Stage Fright: What You Need to Know in Order to Truly Overcome It
The palms that sweat 15 minutes before you grab the mic.
The churny feeling in your stomach as soon as you think about being watched.
The blind panic that ensues once you press the record button.
Performance anxiety is REAL and impacts most singers in some shape or form.
The old suggested way of dealing with performance anxiety is to
a) work harder on your vocal technique, and
b) force yourself to perform countless times in the hope that it eventually gets better.
In this video I explain why this is NOT the best approach to move your experience of performing or sharing your voice from one of terror to one of not only neutrality but ENJOYMENT (because isn’t that the whole point?).
Stage fright is simply a label for insecurity that crops up in a specific scenario.
And there is a solution.
We need to do TWO THINGS
Create some distance between you and the frightened parts/inner critic
Build your capacity to experience sensations in your body.
And these are both SKILLS YOU CAN LEARN
Unfortunately most singers haven’t been taught or don’t even know that’s what they need to learn if they want to authentically show up on stage and be able to enjoy it.
