Ever Experience Stage Fright?

8 ways to overcome stage fright:

1.Relax body:

• Hum to steady your voice
• Eat a banana because it will lower the nauseous feeling in your stomach
• Chew gum to distract you from what you are nervous about
• Stretch to release all the tension in your body

2. Meditation

• Mediate the morning of the performance or an hour or two before

3. Avoid Caffeine

• Drink your usual amount
• Drinking more caffeine than normal can cause jitters

4. Exercise

• For at least 30 minutes
• Releases tension throughout the body

5. Laugh

• As much as possible

• Laughing will cause relaxation
• Laughing will distract you from nervousness

6. Image favorite person in the audience

• Instead of imagining the audience in their underwear which I have never done because it is slightly weird; imagine every person being your favorite person.
• Your favorite person always listen to you, encourage you, and be proud of you.

7. Drink Citrus Juice

• a half hour before your performance
• it lowers blood pressure and eases anxiety

8. Know what you are doing

• Know the songs you are performing by heart so even if stage fright gets the best of you, you will not forget the song.

How to cover- up stage fright during performance:

Once you have identified what you do when you are experience stage fright you can prepare and prevent it from happening.

1. Breathing: If you start to hyperventilate or hypoventilate take slow, deep breaths.

           IT WILL RELAX YOU!

2. Throat Tightens: Ask singing teacher for some vocal techniques.

• You want to build confidence in your vocal technique to prevent off key vocals when you are nervous.
• You want to train, train, and train. You want to train your breathing and your voice.
• You want to practice! Practice makes perfect, right? Get out and perform more often. The more you perform the more comfortable you become performing in front of people.
• It is important to keep your voice clean, clear, and open when you are experiencing stage fright.

3. Legs/Hands Shake:

• Prevent rapid shaking or tapping and try to tap your foot or hand to the beat of the song you are about to perform.
• Walk around the stage to distract yourself from the nerves you are experiencing such as shaking.

How performers feel at the end of their performance:

All the nerves you had at the beginning of the performance are gone and you feel:

• Relieved, adrenaline, passionate, hysterical, satisfied, relaxed, eager, and accomplished.