Vocal Performance Tips by Performance Coach Pepper Jay
Vocal Performance Tips by Performance Coach Pepper Jay Singers: Take Care of Your Best Asset … Your Voice!Take care of your voice. Your voice should never hurt. Going on tour? Working in a nightclub? Are you required to perform 4-6 times per week in a musical? Regardless if your genre, if your throat hurts from…
Read MoreSinging Enunciation Brings Passion to the Lyrics
How to make your performance Look Real with Strong Enunciation Singing Enunciation Brings Passion to the Lyrics Singing Enunciation is the art of clearly and concisely pronouncing the lyrics as you sing. Excellent enunciation breathes your songs to life and conveys lyrics’ passion. Clever use of strong enunciation heightens every emotion; love, lust, sadness, anger.…
Read MoreSpeak Your Lyrics Differently to make performance look real
How to make your performance Look Real by Speaking Your Lyrics Differently Speak The Words Differently Exercise: Practice speaking the lyrics as a different person or with a different accent. For example, if you are 22, speak the words as an 80 year old, as a 5 year old, as a minister, as a gang…
Read MoreSpeak Your Lyrics to make performance look real with Pepper Jay
How to Make your Performance Look Real by Speaking Your Lyrics Speak The Words Exercise: Practice speaking the lyrics instead of singing the lyrics. What is the meaning of each lyrical phrase? How would that phrase sound if you were saying those words for real? For purposes of this exercise, be careful not to speak…
Read MoreInternalize to make performance look real
How to Make your Performance Look Real by Internalizing the Lyrics. Internalize: Give yourself a few seconds to ponder on the meaning of the lyrics. For example, Willie Nelson’s lyrics, “Crazy, I’m crazy for feeling so lonely …” could invoke a variety of thoughts. When Patsy Cline sings “Crazy,” we can feel the yearning in…
Read MoreGive your audience personal attention
Hi! Welcome back to Dynamic Song Performance. In this segment, we explore Personal Attention, the Key to Inter-Audience Bonding. When you give one audience member positive & complete personal attention it can result in a gift to your entire audience. Personal attention given to an audience member is the most important audience psychology hint because…
Read MoreIntra-audience Bond of Appreciation
Welcome back to Dynamic Song Performance, by song performance coach, Pepper Jay.In this segment, we explore the Importance of an Intra-Audience Bond of Appreciation Key: It’s you and them. The moment someone becomes a “member” of an audience, no matter how large or small the venue, the potential for an invisible “audience bond” is created.…
Read MoreNo One in the Audience is a Stranger
Hi! Welcome back to Dynamic Song Performance. I’m Pepper Jay.In this segment, we remember that there are no strangers in your audience! Believe that every audience member is your friend. Walk out onto that stage or into the recording studio prepared to greet your good friends. Your audience wants to like to you and to…
Read MoreBeauty Pageant Tips
So, you want to be a contender?Beauty Pageant TipsExperience the wholesome side part of beauty pageantry as young beauty pageant contestants and winners share their thoughts on what they did to prepare for the competition, what they learned, and how the pageant experience changed their lives for the better. The Actors Reporter sends a sincere…
Read MoreWill Them To Look At You
In this segment, we explore the audience psychology techniques of Willing your Audience to Look at You the Performer. The Key is to Look Into The Eyes of your Audience. Pretend you have extraordinary powers and can make each audience member look at you. Always look right into their eyes or where their eyes should…
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