Music Video Lesson: Tips for Improving Stage Presence - Take Your Time

Hi, and welcome virtualsheetmusic.com and livingpianos.com. I'm Robert Estrin and today's subject is 5 tips to improve your stage presence. This is a 5 part series. Before I get into it, I just want to tell you what prompted this series. Years ago, when I was in high school, there was a Modern Music Masters program of the talented musicians in our school. This one young woman, Judy, came up and sang, and we were all extremely taken over with her performance.

A few days later I had the opportunity to listen to the recording of that concert and I was really surprised in that I thought she sang pretty well, but it wasn't overwhelming like it was at the concert. I wondered 'Why could this be?' I figured out it was the way she connected with the audience and the magnetism of her stage presence that really made her stand out and made us pay attention to her. I'm going to try to give you some tips.

Number 5 is: don't feel hurried. That's right. I know all the eyes are on you, but that doesn't mean they're only look at you, because they've got people they come with that they're talking to. So when they're clapping and you're walking out, you might feel a sense of urgency to get to your instrument and start playing as soon as possible. But, your time is going at a different scale than the time of the audience, and the last thing in the world you want to do is hurry them. In fact, if you take a little bit of time before you start, it gives them an opportunity to settle in their seats, get quiet, and more than that, it creates a drama. That's right. Because the anticipation is really palpable.

So, that's today's tip. Take your time. You can look forward to the rest of the tips on future videos here coming to you. Thank you so much for joining me. Robert Estin here at virtualsheetmusic.com and livingpianos.com.

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