care

If you consider your audience to be your personal responsibility, it affects all aspects of your performance. It will influence the style of music, the location, and the presentation of the show.

Preparing to the best of your ability

It sounds incredibly obvious that we should prepare to the best of our ability. However, in reality, things aren’t that simple. We procrastinate, we get sick or need to take care of someone that got sick, or we forget to consider we won’t have as much time to practice during spring break/family visits/etc.

All about overpracticing

Definition, signs, and causes of over-practicing, and what to do instead.

7 things I learned about performing, as a dancer

I don’t remember my first performance at all. I started ballet at four (and a half), so I was probably five.

By the time I got a flute in my hands, I already had 6 years of experience with music and rhythm, practice, preparation, and performing. As dancers, we were also explicitly trained in stage etiquette, which is something that musicians sometimes miss in their training.

P-words, in 4 movements

I. Possession
II.Preparation
III. Passion
IV. Permission