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We want to continue with more about stage performance. There are many things that we go will over in these articles but I think that one of the most important is eye contact with your audience. You want to look the people in the eye when you sing to them. Never look down at the floor or even over their heads. If you are nervous take a deep breath and find a smiling face in your audience and look at them for a few seconds. This will calm you down. It is important in getting the message of a song across by looking them in the eyes. Don?t look at your mic or your monitors, either. And singing the whole song with your eyes closed also shuts out your audience. If you close your eyes to sing a part of the song for interpretation purposes let it be only for a moment. After all, the audience is who you are trying to reach with the message of the songs. Eye contact will pull them in to what you are singing. Be sure to sing to the people in the back row. Sometimes we forget to include them because of distance but that is why you want to sing to them on purpose so they feel touched by your music, too.

Keeping your audiences attention is very important in being able to communicate. If you feel you are losing their attention remember to move toward them. Take a step or two in their direction on the stage to bring their focus back to you and the song. Hand gestures can also be a tool to help your audience stay focused. Let your hand movements be natural and tasteful but not continuous. Two much hand gesturing can be as bad as none at all. Again look in your mirror as you practice and see what works for you. Keep hand gestures at chest and shoulder level. And remember that bigger auditoriums demands bigger gestures to be seen affectively.

Let?s talk about stage position for a moment. Stand toward the front of the stage. Your stage position should say, ?I have something important to tell you and I want you to listen.? If you are in the back part of the stage you give the impression that you just want to get this over with so you can go to the house. You might want to move around a little bit when the song is
making a transition. You don?t have to move far to be effective. Some songs may not lend themselves to movement, especially if the text is very reverent or solemn. Remember to match your body language with the text of the song. Always remember you should never move backward on the stage during a song. To back away from your audience on the stage makes them want pull away from you mentally. The main idea is to keep them coming toward you and not pull back. So to do that you must continually move toward them.

Begin working on some of these things when you practice. This will help make your performance look more professional.

If you are coming through Nashville this summer on vacation plan to stay here for a day and let?s have a voice lesson together. I would love to work with you all. Let me help you polish your singing and your performance. If you are interested you can email me at; for information on how we can make this happen.

Until next month, keep singing His praises.

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