How to sing on stage - if you can really play or sing, you don't have to worry

How to sing on stage? How to remain calm in front of an audience? How to show your best infront of a croud? Easy - just believe in what you are singing. Sing your song as though it is a thing you want to say right now. If you don't feel like saying it, you'd better not go on stage.

Singing on stage and recording are quite the same. I've recorded many hours of live music and I've had my ups and downs. And now you are reading something I can state infront of a big audience without even blinking. There is no real trick, just experience and self confidence. If you practice recording, sooner or later, you will learn how to sing on stage too.

"Life is a stage" said Shakespeare (I think) and this is quite right, but what is "a stage"? Easy - it's life again. It's nothing unusual. When you realize this, you'll improve your on-stage performance. In fact, as I mentioned, it's not much of a realization, it's persistance in practice.

I have an example for you - The Cranberies. Their lead singer obviously had sad love feelings in the early songs. May be that is why she managed to get on stage and sing out her pain. I read an interview with her when she was in a new period of her life - she has a happy marriage. She said that when she listens to her old songs, she felt embarrased. But here they are - great, sincere music she left for the next generations of lovers.

This doesn't mean that only lovers in pain for their deserted lover like this kind of music. It is just quality like the rest of Cranberies' work. I strongly recommend it. Buy it from amazon.com by clicking on the right (I'll be gratefull because I'll recieve a % :-)

What I meant was that she just sings sincerely. Then and now. And that is how to sing on stage - from the heart. Maybe someone will tell you that you should know notes and he'll be quite right for himself, but for me notes are not the most important thing.

Peter Stankov's latest album

I've recorded many hours of music and here's my latest work, considered the best so far by my friends and myself.

It's called Cerotonine - World Music and there is a free track for you. Click here to see more details.