A lot of artists say it takes a handful of songs to really get into the show.
Well, if it takes till the fifth song to get in the zone…play four songs in the dressing room before hand :)
Especially when an artist is opening and only doing 20mins…I always hear ‘by the time we were really into it, it was over’.
What a waste of an opportunity.
From the second you walk on stage, be in it.
Five songs is way too long.
Build a routine, a ritual, a series of small important things that put you in your zone right BEFORE getting on stage.
That way the first four songs aren’t just you warming up.
***It also helps to pay close attention to what the elements of the beginning of the show are. The way you walk on stage, getting the instruments, the first sound, the first sights, the first physical movements, the first song, the first words…the most important thing for you to do in a live show is to use all of these things to make sure you’re mind, body and spirit are in it from the start.
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